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Monday, Sept. 198 p.m. – Street Painting on 700 North9 p.m. – Paint Dance on the HPER Field

Tuesday, Sept. 2012 p.m. – Aggie Ice Cream on the TSC Patio8 p.m. – Battle of the Bands at the Amphitheater

Wednesday, Sept. 2111 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Alpha Chi Omega Dollar Days on the TSC Patio7:30 p.m. – Mr. USU in the TSC Ballroom

Thursday, Sept. 2211 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Powder Puff Football on the Quad10:30 p.m. – Powder Puff Championship

Friday, Sept. 2312:30 p.m. – Special Guest Speaker: Coach Dale Brown in the TSC International Lounge8 p.m. – Pep Rally Campout on the Quad12 a.m. – True Aggie Night

Saturday, Sept. 2410 a.m. – Homecoming Parade from 100 South to 800 North on Main Street3-5:30 p.m. – All Aggie Pre-game Party at Romney Stadium parking lot6 p.m. – Aggie Football game vs. Colorado State kick-off at Romney Stadium9 p.m. – Homecoming Dance and after party in the TSC

View full calendar at http://www.usu.edu/homecoming/schedule

Over 200 alumni and their families plan to attend events this week such as True Aggie Night, the annual Homecoming 5-kilometer race, and the Homecoming Game — all part of the 2011 Homecoming Week, said media marketing designer for Alumni Relations Kevin Crouch. “Homecoming is a huge part of USU,” Crouch said. “And not just for the students. The community of Logan and old alumni love it as well. They want to relive the glory.” But alumni are not the only thing being brought back to campus for Homecoming Week, this year. Forgotten traditions such as the The Hello Walk will take place Sept. 23. The Hello Walk is the stretch of sidewalk from Old Main to the Business Building. When The Hello Walk was donated to USU, it was given only on the condition that Sept. 25 — or Sept. 23 if the 25 falls on a Sunday — every year, all students would say “Hello” to one another. The tradition has become slowly less prominent, said Student Alumni Coordinator Brianna Bodily, and almost slipped into oblivion. But, she said, she is organizing the student alumni to bring the tradition back. At midnight, this year for True Aggie Night, USU is going to break the Guinness World Record for the longest kissing chain, Bodily said. Students will all stand in lines and kiss someone in front of them, and then someone behind them. A judge from Guinness will be there to make sure the kissing is executed according to the rules. More Homecoming Week events include the Homecoming Parade, which will take place Saturday in downtown Logan, the All-Aggie recep-tion, street painting, the paint fight, the Homecoming breakfast and the All-Aggie Pre-Game Party. There are also dozens of small events such as the Battle of the Bands, the Powder Puff

Former astronaut and Sen. Jake Garn spoke to USU students last Friday about the U.S. Constitution and the future of space travel. Before answering questions from the audience in the HUB, Garn spoke about his time in space and encouraged students to get an education. President of the College Republicans Mikey Rodgerson said the club asked Garn to come to USU because he is pas-sionate about the Constitution and because USU has ties to the space program. “If you’re not Republican, if you’re not a Democrat, if you’re not politically involved at all — it’s still really cool to be able to do a Q-and-A with a senator,” Rodgerson said. “Those are things that normal citizens don’t get the oppor-tunity to do everyday.” College Republican member and USU student Becca Jo Pechin said she planned the event. Pechin also introduced Garn. “He’d probably be an interesting person to bring, some-one with a diverse background of astronaut and a senator involved with politics,” Pechin said. “But I think a lot of people think space is really cool.” As he encouraged students to get an education, Garn said amazing opportunities will come from new technology. “Continue to train you brain, continue to learn and study,” Garn said. “The speed of technological change is so much more rapid today than it was when I was your age that I can’t possibly — even with my wild imagination — I can’t possibly predict the amazing opportunities that will await you in your future.” Garn said such opportunities are possible because of the Constitution. “Other people around this planet don’t live the way we do and have all the freedom and opportunity and the choices to make,” Garn said. “(There are) so many dictator-ships still here on earth, robbing wonderful human beings of amazing opportunities that we enjoy here in the United States.” He said he was recently in Russia and learned that new freedoms have helped the people there. He said very few people used to own cars in Russia, but they are now com-mon. There are now also private businesses, he added. “We’ve set the example with the freedom of opportunity of how talented individuals are when they are free. And that’s what’s happening in Russia,” Garn said.

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FORMER SENATOR AND ASTRONAUT Jake Garn spoke to USU students Friday in the HUB locat-

ed in the Taggart Student Center. Topics included space travel and the U.S. Constitution. Garn encouraged

students with the promise of “amazing opportunties” in the futre. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

Former senator and astronaut visits USUJake Garn speaks to students about the U.S. Constitution and the future of space travel

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A group of about 30 anglers, outdoor enthusiasts and other community members met in the rain at 9 a.m., Saturday, to clean the debris and buildup out of First Dam. Chadd VanZanten, lead volunteer coordina-tor for Cache Anglers, briefed the group

on safety and their assignments as they prepared to clean garbage from the Logan River. “It’s hard to get people excited about picking up other people’s garbage. I kind of learned that at home with my kids,” VanZanten said, after thanking the volun-teers for coming to the service project. The event in Logan Canyon was a part of

a National Stream Cleanup Day, a nation-wide service project sponsored by Trout Unlimited, a volunteer organization that focuses on cleaning and restoring fishing areas in the U.S. The local chapter of Trout Unlimited — Cache Anglers — chose Logan River as the site of its cleaning efforts. “If you spend any time at all in Logan Canyon, you know the area needs help; it needs attention,” said Cache Anglers President Paul Holden, in a statement pro-moting the event, earlier this month. VanZanten said he agreed with that sentiment. After the volunteers separated to work on different segments of the river, VanZanten walked around the east end of the reservoir and began picking up garbage from the muddy bank. “This canyon is just a mess all the time,” he said. “If you can come up here and not see a big wad of fishing line, and not see worm cups and cans in the river, it’s unusual.” VanZanten said he was pleased with the number of volunteers who showed up, when bad weather and competing weekend interests might have kept them away. “It was a very light turnout last year, but we still got about 10 big bags of garbage just from three campgrounds,” VanZanten said. The group often finds strange items while doing the cleanup, he said. “What else did we find that we couldn’t figure out how somebody lost it?” he said. “I guess just the baby doll and the underwear. And then about five dozen single f lip-f lops.” VanZanten said he comes to the river often to fish, and he monitors the level of pollution around the area. “I think it’s not as bad as it has been in past years, maybe because the summer kind of got started late this year, and there haven’t been as many people around,” he said. “There’s always a lot of litter up here, but, relatively speaking, there wasn’t as much.” First Dam Park is one of the more heavily used areas, so it often has more litter in it,

VanZanten said. Even in the rain Saturday morning, two other groups used the park as the cleanup went on: engineering students tested out their concrete canoes, while another group fished from the pier. Pollution in Logan River is nothing new, VanZanten said. It’s caused by recreational users as well as other natural and man-made factors. In “The Last Unspoiled Place,” a book about Logan Canyon by Michael Sweeney, in 1902, Cache Valley resident Moroni Price said about the source of drinking water, “I have about reached a decision to drink whiskey from now on.” While government regulations and industrial practices have changed the way the river is polluted over the years, modern volunteer organizations such as Cache Anglers still see the need for service in areas like Logan Canyon, VanZanten said. Heather Farrell and her husband John Farrell brought their two small children to the cleanup. The Farrells chose First Dam Park as their assignment in the cleanup. The Farrells, who live nearby, said that they often take their children for walks to the park, and they notice the garbage left there. “We’ve been thinking all along, ‘Oh, we should do something to clean it up,’ so it was really nice to see that somebody had it organized,” John Farrell said. He is a USU graduate student studying environmental engineering. John Farrell said while he doesn’t like the litter, he does like the opportunity for service. “It’s good to have the kids come out here and learn how to keep the environment clean,” he said. Heather Farrell said she felt frustration that the litter in the canyon was so bad. “You just wish that people would care enough. It’s not that hard to pick up your garbage,” she said.

