Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-25-2012 The Utah Statesman, January 25th, 2012 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, January 25th, 2012" (2012). The Utah Statesman. 1713. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1713 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. 25, 2012 Uta "Campus Voice Since 1902" • Utah State University• Logan, Utah• www.utahstat~an.com Today'sIssue: Shuttlespush ridershipwith prizes Campus News BY TAVIN STUCKI to be a great community sports editor event. We'vegot a lot of business support. There's The Cache Valley really some nice prizes." Transit Department, Participating busi• Cache Chamber of nesses include several Commerce and Aggie grocery stores mcluding Shuttle are teaming up to Walmart, Macey'sand organize the Cache-In for Lee's,as well as jewelers Clean Air event through­ like the Diamond Gallery out February. and S.E. Needham's. USU Riders of any CVTD is one of the top donors, or AggieShuttle buses Oregon professor stresses equal­ including prizes from can ask the driver upon Athletics, UniversityIon, boarding for one ticket ity between men and women m the Bookstoreand Caine per day from Feb. 1-29. religion. Collegeof the Arts. A Tickets can be filled out Page3 completelist of sponsors and given to one of 25 and prizes can be found sponsors of Cache-in for Features at cvtdbus.org. Clean Air to be entered Alden Erickson, USU's in a raffle for prizes of shuttle supervisor since approximately $100value 1994, said the event is to each. help raise awareness of CVTD'smanager of the traditionally low air marketing and planning quality in Cache Valley Randy Park said the that seems to be at its drawing will be the first worst during February. week of March and win­ "We want to help ners will be contacted by inform Cache Valleyresi­ AGGIE SHUTTLE AND CVTD are joining forces to encourage Cache Valley residents to phone. dents of the historically use public transportation rather than driving their own cars to help decrease the number of "We're excited,"he yellow a,r days this winter. People who ride the bus w,11be given tickets to put in drawings for Take a look at some of the odd said. "I think this is going • See BUS, Page 3 prizes from various businesses in the valley. DELAYN£LOCK£ photo jobs students have on campus. Page4 Students respondto State of the Union Sports "It's kind of an election speech, especially this year.They just kind of never say anything importanL What I thought was really interesting was the part where he talked about raising the dropout age to 18, and (I) thought about how that might affect the election.'' Opinion - Christopher Patty, 1 sophomore, I rea hope that marketing, eration wants to e Libertarian $2 for free bikes d \ nd we'd rat Union address, PresidentBara t down an economy,unemployment and m really sk Pi Sig_maAlpha's viewing par Page 10 s of Obama and his plans for ed by SteveKent and MeganAllen, CurtisRipplinge Interact Now! There were some Design ■ I I-. Stars making something from very lit­ tle last week. Check it out: Added Value! Here's a sneak preview of the next cartoon in our Gag Line contest. Check out the current "It wasone of the most positiveState 'toon of the Unions I've ever heard, and I'm not surprised - it's an election year.l and sub­ did not like his solutions to solvingall mit your of this, though. Everythinghe's recom­ caption mended is essentiallyasking for more govemment and more regulations, today! and I sincerelybelieve that's wrong:• - Justin Hinh, junior, political science and economics, Libertarian Onlineexlusives, biogs, a place to commenton stories,videos and more.Free Clossfieds, too. c::1zc•~-J 11r:rra<m \ Page 2 . CampusNews Wednesday,Jan. 2S, 2012 'Humanbooks' give studentsfirst-hand accounts BYLINDSAY NEMELKA She said it's a great way to interests, understandings and can Hedrich said. interesting hobbies, such as storm staff writer "start a dialogue to promote a ask their own questions. Each of The theme for this library chasing. better understanding of dif­ the books is an expert of their collection is "Find Out the Rest Hedrich said SQmetimes there Human books are currently ferent experiences and ways of own experience on the topic, but of the Story." More than 20 titles is more than one title to a topic, available to check out at USU's thinking." not about the topic. are offered, including topics such as the circumstance in first Human Library exhibit where Experiences will be unique "The books are meant to not on Paganism, abuse survivors, Lebanon from both a Christian "readers" have the opportunity because each reader has different present facts, but experiences," blindness, eating disorders and and Muslim perspective. to talk about prejudices and ste­ Matt Winters, a book volun­ reotypes they might have about teer, will be available for check people with diverse experiences out Tuesday to talk about his and backgrounds. experiences as a college radio disc The Human Library is a jockey. Although Winters said he nonprofit organization that hopes to broaden minds and get promotes intimate and informal past any misconceptions people opportunities for people to build might have about DJs, he is mostly understanding of others by open­ excited about his love for the ing a dialogue. Anne Hedrich, topic. a USU librarian, is one of the "I get to maybe not change co-organizers for the event, which minds, but inform them about started Tuesday. something interesting," he said. Participants will get a unique The Human Library organiz­ and authentic experience with ers have had an overwhelming a book that is a person, as they response of people who want to "check out" a book on a particular volunteer as books. Hedrich said topic. After a reader looks at the many of them look forward to the catalog of different topics, they opportunity to help others, even decide which book they are inter­ if they talk about personal or dif­ ested in. ficult topics. Angela Neff, a USU teaching "All these books are very assistant and co-organizer of the brave," Neff said. event, said "readers" must first Hedrich said although these agree to some guidelines, such as exhibits happen all over the world, asking respectful questions. this is the first time it has been "We want our books treated introduced in Logan. well," Neff said. "I think it will be an interest­ Readers then get a library card ing and fun experience for readers and set up a time to have a con­ and hope people will come," she versation with the book, at which said. time they can hear and share The Human Library is free sto_riesabout a particular topic. and open to all members of the "It's like an informed personal community and will continue narrative that's interactive," Neff until Thursday in room 101 of said. the Merrill-Cazier Library. Hours Hedrich said the Human are Wednesday 2-4 p.m., and Library is "quite clever, because Thursday 4-6 p.m. we're talking about reading another kind of book - a human GRADUATE STUDENT SHANNON BABB checks out "LivingLarge, LivingBlind," a book at the Human Library - [email protected] book." exhibit. Thi~ week students can go to the Merrill-Cazier Library to talk to volunteers there to share hardships. experiences and lessons they learned from them. Topics range from surviving abuse to abnormal hobbies. MIKEJOHNSON photo f Visitingprofessor fights for femineequality in religion BYMARISSA SHIELDS be a better pastor or holder of the priesthood - and do ♦ staff writer everything right, she said. Shaw said she's seen some movements in Evangelical Susan Shaw, a professor from Oregon State churches that involve what she calls a "macho Jesus." University, lectured at the Merrill-Cazier Library about Since women go to church more often than men, she feminist equality and religion Monday, Jan. 23. said, men feel they must make Jesus more masculine, Church-going women need to stand up for equal­ because it's how men are supposed to be. ity, Shaw said in her lecture. Most language used in "We aU end up limited," she said. "We're told, 'This the Bible refers to God as being a man, she said.The is what you have to be, because you're a man, and this language about God is metaphorical, and tlierefore, is what you have to be, because you're a woman."' women must challenge this image, she added. Instead of just focusing on women in a feminist If people take this metaphor too seriously, Shaw • theory, individuals must realize how hegemonic mas­ said, they begin to create a fallacy of misplaced con­ culinity harms both men and women, Shaw said. creteness, in which people take a metaphor and act as Like women, men are forced into boxes, she said. if it is real. Men are supposed to be strong supporters of a family, "If all you hear is 'God is male,' then that's all you even if the family is made up of 10 children and par­ are going to see God as," Shaw said. "God is much big­ ents on a low-wage job, she said.