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UtahCampus Voice tatesman SUtah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com since 1902 Differential tuition asks students to pay more in three career fields

By MEGAN BAINUM out and try different classes is something assistant news editor USU’s Executive Vice President Raymond Coward said doesn’t apply to “the vast Differential tuition is a “solution of last Take aPoll majority of courses that charge differential resort when all of the other arguments fail,” Thumbs up or tuition.” said Barmak Nassirian, associate execu- He said very few lower-division courses tive director of the American Association Thumbs down on charge even a $2 per-credit fee. Business of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions senator Skyler Jenks said students who Officers. DIFFERENTIAL want to try business classes won’t usually be This cost-per-credit expense is applied taking the 3000-level courses that have dif- TUITION? ferential tuition attached. to certain classes above standard tuition for @utahstatesman.com a university. Introducing differential tuition on A raise in the business school’s differen- undergraduate courses results in a change tial tuition was approved in February, and Nassirian said charging differential tuition in student behavior, Nassian said. students in this school will pay an addition- is much more common at the graduate “The point is you really want to give as al $15 per credit hour beginning in fall of level, but charging undergraduates differen- broad as choice of major as possible and let 2011 for upper division courses, which will tial tuition can be problematic. He said by their interests define where they end up,” he reach a total of $97 per credit hour in 2014. charging more for certain classes, students said. Graduate students in the business school may skip out on their dreams of becoming Coward said since USU began charg- will see a $50 increase per credit hour to an engineer or businessman simply because ing differential tuition, there has been no the current $199 they pay in differential it costs more. He said it is important that decrease in enrollment and students see the tuition. It will increase another $50 each undergraduate classes be priced evenly so increase in fees as a need to improve their year for the next two years. students can pursue their dreams without quality of education. The additional student costs are needed having to worry about monetary differ- “Many students understand that the for faculty and staff salaries, operating ences. differential tuition is an investment in the expenses, student services and programs “For some people the added costs might quality of their education and their future,” and expenditures such as marketing, said not be manageable, so it makes students Coward said. Ken Snyder, dean of the business school. pick majors not on the basis of interest, but Jenks said he has seen the difference dif- More than a decade ago, USU imple- on what it might cost them,” Nassirian said. ferential tuition has brought to the teaching mented differential tuition in the under- Nassirian did credit those making the staff at the business school. He said he has graduate and graduate courses in the busi- decision to implement differential tuition, been here since 2006 and over that time the ness school and the college of engineering, saying tuition pricing is a very agonizing improvement of teachers has been drastic. THE HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is one academic decision and it is not anyone’s first thought “Hands down I agree with differential college on campus that requires its students to pay differential tuition. as well as graduate programs in the depart- ment of communicative disorders and deaf to “jack up tuition.” Students impacted by differential tuition pay an extra fee per class on top Concerns about not being able to branch of the general tuition amount. CARL R. WILSON photo education. -See COST, page 3 CAPS offers help to students affected by impulsive behavior

By KATE MARSHALL staff writer

More than 2 million people were brought into emergency rooms in the U.S. in 2010 because of drug abuse. Binge eating affected more than 5 million people. Americans spend more than $13 billion a year on various forms of pornography. These are just a few statistics from the USU Health and Wellness Center that demonstrate the impact human impulses have on individuals. Chris Chapman, a psychology resident at Utah State, is conducting a seminar through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) on April 4 in TSC Room 310B from REBEL FIGHTERS STAND near the front line east of Brega, Libya, Sunday. Cache Valley Peace Works gathered outside the Logan 9:30-11 a.m. on behaving consciously and controlling impulses. Tabernacle, Friday, in hopes of creating awareness about the violence in Libya. The Libyan rebel movement controls the country’s eastern half “When people get into addictive cycles or behaviors, they stop and wants to topple the regime of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. AP photo becoming conscious, they just do them automatically,” he said. “We want to help students get things under control, whether it’s drugs or alcohol, eating disorders, pornography or anything they feel is unhealthy.” Locals react to violence in Libya Chapman describes the impulses as “necessary,” and said with- out them, people wouldn’t feel the need to procreate, eat, exercise and destress their lives. However, dependence often takes the By LIS STEWART on March 28 in an address from Washington, D.C., and made an impulse too far, and an addiction may form. staff writer assurance that the U.S. role will be limited. He called Gadhafi a Jesse Crosby, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, has tyrant and said in Libya’s past Gadhafi hanged people in the streets spent his years at Utah State researching these psychologi- Members of the Cache Valley Peace Works gathered with signs, a and killed more than 1,000 people in a single day. cal problems, as well as treatments for them, with psychology flag, and staunch opinions in front of the Logan Tabernacle, Friday “We knew that if we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly professor Michael Twohig. He said when following an impulse, evening, to advocate for peaceful solutions to the conflict in Libya. the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have rever- it’s something done without thinking of the consequences. The Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi came under renewed interna- berated across the region and stained the conscience of the world,” immediate rewards are positive, but the long term consequences tional pressure in February when he reacted with violence against Obama said. are negative. There is a difference between an impulse and a rebels in his country. On March 18 the United Nations Security While Powelson said he does not support Gadhafi lashing out behavior. Council authorized a no-fly zone and military action over Libya. Air against the rebels, he said the rebels also went too far. Violent actions “People try and stop the impulses, but that is impossible – all and sea strikes from American and European forces began the next escalate into lasting feuds. you can do is control the way you react to them. Just because you day. “Ultimately, warfare causes reaction,” he said. “Although some- have an impulse it doesn’t mean you have to respond to it,” he Dave Powelson, a long-time member of Cache Valley Peace Works, times violence can have a desirable effect in the short term, in the said. said in the beginning, the U.S. was like a policeman breaking up a long term, and it is always the wrong way to go.” The seminar will cover a variety of topics such as alcohol/drug fight. Now, it has taken sides, and that will only create more prob- The Peace Works has been consistent since forming in 2005. Every abuse, pornography, overeating and overexercising, sex and pro- lems, he said. Friday at 5:30 p.m. they assemble outside the Logan Tabernacle. They crastination. “Obama was correct in getting the UN to endorse this, and then stand with their signs advocating peaceful solutions to world prob- “People start excessively drinking or using drugs, sometimes acting as an agent of the UN to separate the sides I think was fine,” lems. Powelson said, “and now, I think the United States has gone way During these 30 minutes, as the group stood in the fading sunlight, -See ADDICTION, page 4 beyond that.” President Barack Obama defended the military action with Libya -See PEACE, page 4

Inside This Issue 4/04/11 Softball’s www.utahstatesman.com losing streak USU’s Herbarium hous- continues at Take our readership survey es 255,000 plant speci- home with a online (www.utahstatesman. mens in the basement trio of week- com, look for the button at of the Junction. end losses to the top) and get a free slice Page 5 New Mexico of Hazel’s Bread! State. Page 8 Official Student Newspaper of Utah State University • “It’s All The News You Need!” 2 2 Monday, April 4, 2011 Page 2 Nation UtahWorld& State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com ClarifyCorrect Latvian president reassures on nuke power The policy of The Utah Statesman is CHICAGO (AP) – A reassuring dence in 1991 after 50 years of Soviet who would later become a leading to correct any error made as soon as word about the dangers posed to the occupation, is among many nations Latvian physician. “That was my possible. If you find something you U.S. and Europe by radiation from that had been looking to nuclear experience and I will never forget it.” would like clarified or find unfair, Japan came from an unlikely source power. But in the wake of the earth- On his first day at a camp less please contact the editor at 797-1762 Sunday – the president of a Baltic Sea quake and tsunami that severely dam- than 20 miles from Chernobyl, or TSC 105. nation who, as a young Red Army aged the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant Zatlers and his fellow soldiers had medic, witnessed firsthand the hor- in Japan, Zatlers said his people may to sleep on exposed, contaminated rors of the world’s worst nuclear acci- need more reassurance before leaders ground. He remembers how difficult dent. pursue plans further. it was to convince some perplexed Briefs Latvian President Valdis Zatlers “We haven’t changed our minds conscripts about the risks of radia- Nat’l spent months near Chernobyl after (about nuclear power), but the situa- tion. a nuclear reactor there exploded tion has changed,” Zatlers said. “We Zatlers has closely followed devel- N.C. woman stabs 25 years ago this month. Japan’s have to take into account reactions opments at the Fukushima plant, boyfriend in chest response to its nuclear crisis, Zatlers of populations to what happened at which has been leaking radioactivity said, has been a sharp contrast to the Fukushima.” since a March 11 tsunami carved DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Authorities instinctive secrecy, paranoia and pub- After the devastating blast at a path of destruction along Japan’s say the woman who falsely claimed lic denial of Soviet leaders in Moscow. Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, the northeastern coast. It’s considered the she was raped by Duke lacrosse play- “I can say that the lessons of Soviet military dispatched him and worst nuclear crisis since the melt- ers has been accused of stabbing her Chernobyl were taken into account in eventually some 6,000 other Latvians down at Chernobyl. boyfriend in the chest at a North rescue procedures in Japan,” Zatlers to the region around the Belarussian- The Japanese response, Zatlers Carolina home. told The Associated Press while visit- Ukrainian border against their will, said, is far different from Soviet Durham police say 32-year-old ing Chicago during an official visit to usually with little to no protective leaders in the days after Chernobyl LATVIAN PRESIDENT VALDIS Crystal Mangum was arrested Sunday the U.S. gear, he said. exploded, as well to the often crude, ZATLERS looks over the skyline morning several hours after the stab- Latvia, which regained indepen- “We had no choice,” said Zatlers, shoddy Soviet cleanup. from atop the Trump Tower in Chicago. bing that seriously injured her 46- AP photo year-old boyfriend. Investigators said the two were arguing but didn’t release any other details. Child dies after fall from indoor roller coaster Mangum is charged with assault NORRIDGE, Ill. (AP) – A 3- The Cook County medical Go Bananas is as an indoor “He was a fun child,” he added. with a deadly weapon with intent to year-old boy died at an indoor fam- examiner identified the boy as amusement park for children’s “That child had more spirit and joy kill. She is being held without bond, ily amusement park in suburban Jayson Dansby of Dolton, a Chicago birthday parties and family outings, than anything in the world.” and jail officials did not know if she Chicago after falling out of a roller suburb, and ruled his death an according to the facility’s website. The park’s owner, Jerrold Marks, had an attorney. coaster, authorities said Sunday. accident. The cause of death was Authorities said they believe the said the park is fully cooperating Mangum was convicted in The boy was sitting near the listed as multiple injuries after the boy met all the requirements for the with investigators. December of several misdemeanor front of the Python Pit roller coaster boy was struck and fell from a roller ride. Marks, who said he has owned charges, including child abuse, in a at the Go Bananas amusement park coaster cart. His great uncle, the Rev. Carl the facility for six years and doesn’t fire that nearly destroyed her home. Saturday when he got underneath Jayson was on the ride with his Jones, said the family had gone to own any others, said his heart goes the ride’s safety bar, Norridge Police twin brother when he fell out of the the park for a night out. out to the family. Leg twitches may be a Chief James Jobe said. He suffered coaster while it was moving, Jobe “It was just a day out with the “It’s just a very sad tragedy,” Marks sign of heart trouble head injuries in what Jobe described said. Police said a state inspector kids, spending time with the fam- said. “I can’t imagine what they are as “a tragic accident.” was at the scene. ily,” Jones said. going through.” NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The nighttime twitching of restless legs syndrome may be more than an annoyance: New research sug- Yemeni opposition proposes transition of power gests that in some people, it could SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s political opposi- – even his own tribe – over to the opposition camp. despised security apparatuses to step down and for be a sign of hidden heart prob- tion on Saturday presented the most detailed outline Still, he has refused to step down immediately, saying investigations of those responsible for the killing and lems. of how it hopes to see power change hands after nearly the country would sink into chaos without an orderly, wounding of protesters. People with very frequent leg two months of protests that have weakened the long- negotiated transition. Security forces have killed 92 protesters since the movements during sleep were time president but failed to drive him from office. Mohammed al-Sabri, a spokesman for Yemen’s unrest began on Feb. 12, according to the Shiqayiq more likely to have thick hearts Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters opposition parties, said they also wanted a smooth Forum for Human Rights. – a condition that makes them hurled stones at riot police backed by tanks in the transition. They presented a plan that asked Saleh to There was no immediate comment from Saleh’s more prone to cardiac problems, southern province of Aden on Saturday, and dueling step down and hand over to his vice president. spokespeople. stroke and death, the study by rallies were held in the capital. Al-Sabri said the vice president could oversee a Reflecting the standoff between Saleh’s government Mayo Clinic doctors found. Daily protests demanding the president’s ouster national dialogue that would advise on reforming the and the protesters, both sides held demonstrations “We are not saying there is a have so far failed to bring an end to his 32-year rule constitution and planning for elections. Similar to Saturday in the capital, Sanaa. cause-and-effect relationship,” just over Yemen, a corner of the Arabian peninsula beset Egypt, al-Sabri said Yemen should hold a referendum Anti-government protesters staged huge rallies in that restless legs might be a sign by poverty, conflict and a long list of other woes. on a new constitution before any voting. northern districts. Government supporters, mean- of heart trouble that doctors and Seizing on the example of Egypt and other uprisings, “We want to achieve political freedom and to build while, continued their overnight rally in another patients should consider, said Dr. the protesters want to open up the country’s political a modern country that is federalized and has parlia- neighborhood. Saleh appeared briefly toward the start Arshad Jahangir, a heart rhythm system as a path toward a better life. mentary rule,” said the statement sent by al-Sabri to of that rally on Friday, pledging to sacrifice his “blood specialist at the Mayo Clinic President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s crackdown has been The Associated Press. and soul” for the sake of the Yemeni people. Arizona in Scottsdale. so harsh that it has propelled some of his key allies The plan also called for leaders of the widely In Aden, protesters set tires on fire, sending black smoke into the sky. They also built barricades with large rocks at the entrance of main roads to prevent Humor tanks from moving. Stone-throwing clashes broke out LateNite with police. Top 10 Rejected Major League Workers and students appeared to abide by calls Baseball Slogans – March 31, 2011 for a general strike on Saturday in Aden and in Taiz, 10. “The Fastest Four Hours In another southern city, witnesses said. Sports.” Yemen’s unrest is of great concern to the United 9. “Our Umpires Have Never Been States, in particular, because the country is home to al- Fatter.” Qaida’s most active franchise. Al-Qaida in the Arabian 8. “Athletic Men In Tight Pants Peninsula has been behind several nearly successful – Ohh-La-La!” plots to attack international targets, including sending 7. “Home Of The $9 Hot Dog.” bombs hidden in printer cartridges onto cargo planes 6. “It Is High! It Is Far! It Is A Trickler and getting a would-be suicide bomber onto a Detroit- Foul...” bound flight in December 2009. 5. “We Don’t Have a Lock Out.” On Friday, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark 4. “An Excuse To Drink Beer All Toner said Washington was concerned about the situ- Afternoon.” ation in Yemen but insisted counterterrorism coopera- 3. “One Of America’s Top 5 Sports.” tion was continuing between the two countries. 2. “Crushing The Dreams Of Small Market Teams Since 1994.” The U.S. gives Saleh’s government financial and ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTORES REACT during a demonstration demanding the resignation of military aid for fighting al-Qaida and has provided 1. “A Scratching, Spitting, Ass- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday. AP photo Slapping Good Time.” training to some of his forces.

45 North Main Logan, Utah 84321 (435) 753-4870 3 Monday, April 4, 2011 StatesmanCampus News Page 3 International Banquet continues Japan aid Briefs Campus & Community By ALLEE EVENSEN Republic student J.C. Almonte. At “There are a bunch of asso- “The International Banquet staff writer the end of the night, The African ciations … but there is only one is the biggest event of the year,” Student Association took home an event,” he said. “It is the last he said. “We want this thing to Band travels to Combining everything from award for the student association banquet of the year. It not only be grand … we want this taken to ‘Nsync to the classical art of of the year for their work with the encompasses all of the continents everybody across the campus.” Logan Arthouse Thailand fruit carving, the annual Children of Ethiopia Education represented at USU but it gives the The banquet originated from The Dangerous Summer International Banquet represented Education fund. Ordell Neally was essence of what the international the Cosmopolitan Club, a group announced a spring tour with Sparks students from more than 10 coun- presented with the Student of the student body is, unity and diver- started in 1916 to help integrate the Rescue, The Graduate and The tries Saturday night in the TSC Year for his sacrifice and extreme sity. This is what the international international students into cam- Scenic. The tour kicks off March 15 Ballroom. dedication to the international stu- student council tries to achieve, to pus life. By the 1960s, the club in New York City, and will be mak- MCs Armen Hovsepyan and dent council. make USU a better home for cur- consisted mainly of international ing their Utah stop on Monday, April Gohar Petrosyan kicked off the Vineet Lakhlani, last year’s ISC rent and prospective international students. When the Cosmopolitan 4 at 7 p.m., at the Logan Arthouse night, themed “Step into our president, said the International students.” Club ended, the ISC took over its located on 795 N. Main Street. World,” by introducing Angela Banquet is a culmination of every Prateek Bhatnagar, financial responsibilities. Talent buyer, booking agent, Martinez, a graduate student who event of the year. This, he said, is chair for the ISC, said the ISC is “The banquet has been going on and owner of PAKT HOUSE was inspired by her son Keenan the only time that all international trying to bridge the gap between for around 50 years,” said Garrett Entertainment Group, Tom Atwood, Nuehring, the administrative assis- groups can come together to plan domestic and international stu- Bates, cultural vice president of booked a Logan date with the band tant of ASUSU, to get involved with an event. dents through the banquet. the ISC. “We saw a need need to do to continue his initiative of increas- STEPS. STEPS is a newly formed something, and as international ing the touring talent moving club that is working to raise student council it would be irre- through Cache Valley. $15,000 for victims of the Japan sponsible of us to not do some- “Every time I book a national tsunami. As of Saturday night, she thing.” touring act in Logan, it enhances said the group had raised just more The diversity in Logan makes the local music scene, raises music than $12,000. events like the International awareness in the valley, and sets a “STEPS is an amazing organiza- Banquet thrive, Lakhlani said. precedent for local musicians to fol- tion because they jumped right on “Obviously, we live in a culture low,” Atwood said. it,” said Christian Orr, president of where there are a lot of students Responsible for booking acts such the International Student Council who have served missions or what as country star Darius Rucker and (ISC). “Keenan Nuehring and his not, so they have international well-known comedian Brian Regan, group have been planning their exposure,” he said. “This is the Atwood books a variety of music organization for a really long time, best way for them to interact with types spanning venues from Utah and this is a good opportunity for people from different areas. I think County to Idaho Falls, Idaho. them to not only be involved on it’s a stepping stone towards more “Logan Arthouse is the perfect campus but in the world. That was collaboration, more inter-cultural concert venue for up-and-coming inspiring myself and the council.” collaboration.” touring talent. Most the bands that A portion of each ticket sold will The banquet is about coming I bring through the Arthouse have go directly to STEPS, who will turn together as one student body, Orr record deals and agent representa- the money over to the Japanese Red said. tion– these artists are the future of Cross. “We’re growing, expanding and the music industry.” Included in the 10 events on realizing there’s more than civil- Touring in support of their second the program were dances from ity when we’re living together,” he full length album, Sparks the Rescue, the African and Chinese Student said. gives music lovers an intelligent Associations, a fashion show and RITU BISHT AND CRYSTAL MASON PERFORM a traditional Indian pop rock sound stemming from the a performance of the ‘Nsync song – [email protected] belly dance during Saturday’s International Banquet. The banquet will donate its sound vein of artists such as Taking “You’re Gone” by Dominican proceeds to the STEPS fund. ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo Back Sunday, Brand New, and Jimmy Eat World. After touring with artists such as The All-American Rejects Cost: Programs that cost more to run, charge students more and Mayday Parade, the Portland, - Maine-based band is direct support continued from page 1 to The Dangerous Summer on this tuition,” Jenks said. “I have seen an undeniable differ- “In an ideal world maybe it would be better to Williams said raising tuition for certain colleges national tour. ence since implementing it.” have state citizens and legislature recognize the “alienates other colleges that are inside of the univer- Jenks said once business students understand importance of education,” Snyder said. sity” and gives those colleges unspoken precedence. Dept. praised for where the money will be spent, most are on board Williams said he agrees that to retain faculty “It’s like we are holding the business school to a with the idea. A letter was sent to all business school money will have to be spent, but he said the business higher standard because they need more money, well student assistance students explaining how much money they were school doesn’t need high profile names to be a good why do they need more money than other depart- requesting as well as where the money will be spent. school. He said professors with real world experience ments? What makes them any more special? I don’t Faculty and staff from USU’s The business school also offered three open and who have a passion for academia rather than see that they are doing things differently, the services Department of Watershed Sciences forums for question and answering. When it came to awards and accolades is what the college should be being provided by the business school are being pro- gathered following the surprise make a decision, Jenks said the student-led business looking for. vided in other colleges but we have to pay more,” he announcement to celebrate the council unanimously voted for differential tuition. In 2008, Glen Nelson, vice president of business said. award that honors exemplary teach- However, business student Ben Williams said and finance for the Arizona Board of Reagents, did a Coward said since the cost of delivering courses ing by an entire department at USU. if Jenks thinks the majority of business students study on differential tuition in undergraduate majors is different among areas of emphasis, differential Watershed Sciences department are okay with differential tuition, he isn’t talking at public research universities like USU. tuition is “to target some portion of those additional head and students on field trip to enough students, or the students he is talking to Nelson cited environmental factors like declining costs to those students who are enrolled in the high- Watershed Sciences department don’t know the whole situation. state support and increasing institutional costs to er-cost programs.” head Chris Luecke, right, instructs “A lot of business students I don’t think have a explain why differential tuition is becoming so com- He said instead of having the entire student body students during a field trip. The vague idea. I bet if you asked 10 students where their mon. It stated the “primary reasons for institutions cover those extra costs by raising tuition, differential department was praised for pro- differential tuition was going you would get blank not adopting differential tuition were concern for tuition is charged to those students who see the most viding opportunities for students stares about it. They know about it, but they don’t student access and legislative prohibitions.” benefit. to build critical thinking skills know where it is going,” Williams said. “There are universities who don’t have differential However, Nassirian said universities don’t price through lab and field-based investi- Solving problems with money instead of find- tuition because they do feel like it would limit stu- things by what they cost. He said if that was the case, gations. ing different solutions will only create an ongoing dent’s choices, we see that in the data,” Nelson said. than freshman English classes would cost a lot less Faculty and staff members of problem that will take more money to solve, said The business school is not the only department than a third-year dynamics course. Utah State University’s Department Williams, a former presidential candidate for the that has differential tuition. The graduate program “Some majors need nothing more than a black- of Watershed Sciences received an Associated Students of USU (ASUSU). in communicative disorders and deaf education has board and chairs and there are other majors that exciting surprise after gathering for “I understand the value of education, it could go implemented those costs and department head Kim involve other costs. It is a solution for last resort, but a March 28 legislative outcomes pre- up a couple thousand dollars and I would still be Corbin-Lewis said that extra money allows for small- that doesn’t make it any less problematic,” Nassirian sentation. As the meeting drew to a here, but it is the use of the funds that is what we er class sizes and one-on-one interactions for gradu- said. close, USU President Stan Albrecht need to be concentrating on,” he said. ate students. She said programs like speech language Nelson said raising general tuition does make and Raymond Coward, provost and The reasoning behind charging some colleges and pathology have requirements that dictate supervision sense. He found in researching for his study that executive vice president, announced departments with differential tuition versus others that occurs for those students. the average differential tuition is about 11 percent the department was selected for is the cost of running that program. Ken Snyder, “When it comes to learning how to work with of resident undergraduate tuition, while the average the university’s 2011 Department executive dean and chief administrative officer for someone with a voice or hearing disorder it is much amount differential tuition brings in to the univer- Teaching Excellence Award. business, said it is a supply-and-demand formula that more effective for students to have one-on-one time. sity as a whole is only 2-3 percent. He said because of causes costs for salaries to increase. He said there is These programs are much more intensive,” Corbin- this, it makes more sense to raise tuition 2-3 percent a high demand for business school professors that Lewis said. to entire student body. “drives the price up.” She said she thinks students have accepted the “That way, you wouldn’t have to have more expen- Director awarded Another problem with increasing salaries is the fact extra costs because they understand where it is going. sive classes limit student choice,” Nelson said. that money being provided by the legislature is going She said they benefit from smaller class sizes, usually for human service down, Snyder said. 15, and that individualized attention. – [email protected] Dr. Judith Holt, Interdisciplinary Contact USU Police at 797-1939 Training Division director at the Center for non-emergencies. for Person’s with Disabilities, has been Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 recognized by her colleagues at Utah EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 State University with the 2011 Strong PoliceBlotter Human Service Award. Saturday, March 26 • USU Police assisted a student that was verbally chief call. Three windows on the north side of The award was established by Carol threatened while walking from class. Police are the Snow Hall building were broken. Police are Strong, former dean of the Emma • USU Police responded to a vehicle burglary investigating. investigating Eccles Jones College of Education and incident at the USU Police Department. An Human Services. It recognizes out- individual reported that items were stolen from Monday, March 28 Wednesday, March 30 standing achievements and contribu- his vehicle. Police gathered information and a tions to the field of human services. report was filed with USU Police. This incident • USU Police responded to a medical assist at • USU Police responded to the area between the Holt is a CEHS faculty member who is still being investigated. the Fieldhouse. A student hit his head on the Taggart Student center and the institute in one has showed significant and sustained floor while playing basketball. Paramedics minute for a report of a person dressed in cam- leadership in human services, applying • USU Police observed two male individuals arrived and transported the student to the ouflage and possibly carrying a weapon. The research to improve the lives of children exit the Aggie Terrace on skateboards and later Logan Regional Hospital for medical treatment. person was not found in the area. or adults. The award also recognizes continue riding skateboards in the oncoming cross-college and interdisciplinary efforts. traffic lane of the roadway on 700 East. Police Tuesday, March 29 • USU Police received a call about some graffiti For the past decade, Holt has contacted the individuals. One had previously on a abandoned shed in the USU trailer court. been the co-director for the Utah been warned for a skateboarding offense, the • USU Police responded to a report of gas leak- Police are investigating. Regional Leadership Education in other had not. Police impounded the skateboard ing from a line outside of the Geology Building. Neurodevelopmental Disabilities of the individual who had been previously The gas ended up being a steam leak from a • USU Police received a delayed report of a (URLEND), and she is the director warned and he was also warned for other offens- half- inch line. The line was shut down until the vehicle that ran over the edge of a flower bed on of the Interdisciplinary Disability es and released. The other male was advised of line could be fixed. the West side of the HSRC. The individual was Awareness and Service Learning Project the USU bicycle/skateboard/rollerblade policy, contacted and was instructed to be more careful (IDASL). warned and released. • USU Police received a Tangled doll that was on where he was driving. found on a shuttle bus. Police will place this Sunday, March 27 item in its found property for 90 days. -Compiled by Catherine Meidell -Compiled from staff • Police responded to a delayed criminal mis- and media reports 4 Page 4 StatesmanCampus News Monday, April 4, 2011 Week allows students to explore entrepreneur opportunities

By CATHERINE MEIDELL that came from this competition is CupAd,” aid developing countries or improve the effective- by a business expo where entrepreneur students news editor Fullwood said. “They print advertising on the side ness of career advising. The solution that is “liked” will showcase their companies at individual tables. of a coffee cup – say it’s Burger King that wants to the most on Facebook wins, and the creators of the Fullwood said the event will hopefully help these Business students aren’t the only ones with new get their ad on the side – and then video post receive an iPad. students’ businesses to grow. company ideas, said Trevor Fullwood, vice presi- they give the independent coffee “One of the business Charity Anywhere and LDS Humanitarian dent for marketing on the innovation and entre- shops free cups. As far as I know “Every company school’s pillars is entrepre- Services teamed up with the business school for a preneurship council. Encouraging the presentation they are doing fairly well.” in some way or neurial spirit,” said Carlie campus-wide service project that will be set up in of these ideas is one of the intentions of this year’s The Elevator Pitch Competition another is going Pennington, vice president the Taggart Student Center on April 6 from 8 a.m. e-Week. demands the students involved pres- to run and oper- of service for the Huntsman to 3 p.m. Students will be able to take part in a “Every company in some way or another is ent their “pitch” for a business idea Marketing Assocation, “and project that will send hundreds of hygiene kits to going to run and operate like a business,” Fullwood in 90 seconds. The best ideas will ate like a business. this week will be an awe- countries in need. said. “Being exposed to this is definitely going to make it into the final round, and Being exposed to some way to get the students “It only takes about 30 seconds to make one help students in any school.” the winning team will be awarded this is definitely involved something the busi- of the kits, so it’s not long,” Pennington said. “We Paul Rossiter, president of the innovation and a cash prize to start their business ness school stands for.” need the man power. It only takes a couple seconds venture. This year, $20,000 in cash going to help The third battle of the entre- to really affect