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Utahstatesman.Com Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-15-2013 The Utah Statesman, January 15, 2013 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, January 15, 2013" (2013). The Utah Statesman. 73. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/73 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. USU alumna Aggies win shares reporting Spartans become Tuesday latest victim in experiences in longest winning Asia streak in nation January 15, 2013 Page 9 Page 5 www.utahstatesman.com 8WDK6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\/RJDQ8WDK UtahThe Statesman Education First to lend USU voice in Logan frozen over state legislature Valley’s recent BY ADDISON M.T. HALL sub-zero temps staff writer The student body presidency at USU said their show patterns goal was to make students better prepared for life after college. Education First, a branch of a group BY PAUL CHRISTIANSEN called Prosperity 2020, is working with USU for the staff writer upcoming legislative session to achieve that goal. Erik Mikkelsen, who represents students in Utah Biting, bleak, numbing and to the Utah Board frigid. of Regents, said All are words used by some In the Know Prosperity 2020 members of the USU student wants to secure a body to describe recent Cache 8LIWXEXI better future for Valley weather conditions. PIKMWPEXYVI business in the “People are probably think- GSRZIRIW.ER state. ing, ‘Why was this winter so “Prosperity cold?’” said Dr. Robert Gillies, XLVSYKL 2020 is a group of state climatologist and direc- 1EVGL business leaders tor of the Utah Climate Center. who see educa- “Well yes, it was cold, but it’s tion as being very been a lot colder in the past important for the too.” future of Utah,” Mikkelsen said. “A lot of their Despite record-high tem- ideas and their goals come from a study that was peratures for Utah in 2012 and done that says that Utah needs to have 66 percent ever-progressing studies of of the adult population with postsecondary degrees global warming, students have by 2020 to be competitive in the nation and the been questioning why Logan world’s economies.” has been so cold since the Mikkelsen said Education First is the political semester’s start. Some repre- action group within Prosperity 2020 that deals with sentatives for the Utah Climate the Utah legislature directly and has been working Center have been willing to with USU and other public universities to get more address those questions. attention for public education. “It’s winter. The global “Last year they had a heavy focus on getting del- warming piece of climate egates who would be committed to voting for can- change doesn’t mean that the didates who would support education,” Mikkelsen seasons go away,” said Dr. said. “So they raised a bunch of money and did a Robert Davies, a research whole bunch of training on campuses but mostly associate for the Utah Climate in businesses throughout the state to encourage Center. “When you look at people who support education to go and become the variability in temperature delegates to vote for those candidates.” between seasons in any place Ben Wilson, executive vice president for ASUSU, on the planet, except maybe said one of the key things Education First is doing the tropics, it’s a big range, to further higher education is funding lobbying typically tens of degrees.” efforts made by USU and other institutions. CACHE VALLEY’S COLD WEATHER is nothing new. This file photo shows “They want to boost the percentage of Utahns the snow blanketing vegetation on the road to Tony’s Grove. Statesman file photo See COLD, Page 3 who are college educated,” Wilson said. “One of the ways they are doing that is funding, which of course is good for us. It’s a partnership between students, administration and business all to improve the higher education in Utah.” Wilson said the funding is necessary but over- French warplanes hit Mali shadowed by different kinds of support USU gets from Education First. BY EDWARD CODY AND “It’s more than them just funding this,” Wilson CRAIG WHITLOCK said. “Lending us their voices is a huge part of it Washington Post and is really important to us.” Wilson said Utah is one of the more popular PARIS — The new push brought places for businesses to foster growth in the U.S. the desert fighters to within 250 miles Without the help of lobbying efforts by the differ- northeast of Bamako, the capital. It ent universities and support from Education First, also dramatized the extent to which the Wilson said Utah would start to lose its popularity irregular Islamist forces, well-armed and economy. and mobile aboard speedy pickup “There’s a number of reasons that businesses trucks, remain a threat even after come to Utah,” Wilson said. “People talk about our four days of French bombing and the low taxes and things like that, but low taxes isn’t deployment of more than 500 French the whole picture. The fact that we have some great soldiers to bolster the overwhelmed institutions, Utah State first and foremost among Malian army. them, in the state is one of the big things that bring French President Francois Hollande’s businesses here.” government has vowed to pursue the He said if higher education isn’t a higher priority buildup of French ground and air in Utah, future business would be impossible. forces and remain in Mali as long as “It doesn’t matter if you have lower taxes if you necessary to hold off the Islamist mili- have no one to work for your company,” Wilson tias, introduce a pan-African force and said. train the disorganized Malian army to Mikkelsen said the focus of Education First was restore state authority across the vast to not only to attract more attention to higher edu- West African nation. cation across the state, but to all levels including The 15-nation Economic Community ing airlift and “limited logistical sup- conflict, but said one option under kindergarten and the first grade. of West African States (ECOWAS) port” to French troops fighting there, consideration would be to deploy trans- “To reach that goal of having 66 percent of pledged to contribute more than 3,000 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said port aircraft to move French troops or the populace, we’re going to have to increase the troops for the force, which France has Monday. equipment. number of people who come to higher education,” been eager to get organized so it can U.S. defense officials said they were The Obama administration previ- Mikkelsen said. “We’re going to have to increase depict its intervention as a coopera- reviewing requests for assistance from ously ruled out placing “U.S. boots on the percentage of students who graduate from insti- tive effort. ECOWAS military chiefs France. Islamist fighters and Tuareg the ground” in Mali. Officials travel- tutions of higher education.” scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, but rebels have gained control of the north- ing with Panetta declined to comment Mikkelsen said the group has been working on the arrival of the first African soldiers, ern half of the country over the past when asked if U.S. transport aircraft a two-part project to show the government how promised since Saturday, has repeat- year, enabling al-Qaida’s affiliate in might land in Mali to help the French, many people support Education First and to call for edly been delayed. North Africa to function unimpeded in or if the territory remained off limits. more priority given to education. He said last year “The African forces are gather- a swath of territory the size of Texas. In Washington, State Department a petition was signed by 33,000 students to show ing,” said Gen. Shehu Abdulkadir, “We have a responsibility to go after spokeswoman Victoria Nuland gave no they wanted more focus on higher education. This a Nigerian who is to lead what will al-Qaida wherever they are,” Panetta timetable for a U.S. decision on assis- year students across the state are signing a pledge be called the International Support told reporters as he began a week-long tance, but some provision of commu- to graduate on time. Education First has a goal of Mission for Mali, or MISMA by its trip to Europe. “We’re going after nications gear or other help appeared 40,000 signatures on this new petition. French-language initials. them in Yemen and Somalia, and we likely. The United States is offering Both petitions will be presented before the state Britain offered to provide several have a responsibility to make sure that training for African forces to serve as legislature during session, which begins Jan. 28 and U.S.-made C-17 transport planes to al-Qaida does not establish a base for reinforcements and is urging a speedy lasts until March 14, and both petitions will be pre- ferry in the African troops and their operations in North Africa, in Mali.” deployment for the African-led force, sented before the state during the session. equipment. Panetta declined to provide details she said. about what kind of military assis- The Pentagon may become involved See MALI, Page 3 – [email protected] in the military operations by provid- tance the Pentagon might bring to the Page 2 CampusNews Tuesday, Jan.
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