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USU GRADUATE STUDENT JOHN FARRELL, his wife Heather Farrell and their two chil-dren volunteer in cleaning the First Dam are of the Logan River. Volunteers used plastic bags, wagons and their bare hands to collect and dispose of the litter located along the banks of the water CARL R. WILSON photo

Community members gather to clean debris and buildup from First DamBY STEVE KENTweb editor

Replicating a wall of honor

A VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL replica was brought to the Cache County Fair Grounds so those unable to travel to Washington, D.C., to see the original wall can still pay tribute to loved ones who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. The wall is over 8-feet tall at its highest point and over 350-feet long. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

The “SpongeBob” study is a good message for parents about what kind of TV young children should watch, but more research needs to be done before they blacklist the sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education and Human Services Jim Dorward said. “Don’t just turn off ‘SpongeBob’ because of one study,” Dorward said. The popular cartoon came under scrutiny last week when a study was published online in the journal “Pediatrics,” in which four-year-old children took mental function tests after watching nine minutes of either Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob Squarepants” or “Caillou,” a slower-paced PBS cartoon. Another group spent the same nine minutes drawing. The study found that the children who watched “SpongeBob Squarepants” did measurably worse on the mental function tests than those who watched “Caillou” or drew. “Quite honestly the results are fairly dramatic,” Dorward said. “You normally wouldn’t expect differences in the data that are as notice-able or significant as these are.” The kids’ problem solv-ing, direction following and self control abilities were at about half-capacity during the tests, said Angeline Lillard, the lead author of the study done at the University of Virginia. The study’s authors con-cluded that attention spans and learning abilities for children in the “SpongeBob” group were temporarily hindered because of the TV

show’s fantasy setting and fast pace. Dorward added a note of caution when taking this study seriously, however, due to the study’s small sample size. In science, he said, research begets more research. The children in the study were primarily from white, middle-class families. No tests were done to compare the effects on kids with dif-ferent cultural factors, age, gender, TV watching habits or disabilities. Dorward said these may be factors future researchers could look into. “Every kid is different,” he said. Studies involving children from lower-income areas and more likely Hispanic or African American are in the works, Lillard said. She said tests similar to the “SpongeBob” study are already being done.

“We are currently looking at how long effects last,” Lillard said. “We’ve done a study with six-year-olds and an 11-minute episode, as well as another fast-paced fantasy show — same effects — but want to look at full episodes and other age groups.” Lillard also said she wants to study the effects of older cartoons, such as “Bugs Bunny,” to see how they compare and whether fantasy or fast-paced programming is responsible for the effects found in the study. The short-term effects of fantasy, fast-paced program-ming is the kind of research that could be done at USU to measure brain activity, said Director Ray Reutzel of the Center for Early Childhood Education. The center recently purchased a near-infrared spectrometer, which shows how active the brain is

while a person is engaged in various activites. Last spring the spectrom-eter was used in a study to compare how active the brain of a fifth grader with dyslexia was, to another fifth grader without reading problems. Images of their brains showed the student with dyslexia used more of his brain to read the passage than the other child. So much activity taxes the brain and makes it tired, Reutzel said. If a study were done with the spectrometer while chil-dren watched a fast-paced TV show, he added, he would expect the results to be simi-lar. Showing TV programs to younger children makes their brains work too hard, he said. “(The brain) is so engaged, it’s working so hard, it’s being overstimu-lated basically,” Reutzel said.

But a TV show like “SpongeBob Squarepants” overstimulating kids’ brains may not be such a major concern, Reutzel said, because kids aren’t watching the cartoon to learn. “It’s sort of like mental junk food,” he said. “You don’t expect it to provide nutrients to the brain that would actually be useful. So why would you expect them to remember or value any of it? It’s just short term flashes of sugar.” Dorward said there are TV shows made to teach, unlike fantasy, fast-paced programs like “SpongeBob Squarepants,” which are made purely to entertain. “‘SpongeBob’ is the equivalent of mental sugar,” Reutzel said. Lillard said it is impor-tant to be careful about when children watch fast-paced TV shows if parents notice they have a problem with self control after watching them. “They might want to limit watching to times where there will be very low expectations of the child afterwards — so not before school, for example,” she said. Reutzel said children are affected not only by when and what they watch, but also how much. He said more than 10 hours a week of TV watching, or about an hour and a half a day, is when grades start to drop. It’s important to read, learn and be active, he said. “Don’t let your kids pig out on junk food all week long,” Reutzel said. “Mental junk food — too much TV — just over-taxes the brain.”


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Pres. Albrecht donates pay raise

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In response to action taken by the Board of Regents in relation to presidential compensation, Utah State University President Stan L. Albrecht has responded with a decision that will benefit students. The Board of Regents, the gov-erning body of the Utah System of Higher Education, approved sal-ary increases for all of the state’s university and college presidents. During discussion, Albrecht requested that he receive no increase. “In light of the current econom-ic climate and in consideration for the many faculty and staff at Utah State University who have received no change in compensation for several years, I thought my request was appropriate,” Albrecht said in response to the Regents’ action.

USU Climate Center Awarded $141,000

In conjunction with the USU

Climate Center, a team of USU

professors has procured a grant of

$141,000 from the U.S. Bureau of

Water Reclamation. Funded by the

WaterSMART Grants program, the

money will be used to further devel-‐

op climate analysis tools so that

scientists across the country can use

the Climate Center’s data to better

predict weather patterns that heav-‐

ily inf luence watershed resources.

The grant is the work of Rob

Gillies, associate professor, and,

Jiming Jin, assistant professor in

the Department of Plants, Soils and

Climate, and Simon Wang, assistant

professor of climate at the Utah

Climate Center. The grant proposed

is a two-‐year project with an esti-‐

mated completion date of July 2013.

“People need to know where they

get their water from,” said Gillies.

“It’s important for people, and peo-‐

ple’s children, and people’s grand-‐

children, to know what’s going to

happen to their water in the future.”

The research conducted at

the Climate Center is focused on

making Atmospheric General

Circulation Models more accurate.

A GCM is a mathematical model of

the circulation of an atmosphere.

GCM data is used by scientists

in every field, including ecolo-‐

gists, biologists and hydrologists.

Currently, GCM’s produce data that

is too vague for water managers and

scientists to make predictions about

the weather. However, by using a

system combining statistics and

modeling, the team hopes to be able

to make GCM data more specific,

thus shedding light on the future of

watersheds across the world.

“If you have some idea of what

is going to happen to your future

water resource, and you have some

idea of how things may change

within your watershed, you can

come up with a risk management

strategy for the future,” Gillies said.

Due to the loss of faculty and staff parking in the central campus area, there is a significant need for addi-tional faculty and staff parking. To address the issue, Utah State University Parking and Transportation Services has made minor adjustments in the lots sur-rounding the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. In areas that were previ-ously identified as Green Parking, three new lots are now identified as Green/Blue parking areas. New signs have been posted at the new areas.

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The experience of flying into space changes lives, Garn said. And space travel allows people to see how insignificant earth is in comparison to the rest of the universe. It makes differences like race and language seem silly to fight over, he said. “It changes lives and someday, when space travel does become as common as airline flying is today, it will change how we treat each other,” Garn said. “Because when you realize how insignificant the planet earth is in the overall scheme of things. We’re all children of God traveling on ‘Spaceship Earth’ together.” Garn said space travel will become more common when commercial spaceflight becomes possible. “It’s not going to be economically feasible for several years at a minimum. But it will become so,” Garn said. Cars used to be too expensive for the average person to own, Garn said. But now many people have multiple cars in a household. He said commercial spaceflight will also become economically feasible over

time, and the government and NASA will help fund commercial spaceflight. Garn said he wasn’t in favor of shutting down the shuttle program. “I don’t even comprehend stopping the space shuttle until we have a replacement vehicle,” Garn said, adding that shutting down the program saves the government less than one percent of the budget, and the space station will be hurt because the U.S. won’t be able to send replacement parts. Even though the shuttle program is over, NASA is still in operation, Garn said. “NASA will continue to work on the Future of Mars flight and things like that,” Garn said. Garn ended by thanking USU for inviting him. “I’d like you to know that I really appreci-ate this. I’ve always had a good relationship with Utah State, even though I went to The U. for many, many, many years,” Garn said. “I can’t say that about BYU.”