someone’s life.” entrepreneurship council, said entrepreneurs are students in any the “backbone of the economy,” and those who prizes will be distributed between preneurs will be the 72-hour Friday is e-Day, Rossiter said, and the most only consider big businesses are selling themselves the competitions, Rossiter said. school.” Competition. All participating event-packed day. Company big wigs such as short. In addition, the winners of –Trevor Fullwood, students will be dealt the same Mity Lite’s Randy Hales and Lime Ricki’s Nicole The Huntsman School of Business’s e-Week will the I-cubed competition will be IEC council marketing problem and be required to Bruderer will speak at 10 a.m. in the Eccles begin April 4 at 9 a.m. with speeches by the busi- announced at the e-week kickoff. come up with a solution in Conference Center. ness school’s dean Doug Anderson and Michael The deadline for the I-cubed compe- vice president three days. “There are all kinds of great networking oppor- Glauser of Westminster College. This introduction tition was April 3 at midnight, and On April 5 at 2 p.m. in the tunities,” Fullwood said. “We don’t retain a lot of to the week will be followed by explaining e-Week students needed to post a video to Romney Stadium parking lot, what we learn in school when we are done, so net- competitions and kicking off the first round of the the I-cubed Facebook page of a solution to a prob- Big Blue, USU students and others will strap on working opportunities is one of the biggest things annual Elevator Pitch Competition. lem they created. Fullwood said one example of their skis and snowboards for the annual rail jam, for me.” “One of the biggest success stories from USU this would be a video demonstrating how to better Fullwood said. The event will be supplemented – [email protected] War: Group members urge against violence -continued from page 1 Addiction: Services available passersby stopped to discuss their own beliefs promote peace. The Peace Works shows movies about political and social issues. explaining why war and violence are not a good to reduce students’ temptations Peace Works member Brenda Chung said there idea, she said. People can also write letters to the was an active peace movement in Logan before editor and their congressman, and of course they -continued from page 1 the invasion of Iraq, but the political atmosphere are always welcome to join them for the usual because of genetics, but mostly in the valley at the time made it difficult to Friday gathering on Main Street. because there are few things as organize because people were overwhelmingly “It’s always a challenge. People don’t know immediately effective as these pro-war. Now, after almost a decade of war, those what to do to promote peace,” Powelson said. substances,” Chapman said. who may have shouted at the group from passing From dance teacher to postal worker and “Your brain chemistry changes vehicles on Main Street are either supportive or instrument craftsman to professor, the Peace immediately at the intake of keeping silent. Works members come from different worlds with them, so it’s very self-soothing, “From a distance, and both historically and differing ideologies. They all agree on one thing, but it causes a lot of problems geographically, you can see that violence almost though – war is not the answer. in the long term.” never achieves its desired affect,” said Peace Crosby said impulses aren’t Works member and USU associate professor Tom – [email protected] good or bad on their own. Schroeder. The severity of the problem Chung said there are many ways people can depends on how dangerous the respective consequences are for a person. “It is unhealthy if you fol- low the impulse for the wrong reasons, like with exercise, you can either exercise for health or because of an obsession with appearance,” he said. Chapman said 100 percent of the population of the world deals with some sort of basic gut-level hunger or drive. Matt Whiteside, a sopho- more in creative writing, first realized he had created an addiction to alcohol when he TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION more than the felt the urge to drink “just to amount prescribed by the doctor is one form of impulsive behav- get drunk,” and to suppress ior. USU’s counseling services hope to help students control these mental stress temporarily. impulses. ALISON OSTLER photo illustration He said, “Now, when I feel ing. 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Logan, Utah – [email protected] (435) 753-9755 5 Monday, April 4, 2011 Page 5 Life UtahAggie State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com USU Herbarium displays Utah’s plethora of foliage Utah and Idaho. The high endemism rate in By JAMEE DYCHES the intermountain region provides research- staff writer ers opportunities to discover. “We have a lot of species here that are rec- Utah is ranked fifth in the nation for ognized as being new to science,” Piep said. endemism, which means that a large number Piep was introduced to the herbarium as of flora and fauna species found in Utah an undergraduate student majoring in biol- are exclusive to the state. Cache Valley also ogy when he took a plant taxonomy class. boasts a number of its own endemic species. “I learned about the herbarium, what it Logan Canyon is the only place in the world had and how it could be used, early on in that Maguire primrose, a perennial herb my college career,” Piep said. He became with lavender-colored flowers, can be found a botanical consultant for the herbarium growing. before he graduated. Piep also holds a The unique Maguire primrose is one of degree from USU in environmental studies. the many dried plant specimens that can The herbarium was started in 1932 by Dr. be found at the Intermountain Herbarium, Bassett Maguire after he convinced the Utah located in the basement of The Junction on Agricultural Experiment Station (UAES) and campus. The herbarium currently houses the state legislature that the university, then a total of 255,000 specimens. The plant called Utah State Agricultural College, need- specimens are pressed and glued onto an ed an herbarium, because it was a land grant 18-by-11 inch card with a label. The label institution. Before he received approval for includes the name of the specimen, where it the project, Maguire had already acquired was collected, who collected it and the date 10,432 specimens. During its first year, the it was collected. The herbarium also houses herbarium added 3,479 specimens. As an specimens of bryophytes, fungi, lichens, official project of the UAES, the person in algae and slime molds. These specimens charge of the herbarium is required to file are placed in a paper envelope or sealed bag an annual report. or box with a label. All specimens are then “These reports, although written primar- filed into cabinets that are designed to mini- ily for internal consumption, are an impor- mize insect infestation and water damage. tant source of information concerning the Mary Barkworth, director of the herbari- herbarium’s development,” Barkworth said. um, compares it to a library. Utah State University has two addi- “It supports research, it supports educa- tional herbariums on the Uintah Basin and tion, and it’s a resource for others to use,” Blanding campuses. The herbarium on the Barkworth said. Logan campus is the largest of the three. The herbarium focuses mainly on the The herbarium is working on cataloging intermountain region, but it does have speci- their specimens on the Internet. As part THE CYPRIPEDIUM, A TYPE OF ORCHID, is one of many specimens found at the USU mens from different continents. Michael Herbarium, located in the basement of The Junction. The Herbarium has proven to be a helpful teaching Piep, assistant curator at the herbarium, facility for watershed science graduate student Bennett Hestmark. LAUREN BROTHERSEN photo said 50 percent of the collections are from -See PLANTS, page 6 Club combines service and armed forces

By CHARI INGRAHAM staff writer

Students who are looking to make a difference in the com- munity through service don’t need to look far. Simply jour- ney to the third floor of the Taggart Student Center to find FROM SNIFFLES TO SNEEZES, allergies are often annoying. A trip to the doctor can be hard to schedule and over-the-counter the Val R. Christensen service center, which provides numer- medication gets expensive. Some students try home remedies to alleviate some of the spring-time runny nose and watery eyes. ALISON ous opportunities to become involved. Clubs such as Aggies OSTLER photo for Africa, Best Buddies, Habitat for Humanity and Friends for the Elderly are a few of the ample opportunities. A club which ties in service for the country is the Silver Wings Club. A nationally and internationally recognized program ‘Tis the season of sniffles organized by the Air Force ROTC, The Silver Wings Club suffer from all types of allergies, according to allergies. combines cadets and civilians who work together on service By KATE MARSHALL emedtv.com. Allergies are the sixth-leading cause of chron- projects throughout the school year. staff writer ic disease in the United States and cost the health care sys- “Silver Wings was originally a sister club with the Arnold tem $18 billion annually. Air Society, which is purely for cadets,” Sara Basset, presi- As the achromatic days of winter begin to fade, thoughts Davis said symptoms can include runny nose, sneezing, dent of the Silver Wings Club, said. may turn from preparing for the bitter weather to thoughts watery and swollen or red eyes, nasal congestion, wheezing, While the Arnold Air Society aims to build leadership of pollen counts and stocking up on tissues and allergy shortness of breath, a tight feeling in the chest, difficulty skills for officers of the Air Force, the Silver Wings Club medications. breathing, coughing, diarrhea, nausea, headache, fatigue aims to help civilians as well as cadets build strong leader- “Allergies is just part of your immune system. Your body and a general feeling of misery. These symptoms can occur ship skills and requires an equal ratio of cadet and civilian is protecting you from pollen, and is trying to get it out alone or in combination. members. Each member needs to complete a service project by sneezing, and nose dripping. It’s just an excessive reac- In many cases, allergy symptoms are difficult to differ- and minimum of 20 hours of service per semester. Typically, tion to a minimal stimulus,” said Dr. Jim Davis, director of entiate from the symptoms of other disorders and illnesses, members compete for a trophy which is awarded to those USU’s Health and Wellness Center. There are more than 26 million Americans who suffer -See ROTC, page 7 from seasonal allergies, or an estimated 50 million who -See SNIFF, page 7

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lants Herbarium useful to students -e page of the Intermountain Region Herbarium Vance Almquist, a junior majoring in etwork, their collection will be on the environmental soil and water science, uses network’s website, httpwww.intermoun- the herbarium for his plant systematics tainbiota.org. class. “The idea would be that people could “It’s really useful if you’re trying to do search by scientific name as well as common something with native plant species, espe- names,” Barkworth said. cially if you’re looking at distribution,” Bennett Hestmark, a graduate student in Almquist said. “It’s the physical connection the watershed science program, is working to the actual data.” Almquist volun- on a project that looks at aquatic plant spe- teers at the herbarium and helps mount cies growing in and around the reen and specimens. He said he enjoys spending time Yampa rivers. His project requires him to at the herbarium, noting a set of late 19th- collect and identify the specimens for stor- century erman botanical journals as a par- age in the herbarium. ticular favorite. “I use the herbarium’s resources to help “There’s a lot of history here,” Almquist me identify which plants I have collected,” said. “It’s ethereal to be walking around in Hestmark said, “Plant taxonomy can be very here with stacks and stacks and stacks of frustrating, and having those keys and cor- plants.” rectly identified specimens to compare with helps my process greatly.” ameedcesaiemailusuedu Today’s Puzzle Answers

