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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-22-2013 The Utah Statesman, January 22, 2013 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, January 22, 2013" (2013). The Utah Statesman. 71. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/71 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]. Find Page 5 Medlin, Reed Logan’s out Tuesday Aggies lose two best games as star January 22, 2013 sledding players sit with injuries. www.utahstatesman.com hills Page 8 8WDK6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\/RJDQ8WDK UtahThe Statesman SMOG IN THE CACHE VALLEY ATMOSPHERE has attracted the attention of state and national political leaders. MICKELLE YEATES photo CLEARINGBY TMERA BRADLEY vehicles manufactured after emissions from automobiles drive in theirTHE single-occupant We think there’s a lot of greatAIR certainly do, but a lot of it is news senior writer 1996 would have an on-board by about 5 to 6 percent.” vehicle. That’s the basic goal things that could happen up a mindset that we really need diagnostics test, which is a Angelo Papastamos, to it.” here.” to get into and change.” A new Cache County ordi- computer chip that identi- planning manager for TravelWise is in part- The three main goals of During the meeting, a nance under consideration fies whether or not the car the Utah Department of nership with UTA in the TravelWise are to improve USU professor of agricultural may require Logan citizens is functioning properly. Transportation, met with Wasatch Front area as well as air quality, reduce energy applied economics presented to have emissions testing on Vehicles older than 1996 Logan City Transit and USU cities and private businesses. usage and optimize mobility. ways Cache Valley could their vehicles. would undergo a tailpipe officials Thursday to discuss “We’re working with TravelWise consultant Kim reduce its travel, including “They haven’t done it yet,” emissions test. ways Cache Valley can reduce citizens, businesses, agen- Clark said strengthening the the idea of business own- said Cache County Executive Lemon said in the past, the travel and improve air qual- cies, anyone who will listen economy is a recent addition ers leasing parking spots to Lynn Lemon. “I think it will county hasn’t seen a need for ity. to us to talk about this,” to the list of goals. employees. He said the busi- happen within the next three the ordinance. “Our TravelWise pro- Papastamos said. “It’s very “It really is behavior ness would give each employ- months.” “I think the reason we gram started about three challenging to work at UDOT change,” Clark said. “It’s ee a parking space with the Lemon said a new car resisted it is because it’s not years ago,” Papastamos in this arena when we’re not something that we can option for the employee to would possibly be exempt that effective,” Lemon said. said. “We’re really trying building highways, but we’re engineer people to do, per se. from emissions testing for “What it will do is reduce to encourage people to not very excited to be up here. There are things that we can See AIR, Page 2 the first six years. He said Exhibit brings illness to light Four more years BY DANIELLE MANLEY exhibit set up on the second floor of the TSC staff writer from Jan. 17-24. It brings attention to various illnesses families cope with. The objective of Barack Obama Recognizing signs of pain and emotional the presentation is to disarm negative stereo- distress can be difficult for a family to cope types about these mental illnesses. inaugurated for with and understand. Though a large por- “The exhibit is kind of normal, everyday second term tion of Americans deal with a mental illness, people and families that have had or are still a larger portion of the population doesn’t going through mental illness,” said Recovery BY JULIE HIRSCHFELD understand the idea and what it’s like to Education and Creative Healing Peer Eric DAVIS AND have one of these illnesses, according to the Richardson. “You’re seeing pictures of people JULIANNA GOLDMAN American Psychological Association. who look just like you. You’re hearing stories Bloomberg News A study found 44 percent of the public of how they’ve gone through these hard report knowing a little or almost nothing at times, but they also have normal lives.” WASHINGTON — A all about mental illnesses. battle-hardened President Nothing to Hide is a traveling photo See MENTAL, Page 2 Barack Obama sought to rekindle optimism at the start of his second term, challenging Americans to fight together for the ideals Dirty 30 comes to an end of equality and opportunity on which the nation was BY BECKY EISENHOWER “In September we peaked at around 350 founded. staff writer people. We’re hoping tonight’s will be “My fellow Americans, we even bigger than that.” are made for this moment, The strobe lights began to flicker, the Friday night’s Dirty 30 was the only and we will seize it — so music began to play and hundreds of stu- one that had an entrance fee. To get in, long as we seize it together,” dents crowded into the David B. Haight students had to donate one can of food Obama said Monday after Alumni Center on Friday to be a part of or a non-perishable food item. After the taking the ceremonial oath the last Dirty 30. dance, Sam Bennion, a senior at Logan of office before dignitaries Started by Ike Bennion, a recent gradu- High School, took the items to the Cache and hundreds of thousands ate from the John M. Huntsman School of Community Food Pantry to fulfill his of cheering onlookers Business, in October 2011, the Dirty 30 is Eagle Scout project. packed into the National a 30-minute non-stop dance party. “I asked Ike if I could collect food at the Mall from the Capitol to the There is one rule: If someone stands, 30 because I figured I could have some Washington Monument. they leave. fun with it and still get a lot of donations,” “We, the people, under- delivers his inau- “The first 30 we had had around 30 Sam Bennion said. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA stand that our country can- people, but since then they have definitely Ike Bennion said he wasn’t sure if he gural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration grown,” Bennion said before the party. Ceremony at the United States Capitol in Washington, See DIRTY, Page 2 D.C. on Jan. 21. Washington Post photo See OATH, Page 3 Page 2 CampusNews Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 AIR: Cache residents walk more than other counties’ From page 1 things they’re trying to Roslynn Brain address.” sell it back for a substantial Sustainable Communities amount. That way, more Clark said they don’t want employees would be willing to make transportation hab- to carpool. its a mandate for businesses. The Cache Metropolitan To be perfectly blunt, it’s pretty “You’ve got to be careful,” Planning Organization con- pathetic the amount of people who Clark said. “You don’t want ducted a statewide survey “ to tell people how to run monitoring the home to work are driving alone. You can pretty their business, you want to travel of 808 households in give them ideas on what they spring 2012. The participants much walk anywhere in Logan.” can do to improve their busi- were asked to track their trip ness.” patterns and report for each A TravelWise Business member of the household. Symposium workshop is The results showed Cache transportation. past to boost the incentive of being planned for Cache County has the largest “To be perfectly blunt, it’s using the free transportation Valley residents in April, number of citizens who use pretty pathetic the amount in Logan. He said they’ve where businesses and citi- bicycles or walk to and from of people who are driving worked with businesses, zens can be educated on ways work than any other county alone,” Brain said. “You can encouraging employees to to improve air quality. in the state. Cache County pretty much walk anywhere ride the bus to work. “No one wants bad air,” has 4.3 percent of people who in Logan.” “Essentially you’re giv- Clark said. “No one wants to bike to work, the next highest An alternative to driving ing your employees a raise breathe that in. I think every- being Washington County or walking in Logan is the because of that gas money one is willing to work toward with 2.4 percent. free transit system in the val- they save, but it doesn’t cost that solution.” However, sustainable com- ley. the business anything,” munities extension specialist Todd Beutler, general man- Beutler said. “We try to do – tmera.bradley@aggiemail. Roslynn Brain said she still ager and CEO of Cache Valley that kind of education. usu.edu thinks more people need Transit District, said they It is a challenge though. Twitter: @tmerabradley BUILDING EMISSIONS worsen Cache County’s air to carpool or find alternate have tried programs in the Every business has unique situation. MICKELLE YEATES photo MENTAL: Illness a problem at USU From page 1 of just putting into perspective. Evenson said. “We have the inver- Although they have a mental ill- sion that asts for a month.