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Win, repeat, three-peat; Aggies win WAC again

MEMBERS OF THE USU BASKETBALL TEAM celebrate on the court, surrounded by throngs of cheering fans, after winning their 15th consecutive game. The Aggies are WAC champs and will face Boise State at the tournament in Reno Thursday. Find a full story on Page 9. PATRICK ODEN photo

The No. 1 stressors are academics, relationships, finance, family and time management, said Jim Davis, director of the Student Health and Wellness Center. As new students and returning students attend college, they are faced with indepen-dence, decisions, risks and time manage-ment, among other things, Davis said dur-ing his Thursday night lecture about mental illnesses, in Old Main. “As stress goes up, your performance goes up,” he said. “And then you start to break down, and as stress increases, your performance decreases. And then you reach burnout.” Students have a lot of new information to process, which overloads them, he said. This causes stress, and the No. 1 reason why students miss class is stress, he said.

Stress No. 1 reason students miss class

By REBECCA SEARLE

staff writer

-See STRESS, page 4

USU celebrates distinguished alumniBy RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN

news editor

Members of the USU community past and present met to honor suc-cessful alumni and the tradition of the university at the Founders Day 2010 celebration. Harold Dance and Lonnie and Cheryl Smith were given Distinguished Alumnus awards. Jeff and Bonnie Clark and Jay and Suzanne Glasmann were awarded USU Distinguished Service awards. Held in the TSC Ballroom and International Lounge, the event took place March 6. USU President Stan Albrecht said that at last year’s Founders Day cel-ebration, the world was a different place. Legislative budget cuts in the last year have not been “as devastating as it could be,” and a lot of good things have happened to USU in the past year, he said. Albrecht mentioned Senate Bill 69, creating Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah, which was signed in Salt Lake City Thursday. Albrecht also said USU was doing well with the amount of endowments received. He quoted the Chronicle of Higher Education, which reported USU was one of three universities analyzed that experienced a growth in endow-ments last year. Provost Raymond Coward said that four years ago, Albrecht launched a

vision for USU regional campuses, which included three main parts: to expand educational opportunities to regions that were underserved, cre-ate campuses that would reflect the strengths and unique needs of those communities and build an integrated academic program. “Our students in Tooele are just as much Aggies as students in Logan,” Coward said. In the last four years, USU has tri-pled the number of faculty in regional facilities, Coward said. He predicted that in three or four years, USU would have move students in regional cam-puses than at the Logan campus. Ross Peterson, vice president for University Advancement, said admin-istration had announced a $200 mil-lion comprehensive campaign, and one year later that goal was achieved. Then, because of how fast USU was able to accomplish the goal, the campaign was increased to $400 million in August 2008. Currently, USU is close to reach-ing $300 million. Despite the econom-ic hardships, he said USU is continuing to see generation donations. “We have chosen not to slow down. We have chosen to move forward,” he said. The evening started with a recep-tion, followed by dinner, award presentations, speeches by admin-

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CHERYL SMITH ACCEPTS the USU Distinguished Alumni Award with her husband, Lonnie, at the Founders Day 2010 celebration in the TSC Ballroom. Several others were also recognized that night. STEVE SELLERS photo

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NEW YORK (AP) – New ads for troubled automaker Toyota Motor Corp. are skipping the apologies and easing back into sales pitches – too soon, some say. The campaign pushes the idea that Toyota customers remain loyal, even as the company faces congressional inqui-ries and some reports that its repairs may not fix the problem. The new campaign, by Toyota’s main ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, empha-sizes what Toyota says are real satisfied buyers testifying that they still feel safe in their new Toyotas even after weeks of revelations about accelerator problems. “And our own personal experience? These cars that we’ve had have been exceptionally safe,” baby boomer Mark Murphy says in one ad. The ad says he and his wife, Donna, bought Corolla and a Sienna on Feb. 20.

The new campaign, which started March 2 and is scheduled to run through April 5, does one thing right, marketing experts say: Troubled brands have to play to their strengths by woo-ing loyal fans. But some say skipping past the apologies could make Toyota look like it’s mocking safety concerns that are still very real. Ford Motor Co., for example, laid low on heavy sales pitches for its Ford Explorer for months in 2000 after Bridgestone tires used on the SUVs caused blowouts that led to more than 250 traffic deaths. People need time to digest bad news, so companies shouldn’t try to start sell-ing too soon, said Mike Sheldon, CEO of ad agency Deutsch LA. “We haven’t had that chance to just get through the problem and they’re already trying to sell me stuff? I believe

that consumers will feel a little con-fused, like, ‘Aren’t you still fixing the problem? Why are you trying to sell me so hard?’ he said. Saatchi & Saatchi referred requests for comment on the campaign to Toyota. The automaker’s spokespeople didn’t respond to requests for comment. The local and national television ads feature unprecedented incentives from Toyota, which saw its sales fall 9 percent last month. They’re the first major sales push since the company’s trio of apol-ogy ads, which started airing in early February telling owners that Toyota was taking care of problems. Incentives include zero percent financing for five years and auto maintenance plans for new owners that rival offerings by luxury brands. But buyers don’t want that, Sheldon said. They still want to know the com-pany is taking care of its problems before they’re sold on new cars, deal or not. The company should have waited at least a month, maybe two before push-ing sales, he said. “Any communication right now should be ‘here’s what you need to do, here’s how we’re solving this problem.’ Leave the schmaltzy music and imagery out. There are serious issues,” Sheldon said. Some even think Toyota should stop advertising for now and instead tell its story through news reports and social media, which can offer more credibility.

“When there’s a very negative story connected with a brand, it’s extremely difficult for any paid advertising to deal with that issue because it’s self-serving,” said Al Ries, chairman of Ries & Ries, a marketing strategy firm in Atlanta. “It’s not helping.” But Toyota wants sales. First-time Toyota shopper numbers fell last month, the first full month of sales since the company suspended sales of eight models on Jan. 26. Toyota Vice President Bob Carter told reporters this week that Toyota was focusing less on sales last month, but is shifting back now. All models are back in showrooms. “Frankly as an organization, we turned our sights away from sales and went 100 percent at taking care of our customers. It was the right thing to do and now coming in March, we’re back in the sales business,” he said. Some say the money the company is spending — the amount of which it declined to release — is worth it because it relies on these brand loyalists who can turn skeptical shoppers into potential buyers. The ads are clearly designed to keep people feeling positively about the brand, said Deborah Mitchell, senior executive fellow at the Wisconsin School of Business. She said they work because they feature so many loyalists, some-thing few companies could pull off dur-ing such a tough time.

ernment official also confirmed the arrest, but said it happened Sunday. The discrepancy could not imme-diately be resolved. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The intelligence officials said Gadahn was being interrogated by Pakistani officials. Pakistani agents and those from the CIA work closely on some operations in Pakistan, but it was not clear if any Americans were involved in the operation or ques-tioning. In the past, Pakistan has handed over some al-Qaida suspects arrested on its soil to the United States. If the man in custody is indeed Gadahn and authorities can get him to talk, he could offer valu-able intelligence about al-Qaida’s second in com-mand Ayman al-Zawahiri and maybe even Osama bin Laden, Rowan said. Gadahn has been on the FBI’s most wanted list since 2004 and there is a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest. He was charged with treason in 2006 and faces the death penalty if convicted. He was also charged with two counts of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Gadahn grew up on a goat farm in Riverside County, California, and converted to Islam at a mosque in nearby Orange County. He moved to Pakistan in 1998, according to the FBI, and is said to have attended an al-Qaida train-ing camp six years later, serving as a translator and consultant. He is known by various aliases, including Yahya Majadin Adams and Azzam al-Amriki. In the video posted Sunday, he praised the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas, as a role model for other Muslims. It appeared to have been made after the end of the year, but it was unclear exactly when. “You shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking

that military bases are the only high-value targets in America and the West. On the contrary, there are countless other strategic places, institutions and installations which, by striking, the Muslim can do major damage,” Gadahn said, an assault rifle leaning up against a wall next to him. Pakistan joined the U.S. fight against Islamic extremists following the Sept. 11 attacks, and sev-eral high-ranking al-Qaida and Taliban have been