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AG: I would pick Katie Jacobs, US: You’re living on campus? AG: I love all of them for different because she’s hilarious and Kylie reasons. Boam and, um... AG: Yes, I live in Valley View Tower. It has it’s literal ups and downs. US: You gotta give me one. US: I guess you don’t have to save There’s been some drama living with three people. all girls. You know AG: I like the ending of winter. how that goes. AG: I don’t want to Maybe you don’t. US: When everything’s muddy and hurt anyone’s feelings Caught dead and gross? if they read it. All US: I can imagine. right, we’ll say Keeley on AG: No, when it still snows in the Eldredge because Campus AG: Yeah, and then mountains but there’s green grass she’s my roommate. there’s been a lot down here. That is the best because of fun too. There’s then you can go skiing and it’s great. US: So, do you have more fun than And it’s warm enough you don’t have friends whose names Annie Gibson drama. But I would to wear your coat. don’t start with the freshman definitely recom- letter K? mend it because US: We need to dive more into your social work you meet a ton of brain. Do you do politics at all? AG: Yeah, but I have a Sandy, Utah people. lot that do. AG: Nope. US: You’re on death US: How did you end up at Utah row, what’s your last meal? US: Are you artistic in any way? State? AG: Can I eat as much as I want? AG: I like to draw. People, mostly AG: I was looking into schools. They just girls because that’s all I can came to my school a few times just US: As much as you want. draw. with their little stand. I came up for a campus tour and I loved it. It was AG: I want my mom’s mashed pota- US: Do you play any instruments? even cold and I still loved it. Then I toes and her beef, I don’t know she went to BYU and I didn’t like it so I just cooks it in a pot, roast kind of AG: Nope. came here. thing, whatever. And I want her cookies, her chocolate chip cookies. US: Have you ever wanted to play any US: As you were here looking Crab legs from the coast. I don’t want instruments? ANNIE GIBSON, A FRESHMAN IN social work, said she likes Aggie Blue around, taking their tour, is there any Utah crab, even thought that’s all Mint ice cream and LDS books. She also used to play the viola in the fifth grade and any place you remember thinking, I’ve ever had. And homemade pizza, AG: I tried before. I played the viola looks forward to helping children with her degree. BENJAMIN WOOD photo “That’s cool”? that chicken alfredo kind. So good. in fifth grade and then I quit. I US: What happened with that? US: Oh dear … maybe we should just played the clarinet in seventh grade leave this conversation behind. Do AG: The A rock, thing, you know. US: You’re on death row. What did and then I quit for art. Then I tried AG: Oh it’s, progressing, hopefully. you know what the original “Modest The True Aggie “A.” you do? the guitar in ninth grade and it just Proposal” was? ended somehow. US: What do you like to read? US: Are you a True Aggie? AG: I murdered somebody. With a AG: Yeah, but that one’s “The” mod- stick. I beat them to death. US: What is it you look for in a man? AG: I like LDS books. est proposal. I thought that’s what AG: Yes, we don’t need to talk about my teacher was talking about but that. US: Aggie Ice Cream, how do you feel AG: It’s going to sound like a total US: Like “Work and the Glory”? it wasn’t. It was the real one. It’s about it? girl answer but I really like it when a not about that, it’s not about eating US: I think we do. Did you know the guy will help me do chores. No joke, AG: No, yuck. “My Not So Fairy Tale babies, it’s about modest clothes. guy? AG: Oh, it’s great. I was doing the dishes one time and Life.” That one’s so good, that’s a this guy just decided to help me and crier. Or, “A Modest Proposal.” – [email protected] AG: Yeah, so it wasn’t one of those. US: Favorite flavor? I fell in love. We went and stood in line for an ROTC: Club uses annual Home Remedies for your Allergies competition to prompt service • Peppermint Tea – Place 1/2 ounce dried peppermint leaves in a -continued from page 5 1-quart jar. Fill two-thirds of the jar with boiling water, and steep who complete the most service hours at the end of the year. for five minutes. Let cool, strain, sweeten if desired, and drink. In addition to individual chapter competitions, Silver Wings and Arnold Air work together on a joint service proj- • Slather horseradish on your sandwich or plop Wasabi onto your ect each semester. There is also a national service project and favorite sushi. national and international conferences which are held each year. This year’s national conference, Americon, will be held • Boil several cups of water and pour into a big bowl (or a in New York from April 22-26. plugged sink). Lean carefully over the bowl, and drape a towel Basset said in the ‘70s, involvement in the Silver Wings Club was much bigger and the entire student body would over your head. Breathe gently for 5 to 10 minutes. compete for the trophy. Today, the club has lost much of its • When you’re finished breathing steam, let the water cool until recognition at USU. Basset, who learned about Silver Wings through the ROTC program, said the club is trying to restart warm, saturate a washcloth, and hold the cloth on your sinuses after the USU chapter fell apart last year. (the sides of your nose, below the eyes, and above the eyebrows). “I enjoy it. It’s a good way to be involved in the communi- ty and a club that is nationally recognized,” she said. “It’s fun • Take a tablespoon of honey, made locally, every morning and to get to know more people who enjoy service and to help the evening. community on a local level.” information from health.howstuffworks.com Although the club is focused on creating service projects and promoting publicity for next year, its members haven’t been deterred from looking for ways to serve in the mean- time. The club meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Military Sniff: Students can find allergy relief outside the doctor’s office Science Building, where they report their service hours for -continued from page 5 each week and discuss ideas. Vice president Rachel Austin said members have been involved in several cleanup projects, such as a cold, a deformity of the nose itchy-eyed allergy attack,” he said. lot of antihistamines available, like such as picking up trash around the Aggie Parking Terrace. or food intolerance. For this reason, He said he used to get symptoms benadryl, cortoisone. There are also The club is looking to work with local organizations such Davis suggest that allergies be prop- as extreme as hives appearing on his saline nasal sprays and netti-pots, as the humanitarian center and the recycling center, and erly diagnosed by a board-certified skin. He found that a good remedy which are also really good for clearing they are organizing a project to repaint Logan’s miniature allergist (a medical doctor specially for this is to put half a cup of baking out the sinuses.” golf course in the upcoming month. Austin said they are trained to treat allergies) to avoid the soda into a warm bathtub and soak There are also drug-free ways to working towards creating more publicity for next year. self-administration of inappropriate for 20-30 minutes. His symptoms have treat symptoms, should they arise. “I love it because it’s so social and I can be a part of some- medications or other remedies. also lessened since he has slept with Davis said that quercetin, found in thing that’s worthwhile,” Austin said. “My annual fight with allergies is a dehumidifier in his room and used citrus fruits, onions, apples, parsley, Club secretary Jessica Swift said the club is currently uncomfortable, but it also takes a seri- saline solution more regularly. tea, tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce and planning plenty of projects for next year, and in addition to ous toll on me mentally. It makes me “You can make the solution yourself wine, can help improve symptoms. He working with the humanitarian center, they hope to work feel unfocused and tired,” said Esther by mixing a teaspoon of salt in a pint advises taking a supplement as well, to with the Utah Festival Opera Company in the summer. In the Carson, a freshman majoring in psy- of warm, distilled water and adding a build up enough of the compound to past, Silver Wings has worked with the Rock Haus to create chology. pinch of baking soda. After that, bend prevent attacks. a fundraiser called Climb for the Cure, in which participants According to motherearthnews. over a sink and sniff a bit of solution A German study published in the raised money for the total amount of feet they climbed. The com, studies have shown that during into one nostril at a time, letting it journal “Allergy,” found that partici- club also plans to work with Arnold Air to organize a Bike their respective allergy seasons, suf- to go back out through the nose or pants who ate foods rich in omega-3 for the Cure race in April. ferers often experience a general sense mouth,” he said. fatty acids, like cold-water fish, wal- Apart from the opportunity to meet other students, Swift of fatigue – especially mental fatigue Davis said there are things you can nuts, flaxseed oil, grass-fed meat and said a benefit of being involved was becoming an officer in – and are more prone to feelings of do to urge your allergies away, but eggs were less likely to suffer allergy the club and building leadership experience for a resume. sadness. People who suffer from aller- there are also ways to prevent the snif- symptoms than those who didn’t regu- Officer positions include president, vice president, secretary, gies also are up to 14 times more likely fling and sneezing. A few minor life- larly eat these foods. treasurer, public relations director and a liaison officer who to experience migraine headaches style changes can go a long way toward “Some may need a doctor’s help works with Arnold Air recruitment. than those who don’t have allergies. keeping symptoms under control. He to find out for sure that pollen is the Swift, who has been a member of Silver Wings for three “I mostly just get allergies in the advises students to avoid using win- source of their misery,” Davis said. years, said the club officially began a chapter at USU last spring. I hate taking medication, dow fans to cool rooms because they “If your allergies interfere with your spring and is slowly building its membership. She said there though, so I don’t usually do anything pull pollen indoors, keep windows ability to function, if over-the-counter are currently more cadets than civilians in the club, but about it,” Carson said. closed when driving, take showers drugs don’t give you relief or if you they hope to gain more recognition at this year’s Day on the Connor Allred, a sophomore in more often and limit time outdoors. experience symptoms on a regular Quad. physics, also suffers seasonal allergies. “Avoidance of the allergen is the basis, you should see a doctor.” “I’ve had symptoms ranging from a number-one way to prevent allergies – [email protected] continuous, annoying postnasal drip from taking over,” he said. “If you’re – [email protected] to a full-scale, coughing, sneezing- already suffering from it, there are a 8 Monday, April 4, 2011 Page 8 Sports MondayUtah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com Softball can’t snap losing-streak at home against NMSU the bats have been bringing out Tyteca admitted that pitch- By RHETT WILKINSON – they’re struggling,” Tyteca said. ing so effectively yet receiving staff writer “But we’re starting to get that such little offensive support has part down.” mounted to some frustration. The USU softball squad (5-30, Kaneshiro was one of the “Maybe just a little bit,” she 0-6 WAC) saw their losing streak players who struggled, going 1-11 said. “But we know they are stretch to 17 over the weekend, at the plate, along with batting working hard to get those bats getting swept in a three-game average leader Shasta Tyteca at going. I’m sure it’s just a matter home stand against New Mexico 1-7, over the weekend homes- of time.” State (27-10, 6-0) by counts of tand. Friday, Tyteca the pitcher That time needs to be soon 3-1 and 11-6 in a Friday double- held her own, allowing just one for the Aggies. They have just 10 header, followed by an errorless earned run on eight hits. conference games – 16 overall 5-4 defeat in 10 innings Saturday For the first time in the series, – remaining on the schedule, afternoon. the Aggies drew first blood before the WAC Tournament In the extra inning Saturday, Saturday, scoring three runs in begins May 11 in Fresno, Calif. New Mexico State freshman the bottom of the third inning Only the top six of the eight