Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 1-27-2012 The Utah Statesman, January 27th, 2012 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, January 27th, 2012" (2012). The Utah Statesman. 1714. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1714 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]. ...... Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 Utti "Campus Voice Since 1902" • Utah State University • Logan, Utah ._MIii Today'sIssue: Fireignites in the Campus News Institutebuilding BYARIANNA REES smoke,"Bittner said. "My curiosity staff writer caughtme and I followed." Bittnersaid he followed The LDSInstitute ofReligion Cherringtonto the kitchenand canceledclasses Wednesday and then retrieveda fireextinguisher Thursdayafter a heatedstove top beforeopening a backdoor into the Professor teaches graffiti as cre-­ in the building'skitchen ignited a room.The areawas filled with thick cardboardbox and filledthe build­ smoke,he said,and plasticfrom the ative outlet. ing withsmoke. light fixtureswas burning on the Page2 Studentsat the Institutewere 15 floor. minutesinto their 9:30a.m. classes Afterretrieving a secondextin­ whenthe firealarm wentoff. guisher,Bittner and Cherrington Instituteinstructor Richard attemptedto put out the firebefore Features Gordonsaid he was holdingclass the smokegrew too thickand on the third floorand smelledthe forcedthem to evacuate,Bittner smokebefore the alarm wentoff. said. "Webarely had timeto singa Thebuilding was almost entirely songand saya prayer,and then we evacuatedby the timefire crews had to leavethe building,"Gordon arrivedat the scene,Humphreys said. said.Because of the sizeof the InstituteDirector Wayne building,he said smokeremoval Dymocksaid a boxof apples tooka significantamount of time. intendedfor students as part of the MarkWoodbury, associate Institute'senrollment efforts was set directorof the Institute,said based on the stove. on lastyear's enrollment numbers, CraigHumphreys, the Logan he estimated700 students were fire marshal,said someonebumped takingclasses at 9:30a.m. when the Find out what was named after into the stove,which turned it on, alarm wentoff Wednesday. this geology professor. ignitedthe boxand trip the alarm. "Bythe timeyou have the Page4 "Thefire was contained to the cabinets,the paint and the smoke roomof origin,"Humphreys said. damage... I'd put it at $10,000," "Andit had heavilydamaged the Humphreyssaid, estimating the Sports ceiling,the cabinetsand the wall damages. abovethe stove-topappliance. The firewas out within 10-15 "Therehad beensome fire extin­ minutes,he said. guishersused by bystandersprior to "Dueto the preparationof the the firedepartment's arrival, which staffat the Institute,"Humphreys I'm surehelped the fireget smaller." said,"the evacuation went smooth, FredBittner was one of those and everyonewas ableto getout of bystanders.Bittner, a USUstudent, the buildingsafely. And that makes was in ThomasCherrington's our job easier." Instituteclass when he smelled An emailfrom the Instituteto ~mokeprior to the alarm. studentsstateci the buildingwas A FIRE IN THE KITCHEN of the LOS Institute of Religion forced Institute "BrotherCherrington directed expectedto reopenFriday. administrators to cancel classes Jan. 25-26. No one was injured. Logan Fire everyoneto head towardthe exit Marshal Craig Humphreys said the fire probably caused several thousand dollars whilehe pokedhis headaround - [email protected] worth of damage. MIKEJOHNSON photo the cornerto see the sourceof the Capitolhosts Aviationtech moves to Collegeof Ag Aggie men's basketball defeated USUstudent BYARIANNA REES "In the aviation program, there's a bachelor the Warriors 77-72 for the 11th staff writer of science degree in mechanics, and we have an time in their last 13 matchups. Next year, students majoring in the aviation agricultural mechanics here," Miller said. "So Page8 researchers technology and technology and engineering there's actually overlap in what they're doing BYMEGAN ALLEN education (TEE) programs at USUwill graduate - more in this program than with mechanical assistant news editor from the College of Agriculture rather than engineering or some of the other engine-based Interact Now! the College of Engineering, said Kurt Becker, programs." For the 12th consecutive year, department head of engineering and technology He said aviation is a technology-based undergraduate students from USU education. program, not "pure engineering," and the meld­ had the opportunity to present ing of the programs and department with the what goes on "Student's diplomas will look exactly the research to state government offi­ same," Becker said. "The only difference is college was a way to better organize things. at a Service cials at the Utah Capitol on Jan. 24. going to be the color of their tassel in the "That's a cadre of pre-service teacher train­ Scott Bates, associate vice presi­ Center and future. This year, all those