The Utah Statesman, February 19, 2013

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USU librarians Happy Valley help foster How will the Tuesday learning Page 4 Aggies fare against rival February 19, 2013 BYU in Provo? www.utahstatesman.com Page 7 8WDK6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\/RJDQ8WDK UtahThe Statesman Recycling struggles to self-sustain Albrecht asks BY LIS STEWART Legislature for staff writer Despite having recycled 525 higher ed cash tons of paper, plastics, cans, cardboard, glass and metals last year, the USU Recycling BY LIS STEWART Center does not make enough staff writer money to be self-sustaining, a fact recycling coordinator Nate USU’s experimental learning Schwartz is trying to change techniques, which include massive with re-evaluating strategies open online courses — MOOCs like RecycleMania. — and open-entry, open-exit The annual student-led courses, had the attention of law- competition held every spring makers during President Stan between on-campus housing to Albrecht’s presentation to the Utah see who can recycle the most legislature’s Higher Education may not continue if it is not Appropriations Subcommittee on making a difference, Schwartz Friday. said. Albrecht said the university “There’s still quite a bit that opened goes to the landfill,” Schwartz its first said. “If you look in the garbage MOOC last cans around campus you’ll see fall and paper sitting in there, you’ll see ended up aluminum cans, you’ll see plas- setting the tic bottles.” cap at 500 About the size of a small students when the community recycling opera- STAN ALBRECHT tion, USU’s center still depends class filled on campus subsidies to operate, up well Schwartz said. The campus before the closing date. The class recycling center makes money was an introduction to multimedia from the sale of compacted course. bales of recyclable material col- TIN CANS ARE DUMPED into a holding area as part of the separation process from plastics and “The challenge here is going lected in bins around campus. bottles. DELAYNE LOCKE photo to be how do we deliver these “The opportunity cost may center to be subsidized by its recycling coordinator in June, years. “That’s why I have a dif- MOOCs, but at the same time deal be ‘Hey, we don’t make money, school in order to keep it from Schwartz has been looking for ferent perspective.” with the issue of assessing student but we keep a lot out of the going out of business. ways to increase the number of It may take a more direct learning and providing credit as a landfill that otherwise would “You can go out of business recyclables the center collects approach to educate people on result to that,” Albrecht said. go to the landfill,’” Schwartz really quick in recycling if you and eventually make the center what can be recycled, Schwartz MOOCs are typically open to said. aren’t careful,” Schwartz said. self-sufficient. said. anyone to take online, have a large The university has to pay to “If you try to take on too much “I come from the busi- In a garbage audit, a group of number of students and do not send garbage to the landfill, and there are not markets ness side of recycling,” said students collects the contents always offer credit. Universities Schwartz said. for stuff, you can sink really Schwartz, who holds a degree of garbage cans in a specified across the U.S. have been open- Schwartz said it is fairly com- quick.” in business administration and ing MOOCs, including Stanford mon for a university recycling Since taking the job of has worked in recycling for 17 See RECYCLE, Page 2 University and Harvard. Sen. Howard Stephenson, a member of the committee, asked Albrecht why USU chose to use its Canal rebuilding digs up negative reactions own resources rather than lectures from universities like Harvard. “Are we embracing what’s BY ASHLYN TUCKER already out there rather than cre- AND LORI SCHAFER ating our own video classrooms staff writers that’s not a perfect lecture?” Stephenson said The Logan northern canal broke due Albrecht said the reason USU is to a landslide on Canyon Road three and creating its own MOOC is to find a half years ago, killing three people. better ways to teach those types of Construction to rebuild the canal courses. enclosed in six miles of underground Another way the university is pipe is ongoing. looking to make education more Andy Neff, a contractor with JUB accessible is through open-exit, Engineers and a member of the Cache open-entry courses, which will be Water Restoration Project Team, said the available this fall, Albrecht said. story goes back to July 2009 when the Students can start a class after landslide caused a breach in the canal. the semester starts and still finish “It stopped irrigation clear to in time to join full classes at the Smithfield,” he said. beginning of the next semester. A After the disaster, Neff said the first student could also finish a class step to reconstruction was to work with sooner. the Natural Resource Conservation Albrecht said this will allow Service to prepare an environmental returned missionaries to get start- impact statement. ed on college as soon as they come Neff said the statement was finished in THE CANAL AT LUNDSTROM PARK is under construction to enclose the water- home rather than wait for the next 2011 and construction has since begun. way. DELAYNE LOCKE photo semester to begin. Rebuilding the canal is a very important broken canal. ning through the pipes by the time the USU is tailoring its education project for the City of Logan. “There has been some temporary water irrigation season starts in May,” Nielson offerings to meet changing indus- Mark Nielson, public works direc- but it has put a large financial burden on said. try needs by designing more cours- tor for the city of Logan, said the canal the farmers along the canal,” he said. “It Neff said there are several other ben- es in energy, life sciences, financial is used for irrigation in most of Cache has affected the economic health of Cache efits to containing the canal in an under- services, outdoor recreation and Valley. Valley.” ground pipe. computer sciences, Albrecht said. “It irrigates peoples’ gardens and every- Because of the strain on the farmers for “Not only will we be able to restore Sen. Stephen Urquhart, who thing from Logan to Richmond,” he said. the last three years, the canal team hopes water to the shareholders but we will chairs the committee, commented Neff said farmers with fields along the to have the project completed by spring. on the good this would do. canal have been affected the worst by the “We hope that we will have water run- See CANAL, Page 2 “This is a huge position for our committee,” Urquhart said. Albrecht said the university is changing admission weights to New owner, look for Fun Park better reflect high school students. BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM Terry Johnson was looking for. Additional credit will be given for sports editor “We needed fresh blood,” Johnson said. finishing Math 1010 or having high “I believe the success of a place like this is Advanced Placement Test scores. The Cache Valley Fun Park has appoint- that they have to have fun with the kids. Albrecht said the university is ed new management and begun renova- When it gets to where you’re grinding considering having students take tions to improve facilities. down to the point that it’s a job, we’ve gone a math diagnostics course, where “It’s a different type of customer service,” astray.” math is presented in a modular said newly-appointed general manager Johnson appointed Skivy, a 22-year-old form and they take the part of the BreAnn Skivy of the staff’s goals. “We get student with a dual major in elementary course they struggle with. to play and have a good time with them. education and early childhood education, Albrecht ended his presenta- It’s not just get them in, get them out and as the new general management. He said he tion with a request for funding for get them on with their thing. That attitude hired her for her bubbly personality that USU’s graduate program, which is the number one reason we’re revamp- electrifies everyone around her. provides the workforce for much of FUN PARK EMPLOYEE LORENA ing.” Along with new management, renova- the research done by the university, JIMENEZ works the register. With the variety of entertainment SAMANTHA BEHL photo options, revamping is exactly what owner See FUN PARK, Page 2 See LEGISLATURE, Page 2 Page 2 CampusNews Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 RECYCLE: Aggie center helps landfill, hurts university wallet From page 1 Once the plastics bin is filled “It is a lot of just kind of sort- recycling center. When Schwartz took the job last with various collected items from ing what is and isn’t recyclable,” With a box filled, the con- year, he added a more profitable area for several weeks then sorts campus, it will be taken inside Wallin said.

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