Valerie Swedberg drove a one- off of NMSU starting pitcher WAC teams are permitted to out bomb off the left-field fence Alex Newman. Junior third make the tournament. In scrap- against Aggie reliever Shelbi baseman Tatem Day opened the ing the bottom of the conference Tyteca to drive in senior Ashley inning with a single to right field, barrel, the Aggies know they Maroda from second, giving the followed by an infield single need to get going soon. southern Aggies the sweep and from outfielder Joreigh Landers. “We’re really good,” Tyteca extending their perfect record in Freshman outfielder Krista Bava said. “We’re just having rough conference play. promptly launched a home run, troubles right now, but we’re USU’s last victory came her second of the season and the working through them.” during a series that saw senior team’s fourth of the series, to give “It’s only a matter of time shortstop Kelley Kaneshiro set USU the early 3-0 lead. before it sinks in,” Kalaba added, the school record for career home NMSU notched two runs in noting that three conference runs, a 3-1 victory March 9 at Cal both the fifth and sixth innings. opponents – Nevada, Louisiana State Bakersfield. In the fifth, pinch hitter Vanessa Tech and San Jose State, the next Despite Saturday’s heart- Valles doubled to right center, conference foe for the Aggies breaker, along with a losing preceding an RBI from Kylie April 8-9 – are also currently sit- streak that dates back to spring Randall, who drove in Kristi ting in a sinking boat. “It’s just a break, hope was an overriding Covarrubia to cut the lead to matter of if it sinks in before it’s theme for the Aggies following 3-1. Randall then scored on a too late.” the defeat. double from Hoku Nohara. A USU sits two games behind “The positive is that we two-run sixth-inning blast from fifth-place Louisiana Tech, and never gave up,” USU head coach Swedberg gave the crimson just one game behind San Jose Carissa Millsap-Kalaba said. Aggies their first lead of the State and Nevada, who are tied “Defensively, we did a great job.” game at 4-3. for sixth and seventh in the con- It’s the other side of the coin The Aggies bounced back ference at 1-5. that is weighing the Aggies in the bottom of the same “They are pushing themselves USU SECOND BASEMAN LINDSEY MARQUEZ makes contact with the ball during Friday’s down, said both Kalaba and doubleheader against New Mexico State. Marquez had a pair of RBIs over the weekend, but USU came inning. Senior shortstop Kelley because they want so badly to up short of getting its first win in conference play against New Mexico State. STERLING BOIN photos the hurler who took the loss, Kaneshiro walked to lead off be out of this losing streak they but allowed just one run while the inning, followed by a move are in, but in doing that, they are away. successes. We’ve faced some very Aggies will encounter two sets of striking out nine in 6.1 innings to second from pinch runner getting a little bit too anxious “Edison didn’t make the light- good teams, some very good doubleheaders this week. They of work following short stints Brandy Karl following a sacrifice swinging,” said Kalaba of her bulb the first try, you know?” pitchers. travel to Ogden to face Weber for both Mandy Harmon (1 1/3 bunt from Tyteca and a ground- team’s offensive woes. “That’s Kalaba said. “I mean, every huge “We’re a pretty young team, State Tuesday at 2 p.m. before innings, two runs allowed) and out from first baseman Ashley human nature.” person that’s achieved something so they’re learning from these hosting Utah Valley Wednesday, Dani Chapman (2 1/3 innings, Ventura. Junior second baseman The Xs and Os analysis came great in life has failed a thousand mistakes. We will come into the also beginning at 2 p.m. two runs allowed). Lindsey Marquez responded with an off-the-field analogy times before they’ve actually suc- next conference match smarter “One reason why we’re not with a single up the middle to illustrating how important it is ceeded. Now, we have the oppor- and stronger.” – [email protected]. doing well is probably just how score Karl. for the Aggies to continue to plug tunity to turn these failures into Before facing SJSU, the edu Three USU gymnasts crack top 15 at NCAA regionals Soccer pounds Maintaining her habits from the Idaho State 5-0 By MEGAN ALLEN regular season, Simoneau led the sports senior writer By TAVIN STUCKI Aggies on bars. She tied for 14th staff writer place, landing a score of 9.800. Up against athletes from nine Boone tied for 19th after getting her teams, six nationally ranked, five The Utah State women’s second-highest score of the season, soccer team buried Idaho Aggie gymnasts traveled to the 9.775. Vaske tied for 34th with her University of Denver Saturday to State 5-0 in spring play 9.650, while Dillon came in 40th Saturday despite the compete in the NCAA North Central with a 9.550. Regional Gymnastics Competition. absence of head coach Simoneau also led Utah State on Heather Cairns, who was out “We weren’t completely on our beam, tying for 27th place with a game, but overall they did pretty of town. 9.625. She was not too far ahead of In the first half, goals well,” USU head coach Jeff Richards Boone who tied for 29th with her said. “They were very composed and came from sophomore score of 9.575. Vaske came in 31st central defensive-mid Shay didn’t show signs of stress or any- with a 9.550, with Dillon finishing thing.” Haddow and an ISU own in 34th with a 9.450. goal after a freekick by In all-around competition, senior On floor for the final rotation, Jackie Dillon led the Aggies and sophomore defender Katie Dillon led the Aggies, finishing 35th Crosland. took eighth place with her score of with a score of 9.675. Vaske was in 38.450. Freshman Rachel Vaske fin- Haddow, a transfer from 37th with her 9.550, with Jones in Virginia Commonwealth ished not far behind in 12th place 39th, landing a 9.425. Boone scored with an all-around score of 38.025. University, played high a 9.000, her roughest event of the school ball at Bingham High Senior Lyndsie Boone finished off evening. her Utah State career in 14th place School in South Jordan, “They’ve put in a lot of hard work Utah, before spending a with 37.950. this season, but I think they were Junior Nicole Simoneau and season in a Rams uniform. at least able to walk away happy,” USU assistant coach Trevor freshman Paige Jones both spent Richards said. “For (Dillon) and the evening competing in individual Wachsman said it was good (Boone) it was a little bit harder for Haddow to score. events. Simoneau was on bars for to leave, knowing it was their last the second time at Regionals, as well “For her to score it came meet. I think they think they could off of a cross,” Wachsman as on beam for the first time. Jones have done better, but they didn’t let qualified on both the vault and said. “That’s an opportunity it eat at them.” for her to get in the box. floor exercises. Six universities were represented “The freshmen were OK with it, She’s more of a defensive as overall teams at the competi- midfielder.” I think. It wasn’t their best perfor- tion. No. 12 University of Arkansas mances, but it’s hard to go as an The game had to be won the meet with a total score of moved up an hour and a half individual,” Richards said. “They 196.550, upsetting the No.1-ranked were just excited to be there.” to 9:30 a.m. due to impend- Florida Gators, who came away with ing inclement weather, and While this was Dillon’s third a total of 196.425. Both teams auto- time competing at the regional level, after getting up 2-0 at half- matically qualify for the upcoming time, Wachsman said his this was her first year in the all- national tournament in Cleveland, around competition. It was Boone’s team felt they could have Ohio. done better. fourth trip, having competed on With the end of Regionals comes beam her freshman year and in all- “We weren’t super happy the end of the season, but that with the way we played the around both of the last two years. doesn’t mean the team is done work- This was Simoneau’s second trip for first half,” Wachsman said. ing this year. “I think we came out flat in bars competition, but her first time “They’ll be just in lifting and on beam. This was the first NCAA the first half coming out of conditioning, and working on skills the bus and jumping right appearance for Jones and Vaske. on their own in the gym,” Richards On the vault, Dillon tied her into the game.” said. “And then we’ll come back, In the second half, the season-high with a 9.775, tying for ready to go next year.” 23rd. Boone, Jones and Vaske were Aggies put three more goals USU GYMNAST LYNDSIE BOONE sticks her landing during a gymnastics close together in the standings, tak- – [email protected] ing hold of 39th, 40th, and 42nd meet on March 4. Boone finished 14th in all-around at NCAA Regionals last weekend. Teammates Rachel Vaske and Jackie Dillon also cracked the top 15 in all-around competi- -See SOCCER, page 9 respectively. tion, with Dillon finishing a team-best eight place overall. CARL R. WILSON photo 9 Monday, April 4, 2011 StatesmanSports Page 9 Jazz eliminated from playoff contention with 96-85 loss to Lakers Utah will miss postseason for only fourth time in 28 years seemingly-guaranteed trip to Millsap sparked a 19-6 run to half. Those stats held true for By TYLER HUSKINSON the playoffs. give Utah a 26-13 lead. the reigning champs as they assistant sports editor Over the weekend however, The Lakers would cut the held the Jazz to 40 percent that fear became a reality as lead back to six by the end of shooting from the field, 0-5 After starting the season the Los Angeles Lakers, a team the first quarter, but the Jazz shooting from the 3-point line, 27-13, the Jazz seemed well on who is accustomed to eliminat- would respond with another and 37 points in the second their way to another success- ing the Jazz in the playoffs, spurt to start the second quar- half. ful season and another chance eliminated the Jazz from the ter and held their largest lead The Jazz, who have reached to make some noise in the 2011 playoffs with a 96-85 vic- of the night at 41-24 with 7:28 the postseason for the past five playoffs. The departure of long- tory over the Jazz at Energy to play. Unfortunately for the years and 24 out of the last 28 time head coach Jerry Sloan Solutions Arena. Jazz, that’s when things began seasons, now face the grim real- seemed to be a surmountable According to the Elias to unravel. ity of missing the playoffs. challenge. Then the Jazz traded Sports Bureau, no team in “We stopped executing, “We’ve talked about it,” its all-star franchise point NBA history has ever started a we stopped moving the ball Corbin said. “It is what it is. It’s guard Deron Williams to the season 15-5 and not made the around,” Millsap said. “It disappointing.” New Jersey Nets. To make mat- playoffs. In addition, no squad seemed like everything was Even though the Jazz are no ters worse, the Jazz fell victim during the 64-year timeline of clicking, then everything went longer in playoff contention, to the injury bug, throwing the league has reached 27-13 stagnant.” the players still feel there is off their starting rotation and and not qualified for the post- The Lakers’ Lamar Odom something to play for. adding to the already difficult season. hit a jumper midway through “It’s about pride,” Jazz for- task of adjusting to a new head “I thought we did a good the second quarter that would ward C.J. Miles said. “It’s about coach. job in the first half,” Jazz head spark a 16-7 run and cut the competing. We aren’t making Since the all-star break, the coach Tyrone Corbin said. “We Jazz lead to six to end the first the playoffs, but we still don’t Jazz have arguably played the executed well. They just made a half. like to lose.” worst basketball in the NBA. run in the second half.” Since the all-star break, There are now five games Despite several chances to win, After trading leads with the Lakers have been No. 1 in left in the season for the Jazz to Utah has let games slip away the defending champs through field goal percentage defense, get its record above .500. in the deciding minutes. Their UTAH’S AL JEFFERSON drives past the Lakers’ Pau Gasol the first four minutes of the 3-point field goal percentage during Friday’s 96-85 loss at home. Jefferson had 17 points and 10 5-14 record since the all-star first quarter, a 16-foot baseline defense along with overall [email protected] break threatened the Jazz’s rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to keep Utah from being eliminated jumper from Jazz forward Paul points allowed in the second from playoff contentention. TODD JONES photo