students that are ing that is all brought under one umbrella in dent for research, said 34 students currently in the program will still walk with the the same academic unit," Miller said. Service Fair. gathered in the Capitol rotunda to College of Engineering, but starting next year The process of moving the three programs Are you help educate legislators on what they'll walk with the College of Agriculture." from the College of Engineering to the College is going on outside of the class­ involved? Bruce Miller, department head of agricul­ of Agriculture began last summer, Becker said, room at USU. Students from the tural systems technology and education, said, and the documentation went through several University of Utah also presented. and Becker agreed, the move only changes committees before the Board of Trustees offi­ Bates said students were administrative structuring. The teachers, class­ cially approved it on Jan. 6. selected froin a diverse geographi­ rooms and requirements will remain the same. "For the College of Engineering, it worked cal area as well as varied college Miller said the move corresponds with the well," Becker said. "We took those students and departments so the information Added Value! creation of the School of Applied Sciences, moved them out of the college. At the same would be relevant to as many leg­ Technology and Education (SASTE)two years time, computer sciences became part of the islators from the state as possible. ago within the College of Agriculture. College of Engineering, so we just swapped If you _Studentsspent one to three years The SASTEwas created partly to extend there." on research projects under the missed applied science programs to USU'sdistance Becker said the size of the College of guidance of university advisers, your copy education campuses, such as USU Eastern in Engineering hasn't changed much, and the and prepared posters to display Price, Utah, Miller said. Because of its name research expenditures will go up because com- of our project synopses and results. and size, Miller said the SASTEis a better fit Bride's "You don't get credits for this. for aviation technology and TEE. ►. See COLLEGE,Page 2 Guide, It's discovery and what's happen­ ing outside of the textbook," Bates pick one said. "The legislators benefit from up at being educated about the things TSC 105 that are going on at the research before universities." Bates said undergraduate they are research is important to USU all gone. because it does a good job finding Or go to the Bridal Faire balance between two of the main Saturday. missions of the university - research and education. "That's an important thing Onlineexlusives, biogs, a place for legislators to see," Bates said. "There's a lot of pressure for us to to commenton stories,videos either grow the research mission and more.Free Classfieds, too. or grow the education mission and ~iiFIIl(JiJID both of them are sort of at the core of what we're trying to do here. "It's a way for the legislators to come down and see that our THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION TECHNOLOGY moves to the College of Agriculture next fall. The students are doing some pretty move places the department in the School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education. Since aviation is more incredible things. This is cutting- of a technology-based program than an engineering program, the department will fit better in its new college, said ._ ____________ .... ►. See STATE,Page 2 Bruce Miller, head of the aviation technology department. CURTISRIPPLJNGE.R photo Paie 2 CampusNews Friday, Jan.27 2012 Foundationcalls out USUfor free speech restrictions BY DAVID THOMAS according to the foundation. USU, always be civil or courteous," Harris staff writer however, was not represented in said. "I think that's an important this decline and is still one of the point for universities to understand. In theKnow Of the diverse faculty university universities given poor marks for Universities are absolutely free to administrators laud, one USU fac­ the protection provided to students' encourage - as much as they want •Red light: "A red-light ulty member has worked as a war First Amendment rights. - students to uphold certain values Institution is one that has correspondent for The Sall Lake While the survey did examine and to interact with others certain Tribune, broken a story on "mingy" at least one policy both some private universities, it focused ways. The problem is when they clearly and substantially in Ethiopia, which ran on CNN, and primarily on public universities, cross that line into requiring it, and written about people from all over \:,ecause, according to FIRE, "public you can be punished if you are not restricting freedom of the world before becoming a profes­ universities are legally bound to pro­ civil or courteous." speech, or that bars sor at USU. tect students' right to free speech." USU students are not alone.