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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Two Pakistani offi-cers and a government official said Sunday that an American charged with treason for working with al-Qaida had been captured, a development that could deliver another significant blow in the U.S.-led battle against the terror network. U.S. defense, intelligence and law enforcement officials could not immediately verify the reported detention of Adam Gadahn, a 31-year-old spokes-man for al-Qaida who has appeared on videos threatening the West, including one that emerged earlier Sunday. The reported arrest of Gadahn follows the recent detention of several Afghan Taliban commanders in Karachi, including the group’s No. 2. Those deten-tions have been seen as a sign that Pakistan, which has been criticized as an untrustworthy ally, was cooperating more fully with Washington. Some observers were cautious about giving credence to the claim that Gadahn was in custody as reports emerged that the man arrested might instead be a Taliban militant leader. There was no way of independently verifying the arrest or identity, and detentions of terror suspects in Pakistan are often surrounded by conflicting reports. “If this is him, it’s a big capture and a morale-booster,” said Patrick Rowan, the former top anti-terrorism official in the Bush Justice Department. Gadahn, the first American to face treason charg-es in more than 50 years, has appeared in more than half a dozen al-Qaida videos, taunting the West and calling for its destruction. The video that surfaced Sunday showed him urging American Muslims to attack their own country. “It’s a blow to al-Qaida and a boost to the U.S. when a guy that has been taunting the U.S. for years has been captured,” Rowan said. Gadahn was arrested in the sprawling southern metropolis of Karachi in recent days, two officers who took part in the operation said. A senior gov-

American al-Qaida captured

Toyota alters advertising campaigns

ADAM YAHIYE GADAHN is shown in these undated file photo released by the FBI. Pakistani officials say Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al-Qaida, has been arrested Sunday March 7. AP photo

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Celebs&People

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” has won best picture and five other priz-es at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmak-ers. Among those Bigelow and “The Hurt Locker” beat are ex-husband James Cameron and his sci-fi spectacle “Avatar.” Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989-91.

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Then Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe delivers a speech at the Shanghai International Auto Show on its opening day in Shanghai, China, in this file photo taken on April 20. AP photo

PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former student who had been celebrating a friend’s birthday by drinking and socializing was found dead Sunday in a Carnegie Mellon University fra-ternity house, police said. The 22-year-old man “likely drank too much” while celebrating Saturday night, police Detective Christine Williams said. The man, whose identity wasn’t disclosed because his parents hadn’t been notified, was found Sunday afternoon by one of the friend’s roommates at the Pi Kappa Alpha house, police said. The cause of his death hadn’t been determined, but the university said foul play wasn’t suspected. The man was a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, about 30 miles south-east of Carnegie Mellon.

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A great USU scholar, leader, ath-lete, brother and friend passed away Saturday afternoon, March 6, to the shock and sadness of his friends and family. USU student and Sigma Chi President Trent Walker, 24, died in a car accident in Spanish Fork Canyon. Todd Johnson of Utah Highway Patrol said Walker’s pickup truck crossed the center line of traffic on Highway 89 near Birdseye in Spanish Fork Canyon and collided head on with a semitrailer. Walker was pro-nounced dead on the scene. Born in Brigham City, or what he called “The Bay area – Willard Bay area,” Walker was a senior in public relations, the president of the Gamma Kappa chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity, which he joined in 2006, an admin-istrative assistant at Cache Valley Electric and held many other leader-ship positions within the USU and Cache Valley community. Whenever Walker had a little free time, he spent it playing sports and

helping others. He was the life of the party and brightened up the room with his contagious smile. Brothers in his fraternity said he more than exemplified the Sigma Chi standard, which is “a man of good character, a student of fair ability, with ambitious purposes, a congenial disposition, possessed of good mor-als, having a high sense of honor and a deep sense of personal responsibil-ity.” “Trent was a natural leader, phi-lanthropist, was a joy to work with

and had a humble personality,” said Tiffany Evans, director of Student Involvement. “Our hearts go out to his family, friends and fraternity brothers. He will be missed.” Walker just finished help-ing remodel the historic Sigma Chi house, which he had been working on for more than a year with getting

donations from alumni, helping with the plans and keeping a watch on the transformation, which was finished in December. He was the first presi-dent in the new house and did the first initiation of the house. As a rush chairman in fall 2008, he rushed and initiated the 2,000 member of the Gamma Kappa chapter of Sigma Chi.

His family and friends say every moment with Walker was a good memory, and remembered that he led by example, was never mean to any-one and was charismatic, congenial and selfless. His Sigma Chi brothers talked of how important he was to the success of the fraternity, especially with remodeling the building and

members of the Sigma Chi house, but how his best contribution was just being himself. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the Kent Concert Hall.

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On March 29, an extreme sports movie titled “Go Big or Go Home” will be showing in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets will be $6 and include food and being entered in a raff le. Donations were made by Iron Gate Grill, Hamilton’s, Le Nonne, S & S, Rulo Gardner, Planet Beach, Fun Park, Alta Ski Resorts, Mountain Valley Pumps and other local busi-nesses. Proceeds are going to the Small Enterprise Education and Development (SEED). The SEED program’s mission is to “provide Utah State University students with a hands-on, once-in-a-life time learning experience while simulta-neously educating people in devel-oping economies in new business creation and development skills.” This is accomplished through lend-ing micro-loans to small businesses in developing economies. For more information, contact Michon Winget at [email protected].

Participants for USU study needed

A USU psychology study is offering free support for manag-ing unwanted thoughts. If people answer “yes” to any of the following questions, they will likely be candi-dates for the study: I find it difficult to control my own thoughts, I am upset by unpleasant thoughts that come into my mind against my will or I frequently get nasty thoughts and have difficulty in getting rid of them. This study is open to USU fac-ulty, staff, students and members of the community. Participation will entail no more than three hours of total time, spread over a one-week period. The sessions will take place in the Human Services Resource Center, Room 26, located in the basement. There are several possible ben-efits to participating in this study. Participants might learn some tricks to better manage unwanted thoughts, and some professors will accept participation as psychology research or extra credit. Those interested in participation should contact John Dehlin at 797-8303 or [email protected]. Please leave a message with name and phone number and some dates and times when you might be avail-able This project is being run by Dr. Michael Twohig in the USU psy-chology department.

Movie showing to benefit USU SEED

Prof wins AWWA Best Paper Award The American Water Works Association recently awarded Michael Johnson, a research assistant professor at USU’s Utah Water Research Laboratory, a Best Paper Award in the Engineering and Construction Division. Johnson received the award for his paper, “Metering Residential Irrigation Water: Technological Approaches and Cost Estimations,” which looks at how municipal or secondary water users meter water to prevent waste and increase other efficiencies. “Dr. Johnson is a dedicated professor and a key member of the UWRL hydraulics group,” said Mac McKee, director of the Utah Water Research Laboratory. Johnson also received the AWWA Engineering and Construction Division Best Paper Award in 2007. He was named Outstanding Teacher of the College of Engineering 2002-2003, Outstanding Teacher of the civil and environmental engineer-ing department 2001-2003, and Outstanding Advisor of civil and environmental engineering department 2001-2002. McKee said this award is one of many important awards the water laboratory faculty has received.

Saturday, Feb. 27

• USU Police responded to the Snow Hall park-ing lot for a report of fireworks being set off. A vehicle description was given to officers. The vehicle was stopped and the occupants admit-ted to the fireworks violation. An individual was cited for the violation.

• USU Police assisted Logan City Police on a noisy house party. Officers contacted the owner and informed the owner that the noise needed to stop. The owner complied.

• USU Police assisted the North Park Police Department with an intoxicated suicidal man who had a knife. The man was located and taken into custody without incident.

