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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 2-16-2011 The Utah Statesman, February 16, 2011 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, February 16, 2011" (2011). The Utah Statesman. 150. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/150 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2010 UtahThe Campus Voice tatesman SUtah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com since 1902 Three juniors in the race for ASUSU president By KAYLA HALL the Presidents Cabinet chair. He is also an appoint- staff writer ed member of the Executive Council, Academic Senate, Capitol and Support Committee, Academic Three USU juniors, all dual-majoring in speech Opportunity Fund and Tier II Tuition Committee. communications, are vying for ASUSU president in “When it came down to if I was going to run the 2011 elections. Campaigning begins Feb. 22. or not I thought, of course I am going to run,” All the presidential candidates – Ben Williams Nuehring said. “We have so many projects that from Dallas, Texas, whose other major is business require continuity. I feel like because I have been administration, Erik Mikkelsen from Bunkerville, here (on the ASUSU executive council) for the last Nevada, whose second major is human resources year, I literally understand the time commitment and Keenan Nuehring from River Heights, Utah, more than anyone else.” whose second major is political science – have a Williams is a member of the Student Advisory platform centered around students. Council, A-Team, and Student Involvement and “My big thing is to put students first,” Mikkelsen said. “With that, I want to blow the -See ELECTIONS, page 3 doors of ASUSU wide open and make it more inclusive and open for people who don’t know how to get involved, but would like to.” ERIK MIKKELSEN, KEENAN NUEHRING, AND BEN WILLIAMS (left to right) will begin Mikkelsen said he plans on implementing his campaigning Tuesday, Feb. 22 in hopes of becoming the next ASUSU president. TODD JONES photo campaign by reaching out, recognizing and revital- “I will use any way to get club names out there Williams, the public relations chair for the izing. As president, he plans to reach out through so people can see the things they can get involved Val R. Christensen Service Center and Nuehring, programs like Aggie Blue and give presentations in,” Mikkelsen said. ASUSU administrative assistant both feel their pre- on a regular basis throughout campus. He wants to He also plans to revitalize ASUSU by ensuring vious and current ASUSU leadership positions will have a regular recognition of all clubs on campus that ASUSU is fiscally responsible with spending, help them if they become president. by having more notoriety of club activities through especially because of the budget cuts the university Nuehring currently serves as administrative the Utah Statesman and Utah State Today. faces. assistant on the ASUSU executive council and as CIL tests officially terminated By STEVE KENT staff writer The discontinuance of the Computer Information Literacy exams passed through the final stages of approval, and students will officially not need to take the exams beginning next semester. In December, the Education Policy committee A GEOLOGY BUILDING DISPLAY case contains empty places after valuable minerals were taken from it Feb. 12. USU police are taking pre- and Faculty Senate voted to remove the requirement, cautionary measures to make sure this does not happen in the future. KATELYN BATTLES photo finalizing a decision long sought by many faculty members and ASUSU officers. Students graduating this semester are still required to pass the CIL examinations. The CIL tests were originally designed to teach Burglaries drive need for surveillance students basic computer skills as well as provid- ing information about the ethics of computer use, Eccles Science Learning Center on the morn- wire and a coat hanger dangling from her but many of those skills are currently being taught By DAN SMITH ing of Monday, Feb. 7, and realized some- office door handle. She and her colleagues news senior writer elsewhere, said professor Charles Huenemann of the thing was amiss. attempted to speculate against an attempted General Education subcommittee. “I had a biochemistry class that I was giv- burglary by guessing a janitor could have An attempted burglary in Widtsoe Hall Heunemann said he also preferred the idea of ing an exam to on Friday,” Hevel said. “On used it to prop the door open. and a possible theft in the Geology Building teaching students computer skills as needed, rather Wednesday, I let them know I was going to She said the biochemistry course is a two- have given faculty cause for heightening secu- than all at once. “They might have to learn every- be out of town and the exam would be proc- semester course and both semesters are very rity measures. thing for the test in order to pass it, but then as soon tored by my assistant. Unfortunately that’s tough. Students who are majoring biochem- Associate professor of biochemistry Joanie as they pass the test then they don’t use that informa- the same time it happened.” Hevel said after being out of town for the tion again and they forget it.” Hevel said she notified police when she weekend, she sat down in her office in the In their meeting last November, the General saw a gadget made from duct tape, electrical -See MINERAL, page 4 Education subcommittee said that they would like to keep the CIL computer lab (located in the Eccles Science and Learning Center) open as a remedial resource for students wanting to learn the skills now Fieldhouse no longer accommodates indoor soccer taught by the CIL program. Currently, the $30 CIL fee funds the lab, and if it is to continue, the CIL fee “Soccer has just boomed on this campus, the problem we’re would need to be replaced by a new student fee, said By KEATON REED running into is space,” said Scott Wamsley, assistant director of CIL director Alex Potter. staff writer Campus Recreation. He also said the protective nets that hang in Potter said he disagrees with the idea of teach- the Fieldhouse are not adequate to prevent future accidents. ing students computer skills as needed, and that the Due to a recent soccer-related injury in the Nelson Fieldhouse, “Those nets are probably 25 years old, they’re not made to stop removal of the CIL requirement might now put more the sport is currently not allowed inside the a soccer ball, they’re made to stop a tennis ball,” strain on faculty members. building. The rule was mandated after a jog- “We were playing and Wamsley said. “They’ll have to deal with students not knowing ger was struck by a ball while on the track. He said similar safety concerns arose several how to do a footnote, and how to do all these funda- “We were playing and somebody shot somebody shot the ball years ago when the women’s softball team prac- mental skills that are taught in CIL,” he said. the ball and hit an older man jogging on and hit an older man ticed there. The changes in CIL requirement likely won’t cause the track.” said Bereket Tesfatsion, a gradu- jogging on the track.” Wamsley said he has been talking with a any drastic changes, but students won’t benefit as ate student in water resource management. – Bereket Tesfatsion, net company in Salt Lake City, and Campus much as they might have, Potter said. “Immediately they decided that we could not Recreation hopes to get new nets sometime in USU sophomore Gabrielle George said she took play.” graduate student the near future. two of the CIL exams as part of her USU Connections Tesfatsion said he feels the reaction was “We struggle in the winter to find a place to class, but that she doubts she benefited much. harsh, because his group of friends have been playing soccer in “I don’t even remember what the test was on,” the Fieldhouse for the past year and have never had an accident or injury prior to this incident. -See SOCCER, page 4 -See SEMESTER, page 3 Inside This Issue 2/16/11 Students www.utahstatesman.com speak out Former Aggie football about their Check out Big Blue’s Best star Anthony Calvillo vis- personal Calendar, the best master its campus and receives struggles calendar on campus. 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