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Homecoming theme to be ‘Forever Blue’

Friday, Sept. 9

at the Logan City Cemetery. Police found eight individuals in the cemetery after dark. Police issued the individuals a verbal warning.

Saturday, Sept. 10

incident at Snow Hall. It was reported that a sus-pected fire cracker was thrown at the individual’s vehicle while driving on 1100 North.

incident in the area of Jones Hall. It was reported that there was a loud sound like a gun. Police cir-culated and talked with individuals in the area. Police determined that it was a power line trans-former. Police determined everything to be OK.

reporting he had injured his finger attempting to ride the bull in the west parking lot. The individu-al was transported to the Logan Regional Hospital via a USU patrol vehicle.

saw a male sitting in the student section, drinking from a flask during the USU vs. Weber football game and appeared to be intoxicated. Police made contact with the individual, who was 25 years old, intoxicated and in possession of alcohol. The alcohol and the flask were confiscated, and the individual was removed from the football game without incident.

Monday, Sept. 12

Sheriff ’s office with some old dynamite located on a farm and also near an old mine. The dynamite was disposed of without incident.

student turned a large amount of cash over to an individual that defrauded her with intentions pertaining to magazine subscriptions. Police are investigating.

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Building for a water leak. A student found a faucet that was left on, and it drained onto the floor, which leaked through the floor and into the room

below. The proper personnel were contacted to clean up the water.

Wednesday, Sept. 14

had answered a job posting on the USU employ-ment website about being a care giver for a handi-cap child. The job was to pay $1,800. She received a check in the mail for $6,000. The complainant did not cash the check, because she thought it was suspicious. Complainant was advised that this same type of scam has been reported several times to USU Police over the past few months.

Thursday, Sept. 15

report in the Blue Parking Lot south of Highway 89. Police found a male individual sleeping in a vehicle. Police advised the individual he could not sleep or live on campus.

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Football series, and the College of Agriculture Tractor Parade. “One of the events that I personally am excited for is the sleepover on the Quad, on Friday,” said elementary education major Aubrey Smith. Another highlight Friday, is special guest coach Dale Brown, former Aggie and two-time NCAA Basketball Coach of the Year, who will speak in the International Lounge in the Taggart Student Center at 12:30 p.m. Brown was USU assistant basket-ball coach from 1966-1971 and was the former head coach at Louisiana State University. “There are really so many events. There are fun things for everyone,” said Kylie Martinez, ASUSU Traditions Coordinator. “One fun thing about this year is that we have tried to create a coherent theme. Our motto is ‘Forever Blue, Once an Aggie Always an Aggie.’” “The parade, the dance and Mr. USU are all going to be really cool and ‘50s-esque. That’s one of the things I think is most excit-ing,” Martinez said. The last two events are the Homecoming Game against Colorado State and the Homecoming Dance, which will be held in the TSC.


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National study shows SpongeBob decreases aptitude BY LIS STEWARTstaff writer

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS may decrease childrens’ abili ty to concentrate, a national

study states. However, USU professors say it may be too soon to take the study at face value.

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Dumpster diving for fashion

Unwrapping science one pig heart at a time

The entrance fee: a single canned good. The event: models show-ing clothes made out of recycled products. “What’s so great about this is that we can use clothing to raise aware-ness about other social issues,” said Lindsey Shirley, coordinator of the semi-annual Recycle Fashion Show, slated to commence at 6:59 p.m., Sept. 19, in the TSC Ballroom. Shirley, assistant professor in family and consumer sciences education, said the fashion show has raised over 1,000 canned goods each semester at USU. “We’ve always focused on collect-ing food, because it has the fastest connection to people. The cans go

directly to SNAC, the on-campus food bank located on the third f loor of the TSC,” she said. “Plus, most people and students have at least one can of food that they could donate in order to see the show.” The 114 designers, who double as students in Shirley’s dress and humanities class, use completely recyclable or recycled materials to create a wearable outfit, for a particular month of the year. Shirley’s class is a general study depth course for the humanities department. She said this helps to generate a great variety of students participating in the fashion show, with an array of talents and strengths. “It involves the art of creating a dress, along with learning about the entire process. They use elements of

design,” Shirley said. “And it gives students an opportunity and incen-tive to get involved. Fashion gets people motivated, whether they are aware of it or not.” Five awards will be granted among the designers: Best Dressed, for each of the four seasons of the year, and Best Dressed, of the year, also known as Best in Show. Winners will receive recycled tro-phies, “adding another depth to the show as whole,” Shirley said. She said judges for the event include renowned fabric designer Joel Dewberry and his wife Laurie Dewberry, College of Agriculture Dean Noelle Cockett, and Bana Qashu and Amy Doane, from the National Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America. Jeff Keller, owner of Sunrise

Cyclery in Logan, and host of this semester’s Recycle Fashion Show, will be sporting a men’s suit made completely of old bicycle tubes “that looks awesome,” Shirley said. More than 100 Utah high school students, who are involved with the National Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America, will also attend the show. They will participate in a Day of Leadership on the USU campus. “We’re going to challenge the high school students to create a look while the judges are deliberating,” Shirley said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun.” Shirley said the fashion show is a course assignment, a service learn-ing experience and incorporates current sustainability initiatives in today’s society.

“The textile industry causes the most pollution,” she said, “ and my students use only recyclable materi-als to make their clothing.” “It’s a very innovative project that engages our abilities,” said clothing and textile intern Melissa Judkins. “The end products — the grand finale — is what makes this whole project worth it.” Whitney Carter, another intern, also expressed her appreciation for the class. “I’ve learned not to judge people by what they wear. Now I am able see clothing and style as more of an expression of their personality,” she said.

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Recycle Fashion Show receive their awards. The semi-annual event showcases clothing made out of recyclable products such as wrapping paper and kid toys . Statesman file photo

BY SHAYNA MARCUREstaff writer

A regular Friday night consists of holding a preserved human brain, launching rockets, and dissecting cow ovaries and pig hearts. That is, when Friday night is spent at a “Science Unwrapped” presentation. “Science Unwrapped” is a program that features the work of local and national scientists in a series of monthly segments. Each presentation comes in two parts: a speaker presents a lecture on a topic of his or her expertise, and interactive experiments or demonstrations follow. This is where the pre-served brains, laser mazes, organ dissections and origami mathematics enter the scene. Founded in February 2009, “Science Unwrapped” is the product of three brains in the science department. Michelle Larson, vice provost and co-chair of the “Science Unwrapped” committee was one of these founders, along with her husband and phys-ics professor Shane Larson, and dean of the College of Science, in 2009, Mary Hubbard. “We had a desire to create a program that would help the public and the university communities understand better what it is sci-entists do every day,” Larson said. “We were just looking to put something together that would unwrap the process of science so that people could have a better sense for the fact that we don’t sit around in our labs and have big ideas, and come up with our solutions.” Ever since then, the emphasis of “Science Unwrapped” has been to introduce innovative scientific concepts to those inside and outside of the field of science. “In her experience as a college educator, (Hubbard) noticed that non-scientists seem to be intimidated by science,” said Mary-Ann Muffoletto, public relations specialist for the College of Science. “She felt science was some-thing that can be interesting to everyone.” Turns out it was. More than 300 people attended the first “Science Unwrapped” presentation on why we crave junk food, the first installment in the Mind and Body series, Muffoletto said. “From the beginning we always had a pain in our stomach wondering if people would show up,” Larson said. “I think we’ve been