• USU Police responded to the Native American Pow Wow event at the USU Fieldhouse for a theft report. Officers contacted the vendor and were informed that two CDs had been stolen from his booth. Police are investigating.

• USU Police responded to the Fieldhouse where an elderly lady had an asthma attack. The woman was checked out by medical personnel and she denied any other treatment. The indi-vidual was released by medical personnel at the scene.

Sunday, Feb. 28

• USU Police assisted Logan City Police with a citizen assist. An individual reported having some emotional issues and was wondering who to talk to through the university. Information was given to the individual.

• USU Police initiated a traffic stop at the Taggart Student Center turn around, which resulted in a misdemeanor arrest for an out-standing warrant. The individual was arrested and transported to the Cache County Jail.

Monday, March 1

• USU Police was dispatched to the business building on a theft report of a painting taken from the Tanner Lounge.

• USU Police responded to Mountain View Tower for a student stuck in the elevator. Upon arrival officers and the elevator technician were able to release the student from the elevator. The eleva-tor technician shut the elevator down until the problem could be found.

• USU Police responded to a medical assist at the west entrance to the Spectrum. A 2-year-old male fell down the stairs and possibly broke his nose. The parents decided to transport the boy to the hospital for further evaluation.

Tuesday, March 2

• USU Police received a phone call from Lincoln County, Wyo., to locate a subject. Officers noti-fied that everyone was located in the incident in Wyoming. No further assistance was needed from USU Police.

Wednesday, March 3

• Police responded to the south parking lot of the Facilities building on a traffic accident. An employee for the university hit another vehicle while backing up. A report was filed of the acci-dent.

Thursday, March 4

• A student called the police to inform the department that an ex-girlfriend is making claims about him. A report was filed.

Friday, March 5

• USU Police received a report of a stolen proper-ty call from the Veterinary Science North Farms. A propane heater was reported missing from the turkey sheds. Police are investigating.

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Most history teachers in Utah overlook what happened in the 20th century because many believe all the interesting historical events hap-pened before then, author Brian Cannon said at the Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library lecture Thursday. Cannon and Jessie Embry came to USU to give an overview of the book they co-wrote called “Utah in the Twentieth Century.” Cannon said he and Embry have incorporated events of the 20th century into their course, and both teach his-tory classes at Brigham Young University. Cannon said they compiled the book because there were no books about the 20th century in Utah, and he and Embry felt there was a need for a book of this nature.

“When many of us think of history in the 19th century, we think of more exotic happenings, and romantics,” Cannon said. “Lots of (teachers) have a hard time teaching Utah history in the 20th cen-tury.” Embry said she never saw how important local politics were until she started research for the book. Embry said she now gets more involved in local politics, because it impact the country great-ly. Cannon said the most important thing he learned while writing the book was how important civil rights is. “I now spend a week covering civil rights in class, when I barely used to spend a day,” he said. Cannon said gays, blacks, women, and Native Americans fought for their civil rights in Utah during the 20th century. In the 1950s, Native Americans living on reservations were denied the right to vote by the state law, he said, and “blacks were essentially restricted to the red light district of Salt Lake.” “It’s interesting to me the lack of press these issues received,” Cannon said. “These actions are silent evidence that civil rights movement didn’t come to Utah in the 1950s.” Embry said the wars in Utah in the 1900s were government politics and civil rights campaigns. Many people don’t think of war in this way, Embry said. The Ku Klux Klan had 5,000 members in Utah in the 1920s, she said.

Embry said, “People don’t like to admit there was a Ku Klux Klan in Utah, but there was, and that is part of history.” Embry said many people don’t know of the Topaz internment camps, where Japanese Americans living in Utah were sent during World War II. Most students are surprised to hear the LDS church didn’t take a stance to do something about these camps, Embry said. At that time, she said, Quakers were more ready to take a stance than others. Embry said many women in Utah worked dur-ing World War II, sewing parachutes for the men fighting. The women said it was their duty to help with supplies while their brothers and husbands were at war, Embry said. Sometimes the compa-nies would get letters telling them that a parachute made at that specific location saved a soldier’s life, she said. Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library is an orga-nization that started as a way to help the library out with needed funding, library dean Bradford Cole said. Cole said the library holds a lecture every spring and fall. Members of Friends of the Library are mostly retired faculty and people from Cache Valley who want to be involved, Cole said. Members pay a fee and donate their time to fund events, buy books and raise money to help the library and USU students, Cole said.

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20th century Utah history important, author saysBy STEPHANIE BLATCHFORDstaff writer

BRIAN CANNON

Aggies remember friend who died in crashBy SARI MONTRONE, RACHEL A. CHRISTENSENstaff writer, news editor

TRENT WALKER, president of the Sigma Chi fraternity, died in a car accident Saturday. Walker’s friends said he was a natural leader with a contagious smile. photo courtesy of Brett Lopinsky

“Trent was a natural leader, philanthropist, was a joy to work with and had a humble personality.”

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istration and dessert. A musical group called the Serenade in Blue Singers opened its perfor-mance with “My Blue Heaven,” which was the theme for the evening.

Jay and Suzanne (’63) Glasmann

Jay and Suzanne Glasmann were honored with the USU Distinguished Service Award. Suzanne said she grew up in Logan and grad-uated from USU in 1963. “I’m glad they kept the Quad,” Suzanne said, noting that USU had changed a lot physically since her time on campus. Jay and Suzanne have established scholar-ships for journalism students with the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Jay said his family has been in the newspaper business for a long time. He said he decided to create the scholarship because he had money lying around and a desire to help somebody with it. Suzanne said Jay is a well-rounded individual, involved in athletics, reading and poetry. Suzanne said he makes sure to spend time doing the things he loves. Having an idea of what you want to do is one key to success Jay gives to USU students. However, he said it’s also important to have friends and to have hobbies as well.

Jeff (’82) and Bonnie Clark

Jeff and Bonnie Clark were also recipients of the USU Distinguished Service Award. Jeff has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Huntsman School of Business. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from Habitat for Humanity. Bonnie chairs the Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Club of Weber and Davis County. Bonnie said, “Life is all about service and giv-ing back.” Jeff agreed, saying one of the greatest tools humans possess is the heart, and everyone has been given a stewardship and needs to give back. “All of us have exactly the same endowment to others and that is the endowment of time,” he said. Jeff said they spoke in some senior classes last week as part of their visit and was impressed with how engaged USU students are. He also said being back on the USU campus brings him nostalgia of past friendships and the experience he gained at USU. Jeff said he believes relationships are the key to success.

Lonnie (’67) and Cheryl (’67) Smith

Lonnie and Cheryl Smith were honored with the USU Distinguished Alumni Award. Lonnie is the chairman of the board of direc-tors for Intuitive Surgical, Inc. He said he has technologies smaller than the size of a pencil that complete technical, high-resolution surgi-cal procedures. This creates less trauma to the patient as well as a quicker recovery.

Lonnie and Cheryl met while attending USU, and Lonnie said that was the most important thing that happened to him at the university. He said he came to college straight out of high school, and the university became a place of per-sonal discovery. “A college education is the beginning of your education, not the end,” Lonnie said, explain-ing that successful people are lifetime learners. “We live in a different world now. The U.S. does not reign supreme anymore. It’s an opportunity and a reminder that you can’t take anything for granted.”

Harold Dance (’48)

Harold Dance was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dance graduated from USU (called the Utah Agricultural College at the time) in 1948. His son was killed in a car accident when he was young, and Dance created a schol-arship in his name. Dance’s daughter, Debbie Ellis, said the one-page biography of Dance found in the evening’s program was a “CliffsNotes” of his life and that his greatest achievements were as husband, father and grandfather. Ellis said, “My father has been through many challenges, but he never let that hold him back.”


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Clients’ top health issue at the center is depression, fol-lowed by upper respiratoryproblems, then contracep-tive management, Davis said. Other health issues are aller-gies, anxiety disorder, and ADD and ADHD. Davis said 47.5 percent of cases at the center is depres-sion. According to a 2009 survey taken of USU students, 15 per-cent of men and 26 percent of women have been diagnosed or treated for depression.