Soccer: Aggies dominate Bengals on the road -continued from page 8 Getting on the board, coming from junior for- sophomores,” Wachsman said. “We’re will continue to get better. ward Shantel Flanary and freshman encouraged by the way we’re playing.” “The fall is still a long ways off,” Married this summer? strikers Mari Miyashiro and Libby With the formation change, the Wachsman said. “The great thing need health insurance for you and your honey? Lundquist. defense has also been modified. about the spring is that we get to use Wachsman said the team tried to Haddow will join three-time first- a lot of the players and get to try new For free quotes go to our website: make some adjustments in the second team All-WAC junior Chandra Salmon things without the pressure of the half. and redshirt freshman Taryn Rose result.” www.broadbentfs.com “We weren’t concerned with what in the defensive midfielder positions The Aggies will continue spring the other team was doing,” Wachsman to anchor the defense that allowed offseason action on April 9 at the BYU said. “We were trying to work on some just six goals in Western Athletic Outdoor Tournament where they will or call 435.752.7200 things on our end. Conference regular season play last face Dixie State and Utah in a Saturday On the offensive side of the field, year. doubleheader starting at noon. USU the Aggies are playing with a slightly “We’re still trying to do it better,” will then travel to Boise, Idaho to com- Rates as low as different formation from the Autumn Wachsman said. “We don’t feel like pete in the Boise State Tournament on $205 a month for season. Instead of using a 4-3-1-2, there was necessarily anything wrong April 16, where they will face Montana a couple! Cairns has moved to a 4-2-3-1 to bring with the way we were playing in the and Boise State. out the strengths of her forwards. fall.” “Our whole attack other than Despite the success of the spring – [email protected] Shantel Flanary are freshman and season so far, Wachsman said the team 40 W. Cache Valley BLVD (1250 North), Bldg. 3A Track continues domination at three different meets Logan, UT 84341 Contributing gold medals for the men’s team, the 4x100- By MIKE REES meter relay team led consisting of Lewis, Tanner Hunt, Silas staff writer Pimentel and Jeff Alley raced to a 41.01. Clint Silcock (high jump, 7’00.25), Jason Holt (800-meter, 1:51.18) and Eric Larson Utah State’s track team made its presence known all across (1500-meter, 3:52.20) also won titles. Silcock’s high jump was a the land as different athletes traveled to compete in three sepa- regional qualifying jump. rate meets over the weekend and brought home several top hon- For the women’s team, throwers Spela Hus and Shannon ors, further solidifying its strong conference presence. Prince shined, taking first place in the shot put (46’ 8.25”) and The majority of the team competed at the Tailwind discus (152’10”), respectively. Freshman Kyli Hirschi made noise Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M,, but a small contingent of in the 400-meter hurdles, running a 1:01.17. athletes traveled to Orem for the UVU Collegiate Meet. Multi- Pimentel helped the Aggies to a strong one-two finish in the event specialists Chari Hawkins and Philip Noble competed at 100-meter dash, finishing just behind Lewis in 10.65. A few the Jim Click Shootout Multis in Tucson, Ariz. other Aggies finished in second place, including Hunter Nelson The distance runners made the most noise at Utah Valley (1500, 3:54.48, also contributing to a one-two finish), Spencer University as juniors Kim Quinn and Daniel Howell took first Hall (hammer throw, 149’ 11”), and Philip Noble (pole vault, place in the 1500-meter and 3000-meter steeplechase, respec- 15’ 3”). Mercer Owen took third place in the 800-meter with tively. Quinn ran a time of 4:39.87 to notch the top spot and 1:53.48. Howell ran in 9:18.34. Also of note, Daphne Jones took home Several women made noise at the Tailwind Invitational to first place in the long jump with a jump of 18’ 2, and Ruth take high places. Ashlee Cannon (100-meter hurdles, 13.90), Hilton and Alicia Wilkins finished second and third in the Hannah Williams (1500-meter, 4:42.44), Bri Campbell (high 3000-meter steeplechase with times of 10:59.59 and 11:22.52. jump, 5’ 6”) and the 4x100-meter relay team of Cannon, Meanwhile, in Arizona, Hawkins took eighth place in the hep- Hawkins, Aubrie Haymore and Bailee Whitworth (46.78) all tathlon, while Noble didn’t post a final score after he didn’t run finished second. Haymore (200-meter, 24.69), Alexis Meyer the 1500-meter race. (800-meter, 2:15.14) and Alex Litzsinger (1500-meter, 4:44.05) The Aggies left their mark in Albuquerque, as well, posting each finished in third place. In the hurdles, Cannon was only 10 first place finishes, led by senior Armahd Lewis, who led the .02 seconds away from the regional qualifying time of 13.88. Aggies in most of the meets during the indoor season. Lewis The Aggies will next see action at the Sacramento State won titles in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, with Invitational, taking place April 7-9. The only home meet, the times of 10.47 and 21.54. Lewis’ time in the 100 makes him part Mark Faldmo Invitational, will take place April 16 at the Ralph of a five-way tie for fourth-fastest time in school history. It also Maughn Track Stadium. is the exact qualifying time for the NCAA Regional meet later this spring. – [email protected] Women’s tennis falls at home to NMSU, 5-2 and had to fight from behind the rest of the match. By BRET CLAPIER It seemed as though the Aggie women weren’t even staff writer phased by the deficit. They opened singles competition In search of its first WAC win, the Utah State women’s with consecutive two-set wins. West won 6-4, 6-3 and tennis team had a tough encounter with the Aggies of gave teammate Swenson enough momentum to control New Mexico State University on Saturday at The Sports her match en route to a 6-2, 7-5 victory. Just like that USU Academy in Logan, Utah. Although the hometown was atop 2-1. Aggies fought hard, they came up just short of their first Amid desperate efforts and heart wrenching three-set Western Athletic Conference win. losses, Utah State dropped the next four matches. They Going into Saturday’s match, USU had an 8-4 record would not go down without a fight though. NMSU’s overall, but has stumbled out of the gate in WAC play Ginet Pinero took a tough, three-set victory over Kristina with an 0-2 conference record. Voytsekhovich 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. The match-up got under way with the doubles com- By the time the No. 5 singles pairing rolled around, petition. USU’s No. 1 doubles team of Senior Hailey the NMSU had already clinched the team victory. But Swenson and Junior Brianna Harris competed in one of being the competitor that she is, Harris fought in the the tightest matches of the day against NMSU’s Isabela closest match of the competition. Harris played her heart Kulaif and partner Annemieke Witte, as the USU duo out as she lost the first set, 4-6, then bounced back to win dropped the first match of the day 9-8. In No. 3 doubles, 7-5, and ultimately lost in a lengthy third set. The two Julie Tukuafu and and Taylor Perry forced a close 7-7- tie swapped point for point, but Pinero ousted Harris with a late in the match, but eventually fell to Natalia Salum and super tie-breaker win, 11-9. teammate Ros-Polly Nguyen, 9-7. NMSU won the team battle 5-2 and pushed USU’s The brightest spot of doubles action for Utah State record back further to 0-3 in conference play and 8-5 came from the No. 2 doubles team of Jaclyn West and overall. Kristina Voytsekhovic. The girls won their match handily The women will take a three-week break and pick over NMSU’s Manon Sylvain and Jodie Williams, 8-4. things up April 24 on the road at San Fransisco. Unfortunately, USU lost the opening doubles point – [email protected] 1014 Monday, April 4, 2011 Page 10

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This peaceful interaction lasted for four struggle for civil rights on his religious faith. centuries until Turks seized power in 1065 C.E. Anyone familiar with the teachings of Jesus and massacred approximately 3,000 Christians Christ will find not a man preaching the hell- Europe responded with military force and the fire and damnation of more fundamental infamous Crusades began. Christianity, but the man who said “He that The objective of outlining the above exam- is without sin among you, let him first cast a ple is to demonstrate a point. People often stone at her.” (John 8:7). Like this example of focus on either the positive or negative aspects Christianity, it often takes little effort to deter- of a group or an event. We focus on the car- mine whether or not a religion is in accordance nage of such conflicts without even acknowl- with the ideologies it claims to follow. edging how wonderful it was that Muslims and Violence is not a characteristic of religion, Christians were able to peacefully interact for but a characteristic of passionate human beings centuries. In our modern day both Muslims who are not always capable of making rational and Christians are often mashed into over- decisions. It would exist whether religion did generalized groups. The extreme Religious or not. The most violent conflicts in human (Christian) Right, in their hypocrisy, paints Islam history have been waged by non-religious dic- as an evil religion of violence, focusing on tators such as Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, those who commit violence in the name of whose combined atrocities claimed the lives their distorted faith rather than focusing on the of hundreds of millions. People will always find vast majority of Muslims who live a happy and something to fight over in both the presence secure, in other words normal, existence just and absence of religion. like the rest of us. It fails to acknowledge the Religion is not without fault because people Islam of Muhammad, which respected Jews are not without fault. As long as religions and Christians as followers of the same god, remain institutions comprised of human beings and allowed violence toward only those who they will lack a spotless record. Religion is only took up arms against the military. as good as the sum of its parts. Those parts Christianity is also unfairly generalized as happen to be both good and bad, and if we are the religion with a continuing history of vio- to be fair we must draw attention to both. lence and oppression. The justification of slav- ery by the Catholic Church is highlighted, but Cam Davis is a senior studying political science not religious individuals such as Roberto de and religious studies. He can be reached at las Casas who sought to end oppression and [email protected]. Date: Women need to take initiative -continued from page 10 you lied, you lying witch, you. All that you’ve some point it’s your turn – selfish witch. succeeded to do is prove that “Gran Turismo” 5. Perfection – Yeah he may have mixed up would have been a better use of the time he the words when he asked you out, but lately it spent talking to you. looks like you’ve been mixing all of your food 3. Communicate – If you don’t like sushi, groups with Tollhouse cookie dough. Really tell him before he pulls up at Black Pearl, a real it’s amazing he even looked past your terrible man will have solutions. Two weeks later when eyeliner to see somebody worth asking out. he asks your roommate why you won’t answer I mean, it obviously must be interfering with the phone is not the time for him to find out your own vision. Or were you too busy think- – lying witch. This blow to his self-esteem will ing of how you could ridicule this man on your probably require him to spend a few hours unoriginal quote wall to realize he must like with “Halo” to regain his loss. you enough to make his palms sweat? He’s 4. Maintenance takes two – You can vote, not going to be perfect, but neither are you wear pants and play football. In this new world – arrogant witch. So see past his attempts to you can ask a boy out. Maybe not for a first, be the Superman you demand, and be nice to second or even third date. But at some point the man inside. even Superman needs you to initiate the activi- ties. A man will probably plan and execute Richard Orcutt is a junior studying economics. most dates, but he can’t do it all. Face it, at He can be reached at [email protected].