solid the whole time.” Between 250 and 500, or more, people are in attendance at each event, Larson said. The last presentation was the Friday before Labor Day and coincided with several on-campus activities. However, the program “Hearing Empowered: Scientific Developments in a Silent Revolution,” featuring Karl White from USU’s psychology department, still had a turnout of about 260 people. Afterward, everyone who dared could get up close and personal with a human brain. “We’re proud that (‘Science Unwrapped’) provides diversity of what you can do on Friday night in Logan,” Larson said.He said the community response has been positive and consistent. Between the lecture and the activities following, attendees are eager to keep learning. “I think the best part of ‘Science Unwrapped’ is the activities after,” former “Science Unwrapped” student representative Linsey Johnson said. She said the activities are “slightly off topic but still super fantastic.” Johnson, a junior majoring in physics, was the first student representative for the program and has been closely involved since her first semester at USU, in the fall of 2009.The hands-on learning activities that follow the lectures are “as important or maybe more important than the lecture itself,” Muffoletto said. “Everyone is welcome, the program is free and there’s something for everyone at each gathering,” Muffoletto said. “It’s exciting to see people caught up in the enthusiasm. It doesn’t matter what age they are.” The College of Science is not the only college from which research and professors are showcased. “Science Unwrapped” features professors of all disciplines, from economics and computer science, to natural resources and nutrition. Larson said the “Science Unwrapped” committee is looking to expand even further in the future, possibly working with the departments of theatre arts and music. Occasionally, off-campus speakers are invited to “Science Unwrapped” but only when it is a natural fit with the selected topic and theme, Larson said. On Oct. 7, National Science Foundation spokesperson Gabriela

González will speak about an experiment on gravitational waves and ripples in space-time that is currently underway. Her presentation is the second of the three-part “Modern Scientific Marvels” series. As always, it will take place in the Eccles Science and Learning Center Auditorium at 7 pm. Initially, the idea of spending Friday night in a lecture hall may seem inconvenient. “You don’t want to go to another lecture on Friday night,” Johnson said. “But it’s actually a lot more fun than that. It’s an engaging lec-ture with activities after, and there are always treats. I invite my friends all the time who aren’t science majors, and they love coming.” Johnson did more than invite her friends to the events, she recruited them. This year, Johnson’s friend Malea Moody, a junior majoring in physics, took over the role of student representative for the “Science Unwrapped” committee. “‘Science Unwrapped’ is a beautiful way to show that science is just like any other

major,” Moody said. “Science is important, it is a part of everything. Science Unwrapped is a very nonthreatening way to learn about science. (It) is not like a class at all. The whole reason they’re there is to show you the interesting parts. There’s no social obligation to understand it. There’s not a bad consequence.”Johnson echoed with this sentiment. “Lectures are always fun when you don’t have to be tested on them after,” she said.“Science Unwrapped” continues to advocate that science isn’t just for scientists, professors or students with impending tests, Muffoletto said. “There’s no one who doesn’t like science,” she said. “They just may not know it yet.” For more information on past and future events from “Science Unwrapped,” visit www.usu.edu/unwrapped.


Andy Anderson helps a young participant dissect a pig’s heart at the monthly presentation. The program usually consists of a lecture and a hands on dem-onstration. Photo courtesy of Mary-Ann Muffoletto

BY NOELLE JOHANSENstaff writer

AggieLife Monday, Sept. 19, 2011

Spies, nerds, babies and fairy tales – What are you watching?

Fall means the weather gets colder, the leaves change color and a whole new crop of television shows start to pop up on your TiVo. Some of them are doomed to drift into the netherworld of failed pilots, others will turn into the smash-hit shows that will someday be sold in overpriced box sets. But until the critics have determined which ones are worth watching, here’s my lineup for the fall of 2011.

1. Chuck

NBC’s geek-spy thriller is back for its farewell season — and since “Chuck” is known for ending every season with a bang, I’m expecting great things from its swan song. For those of you who haven’t been following since season one, I recommend you go immediately to your nearest retailer to purchase every season, then proceed to watch them in one sitting. It’s that good. “Chuck” is the story of an endearing nerd who downloads government secrets into his brain and becomes a human computer, then falls for the gorgeous CIA agent sent to protect him. As sad as I am to see such a fantastic show end, I’m anticipating great things from the last season of “Chuck.”

2. Big Bang Theory

There is nothing I do not love about “Big Bang Theory,” and I’m thrilled to see a show this good picking up steam. The show follows four super-smart physicists and their blond bombshell neighbor. The dialogue is hilarious and smart, and the show has been consistent in its awesome-ness since the pilot. It’s not just on my “to watch” list; it’s on my “drop everything and run to watch” list.

3. New Girl

Basically, I will watch anything with Zooey Deschanel — especially an entire show of her playing a dorky, unapolo-getic free spirit named Jess, who has just gone through a bad breakup and moves into an apartment full of single guys. The four of them bond to form a unique, dysfunction-al family. Though the previews make it look more like a film than a TV show, and I’m skeptical that the premise can sus-tain a plot for much longer than a season, I’m excited. Even if the writing is mediocre, Zooey’s all around adorableness may just give this show the boost it needs to be a winner.

4. Up All Night

Christina Applegate, of many failed TV pilots, and Will Arnett, of even more, have teamed up to star in what may finally be a winner. “Up All Night” is an irreverent look at new parenthood for a formerly wild couple. From the look of the commercials, it has a low-key, deadpan quality to its humor. Because I love Will Arnett, from “Arrested Development,” and Christina Applegate, from everything, this one’s pretty high up on my list.

5. Terra Nova

Now that “Lost” is over, we all need a new, overly com-plicated, ambiguous drama to have us leaning toward the TV. Enter “Terra Nova,” Fox’s new drama about a family from the year 2149 who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth, where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to rebuild their dying earth. Considering how few shows there are on TV that include dinosaurs, this is one to watch simply for the unique factor. Plus if it’s going to be the next “Lost,” I don’t want to have to come in halfway.

6. Once Upon A Time

This is one of two fairytale-themed shows coming this fall. Because I love Jennifer Morrison, formerly Cameron on “House,” and because the previews are more appeal-ing, this one is the one I will be watching. The show follows Emma Swan, a troubled woman who moves to a small town in Maine where fairytales are real. As averse as I now am to any character with the last name Swan (Thanks, “Twilight!”), this one looks pretty cool — crossing my fingers it’s awe-some.

7. Pan Am

From the look of the posters, it’s easy to write “Pan Am” off as another version of “Mad Men.” But the series, detail-ing the pilots and flight attendants of the once most glam-orous way to fly, looks like it has much more to offer than vintage eye candy. This show has a little intrigue, a little espionage, and — okay, a whole lot of vintage eye candy.

8. Modern Family

You’d be hard pressed to find a more hilarious show with as much heart as “Modern Family.” The show is back for its third season with a well deserved handful of Emmy’s in tow. There’s really not a whole lot of plot — just three families dealing with the challenges of home life, which rings true for every viewer. This is the show I watch when I just want to feel good. Every episode of “Modern Family” leaves me smiling. I’m excited for another season of happiness.

9. Smash

“Smash” looks like it’s NBC attempting to capitalize off “Glee” success — broadway stars, big musical numbers and dancing men. The show presents an idealized process of getting a Broadway musical — the musical in question is about Marilyn Monroe — up on the stage. While I definitely feel like it’s a little gimmicky, I will probably watch it — not because I feel like the world needs more “Glee” — mostly because I like Broadway.

10. Prime Suspects

I’m not into cop shows, but something about the pre-views for this one grabbed me. Maybe it’s Maria Bello. Maybe it’s her awesome fedora. And even if this is just another one of these rogue, play-by-my-own-rules cops shows, I will probably watch it. Hopefully it can find an angle that will set it apart.


ALONG WITH MANY new shows begining this fall, some old favorites are coming back for another season. “Chuck” airs its final season and “Big Bang Theory” returns for another season of laughs.