Davis said, “Depression and anxiety are the main problems on campus.” Students who are diagnosed and treated for depression at the Student Health and Wellness Center may be given medicine. “What these drugs do some-times is create side effects,” Davis said. “We shop for drugs that won’t have bad side effects.” These side effects can range from nausea and insomnia to agitation, seizure and fatigue. Other mental illnesses men-tioned were insomnia, eating

disorders and addiction. Davis said, “Sleep disrup-tion is very common on cam-pus.” According to the survey taken last year by USU stu-

dents, 17 percent of students got ade-quate sleep three out of seven days. Davis then spoke on how to help roommates or family

members who have a mental illness. “The best thing is to get them into a professional set-ting,” Davis said. The lecture was hosted

by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), which is a grassroots organiza-tion that focuses to “educate America about mental illness,” said Kristin Lillywhite, a vol-unteer for NAMI. NAMI has a number of peer-run and family support groups, where people can talk about their mental illnesses. It works with legislatures to make sure support is given to people with mental illnesses. At USU, there are service activities for NAMI, such as raising money, distributing NAMI cards and volunteering for a booth in the Cache Valley Mall. More information on NAMI and mental illnesses is avail-able at www.nami.org.


“Sleep disruption is very common on campus.”

– Jim Davis,

director of the Student

Health and Wellness

Center

Physicist says cancer detection is rocket science

A critical challenge facing surgeons as they cut out malignant tumors is: how far should they go? That is, are they taking a sufficient margin of healthy tissue sur-rounding the offending disease to ensure that no cancer is left behind? The decision, made in the exigency of the operating room, could determine whether a patient has to face subsequent surgery and debilitating treatment or live with the consequences of an unnecessarily aggressive excision. With research colleagues at Salt Lake City’s Huntsman Cancer Institute and

USU’s department of biological engineer-ing, Utah State University physicist Tim Doyle is exploring the use of ultrasound to scan tissue for microscopic cancer cells. The research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, could provide doctors with a tool to quickly detect cancerous tis-sue during surgery and know when they’ve removed a safe, necessary margin. Doyle, a research associate professor in USU’s department of physics, began researching the idea with seed funds from a 2005-2006 USU Community/University Research Initiative (CURI) grant. During his previous employment with ATK Thiokol, Doyle used ultrasound to detect

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Throughout the winter season, it’s not uncommon to see people sitting with their cars on, idling. This practice and a group of sixth graders from Morningside Elementary in Salt Lake City were the inspiration for the Joint Resolution on Clean Air (HJR5). The general description of the joint resolution states it “encourages the citizens of Utah to eliminate all unnecessary idling of motor vehicles” in an effort to “protect public health

and the environment, reduce air pollution, conserve fuel and protect motor vehicle performance.” This includes idling at red lights, in the drive-through at a restaurant, waiting in parking lots and warming the car. The resolution passed through the Utah Senate Feb. 24 and was published Feb. 26, after spending exactly one month, from Jan. 26 to Feb. 26, going through the House and Senate. Air pollution, according to the Utah Division of Air Quality Web site, is made up of “particulate matter,” or PM. PM is then divided into two subcategories, “fine particles” (PM 2.5) and “inhalable coarse particles” (PM 10). One con-

tributor to PM is carbon dioxide emissions. According to the California Energy Commission (CEC), “Every two minutes a car is idling, it uses about the same amount of fuel it takes to go about one mile.” The CEC also states that idling has been “linked to increases in asthma, allergies, heart and lung disease and cancer.” While HJR5 addresses air quality issues across the state, another way to monitor car pollution is through emissions testing, which isn’t required in Cache Valley, and some of that is affected by the types of cars common to Logan and how well they’ve been maintained. Randy Martin, an associ-ate research professor on campus, conducted a study which showed that 10 percent of cars in the valley are responsible for 40 percent of the pollution. He said he believes the only way to find these cars is through emissions testing. Martin went on to say it isn’t necessary to idle your car if it’s been made after 1996, even in the winter. “Your car becomes efficient in seconds to minutes,” he said, “depending on how old it is and how well it’s been main-tained. By the time you get in, turn it on, adjust your mirror, click your seat belt, the car is operating fine.” Martin also said that while these kinds of resolutions may be “good in furthering public awareness,” they are not as effective as laws or regulations. “I would much rather see a proactive law or regulation passed than just a resolution,” Martin said. “It’s been my experience that voluntary resolutions or voluntary programs on the whole don’t work very well. It’s nice for people to say, ‘Yeah, I’d like to do this,’ but without teeth behind it, those kind of resolution and programs don’t come through very often.” Though there are multiple contributors to poor air quality, Martin said there is only one that can be regulated. “We have what has been called ‘the perfect storm’ for PM 2.5 production,” he said. “The start of that are cars and the ammonia generation from the agriculture. Cars are really the issue that we can control.” USU student Skyler Parkhurst expressed concern about his tax dollars being wasted. “I think it’s dumb,” he said. “If our congress is meeting to decide whether to pass that, then they’re wasting their time. They could just encourage that on their own time. They don’t have to waste my tax dollars to do that.” Clark Marshall, another USU student, said he doesn’t idle his car and disagrees with how air quality is being addressed by the government. “I think they’re going about the air-quality thing the wrong way,” he said. “I don’t see how it will help.”



AggieLife Monday, March 8, 2010

Every ‘Body’ Rocks

EVERY ‘BODY’ ROCKS IS the theme for Monday’s Body Acceptance Fair. The fair is to gen-erate awareness for people who look at their bodies in a unhealthy way, and promote resources available to students. UTAH STATESMAN photo

Clean air campaign now affecting Utah

Body Acceptance Fair promotes positive self-image

Being healthy is important – so we are told every day of our lives. But where does society’s obsession with being – or looking – healthy become unhealthy? March 8 is a day devoted to helping students overcome subliminal messages the media bombards their minds with, and realize that Every “Body” Rocks, which is this year’s theme of Utah State’s Body Acceptance Fair, Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair is a combined effort of the Health and Wellness Center, the Counseling Center, Avalon Hills, women and gender studies, the Women’s Center, the anthropology depart-ment and the Bridgerland and Fashion Merchandising program. Christine Arnold, senior in dietetics and representative of the Health and Wellness Center, said the fair helps people see their true beauty. “The whole idea of the fair is to help people understand that they don’t need to fit a certain mold to be handsome or beautiful,” she said. At the fair, located in the Sunburst Lounge in the Taggart Studnet Center, there will be a variety of booths encouraging students to do or not do a variety of things when it comes to their mental and physical health. There will be a booth completely devoted to showcase the talents of students. In defense of self-esteem, students entered works of writing, music, visual art, music, poems and designs that promote positive self-image. A huge theme of the fair, according to Holly Serrao, a doctoral intern in psychologi-cal counseling at the university, is to help stu-dents love themselves the way they are. “The media portrays unrealistic images to students. The fair is to help students focus on being at peace with themselves. Psychological disorders are a result of not being satisfied with yourself,” she said.