Find what looks best on your apartment wall at www. utahstatesman.com/ photoreprints 12 Page 12 World&Nation Monday, April 4, 2011 Natural disasters put stress on children in Japan KARAKUWA, Japan (AP) – Zoom in for a Burke, a disaster response specialist with the Ten-year-old Fumie Unoura remembers well to play until they all meet for lunch. Fumie’s snapshot of apparent normalcy: children sit- Australian Psychological Society. “But that’s not the terror of the day. She was sitting in class teacher stops by regularly with homework ting in a circle, clasping playing cards tightly in saying they’re not deeply distressed and upset when the earth began to shake, sending her and assignments – a source of complaint for his their hands. They laugh, chat and occasionally about what’s going on.” her classmates scrambling under their desks for daughter, her father notes with a grin. hop up to break into a goofy dance. Reminders of the tiniest victims are scat- cover. When the rumbling stopped, the teacher That kind of basic structure to the day helps Zoom out and the picture changes: The tered throughout the wreckage: a little girl’s shepherded the students outside, where their prevent long-term psychological damage, says children are kneeling on mattresses in a chilly white shoe caked in mud, a red rubber ball town had turned to rubble. Burke, the Australian psychologist. classroom they now call home. An elderly coated in dust, a sodden comic book whose ink “I saw the dust rising up,” she recalled days “It gives them a sense that their world is pre- woman cries nearby, wondering whether her has run. later, standing outside a shelter in the shattered dictable, and when we feel things are predict- mother was killed by Japan’s tsunami. Outside As many as 25,000 people may have been coastal city of Rikuzentakata. able, we begin to relax,” she says. “A disaster the school, a teacher fiddles with a radiation killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami With the tsunami coming, she ran as fast as makes us realize or think the world isn’t pre- detector, checking to ensure the levels aren’t that devastated Japan’s northeast coast and her short legs could carry her, surrounded by dictable.” high enough to make them sick – or worse. damaged a nuclear plant, sending radiation others sprinting for safety. Save the Children, an international aid Behind the smiling faces of thousands of spewing into the environment. Tens of thou- She escaped with her life but little else. agency, has set up safe spaces for children to children in shelters across this wave-battered sands are still living in shelters. Her home is ruined. She sleeps on the floor of meet and play throughout the tsunami zone, wasteland, experts say there is often serious For the children, the monster in the closet a school gym with her family and more than with toys, games, crayons and paper. anxiety as everything these youngsters once has been replaced by the monster of Mother a thousand other survivors. She misses her “The stories they were sharing with me held as normal is suddenly anything but. Nature: The ground they play on can rattle and Nintendo DS. were about first an earthquake, then a tsunami “That’s what is so wonderfully adaptive crack, the ocean they swim in can morph into Her father, Masanari Unoura, volunteers at and now their fears for radiation,” says Ian about children. They can move very easily into a killer wave, the air they breathe might carry the shelter. He worries constantly about what Woolverton, a spokesman for the group. But playing or laughing,” says psychologist Susie harmful radioactive particles. will become of his life, where they will live, how one fear reigned supreme, he says: “Being alone he will clean up the ruins of their home. is the thing they’re most afraid of.” “We parents have a lot to think about,” he At a shelter in Kesennuma, a group of boys says. “Whereas the kids are basically free.” plays basketball while volunteers from a Tokyo It is not so simple, experts say. In fact, the church give massages to elderly people on the disruption of daily life, if prolonged, can be second floor. more damaging than the disaster itself, says Sixteen-year-old Keisuke Iwate came here to psychologist Gaithri Fernando, who led a study visit his friend Yohei Sugawara. on how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami affect- “There are people without homes,” Iwate ed children in Sri Lanka. says. “They’re not saying how sad they are, but Suddenly discovering they have no water to you know they’re feeling it.” bathe, no bed of their own and no school where Sugawara, also 16, said that the tsunami they can see their friends can be highly upset- ruined the first floor of his house. Then a fire ting, says Fernando, a professor at California burned it down. State University in Los Angeles. These days, he, too, has carved out a new Experts say getting children back into a rou- routine. tine – even an unusual one – is key. “I help out at the refugee center every morn- Unoura and his family are doing this. Every ing,” he says. “And then we go and try to clean morning, they join others at the shelter for up the place where our house was and look for CHILDREN WATCH AS THEIR FATHER is screened for radiation at a shelter in Fukushima, group exercise sessions broadcast on the radio. anything that might be left.” Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Children living through Japan’s multiple disasters struggle with disrupted They have breakfast as a family, and then He’s better off, he says, than another friend lives and new fears. AP photo Fumie and her older sister Shiho have time whose parents were killed. Utah among states appealing health care overhaul ruling ATLANTA (AP) – The federal health care Roger Vinson of Florida agreed in a Jan. 31 ered by an employer, government program another ruling in March ordering states to overhaul’s core requirement to make virtu- ruling that said President Barack Obama’s or their own policy would face fines from the continue implementing the law while the ally all citizens buy health insurance or entire health care overhaul is unconstitution- IRS when the program takes effect in 2014. case makes its way through the courts. face tax penalties is constitutional because al. It is considered the most sweeping ruling Vinson ruled that lawmakers do not have Other states that joined Florida in fil- Congress has the authority to regulate inter- against the health care law. the power to penalize citizens for not doing ing the lawsuit were: Alabama, Alaska, state business, the Justice Department said Vinson ruled against the overhaul on something, but the Justice Department said Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Idaho, in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the grounds that Congress exceeded its author- he overreached. Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Obama administration’s signature legisla- ity by requiring nearly all Americans to The government disputed Vinson’s claim Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North tion. carry health insurance, an idea dating back that Congress can’t penalize someone for Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, The government’s 62-page motion filed to Republican proposals from the 1990s but not buying health care coverage, saying the South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals now almost universally rejected by conserva- requirement was a “quintessential exercise” Wisconsin and Wyoming. argued that Congress had the power to enact tives. of the legislative branch’s powers. It said the So far, three federal judges have upheld the overhaul’s minimum coverage require- His ruling followed the same reasoning as judge “impermissibly substituted its own the law, while Vinson and the Virginia ments because it is a “rational means of one last year from a federal judge in Virginia judgment for that of the elected branches” by judge ruled against it. It now seems certain regulating the way participants in the health who struck down the insurance require- declaring an insurance requirement can’t be that the broad health care challenge will be care market pay for their services.” ment. But while the first judge left the rest imposed until people actually seek medical resolved only by the Supreme Court. The motion also warned other pieces of of the law intact, Vinson invalidated provi- care. A randomly selected three-judge 11th the overhaul, including a law that blocks sions that range from Medicare discounts “Common sense, experience, and eco- Circuit panel is set to consider oral argu- insurers from denying coverage to people for seniors with high prescription costs to a nomic analysis confirm the testimony to ments about the case in June. Vinson, for his because of pre-existing conditions, would be change that allows adult children up to age Congress that a ‘health insurance market part, has acknowledged that the 11th Circuit “unworkable” without a minimum coverage 26 to remain on their parents’ coverage. could never survive or even form if people could disagree with him. provision. At the center of Vinson’s ruling and the could buy their insurance on the way to the “It is likely that the Court of Appeals will Twenty-six states filed a lawsuit that government’s challenge is the legality of the hospital.’” also reach divergent results and that, as most said Congress had exceeded its authority by requirement that Americans carry health Some states, including Alaska, have cited court-watchers predict, the Supreme Court requiring that all citizens buy health insur- insurance except in cases of financial hard- Vinson’s decision in refusing to cooperate may eventually be split on this issue as well,” ance or face tax penalties. U.S. District Judge ship. Those who cannot show they are cov- with the health care law. But the judge issued he wrote in a March 3 ruling. Southwest Airlines cancels 600 flights after emergency landing NEW YORK (AP) – Southwest Airlines cancelled about Southwest normally has about 3,400 flights each day passengers recalled tense minutes after a hole ruptured over- 600 flights this weekend as the airline continues its inspec- though it’s slightly reduced on Saturday. That means that head with a blast, and they fumbled frantically for oxygen tion of 79 of its Boeing 737 aircraft, in the aftermath of an almost 9 percent of the total number of flights were can- masks as the plane descended. emergency landing of one of its planes on Friday. celled each of the two days. No flights were cancelled on In a release issued Saturday, Dallas-based Southwest The airline cancelled 300 flights Sunday after cancelling Friday. said the passengers on board Flight 812 have received a the same number on Saturday. Southwest Airlines spokes- The aircraft is being inspected over the next several days, full refund along with an apology and two complimentary woman Whitney Eichinger says it still hasn’t made a decision the company said. round-trip passes on Southwest for future flights. about Monday’s flights. No one was seriously injured Friday as the aircraft car- On Sunday, federal investigators examining the damaged “We are working as diligently as possible to minimize rying 118 people rapidly lost cabin pressure and made a plane in Yuma said the entire length of a 5-foot-long tear in any impact on (customers’) travel plans,” Eichinger told The harrowing but controlled descent from 34,500 feet, landing the skin of the aircraft shows evidence of pre-existing fatigue Associated Press Sunday. safely near Yuma, Ariz., 150 miles southwest of Phoenix. But cracking. Quran protests spread to eastern Afghanistan JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) – Demonstrators battled northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif poured into the streets after police in southern Afghanistan’s main city on Sunday and took Friday’s Muslim prayer services and overran a U.N. compound, to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western killing three U.N. staff members and four Nepalese guards. pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor’s On Saturday, hundreds of Afghans holding copies of the burning of the Quran. Quran over their heads marched in Kandahar before attacking An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the city cars and businesses. Security forces opened fire and nine pro- of Kandahar, said provincial health director Qayum Pokhla. Two testers were killed but the governor of Kandahar said officers officers and 18 civilians were wounded, he said. had only fired into the air. He said 81 were wounded and 17 In Jalalabad, the largest city in the east, hundreds of people people, including seven armed men, had been arrested. blocked the main highway for three hours, shouting for U.S. Military commander Gen. David Petraeus and the top NATO troops to leave, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama civilian representative in Afghanistan, Mark Sedwill, said they and stomping on a drawing of a U.S. flag. More than 1,000 peo- “hope the Afghan people understand that the actions of a small ple set tires ablaze to block another highway in eastern Parwan number of individuals, who have been extremely disrespectful province for about an hour, said provincial police chief Sher to the holy Quran, are not representative of any of the countries Ahmad Maladani. of the international community who are in Afghanistan to help The violence was set off by anger over the March 20 burning the Afghan people.” of the Quran by a Florida church – the same church whose pas- The Taliban said in a statement emailed to media outlets that tor had threatened to do so last year on the anniversary of the the U.S. and other Western countries had wrongly excused the Sept. 11 attacks, triggering worldwide outrage. burning of the Quran as freedom of speech and that Afghans The protests, which began Friday, also appear to be fueled “cannot accept this un-Islamic act.” more broadly by the resentment that has been building for years “Afghan forces under the order of the foreign forces attacked in Afghanistan over the operations of Western military forces, unarmed people during the protests, killing them and arresting blamed for killing and mistreating civilians, and international some, saying there were armed people among these protesters, contractors, seen by many as enriching themselves and fueling which was not true,” the Taliban said. corruption at the expense of ordinary Afghans. The governor of Kandahar said he and the main leaders of Coverage of the trial of a group of U.S. soldiers charged with the protests in the southern city had reached an agreement that killing Afghan civilians and the publication of photos of some would end the demonstrations in exchange for the release of posing with dead bodies added to the anger. those who were arrested. He said they released 25 people but did AFGHAN PROTESTORS BEAT a burning effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Thousands of demonstrators in the previously peaceful not provide details. Afghanistan on Sunday. AP photo 13 Monday, April 4, 2011 TimeOut Page 13 All But Dead • [email protected] Pearls Before Swine • Steve Pastis

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