BY MACKENZI VAN ENGELENHOVENstaff writer

Don’t judge a hippie by his cover Before last week, I had never heard of Kalai. I had heard my granola -g i r l friend say she was excited that he was coming to campus to play a show, but, other than that, I didn’t know anybody who knew who he was. But, deciding that since we don’t often get people coming to campus to play, he was worth seeing. I must admit, I was pretty bummed when the guy at the door didn’t care about my press pass, so I had to pay for me and my woman to get in. Seriously, I didn’t want to pay 13 bucks a ticket to see a guy that I had never heard of. I half-expected him to be some hippie-indie-folksy dude that sang about love and peace, and went out back to smoke his pot where the Mormon kids at the show couldn’t see. Let’s just say, I was pleasantly surprised. The show was opened by a band whose name I didn’t catch, two young guys with blond hair, stylish clothes and guitars, play-ing sappy love songs. As this is the fad recently, I wasn’t surprised that that’s all they sang, but I did wish that the one guy wouldn’t go so far out of his way to sing all breathy and wispy. Seriously man, too much is too much. They were an average opening act, the kind that doesn’t leave you much to complain about but doesn’t leave you want-ing to see them again, either. Then Kalai came on in his sturdy tan-colored work pants and awful, green plaid shirt. His large beard was pretty awesome, but the crowning achievement was definitely the chums that held his glasses on his face. I was thinking that either this guy was good enough to not have to care how he looked, or he just wanted to appeal to all the pseu-

do-hippies out there. Once he started playing, it became appar-ent that he was definitely good enough to not have to care about his looks. His odd clothes were matched by his off-the-wall personality, his natural ability to be him-self onstage and have every person in the room rolling on the floor in laughter. His between song commentaries ranged from stories about going to early morning semi-nary, to “Dr. Who” references, and could be described by his frequently used comment, “All right, stop screwing around and play some songs.” Some of my favorite of his comments were: Speaking of falafel, “I don’t be knowin’ other people’s foods! This is America!” Telling the story of how a girl dumped him after he farted on her head, “If you see a chick at five in the morn-ing, and she looks dope to you, you should marry that.” Speaking of rumors, he said, “Girls start them, guys don’t care about them, but they will use them to get girls.” “My beard is like my face-Brita,” — water gets purified as he pours it through his beard. You probably now think that this guy was more of a comedian than a musician. I would have thought the same, until he started play-ing some music. Kalai is not just some wacky Hawaiian guy who plays some simple songs and tells jokes. Once he started playing his guitar, I was entranced. I don’t think he knows what it’s like to play simple songs. He plays finger-style guitar, but rocking-harder-than-you-would-imagine finger picking. His left-hand chops were great as well, ripping out melodies lightning fast all with his thumb wrapped, due to a problem he’s had since birth. I was already sold on this guy’s musical genius, and then he opened his mouth to

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It ’s 6:15 a.m. when the alarm goes off on Tuesday, which for the Beals is pretty much normal. Now, by saying the alarm went off at 6:15 a.m., please don’t assume that means they are both awake at 6:16 a.m., since the first alarm doesn’t function so much as an indicator to get up, but is rather a reminder to hit the snooze button. Ambria Beal, 20, and Miguel Beal, 22, like many newlywed couples, their days start early and end late. The couple has gone through many changes since being married a little more than a month ago. Both have made the transition from the convenient world of on-campus housing, to living abroad in Logan, so money can be hard to find at times, and both of them — well-known social butter-flies during their unmarried years — have readily noticed the rate at which they see less and less of their friends, and more and more of each other. The interesting note is, if you asked them or simply observed them in their every-day life, you’d find that none of this is a complaint. They continue to juggle chores by trading snooze-button shifts, until finally the clock reads 6:45 a.m. It’s now time to prepare for the day. With such an early and abrupt start, the Beals make morning preparation simple. Bodies stay out of showers and contact lenses stay out of eyes. They throw on their clothes, brush teeth, and it’s off to a quick drive to Smith’s to catch the 7:15 a.m. bus to campus. Ambria starts her day swiftly with a 7:30 a.m. class, so, with a quick hug and a kiss goodbye she’s off to the Fine Arts Building as Miguel heads to the Hub to kill a little morning time. Ambria endures her two morning class-es before sprinting across campus to make her 10:30 a.m. yoga class — evidently, one can’t have too much zen, even in the

sanctity of marriage. She said she rather enjoys walking across campus, as it gives her a chance to meet new people, which has forever been a favorite in her long list of hobbies. Meanwhile, Miguel spends a few hours with a close friend before class. He said he and his friend don’t do a whole lot — hanging out, staying awake and speaking Spanish to each other — outside of giving each other the motivation to head to class, which they do at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Miguel is off to the Engineering Building for his calculus class. It’s now 11:30 a.m. and after a long morning, the newlyweds have their first opportunity to see each other since wak-ing up, as they enjoy a class together at the LDS Institute and take an hour break for lunch. From there, it’s off to class for an hour, then back together again for an English class at 2:30 p.m. when Ambria admits how much she enjoys her class. Miguel admits that, depending on the day, he may or may not be playing “Angry Birds.” From here things are different by the day. Luckily, Miguel isn’t off to work — which usually goes until midnight — giving

them ample time to spend together. The unfortunate catch is they don’t have Internet at home, so their time is spent on campus. They do homework, talk about their day and scope out people they may know, in hopes of catching up with old friends not bit-ten by the marriage bug. Before long, it’s 5:30 p.m. — time to catch another bus, jump in their Dodge Neon and make it back home the same way they came. Finally home just past 6 p.m., they decide to “get ready for the day.” They

shower, get dressed and decide to take time to enjoy an evening that is finally theirs. They have dinner, do some home-work, talk a while, do some cleaning, call a few friends close by, talk some more, and find new and more clever ways to stay busy. Though having each other can be enjoy-able, they said they surely wouldn’t mind a magnified social life, which has seemed to deplete steadily since they were married. Days can get lonely and difficult, with anything and everything — including salsa making classes at Maceys — motivating

them to get out and do something in their ongoing search for novelty. It’s now 1 a.m. as Miguel creeps into the bathroom to prepare his toothbrush and, in the most delicate way, does the same for his wife. He brings it to her, much to her contentment, as they brush their teeth together and giggle at each other for reasons they may not even know. In a day where they hardly get a glimpse of friends, family and numerous forms of spontane-

ity, they forget somewhere in the mix just how little they see of each other. This, in itself, is probably why it is such a comfort, in such a hectic life, they can at least enjoy time laughing and fighting gin-givitis together, and reminding themselves why they “jumped the broom” in the first place. It’s just the motivation they need to do it all again, tomorrow morning.


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aerospace engineering andspeech language

pathology,newlyweds

Day in the

Life

THE BEALS’ DAY BEGINS early and is spent interacting with as many people as possible. The newlyweds miss the social life they had when they were single. Photo courtesy of Miguel Beal

sing. It was awe inspiring. He has the kind of voice that you could just sit and listen to for hours and not get bored. One minute he was doing an excellent reggae voice a la Bob Marley, the next he was sounding like B.B. King singing the blues — with guitar skills to match — and then he’s belting out high melo-dies in a minor key, sounding like Middle Eastern vocals that you would expect to hear walking by a mosque. It was all eclectic and very diverse, but everything he played sounded in place and not odd at all. Kalai is one of the best all-around musi-cians you can see. Period. This guy should not be touring doing small concerts in Logan, and at Timpview High — where he’s playing next — he should be playing sold-out shows

in the world’s largest cities and having his albums go platinum. But if all that happened, it wouldn’t be the same experience that I had the other night, having my premature judgments proven wrong and finding a new favorite musician playing to a small crowd in the Eccles Conference Center, of all places. I walked into the concert begrudgingly paying the discount price for tickets, but I left having bought a CD and a Kalai sticker that I will proudly display on my car.

— Colin Mitchell is a junior music perfor-mance major from Vernon, Utah. If you want

him to review your band’s show, email him at [email protected].