There will be a booth called “Reality Check” devoted to the false messages the media unceasingly sends to people. It will reveal how the media manipulates photos and videos with Photoshop and airbrushing tech-niques. Mary Dimmick, senior in dietetics, said, “What you’re seeing every day is very manip-ulated by technology. The things you see are there to make you feel bad so you buy prod-ucts or surgical procedures that aren’t really necessary.” It’s the media that prompts females and males to resort to eating disorders, not to lose weight, but to look skinny. Avalon Hills, whose mission is to help people overcome the mental state associated with eating disorders, will also be represented at the fair. Arnold said, “No one is immune to the media messages around us all the time. It’s good to be aware of what they’re trying to do.” There will be free giveaways from local businesses for participating students, includ-ing a raff le. There will also be activities promoting health and positive thinking. Some undergraduate peer counselors in the psychology department constructed a life size barbie to demonstrate how unrealistic the ideal is. There will be a movie showing and popcorn. There will be a scale-bashing ses-sion, where students can take out their anger on the item that sometimes controls their lives. There will be a booth called “Fat Can Be Our Friend” with food samples and nutritional advice, as well as the crushing of myths about what should or shouldn’t be eaten. There will be a showing of how beauty is defined differently in every cul-ture. There will be results from a poll called “What Aggies Want in Their Partners.” The Bridgerland Fashion Merchandising program

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-See MEDIA, page 8

A JOINT RESOLUTION ON clean air passed through the Utah Senate Feb. 24. The resolution encourages the citizens of Utah to elimi-nate all unnecessary idling of motor vehicles. MARK VUONG photo

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Aggies around the worldVIDA prepares to serve in Brazil over break

Members of VIDA work on a service project in Brazil last spring. The organization plans on visiting Curitiba, Brazil, over Spring Break to continue more service projects. photo courtesy

BRYANT CUNNINGHAM

In developing countries,

a little service can go a long

way, and many USU students

choose to spend their spring

break helping others less

fortunate than themselves.

One such group is VIDA, a

multi-university organization

that originated at USU and

gives humanitarian and edu-

cational aid to countries in

Latin America.

Robson Chaves, who teach-

es Portuguese at USU and

helps coordinate the group’s

trips to Curitiba, Brazil, said

the one-week projects that

VIDA undertakes represent a

giant leap for local communi-

ties.

“We can make a work that

takes the government 10

years to do,” Chaves said.

Chaves, a Brazilian native,

has been involved with VIDA

since its inception six years

ago at USU. In that time, the

group has taken multiple

students to Brazil, where

they have been involved in

erecting schools and health

centers, as well as distribut-

ing hygiene and education

kits. During this year’s trip,

students will split their time

between remodeling and

resupplying a community

hospital and a school built

during a past year’s project,

in addition to distributing

school and health supplies at

both locations.

Although the school was

recently built by VIDA,

Chaves said the group’s work

is not a one-time project and

renewed attention is often

necessary.

“People have stolen every-

thing the school has,” Chaves

said.

VIDA students work

closely with the local com-

munities, as well as students

from the Universidade Dom

Bosco in Curitiba with whom

a partnership has grown

over the years. The Brazilian

students give the VIDA vol-

unteers places to stay while

in Brazil, helping to cut costs

for the trip.

This year’s VIDA group

was treated to a special sur-

prise. Fewer than three weeks

before the group members

were scheduled to leave the

country, they learned they

had filed the wrong paper-

work for Brazilian Visas.

VIDA President Bryant

Cunningham, sophomore in

civil engineering, said resub-

mitting the forms would

likely not be processed in

time so he and a roommate

hopped in a car and drove

through the night to deliver

them in person. Cunningham

left logan at 9:30 p.m., made

two stops in Salt Lake City

to pick up additional forms

and arrived in Los Angeles

to submit the papers at 9:15

a.m., a mere 15 minutes

before they were due at 9:30.

“We got them turned in

and were like, what do we do

now?” Cunnigham said.

The two got a bite to eat

at the Cafe Milk, took a nap

on the beach, got sunburned,

which was “so nice” and

then made the return trip to

Logan, Cunningham said.

The two covered 1,600 miles

in 30 hours and paid $150

for gas.

Cunningham was involved

with last year’s project and is

excited to return and serve a

country and people that he

loves.

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AggieLifeMonday, March 8, 2010

How to find that perfect

swimsuit for your body

The snow and gray sky scenery we’ve grown so accus-tomed to in the past winter months is slowly being replaced with sunshine and clear skies. Despite the

chilly mornings, some eager students brave the elements and leave their coats at home. We begin to see bright T-shirts, sunglasses, sandals and the occasional pair of shorts. As our valley shows promises of spring, one can’t help but think of lazy days by the pool and, well, let’s be honest, the absence of school. As you daydream of summer vacation and the smell of brand new flip-flops, your happy thoughts suddenly come to a screeching halt. You realize you need a new swimsuit. Ah yes, the dreaded swimsuit. Although for some, purchasing a new swimsuit is a day at the beach (sorry), but for others it’s about as pleasant as a 10-page midterm. The truth is women, believe it or not, come in all shapes and sizes. So while the newest fashion magazines show oodles of teeny string-bikinis on hourglass-shaped models, not all women can actually pull off the Malibu Barbie look. However, there is hope. The key is balance. By finding a style that best fits your body type you can create the illusion of a balanced silhouette. These are some basic rules for a successful swimsuit purchase.

Big Bust – Keep top simple and look for detailed bot-toms. Try: Underwire, structured tops, halter-top bikinis or swimsuits that tie at the neck and at the back. They offer support and flatter your shape. Small patterns on top and bottoms that are eye-catching will help create a balanced figure, as well. Avoid: Strapless tops, tri-tops, thin straps and horizon-tal stripes. They widen and make your bust look bigger.

Small Bust – Try tops with patterns, textures and warm colors. Try: Ruffles, horizontal stripes, underwire and pleating. This will create volume in a subtle way. Avoid: Halter tops, bandeaus, loose-fitting tops. They will make your bust look smaller.

Big on Bottom – Keep the bottom simple and focus on the top instead. Try: Eye-catching tops with details and patterns. Smooth mini-skirt bikini bottoms, dark, cool and matte fabrics. Higher cut bottom that sit at the hips will make your legs look longer.

Avoid: Boy shorts, bright bottoms or bottoms with busy patterns. Ruffles and details on the hips. String tie bottoms. All of these will add volume, creating a bottom heavy silhouette.

Plus Size and Curvy – Make your body look longer and show skin in the right places.

Try: Matte fabrics, cool and dark colors, vertical stripes, V-necks, V patterns, details down the middle and high-cut legs. They slim and make your body look longer. Avoid: Shiny fabrics, bright colors and busy patterns. They add volume. Tankinis, shorten your body and and bring attention to the tummy area.

Boyish Figure – Show off your thin figure and add curves. Try: Suits with flirty details, patterns, textures and warm colors. Belted waists. Cut-outs, or details on the sides that create curves.

Avoid: Solid swimsuits, dark colors and horizontal stripes.

Short Legs – Play up your legs with the right cuts. Try: High-cut legs, V-deep necklines or vertical stripes. Printed tops and solid bottoms. They bring attention up to the top and make your torso look longer. Avoid: Boy shorts, skirted bikinis, tankinis and horizon-tal stripes. All of these things shorten and widen, creating the illusion of a shorter body.

After months of wearing layers upon layers of cloth-ing, the thought of stepping out in public wearing next to nothing can be a little nerve-racking. Although the media often makes us think otherwise, there are very few people in the world with perfect bodies. When shopping for a swimsuit, it’s important to focus on your assets instead of your flaws. Look for cuts and styles that are flattering instead of trendy. Just because a certain trend is in style it does not mean you must abide by it. If it looks bad on you, don’t buy it. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t find the perfect swimsuit right away and remember that confidence is the best accessory.

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will be doing a presentation on fashion for any body. One representative of the Health and Wellness Center, Kelsey Eller, said of the event, “It’s not what you’ll expect. It’s not about how to get skinny, or only for people who feel uncomfortable with their bodies. It’s purpose is to change the way society views different body images.” Another comment on the purpose of the fair came from Serrao. “The contributors to the fair hope to generate awareness for people that don’t know they are looking at their bodies in an unhealthy way,” she said. “We also want to promote awareness of the resources, which are here at the school to help the students.” Most students are unaware of the free counseling and therapy available. To make an appointment with a counselor just call the Counseling Center or make an appointment in Room 306 of the TSC.

