Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-18-2012 The Utah Statesman, January 18th, 2012 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, January 18th, 2012" (2012). The Utah Statesman. 1710. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1710 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]. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 Uta "Campus oic Today'sIssue: Campus News 1. Head men's basketbal coach Princess event raises money for support center. 5. Hunstman School Page3 of Businessassociate dean and chief academic officer Anthropology professor teaches new course on shamanism. Pages Sports USUprofessors win science medal · BY ROUCHELLEBROCKMAN fuels, Bugbee and Wood were selected staff writer for their commitment to bettering their communities and students, state Algae and award galas are not two science adviser Tami Goetz said. Since terms usually associated with one • becoming the head of the mechanical another. However, two USU professors and aerospace engineering department, were honored with Governor's Science Wood has helped double the number of and Technology Medals in part for female undergraduates in the program. their work with algal biofuels at a gala Under his administration, Wood in Salt Lake City on Jan. 10. said the number of undergraduates in "We are both deeply honored to the program has increased by one third receive this award," said Bruce Bugbee, - from 432 students to more than 600. professor in USU's plants, soils, and · Goetz said the council also looked at climate department and one of the the achievements of Wood's students. medal recipients. "We hope it elevates The governor's awards were given the status of USU in the state and helps specifically to Wood and Bugbee, but a us attract the most talented students research team comprised of members from around the nation." · from various USU departments have Bugbee and Professor Byard Wood, been working on the algal biofuel proj­ head of the mechanical and aerospace ect since 2006, Wood said. engineering department, were awarded "The opportunity to participate USU Hockey pounds Weber partly in recognition of their efforts to with my colleagues from all across develop biofuels from algae. Algae can campus has been a most satisfying State on home rink. produce oil much faster than soybeans and rewarding period of my 42-year BRUCE BUGBEE AND BYARD WOOD recieved the Page 10 or canola. These algal oils can then be career," Wood said. "To witness the Governor's Science and Technology J1edal for their work devel­ converted into biodiesel fuel, Wood full integration of discipline and talent oping algae as an alternative fuel source. Photocourtesy of USU said. Media Relations Opinion In addition to their work with bio- See EXCEL,Page 3 ducation pursuit or anyone not Studentsorganize against new recreationfees en. This does not BY STEVEKENT The USU College Democrats are also part per student per semester when the planned tting married and news editor of the SAAW coalition. College Democrats Aggie Recreation Center opens, Mikkelsen President Laura Anderson said the club thinks are As student elections draw near, a new said. The projected fee amount doesn't take nging kids into the world there are better ways to use a new fee. potential private donations into account and group on campus aims to get out the vote not ambitious life steps. But "We feel like all of that money and our against additions and increases to student fees. therefore the fee may be lower if private donors ,,,...... student fees could go to something better, like frankly, comments like these Students from across the political spectrum help pay to add to USU's recreational facilities. perhaps giving tenure to a professor instead of Students have felt the need for a new rec carry a degrading air and are formed Students Against Academic Waste, a turf field," Anderson said. center for roughly a decade, Mikkelsen said. better left unsaid." said Mikey Rodgerson, president of the USU College Republicans. Rodgerson said SAAW is planning to reach Students passed a similar proposal about 10 Page 13 out to other clubs at the university by email­ years ago, he said, but the proposal did not The group's main focus for now is a new campus recreation fee, Rodgerson said. The ing club presidents and by sponsoring campus pass a vote by the state Legislature, which felt events. The group is planning a protest din­ fee will likely appear on the balJot in the stu­ the center would create competition with local ner on Feb. 1, which is open to all clubs and businesses. Added Value! dent elections this spring and will pay for the students and will feature sandwiches, poster­ Kevin Kobe, director of campus recreation, installation of artificial turf on the fields west of the HPER Building and a new student recre­ making and an arm wrestling competition said the push for new facilities 10 years ago Never too early to start plan­ between club representatives, Rodgerson said. didn't get the results students wanted. ation building. SAAW coordinators plan to sponsor other ning for Spring Break, is it? "(We) felt like we've been abused in past "What we got out of it was the second floor events, Rodgerson said, but details will be of the Fieldhouse, that little fitness center See our website for info! student fees - like the school has really announced later. over there," Kobe said regarding the effort pushed them on us - and really felt like we If the proposed recreation fee passes a wanted to stand up and do something about to update recreational facilities 10 years ago. vote by the Fee Board on Jan. 19, it will be . "They're crawling on each other over there. It's it," Rodgerson said. on the ballot in the student elections on Feb. Rodgerson said students he's spoken to tight. It's dangerous, because you don't have 28 and March 1, said ASUSU President Erik enough room for that many people." • have complained about the athletics fee and the Blue Goes Green fee. Mikkelsen. While the decision is ultimately up to the • The proposed fee is $30 per student per "It feels like, as I've talked to students, students, Kobe said campus recreation often semester for two years and will increase to $75 they have feltpushed around by one group or has to turn students away because facilities aren't sufficient to meet demand. another," Rodgerson said. "It feels like each fee alienates a lot of people, but it only benefits a "It's like so many kids want to play in the • few people." sandbox that we want to make the sandbox as t big and as burly as possible, because it's going Onlineexlusives, biogs, o to get hammered so much," Kobe said. The installation of artificial turf wilJ let placeto commenton sto• more students use the fields adjacent to the ries,videos and more.Free HPER Building, Kobe said. Artificial light­ Clossfieds,too. ing and the possibility of snow removal will increase the number of days the fields are m~J i 1,,[000jjl available, he added. See FACILITIES,Page 3 . • Page 2 CampusNews Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 Huntsman drops out of presidential race MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Days him is more likely to shift their votes to before the South Carolina primary, Jon Romney rather than one of his more conser­ Huntsman dropped out of the presidential vative-rivals. Polls show Romney was most race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney for often the second choice of Huntsman back­ the party's nomination, becoming the latest ers. Both candidates have emphasized their Republican to call the GOP front-runner the business backgrounds and have espoused strongest candidate to beat the Democratic socially moderate positions in a state where incumbent. social conservatives are an influential bloc. "I believe it is now time for our party to Both also are Mormons. unite around the candidate best equipped "Certainly, it will help Gov. Romney here, to defeat Barack Obama," Huntsman said it's just not clear how much," said former at a 1ews conference, his family by his state Attorney General Henry McMaster. An side. "Despite our differences and the space early Huntsman supporter, McMaster had between us on some of the issues, I believe not committed to another candidate after that candidate is Governor Mitt Romney." Huntsman's announcement. The development added to the aura of Romney is leading in South Carolina inevitability Romney has worked to create polls - followed by Gingrich with in South Carolina and the race at large. Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul fight­ But Huntsman's departure and endorse­ ing for third and Perry trailing - as the ment of Romney seemed unlikely to clarify front-runner pushes toward three straight the overriding question of the Republican victories after winning both Iowa and New campaign: Whether conservative vot- Hampshire earlier this month. A South ers could or would unify behind Rick Carolina triumph would give Romney sig­ Santorum, Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry to nificant momentum heading into next-up JON HUNTSMAN, Republican presidential candidate and former Utah governor, accompanied by his create a strong conservative challenger to Florida on Jan. 31, and he's banking on get­ wife Mary Kaye Huntsman, announces he ended hrs campaign, Monday, Jan. 16 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. AP the former Massachusetts governor.