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The Utah State hockey team opened up its 2011-12 season this weekend with a series sweep over Brigham Young University. The Aggies beat the Cougars, 12-2, in Provo Friday night before returning home for a 17-3 victory Saturday. USU opened the season strong with high, power-ful offense and quick shots that overwhelmed the Cougars. “It was our first game together, and I thought we really did well for the first two periods,” head coach Jon Eccles said. “But we fell into old habits in the third period and weren’t following the game plan.” Russell MacKay got the start for the Aggies between the pipes. MacKay debuted well, allowing just two BYU goals and accounting for 34 saves, in his first start as an Aggie. Seven different players scored for the Aggies. Freshman Brian Gibbons had four goals in his first game with Utah State. Brendan MacDonald and Matt Hamilton each recorded two goals, while Billy Gouthro, Ty Johns, Cooper Limb and Jeff Sanders each added one goal to the Aggies’ final score. Utah State returned home Saturday night to

a sell-out crowd of 2,050 fans. The Aggies didn’t disappoint, scoring seven points in the first period alone. Brendan MacDonald, Jeff Sanders and Tyler Mistelbacher each had hat-tricks on the night. The trio also had three assists each. “We thank the fans, they were awesome,” Eccles said. “They were our motivation.” Utah State’s first home game of the season gave fans their first opportunity to see the team in action, and the players were just as excited to take the ice. “Everyone was really excited for the game,” MacDonald said. “For a lot of the boys, it was their first game in the building, so they were all really excited.” The USU offense wasted no time, converting right off the opening face-off. USU forward Mistelbacher

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Real Salt Lake defender Nat Borchers, battling a sinus infection, scored a crucial 54th-minute goal to give RSL a huge 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City Saturday night. In a dogfight to get an auto-matic playoff bid, and despite the game being slowed by cards and fouls, RSL came up big once again to pick up all three points and their fourth consecutive win. “It sends a message to the rest of the league that if a brawl is going to break out and it’s going to be a wrestling match, we can win it that way too,” RSL head coach Jason Kreis said. It was Borchers — who’s just now starting to overcome a month-long sinus infec-tion — and midfielder Kyle Beckerman who combined for

the lone goal in the 54th min-ute. “It was a pretty easy goal,” Borchers said. “It was almost like Kyle and I drew it up. I just made sure I curled my run, and Kyle hit the perfect ball.” It was a deserved goal for RSL after they’d opened up the second half so brightly. They were starting to string passes together and take control of the midfield, when Sporting KC fouled RSL 34 yards away from goal, nine minutes into the second half. Beckerman stepped up and hit an inch-perfect ball to Borchers, who had been left unmarked and calmly headed it home past Sporting KC keeper Jimmy Nielsen. Aside from the goal, it was anything but an easy game. “What were there, 100 fouls? I felt bad for the fans,” Beckerman said.

With so many fouls and stop-pages, it was hard for either team to really get any sort of rhythm going. In the first half, Sporting KC was able to take a slight upper hand and had some opportunities, but was unable to capitalize. RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando was forced to make some very good saves. The first save came in the 6th minute off a header, and then a great reaction save in the 23rd minute, after the ball had been bobbling around the box, when a KC player hit a strike toward the goal. The second half was a dif-ferent story, as RSL came out fast and never looked back, except for a brief period after the goal, when Sporting had a couple close opportunities. Rimando, however, came up big again to preserve the shut-out.

“It seems like this time of season is Nick’s time,” Kreis said of Rimando. It’s another win to savor for RSL, who has finally started to find the groove that it lost earlier in the season. With four wins in a row, RSL is now in third place in the Western Conference standings, and it seems to be hitting on all cyl-inders at the best time. “It’s the fourth game in a row, we really battled,” Kreis said. “The guys have stuck together and worked extreme-ly hard and now the results come.” RSL will look to keep the four-game win streak and its playoff hopes alive when it travels to play Theirry Henry and the New York Red Bulls Wednesday.


Soccer stumbles during road testBY SPENCER WRIGHTstaff writer

Every streak must come to an end.Unfortunately for the USU women’s soc-cer team, its eight-game win streak came to an end against Tulsa Friday night, in Oklahoma. The team lost a heartbreaker, 1-0, after Claire Hulcer scored off a missed penalty kick in the 76th minute, to seal the tight win. The Aggies, who have been so sharp this season, came out slow this game, and it came back to haunt them. They weren’t able to play their normal possession-style game or put the kind of consistent pressure on the Tulsa back line as they’ve done in their pre-vious eight victories. The Aggies were also severely out shot by Tulsa, 15-2. “We didn’t play poorly, but we didn’t play

great. We came out slow,” USU head coach Heather Cairns said. “It was really hard to dig out of that hole. We didn’t create nearly enough scoring opportunities — we only had one real scoring chance.” Amid all the Aggie struggles and their inability to create chances, they still man-aged to make it a tight game. It was 0-0 through the first half, but Tulsa began to show more confidence as the game wore on. “We made some mental mistakes that allowed them to get confidence,” Cairns said. “So even though it was 0-0 at halftime, they had more confidence, and it showed.” Up until the 76th minute, it seemed as if the Aggies still might have been able to sal-vage a draw or squeak out a win, but Tulsa wouldn’t go away and came up with the game-winning goal. With the game tied, Tulsa was awarded a penalty kick in the 76th minute. The kick

was blasted off the bar, but Hulcer was the first to the rebound and finished it nicely, to give Tulsa the 1-0 lead and eventual win. “It doesn’t change that we won eight in a row,” said Cairns. The Aggies will look to pull off an upset and start another streak Sunday, when they take on No. 2 Oklahoma State, on the road.

OSU 3, USU 0 The Utah State soccer team traveled to Stillwater, Okla., to take on Oklahoma State University Sunday afternoon. After a heartbreaking loss to Tulsa University, the Aggies looked to rebound against the Cowboys, but the No. 2 team in the nation was just too much for Utah State to handle. The Aggies lost 3-nil, giving them a

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Rodeo club men shine, women struggle at weekend competitions BY MEGAN BODILYStaff Writer

Two rodeos in three short days led to a whirlwind weekend of tough competition for the USU rodeo team. The team traveled to Pocatello, Idaho, this past weekend, participating in the first of three regional rodeos and a regular season rodeo held by Idaho State University. The Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo was held Thursday. Contestants entered the one-round rodeo looking to increase points in regional standings. Points are typically given to the top six places, but in a regional rodeo points are awarded to the top eight finishers. The opportunity of extra points was mostly capitalized on by the men’s team, especially Jace Austin, who placed third in steer wrestling and third in team roping with brother and partner

Kyler Austin. In the end, the USU men’s team wrapped up its first regional rodeo, tied for first with Utah Valley University, while the women did not place. The Friday ISU rodeo proved to be a chal-lenge for the competitors. Rain poured down making competition difficult and arena condi-tions undesirable. Even in the inclement con-ditions, USU had three women qualify in the breakaway roping short go, including Jackie Berryhill, Kate Clissold and freshman Shaylynn Johnson. Johnson, a local cowgirl, looked to rebound from a rough regional rodeo. She was the only USU breakaway roper to catch her second-round calf. With a run of 4.6 seconds, Johnson finished second in the average. Johnson’s high potential and skill looks to be an

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Sanders skated into a grove, hitting three consecutive goals within six minutes, sending hats onto the ice. BYU added an unassisted goal off the stick of Mitch Facer, but USU’s Joel Basson answered 24 seconds later to give the Aggies a 12-2 lead heading into the third period. The Aggies got off to another fast start in the third period, as MacDonald record-ed his third goal in the hat-trick off of a Sanders assist, just a minute and a half into the period. “We just wanted it more,” Sanders said.Dee Fontaine got the puck

past BYU goalie Taylor Barr for his first goal of the season. Erwin added his second goal of the game, and Mistelbacher completed the hat-trick with a goal, with 4:18 remaining in the game. BYU and USU each added another goal before time ran out. Cam Hymas scored for the Cougars, their third of the game, and USU’s David Reeve added the final goal of the night off of an assist from Jordan Kerr. “I thought we played quite well, together as a team,” Eccles said. The Aggies controlled the

puck in their zone for much of the game. Palmer had 22 saves on the night for Utah State and allowed one goal per period. “BYU works hard every game. It’s a rivalry, and it always has been,” MacDonald said. “Our skill level and work ethic really set us apart from them.” The Aggies stay at home next weekend when they host the Weber State Wildcats Sept. 23, at the Eccles Ice Center. The puck drops at 7 p.m.