“You don’t have to have a certain body type to feel happy or be healthy,” Serrao said. Last week, March 1–5, as a promotional tactic, there were themes to each day of the week. Monday’s theme was “mirror-less Monday.” This was a day where students were encouraged to focus on what’s inside and feel at peace with what they look like on the out-side. Tuesday was “time-out Tuesday,” to get students to take some time out for themselves and attend the free Zumba class – a type of Latin dancing that works every part of your body. Wednesday was “no-weigh Wednesday,” in which students were encouraged to ditch the scale for a day. On Thursday, the theme was to think positively: to count blessing instead of blemishes. “Freedom Friday” supports stu-dents in wearing clothes that they feel free in for a day.


Media: Portraying negative images -continued from page 5

“Just our presence there affects so many people’s lives,” Cunningham said. Katy Griffith is participating for her first time in next week’s project. The junior in elementary education said that while she speaks Spanish, she does not know much or any Portuguese. “(My Spanish) will help, but it’s going to be crazy,” Griffith said. Griffith said she became interested in VIDA after a roommate took part in last year’s group and couldn’t talk about anything else afterwards. Griffith loves to travel and will be visit-ing Brazil for the first time, a prospect that makes her excited yet nervous given Brazil’s often colorful reputation for violence. She said her parents have been calling her often, concerned about news reports of crime. “Oh my heck, I’m terrified,” Griffith said. “Still, I feel comforted knowing that I’m going with mostly guys and return (LDS) mis-sionaries.” Cunningham said roughly half of the group does not speak Portuguese. While those stu-dents are have a challenge at hand, communi-cation isn’t normally a serious problem. “When you’re doing service, there’s a sense of one language,” Cunningham said. Group members spend most of the year preparing for their spring break projects, and Griffith said her time has been focused on getting everything ready, from finances to visas and supplies. “Everything has taken a back seat to this trip,” Griffith said. Chaves said most of the expenses manifest in travel. Funds are generously donated by

Logan businesses, such as Wells Fargo and Crumb Brothers, and supplies are given by local dentists and the LDS church for distri-bution. Students have to pay to participate, though costs are mitigated by fundraisers held during the year. Over the years, VIDA has sold artisan jewelry and T-shirts, held

auctions and sponsored dinners featuring authen-tic Brazilian music and cuisine. The trip itself is a lot of work. The students have Monday through Friday to finish their projects, and Chaves said volunteers often take five-minute cat naps whenever time allows, wherever they

might be. Still, during the week there is ample opportunity to experience Brazil’s beautiful scenery. “There will be some time for sightseeing,” Chaves said. In the future, Chaves said, he would like to see VIDA expand to serve other cities in Brazil. For now, he said he wants to make sure a group goes every year, because the experience benefits the volunteers as much as it does those receiving the services. “It’s an activism that produces immediate change and affects a lot of people, regardless of political view,” Chaves said. “Bridges are established and barriers are broken.” While USU’s VIDA will not have any more projects until next spring, Salt Lake’s chap-ters will be visiting Peru and Mexico during the summer months. Students who would like to be involved in future projects or would like to learn more about VIDA can visit vida4all.org or e-mail [email protected].


Spring Break how-to Are you wanting to make your Spring Break the best it can be but have no idea what to do? Here is a list of some things to add some excitement and safety to your week-long vacation.

– Relax. After two and a half months of tests, quizzes, essays and assignments, students deserve a break. Try taking a bubble bath and reading a book or veg out in front of the TV.

– Go camping. It’s inexpensive and if students get a few friends to help with gas money, all of them can get away, get some fresh air and get some exercise for just a few dollars.

– Head to the city. Get out of Logan and spend the week in Park City or Salt Lake City. Hotels aren’t expensive and stu-dents won’t have to worry about having a passport. Hit up some local shops or restaurants and maybe discover a new favorite hangout.

– It pays to shop around, especially when it comes to travel. Check all the discount ticket sites, such as Expedia, Priceline, cheaptickets.com or kayak.com. Spending some time looking around online will save money.

– Spend money on those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Go skydiving, deep-sea fishing, scuba diving or take a helicopter ride. Those will be memories that will last a lifetime.

– Be responsible. For students who are old enough to drink legally, be careful. Students don’t want to end their vaca-tion behind bars or looking for a stolen passport.

– Bring sunscreen. Students may want to work on a healthy glow during the trip, but coming back looking like they were dipped in a pool of red Kool-Aid won’t just be embarrassing, it could cause skin cancer later in life.

– Travel in groups, especially girls. Most people have heard the horror stories. Make sure not to be the stars of the next one.

– Students will spend money, but be careful what it’s spent on. Students will regret spending money on that coconut bra and grass skirt when they haven’t used them in three years. Save the money for the items that have real memories attached.

– Remember stranger danger. Just because students are in college doesn’t mean they can’t be kidnapped. Trust instincts and stay away from shady char-acters.

– Be safe. Don’t do something regretta-ble when spring break is over and don’t do anything that could affect the other 51 weeks of the year. Have fun, just be careful.

information gathered by KASEY VAN DYKE

VIDA: Acts of charity from abroad -continued from page 6

“Just our presence there affects so many people’s lives.”

– Bryant Cunningham, VIDA president

3-D technology changing how TV will be watched

A football f lies through the goal posts and smack dab into your face, an image so real you f linch and move out of the way.Only you are not standing behind the end zone, but sitting on your living room couch, experiencing the wonders of sports on 3-D TV. Once the stuff of cheesy graphics and paper glasses, 3-D technology is on the prec-ipice of changing the way we watch sports on television. ESPN will launch a 3-D chan-nel in June, set to broadcast 85 live events, including the World Cup and BCS national championship game. Fox is also working with DirecTV to pro-duce its 2010 MLB All-Star Game in 3-D. Nobody expects huge television audi-ences or a stampede to buy new 3-D TV sets as the technology crawls out of its infancy. But 3-D is not a gimmick that is going away, either, leaving many to wonder just how big an impact the technology will have on the average sports fan. “It’s going to be an evolution, not a revo-lution, but it’s going to be changing the way we look at television in the household,” said Chuck Pagano, ESPN vice president of tech-nology. “We don’t know what the appetite is yet, but we are going to learn a lot in this next year.” The story of 3-D TV is a fairly uncompli-cated one. Television manufacturers, seeing an opportunity to grow their market, are beginning to sell 3-D TVs in the United States. Hollywood released about 14 3-D movies last year, none bigger than block-buster Avatar, which surpassed Titanic as the highest worldwide grossing film of all-time with $2.5 billion in sales. These 3-D movies are going to need a place to call home once they leave the movie theaters. And more content for TV is going to have to be produced to make it worth the investment for the consumer to buy a 3-D TV set. So that is why you see ESPN with a net-work. Discovery is also going to launch a 3-D network in 2011. And in June, DirecTV HD customers will receive a free software upgrade enabling them to have access to three dedicated 3-D channels through their 3-D television sets. “Manufacturers are going to be pushing for the switch to 3-D regardless of whether consumers are interested,” said Scott Steinberg, an analyst with high-tech consul-tants TechSavvy and the author of Get Rich Playing Games. “But we’re not going to see 3-D in any large majority of households for the next three years or so, or until they get some killer aps and a vast library of compelling content. Yes, ESPN is going to launch the network, but realistically one network alone is not going to drive the average consumer to swap out their living room set.” Especially since the 3-D technology comes on the heels of high-definition, which was considered a new innovation only a few years ago. Many people just upgraded to HDTV, so it is tough to ask them to spend

