Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 10-9-2014 The Utah Statesman, October 9, 2014 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, October 9, 2014" (2014). The Utah Statesman. 255. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/255 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]. Hockey home Aggie Radio live opener Friday broadcasts Page 6 in the Hub Page 4 The Utah State University • Logan, Utah 435-797-1742 Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 Statesmanwww.usustatesman.com Utah Free single copy Breaking down the majors 4By Manda Perkins major. He’s not just seeing which majors are most pop- asst. news editor things; according to Christine ular at USU by the college Hailey, the dean of the College they are housed in. Our data It’s Landon Hillyard’s of Engineering, there are was compiled using infor- senior year in the mechan- almost twice the number of mation from the USU Office ical engineering program people majoring in mechani- of Analysis, Assessment and at Utah State University. In cal engineering compared to Accreditation and PayScale. the last few years, Hillyard all other majors within the com. USU will be updating has seen a “huge influx” in college. This prompted the their information regarding the classroom sizes for his Utah Statesman to investigate headcounts later this month. Riley Densley photo STUDENTS LISTEN TO PROFESSOR GOODRIDGE in ENGR 2010. Mechanical engineer- ing has the highest enrollment of all of the engineering majors. Top Majors by College (head- Accreditation enrollment sum- regional campuses. The averag- counts) maries of Fall 2013 and Spring es are for both fall and spring According to the Office of 2014. These are headcounts of 2013-2014. Analysis, Assessment and all students at USU including College of Agriculture and Communicative Disorders Applied Science Animal: and Deaf Education Avg: Dairy and Veterinary 1,026.5 Science Avg: 410.5 College of Engineering: Caine College of the Arts: Mechanical Engineering Art Avg: 369.5 Avg: 790.5 Jon M. Huntsman School S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney of Business Economics Avg: College of Natural 845.5 Resources: Wildlife Science Avg: 171.5 Emma Eccles Jones College of Education College of Science :Biology and Human Services: Avg: 569.5 Statistics compiled by Manda Perkins Crisis of faith support group seeks to help USU students 4By Christopher Campbell encing a faith crisis, all four senior writer of those things are very com- mon,” he said. “It definitely Utah State University stu- can lead to serious depres- dents who are questioning sion, definitely causes — in their faith now have a place to many cases — severe anxiety. express their concerns with- It can really stress one’s rela- out being judged. tionships both with parents, Monday, USU’s Counseling with siblings, with spouse, and Psychological Services, with extended family, friends, or CAPS, had its first crisis and it causes a significant dis- of faith support group, which ruption in one’s identity.” seeks to help students who Lucero said he and Dehlin’s are questioning what they backgrounds are a good believe. resource for people under- John Dehlin, a PhD can- going a faith crisis. Dehlin didate for USU’s combined has been involved with con- psychology program and siderable research of other’s co-founder of the group, said faith crises within the LDS it seeks to help anyone going church, and Lucero has dealt through a faith crisis, which with how religion can be both he defined as any kind of dis- a source for positive and neg- tress or familial conflict relat- ative aspects. ed to a change in that person’s Dehlin said he and Lucero religious beliefs. He said this have a neutral stance on is particularly common in a whether or not their clients university setting. stay or leave their religion. “The university experience He said their role is to be is a very natural time for peo- supportive of their clients’ ple to be questioning their exploration of experiences identity, even questioning and their final decision about their beliefs, and to be expe- Jeffrey Dahdah photo religious affiliation. riencing transition,” Dehlin JOHN DELHIN sits in his office. Delhin is the co-founder of a new support group for students who are questioning their faith. The Dehlin said he hopes more said. “It’s very common for us group meets on Mondays and is sponsored by CAPS. participants will come in the to see clients who are either future. Anyone who is under- doubting their religious faith, support group, said faith cri- spiritual growth and rejuve- with faith. said. going a faith crisis of any kind who have decided to leave it, ses often come from events nation or sometimes towards “Instead of dealing with Dehlin said helping people is welcome to come to the or who are questioning things that challenge people’s beliefs maybe spiritual struggles and it on an individual basis, who are undergoing a faith meetings, which take place like their own sexual identity, or worldviews. pain at times,” Lucero said. we thought bringing groups crisis is in line with what every Monday from 1:30 to and they need support to help Though faith crises can Dehlin said he and Lucero together would allow us to CAPS normally does: helping 3 pm in room 310 B of the navigate that transition.” cause distress, Lucero said started the support group treat more people more effi- people with anxiety, depres- Taggart Student Center. Steven Lucero, a clinical they are not necessarily bad. because it was common for ciently, but also allow the sup- sion, interpersonal conflict psychologist who works at “If anything, they’re more people to come into CAPS port group to provide mutual and identity concerns. — [email protected] CAPS and co-founder of the of a fork in the road either to and talk about their struggles support to each other,” Dehlin “When someone’s experi- Twitter: @ChrisCampbell02 Page 2 CampusNews Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 1 2 3 Nation & World In brief Ban on same-sex marriage lifted in Idaho, Nevada A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada, saying bans on the practice in those states violate same-sex couples’ equal protection rights. Ryan Costanzo Annie Hall Ryan Costanzo The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that laws that treat people differently based on sexual ori- 4 entation are unconstitutional unless H O M E C O M I N G there is a compelling government interest. The 9th Circuit ruling comes a day W E E K after the nation’s top court effective- ly legalized gay marriage in 11 more states — including Utah — for a total of 30, when it rejected a set of appeals. Texas man diagnosed with Ebola dies Thomas Eric Duncan, the 42-year- old man with Ebola who traveled to the United States from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Ryan Costanzo Duncan had been in critical condi- 1 John Allred performs at tion after being diagnosed with the the Big Agg Show. 5 6 virus in September. People who had contact with him are being monitored 2 Junior Anna Moore par- for symptoms. ticipates in street paint- ing. Some members of Duncan’s family are being monitored for the virus, their 3 The group performance temperatures taken twice daily, to test at the Mr. USU compe- for symptoms. Ebola can take 21 days tition. to show itself. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 4 Fictionist performs at that as of Tuesday, they had not shown the Big Agg Show. any symptoms. 5 Kurt Kowal exhibits his talent at the Mr. USU competition. He would go on to win. Elderly Utah gunshot victim improves 6 Powderpuff football took place at Romney Stadium on Wednesday. Ryan Costanzo Kylee Larsen An elderly man gunned down when he answered the front door of his West Valley City home last month has rallied to the point where detectives expect soon to be able to question him. The 72-year-old man had been in critical First-ever Thank-A-Thon condition since the shooting late on the night of Sept. 27. Investigators said it was about 10:40 p.m. on a Saturday night when the vic- tim and his wife returned to their home from a date. Moments later, there was a knock; as soon as the man opened the door, the unknown gunman opened fire, striking the man several times. 4Compiled from staff and media reports The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clar- ified or find in error, please contact the editor at 797-1742, statesman@aggiemail. usu.edu or come in to TSC 311. Mikayla Kapp photo KYLEE ELWOOD (RIGHT) AND BECCA HUPPI (LEFT) fill out thank you cards for uni- versity professors in the TSC international lounge for the Service Center’s first ever Thank-A-Thon. 4By Chris Farnes said Leah Calder, the ser- at Utah State so why not give senior writer vice vice president. “We go back a little?” Calder said. out into the community a lot “It’s much more personable Utah State’s first ever with the service center but for the students to write to the Thank-A-Thon took place we wanted to have a service professors and staff because during Wednesday’s Common opportunity for students on of their connection with them Hour.