DEFENSEMAN JEFF SANDERS SCORES past BYU goalkeeper Jessie Welsh, Saturday, night at the Eccles Ice Center. The Aggies defeated the Cougars 17-3 in their home opener. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo

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guy and a quality runner,” Gensel said. “He just does what he is asked to do.” Freshman Kyle McKenna, Brian’s younger brother, also did well. He finished with a time of 24:40, which earned him fourth place overall. With two McKennas on the team, the Aggies — who are ranked No. 6 in the Mountain region and a perennial power house — are tabbed as heavy contenders for the Western Athletic Conference title. The women’s team — cur-rently ranked No. 15 in the Mountain region — which finished fourth place in the Utah Open Invitational, also fared well Saturday. Junior Ruth Hilton led the way as she finished sixth, overall. She was the first Aggie to cross the fin-ish line for the women, with a time of 17:31. “As a coach, you want to see improvement each week,” Gensel said. “We saw improve-ment today both on the men’s and women’s teams.” Utah State’s success thus far can be attributed to Brian McKenna having an outstand-ing season so far. He finished first overall Saturday, as well as finishing fifth place in the Utah Open Invitational. With strong finishes early in the season, McKenna could be top contend-er for an all-American award. The Utah State men’s and women’s teams have other solid contributors propelling the successful start. Daniel Howell, a senior, has had strong finishes for the men, and sophomore Hannah Williams has done very well for the women. In two weeks, the Aggies travel to South Bend, Indiana, to take part in the Notre Dame Invitational. In Indiana, the Aggies will get another chance to improve on what is already turn-ing out to be a strong season.


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USU men and women shinerecord of 8-2-0 on the season.

The No. 2 Cowboys are the highest ranked team Utah State has ever faced. Their offense is lead by three players who all have double-digit points. “We played quite well that first half, despite the first four min-utes,” head coach Heather Cairns said. The Aggies were without two starters in the game. Mari Myashiro is still sidelined because of a foot injury, and Kendra Pemberton received a red card against Tulsa Friday. Despite being without two key players, USU performed well but was not able to overcome an early two-goal Cowboy lead. Oklahoma State came out with an early goal in the 3rd minute, off the foot of Krista Lopez. Lopez’s 3rd-minute goal from six yards out was the fastest goal ever scored on USU senior goalkeeper Molly Merrill. The Cowboys struck again less than a minute later. Again, it was Lopez who found the back of the net, when she blocked an Aggie clear into the goal, for a quick 2-0 OSU lead. “When you get yourself into that big of a hole against the No. 2 team in the nation,” Cairns said. “You’re in a little bit of trouble.” USU had four shots on goal, including two from freshman Lauren Roundy in the first half, but was unable to convert heading into halftime, down 2-0. Utah State came out of halftime and settled down. The Aggie defense allowed just one goal in the second half but was unable to convert on opportunities. Oklahoma State’s Elizabeth DeLozier scored from 18 yards out for the Cowboys’ third goal. DeLozier’s goal was assisted by Lopez, who contributed to all three of OSU’s scores.


Sports senior writer Meredith Kinney also contributed to this report.

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Soccer falls to Tulsa, OSU

important asset for this young women’s team. “(It’s) nice for her to find her groove — perform like she wants to,” Clissold said of Johnson. Clissold, president of the Rodeo Club, notes the effort made by the women’s team to start competing to their poten-tial. While the men’s team continues to be consistent, the women’s side still needs to find its focus. “We have a lot of talented ropers that missed this weekend — just got to pull it together, be confident,” Clissold said. “Mental tough-ness, too, is a big part.” The women’s team failed to post major points this week-end but looks to improve at next week’s home rodeo. Other notable performanc-es came from Clissold, who was just out of the short go for barrel racing, placing 12th in the first round. The men’s team’s continued success comes in large part from tandem team broth-ers Kyler and Jace Austin.

Competing in three events, one being team roping, dur-ing which they are partners, the brothers are consistently awarded points from at least one event, every rodeo. In the tie-down roping, both brothers performed at a high level. Freshman Kyler Austin took fifth in the first round and first in the second round, which was good enough for second in the average. His older brother had simi-lar success placing fourth in

the first round and fifth in the second round, for fifth place in the average. Jace Austin’s other noteworthy performance was placing second in the average, in steer wrestling. Another highlight came from saddle bronc rider Ken Limb, who was the only rider to cover both of his horses. “We had a competitive weekend,” Clissold said. “The men’s team got a lot of points and is sitting pretty well in the standings.” The men’s team finished the weekend strong, placing third overall, improving to second in the region; and the women’s team finished sixth overall at ISU, looking to improve on its sixth-place ranking. Next weekend the club hosts its home rodeo at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Professor Jeff Hall said he is confident in his team, heading into the home rodeo. “I feel real good going into to the home rodeo,” Hall said.


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With his approval ratings rapidly falling, President Obama recently unveiled his $447 bil-lion American Jobs Act in an attempt to rally the American public and to bolster his prospects for re-election — and not a moment too soon. That our economy is in dire straits, is no secret. August’s jobs growth was abysmal to say the least. The latest statistics from the Congressional Budget Office report that unemployment will continue to stay around nine percent through next year’s elections. Unemployment among Blacks is much higher —

Not coincidentally, the number of uninsured Americans is also at a record high of 50 mil-lion. Those who used to depend on their employ-ers for health insurance are suddenly finding themselves having to make the real choice of buying groceries or going to the doctor. Poverty in America is also growing and is at an all-time high since such statistics have been kept. At a time of record CEO and corporate profits, and as the gap between the wealthiest and the poor-

I’m all for taxing the rich. In fact, I fully support increas-ing their taxes to help cover the federal deficit. But raising taxes to create more jobs is just bad economics. President Obama recently unveiled his American Jobs Act as an “insurance policy” for the economy. Admittedly, the act does a lot of good things. It invests in education, gives tax breaks for small business owners and creates hiring incentives for employers. What is not headlined is increased taxes on the wealthy are what funds it. I know that taxing the rich to create opportu-nities for the unemployed seems like a logical thing to do, but the reality is that it’s just bad economics.

from the financial service giant Citigroup was leaked into the public. The main focus of the 30-page memo was on what they called plu-tonomy, or a society ruled by the rich. While the memo justly outraged the public, because it portrayed pluton-omy in a positive light, it did shed some light on what is known as the “wealth effect” in economics. The wealth effect states, quite simply, that the wealthier you are, the more you spend, and the less you save. According to the Citigroup memo for

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To the editor:

I was very disheartened to read your article from Wednesday’s paper. The Greek community is always making an effort to help pro-mote a positive image here on campus, and I am sorry that you have interpreted our culture in such a negative manner. You made note that you

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didn’t see how throwing a dance party was creating “bet-ter men;” however, it was not the goal of the Sig Ep pool party to directly create bet-ter men. That was simply an event for students to go to and enjoy themselves after a long week of school, and blow off some steam, and also to help get that particular fraternity’s name out there before Rush Week. On the other hand, when Greeks aren’t throw-ing fun events for everyone to enjoy, we are active mem-bers of the USU campus. For instance, the current president of this University is a Sig Ep. The fact that you stated that we are sexist womanizers is also quite unfair. I would be interested to see what other research you had done, because if you had decided to peer into the community for even five minutes, you might have found a picture, from the campus directory of events and clubs, of the Delta Sigs wearing breast cancer aware-ness shirts, walking in high heals at the Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event last spring. Or you could have seen that Alpha Chi had selected a Pike man as their favorite guy, instead of a non-affiliated member, from which they are more than wel-come to choose from. One of the other state-ments you made was we are typically from a higher class, and that Greeks “are better dressed than their peers.” However, if you took the time to take a real look at our finances, rather than making “simple (observations),” you would see that there are very few members of this commu-nity who are financially able to pay for their school, rent and various other expenses without payment plans. Our organizations do not recruit from any sort of financial sec-tor, rather, we simply look for the types of people who are motivated to get involved with the campus and help our organizations perform at their highest level. We keep our eyes open to all students who walk through our doors, and in no way judge their charac-

To the editor: As I sit here in my apart-ment watching people blow up on Facebook about the “Building Better Men” article, all I can do is laugh. Not say-ing that I agree or disagree with the opinion presented, but I can’t help but notice that the same people upset with this opinion are the same people who were applauding a certain infamous opinion article written last year about “witches.” Why was it okay then to call out women in a biased manner but a dam-nable sin to suggest anything negative about Greeks? I think the writer did her job; she brought up a subject that got people thinking and talk-ing. She expressed her opin-ion, and that’s all it was — an opinion.