another several thousand dollars on a new 3-D set – required to watch in three dimen-sions. Then there also is the “f ly in the oint-ment” – those glasses, another requirement to watch in 3-D. High-tech glasses are sold separately and range in price from $35 to $300. “Asking consumers to put on glasses at home is a different cultural step than hav-ing moviegoers put on glasses when they sit down at a theater,” said Neal Pilson, presi-dent of Pilson Communications and former president of CBS Sports. “Given what will be limited 3-D sports product, I’m right now not persuaded that 3-D is going to sweep across the sports television landscape the way high definition did.” But ESPN is not getting into this for immediate results. Executives at the com-pany understand all of these market vari-ables. Though they declined to disclose how much it is going to cost to produce their 3-D content, production costs for 3-D events are about 20 to 30 percent higher than the aver-age telecast.They are the only network with the money to make this type of investment. If this is going to be technology that changes sports viewing, ESPN wants to be at the forefront. “We haven’t bet the farm on launching ESPN 3-D,” said ESPN president George Bodenheimer. “It’s where we want to be as a company, trying new things, seeing if it appeals to fans. We don’t know where this road is going to take us, but we like being out front and being leaders in the business.” The network has spent the last three years developing its 3-D technology, and has designated its Innovation Lab at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex as its hub for developing 3-D technology. Last year, it broadcast the USC-Ohio State football game in 3-D in five different theaters across the country. In focus groups immediately after the game, ESPN got the best feedback it has ever received. Pagano said he has no idea how many people have 3-D capable television sets, nor does he know how many people will watch their broadcasts. As of today, ESPN hasn’t signed any deals with cable or satellite providers to carry its 3-D channel, though Bodenheimer said they would be announced before June.Given all of the uncertainty, what would make ESPN 3-D a success? “This is so new, we’ll have to sit down and see if we’re happy with the production. Can we do it in a cost-effective manner? What do the fans think? What do the rights holders think?” Bodenheimer said. “This isn’t about making a profit or a loss in the first year. This is about learning about the future.”A future with every game broadcast in 3-D? “It’s going to be some time before we’re seeing every single game in 3-D. That may never happen,” said Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse. “Part of it is going to be, how cool does it look and how much different is the experience?” In other words: Let’s wait and see.

By ANDREA ADELSON

The Orlando Sentinel

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WAC Champions again

UTAH STATE FORWARD TAI WESLEY pumps up the crowd during the closing minutes of Utah State’s 81-63 victory over New Mexico State Saturday night. Wesley scored 24 points on the night while racking up six assists, six rebounds, two blocks and one steal as Utah State celebrated a third consecutive conference championship. PATRICK ODEN photo

Junior forward Tai Wesley scored 24 points on 9-of-10 shooting to lead the Utah State Aggies over the New Mexico State Aggies, 81-63, Saturday night at the Spectrum. Utah State notched its 15th consecutive win overall and pushed its home-court win-ning streak to 14 games. Senior guard Jared Quayle shined in his senior night, hitting 17 points to go along with seven rebounds. Stellar defense by wingmen Pooh Williams and Tyler Newbold kept New Mexico State’s top scorers in check,

giving Utah State the edge. What may have been even better for Utah State is that it was able to celebrate its Western Athletic Conference Regular Season Title in front of its home fans. Quayle received a standing ovation from Utah State fans during the pregame events, and Quayle said the moment was an accumu-lation of two great years at Utah State. “It’s indescribable. It’s a great feeling. When I came off the court I had chills going down my back. It’s been two great years here. It’s a great place to play, and I’ve loved it,” Quayle said. Utah State struggled to score in the first half and it was Utah State’s defense that kept the team in the game during the first half.

“Defense – that’s what it’s been about all year long,” Quayle said. New Mexico State was averaging about 78 points per game coming into the contest. New Mexico State senior guard Jonathan Gibson was averaging about 18 points per game, while junior guard Jahmar Young was third in the WAC averaging 21 points per game. Williams held Young to 17 points, and Newbold held Gibson to just five points on 2-of-8 shooting from the f loor and 1-of-5 from long range. “I thought Tyler Newbold’s job defensively was spectacular,” Aggie head coach Stew Morrill said. Once again it was defense that won the

game for Utah State in the second half. Utah State allowed New Mexico State to shoot only 37 percent from the field and 20 percent from the 3-point arc during the second half. Utah State struggled offensively in the first half and did not lead in the first half until sophomore forward Brady Jardine hit a jumper nearly halfway through the first half. With one minute left in the half, Jardine, who finished the game with 10 points and six rebounds, threw down a reverse dunk and then picked Young’s pocket at half court on the ensuing possession, fell down on the ball and called timeout.

By TYLER HUSKINSONstaff writer

-See CHAMPIONS, page 14

Lady Ags finish regular season with senior night victory

Great defense by the Aggies and a missed layup in the last seconds by Hawaii sent the Utah State seniors off with a win on Saturday’s senior night. The Aggies and Rainbow Warriors squared off in the conference finale with match-ing records of 4-11. Both teams fought neck-and-neck and neither

squad led by more than seven points throughout the entire con-test. Right out of the gates, USU’s freshman center Banna Diop picked up the scoring duties for the Aggies. Diop scored the first six of her team’s eight points and then sank a 3-pointer to increase her point total to nine within the first 11 minutes of the game. “I love shooting 3’s,” Diop said with a grin. “If you give me some space, I will hit it. Sometimes I

(shoot) too much though.” USU senior TaHara Williams added two back-to-back 3’s at the end of the half to give her team a little bit of momentum going into the locker room. The Aggies went into halftime with a 25-21 lead. Once the sec-ond half started, the fight for the win began. USU was consistent throughout the game, where they would take a five- or six-point lead and then Hawaii would catch up again.

In the final eight minutes of regulation, with the help of a few 3-point shots, Hawaii took the lead and was up 39-35. T.J. Goddard, another USU freshman, took the ball off the dribble and scored a miraculous layup to cut the lead to two. After a defensive stop, the Aggies took the ball down again and this time senior Nichole Johnson hit a baseline jumper to tie the game at 39-39. Hawaii regained the lead once again by a strong post move by

Rebecca Dew, but was immedi-ately cancelled out by yet another amazing driving layup by yet another USU freshman, Devyn Christensen. Amber White, the Aggies’ sea-son leader in scoring, was silent for nearly the entire game until the final five minutes of the game when she hit her first bucket to

By STEVE CLARKstaff writer

-See WOMEN WIN, page 14

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The Utah State women’s gymnastics team lost for the 11th straight time Friday night, fall-ing to Boise State and BYU in a tri-meet hosted by the Broncos. Boise State won the meet with a score of 195.625, BYU followed with a 193.750 and Utah State finished with 189.225. The Aggies continue to weather the effects of an early season filled with injuries, so despite the loss, head coach Jeff Richards said he was pleased with his team’s performance. “We’re doing well,” Richards said. “We’re obviously not where we completely want to be. For the girls who are working out and compet-ing for us, they’re doing their best.” Boise State, a Western Athletic Conference opponent, beat the Aggies for the third time this season. The Broncos posted high scores for the meet in each event, notching a 49.100 on vault, 48.900 on bars, 48.775 on beam and 48.850 on floor. They also had the top indi-vidual finisher in each event, highlighted by three event wins from junior Hannah Redmon, who posted a 9.950 on vault, 9.900 on floor and a 9.825 on bars. BYU, which also beat the Aggies for the

third time this year, finished with scores of 48.800 on vault, 48.550 on bars, 48.150 on beam, and 48.250 on floor. The Aggies posted scores of 47.950 on vault, 46.750 on bars, 47.850 on beam and 46.675 on floor. The Aggies’ beam score was their second highest of the season, highlighted by sopho-more Rebecca Holliday’s season-best 9.750, sec-ond best for the Aggies on the season, and good for seventh in the meet. The unquestioned bright spot of the meet came in the Aggies being able to welcome back junior co-captain Lyndsie Boone, who returned to competition exactly one month after suffer-ing a knee injury in a tri-meet hosted by BYU. “She actually looked really good for being out for a month,” Richards said. Judging by Boone’s scores, his assessment of her return may be regarded as an understate-ment. Boone finished with a team-high 38.225 in the all-around, second in the meet behind Boise State sophomore Amy Glass, who record-ed a 38.975. Her score of 9.625 was USU’s sec-ond best on floor and was one which Richards admitted to being a little surprised at because of how limited Boone had been in the practices leading up to the meet. Sophomore Haley Hogan was third in the all-around with a career-best score of 38.050.