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A public forumForumLetterster based on their financial background. Finally, it was disappoint-ing, to me, to see that you would direct people to the LDS Institute Building, here on campus. While that orga-nization is also well involved and makes an effort to help create strong members of society, I think you might be appalled to see what kinds of support they offer the gay, lesbian and transgender com-munities. Our organizations, on the other hand, offer no judgment towards those life-style choices and embrace the community with open arms. Thank you for your time and consideration of my thoughts. I would gladly sit down and interview with you any time, however it would be on my own behalf, and in no way a reflection of the entire Greek community’s beliefs.

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Homecoming enjoyed by alumni tooleast one activity throughout the week that they will be able to look back on and remem-ber fondly. This is what Homecoming is about. It is here to help create those memories that you never want to forget — memories that will last a life-time, and memories that will forever cause you to reminisce on your time here at USU. It is a great time to get to know your campus and the traditions that it holds. Homecoming helps get students fired up for the school year and assists in setting amazing traditions. Alumni come from all over the nation to be a part of USU again and help spark the memo-ries of the great times they spent here. It is an exciting thought to graduate and move on with our lives. However, how often do we think about the present and what we will be missing when we leave? How often is the opportunity to be a part of a tradition that could affect hundreds of people going to be available after you graduate? All students are here to gradu-ate and progress in life. But, what is a college degree without experiencing it fully? In a com-munity that is solely based around the life of our university, it is important for students to get involved and experience what it has to offer.

Homecoming is here to help you enhance your experience while you are here at USU. It is designed for the alumni to come back and be showered with memories of their own college experiences. This is why tradition is so important. When you come back to visit after you graduate, you will want to remember USU the way it once was. You want to be able to come back and participate in some of the same events that occurred while you were here. Although there are definitely changes to the events we have had on campus in the past, we still try to tie in the past events with the present ones to make everyone happy. I highly recommend stopping by all this week’s activities in order to start creating memories of your own. Think about what you want to remember in 20 years when you come back to campus and the stories you will be able to tell your family. What are you going to do to help make this Homecoming meaningful and memorable to you?

rate among the top 20 percent of earners was at 8 percent. In 2000, after the economic boom of the ‘90s, the savings rate dropped to minus 2 percent. In other words, as the top 20 percent grew wealthier, they began spending more and saving less. As much as we on the right like to bash Keynesian economics, Keynes was right that spending is the lifeblood of the economy. Increased spending means that people are buying more goods and services, and busi-nesses need to hire more people to create those goods and services. The wealth effect is a good thing, because it increases spending and thus employment. When President Obama increases taxes on the rich to fund his American Jobs Act, he will be counteracting the wealth effect. The wealthy will save rather than spend more. If an increase in spending equates to an increase in employment, it goes without saying that an increase in saving creates more unemployment. Average workers all across America will lose their jobs to fund the American Jobs Act. Ironic isn’t it? Even if we don’t like it, the wealthiest 1 percent

controls more capital than the bottom 90 percent of the country. Citigroup was right, the extremely wealthy are the primary drivers of this economy and we need them to spend their money. Those in favor of taxing the rich often cite the fact that the Clinton administration had some of the sharpest tax increases on the rich in history, and created 22 million jobs. Bush on the other hand cut taxes and only created 6 million. While these are indeed true facts, it is far too simplistic to say that these jobs are due solely to tax policies. After all, Reagan created 18 million jobs with poli-cies similar to Bush. Total job creation is too complex a puzzle to pin on a single president or economic policy, and often there is no definitive answer. However, there are some things we know don’t help; raising taxes is one of them. The American Jobs Act won’t create new jobs; it will shoot America in the foot.

est Americans has grown to its greatest levels since the Great Depression, nearly 46.2 million Americans — more than half Black and Latino; and one out of every five children — live below the poverty line — the highest levels among industri-alized nations. This is nothing short of a travesty. I am not ever really expecting much from President Obama. He has disap-pointed me too many times — falling not only in lock step with the former presi-dent’s foreign policies, but not veering too far from his domestic ones either. For example in his speech, Obama said he “wants more products sold around the world stamped with the three proud words “Made in America,” and touted the prowess of his jobs council to the task. The loss of American manufactur-ing jobs has been astounding. Over the last 10 years, 50,000 American factories have closed their doors. Unfortunately, the head of Obama’s jobs council, General Electric’s CEO Jeffrey Imelt — whose company paid no federal income taxes last year and actually received a $3.2 billion tax credit — has been one of the worst offenders in outsourcing American jobs oversees to be done by foreign workers, whom they can

afford to pay less and treat worse, while continuing to be one of the most profit-able companies in the world. I am not so sure he’s quite suited to the task. His proposed “reforms” to Medicare and Medicaid, which he didn’t elucidate specifically but mentioned, also made me more than wary. On the one hand, good reforms could be made, but the oft-proposed increase in the eligibility age for Medicare benefits from 65 to 67 is not. It’s not clear to me what this has to do with unemployment. On the positive side, I was encour-aged by many of his proposals — rebuild-ing and modernizing American infra-structure such as roads, bridges and schools, and extending unemployment benefits and reducing taxes on small businesses, which are the real jobs cre-ators in this country. While I believe this jobs bill is one of the better things President Obama has proposed, I am not particularly enthusiastic about it and don’t believe that it will accomplish what it means to, especially after Congress gets a hold of it.

— Mike Burnham is a junior majoring in

international relations and economics.

Comments can be sent to him at mike.

[email protected].

The President invites nominations

for the 18 Annual

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USU DIVERSITY AWARDS

Award recipients will be announced

and will receive recognition by President Albrecht at an

appropriate forum during the school year

Award Categories: Award Criteria:

One individual or organization 1. Models behavior that promotes diversity.

from each of the following 2. Nourishes acceptance of individual differences.

categories will be recognized for 3. Strives to enhance academic, employment,

furthering the principles and or community relations among people who

values of affirmative action, equal are different.

opportunity, and diversity: 4. Integrates diversity concepts and values into

academic curriculum, management

• Student functions, or community service.

• Faculty 5. Develops methods for increasing and

• Administrator valuing diversity among students, faculty,

• Staff staff, or local businesses/associations.

• Community Member 6. Maximizes opportunities to achieve diversity.

7. Has not received the award in the past 5 years.

Nomination Guidelines:

• Write a nomination letter (recommended not more than 2 pages) addressing the six

criteria stated above.

• Nomination letter must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, by

letter, fax, e-mail or in person.

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of the building just north of the TSC. Learn more about semester exchanges, short-term faculty-led programs, English language study, or other language skills. Semester exchange programs are based on USU tuition costs. Most scholarships and financial aid apply. Call 435-797-0601. On Sept. 23, come enjoy Homecoming with Friends featuring the USU Wind Orchestra and Alumni Concert Band. It will be held in the Morgan Theatre on USU’s campus. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for youth and seniors, $5 for USU faculty and staff, and free for USU students with ID. On Sept. 24, there will be an annual Homecoming 5k race. Check-ins begin at 6:30 a.m. The USU student entry fee is $10. Families are welcome. Many prizes will be given. ! Stokes Nature Center invites students and young professionals to join them at the USU Service Fair on Sept. 26, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the TSC International Lounge. Come learn about dynamic new volunteer opportunities and how Stokes can work with you to provide experience in environmental stewardship, as well as professional development in your area of study.!For details contact Ru Mahoney at 435-755-3239 or [email protected].

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