She posted a 9.600 on beam, good for 10th in the meet. “Since she’s had to get in there and do it, she’s just little by little improving,” Richards said, noting the increased opportunities afford-ed to Hogan as a result of team injuries. USU senior Heather Heinrich finished fifth in the all-around with a score of 37.350, snap-ping her streak of five-consecutive meets, post-ing top USU all-around scores. Heinrich posted team-highs on vault, scoring 9.825, and on beam, scoring a 9.700, with both scores being good enough for fourth in the meet. She had to count two falls on parallel bars, though, post-ing an 8.175 and ultimately eliminating herself from top all-around contention. Richards praised his senior’s efforts on vault. “Her warm-ups were a little rough,” he said following the meet, “(but) when she competed, she really competed tonight.” Richards has been eager to praise the grit and determination of his team this season and was quick to mention the perseverance of Brandie Dickson. The sophomore had been throwing up earlier in the day but still man-aged to perform a floor routine for the Aggies. Had she not, the team would have forfeited a score in the event. “We said, ‘Hey, can you do a floor routine?’”

Richards said, speaking for himself and his assistant coaches, “and she jumps out there and (does) it.” Welcoming back Boone was a big lift for the team, which is hoping to get the majority of its performers back before the March 27 WAC championships. “This last week, we were looking really hope-ful. The morale is up,” Richards said, noting the girls have been excited to see previously injured teammates working out in practice. “We’ve been telling them, ‘Give us a month and a half, two months before conference,’ (and) this team is going to get healthy.” Richards said junior Jackie Dillon, who returned to the team four meets ago against Utah but missed Friday’s meet, will be back Friday against WAC foe San Jose State. He also expects sophomore Rachel Flessner to be back on floor, and junior Chelsea Marquardt to be back on bars and possibly floor. After two consecutive meets on the road, the Aggies will return to Logan for their final two meets of the regular season. They match up first against the Spartans on Friday and then finish the season March 19 against Sacramento State.


By DAN FAWSON

staff writer

Gymnasts finish third in tri-meet with Broncos and Cougars

After dropping a pair of double-header’s to start the season, the Utah State club baseball team rebounded in a big way this past weekend, win-ning three of its four games in the Swing into Spring tournament held in Mesquite, Nev. The Aggies opened the tourna-ment Thursday with a sloppy 10-6 loss to Eastern Washington, but quickly turned things around and finished the weekend strong. The Aggies had far and away their best offensive showing in game two, blasting Loyola Maramount 22-5 in the opening game of a Friday afternoon doubleheader, and fol-lowed with a convincing 8-2 win over UC-Santa Cruz. USU saved its most impressive performance for last though, posting a 4-3 Saturday morning upset of No. 19 Arizona State. USU began the tournament with a bit of bad luck when starting pitcher Jeff Orme suffered a pulled

groin in the opener against EWU. The Eagles plated seven runs in the first inning, aided by some poor Aggie fielding. The Aggie offense, led by a pair of RBI doubles from shortstop Zack Gunn and third base-man Justin Vaneck, had closed the gap to 7-6 by the fifth inning, but a two-run home run coming off of Brad Singer essentially put the game away. “We were all pretty disappointed in how we played the very first game,” Aggie pitcher and outfielder Ryan Doyle said. “We just commit-ted a ton of errors. If not for the errors, we would have won.” In their first of two Friday games, the Aggies caught fire at the plate and also began a dominant stretch of starting pitching, which would carry them throughout the rest of the tournament. LMU scored the game’s first run but were effectively blown off the field throughout the rest of the game. Doyle, playing outfield, Singer, who played at a number of different spots over the weekend, and catcher Gavin Johnson each accounted for

three RBI’s, as the Aggies cruised to victory. Tyson Bowser, a crafty off-speed pitcher who emerged as a reli-able starter for the team during the fall season, pitched a complete game to help the Aggies earn their first win of the young season. The Aggies’ second game did not provide quite the same offen-sive explosion but was once again punctuated by dominant starting pitching. After belting a grand slam in the Aggies’ season-opening tournament two weekends ago, Jesse Kunz continued his strong early season play by pitching a complete game one-hitter. It was Kunz’s first complete game since breaking his pitching arm last summer. Doyle said the Aggies played with heightened motivation after a first inning collision at home plate knocked catcher Nolan Billings out of the game. Doyle and Singer both belted RBI doubles, Bowser provided an RBI single and speedy outfielder Kelden Peterson scored three runs. Speaking of his team’s Friday performance, Doyle said: “We came back and played pretty well. The

pitching was better. We started swinging the bats better. I think it just took some time for us to get adjusted to not playing in the Fieldhouse.” The Aggies most impressive per-formance came early Saturday morn-ing against No. 19 Arizona State. The Aggies scored first for the first time in the tournament when an RBI single from Singer plated Peterson. The Sun Devils quickly answered with three runs, but a passed ball and an RBI groundout from Johnson tied the game at 3-3. The Sun Devils were threatening with two runners in scoring position in top of the sixth inning, but a terrific diving catch from Singer in center field kept ASU off the board. Peterson led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a single and eventually advanced to third base on a Sun Devil throwing error. Zack Gunn sent a line drive to right field, but a strong throw home from the ASU outfielder kept Peterson at third. Singer followed Gunn with another fly ball to right field, this time deep enough to score Peterson

who slid safely into home for the winning run. The Aggies were led by the stellar pitching of Doyle, the team’s left-handed ace and one of the best pitch-ers in all of club baseball. “We definitely knew we could beat them,” Doyle said. “It just depended on whether or not we could clean up our defense. That’s our biggest problem right now. I think we all expected to win. Nobody was surprised, but it was definitely a good win against a good team.” Two weeks into the season, the Aggies now have an overall record of 3-5 with two more tournaments scheduled before they begin confer-ence play. The Aggies have an upcoming Friday doubleheader scheduled against the Gate City Maveriks of Pocatello and will also compete in a St. George tournament held March 15-16. Weather and conditions per-mitting, USU will play both Friday games at its home field of Pioneer Park in Providence.


By DAN FAWSON

staff writer

Club baseball upsets perennial power Arizona State

Men’s and women’s tennis perfect at home over weekend

Utah State men’s and women’s tennis blew out the College of Idaho Saturday, not allowing C of I to claim one point. Women defeated Idaho 7-0 in their single match, and the men dominated in both of their matches, winning both 7-0. The men headed into the action with the first match against Idaho at 9 a.m. Juniors Jakob Asplund and Bryan Marchant defeated Idaho’s Chenjerai Simpson and Max Nguyen, 8-2, at the No. 1 doubles position. At No. 2 doubles, freshman Sven Poslunsy and senior Amit Maharaj defeated the Coyote’s Mark Mamstrom and Jaron Tietsort, 8-1, and to finish up and bring in the doubles point, junior Nikita Ryashchenko and junior Alex

Thatcher beat Idaho’s Joel Hernandez and Thomas McMaHon, 8-1. Singles action saw victorious results as well. Asplund, at No. 1, defeated Simpson, 6-4, 6-1. Poslunsy beat Mamstrom, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 2 position, and Marchant defeated C of I’s Nguyen, 6-0, 6-2, for the No. 3 point. Maharaj and Idaho’s Tietsort battled at the No. 4 spot, Maharaj winning 6-0, 6-0. Thatcher defeated the Coyote’s Hernandez, 6-0, 6-3, at the No. 5 position, and Ryashchenko beat James Collet 6-2, 6-0 for the No. 6 win. Head coach Christian Wright, who serves as head coach for both men’s and women’s teams, said, “It’s always nice to have a home match. Everyone played hard and with a lot of intensity.” College of Idaho has a fairly slow tennis program, headed by Cisco Limbago, who has been coaching the team for 25 years.

The clean sweep of points was mirrored by the girls team, as it beat College of Idaho 7-0 Saturday. The normal lineup of girls was switched, as Wright wanted to give some of the younger players an opportunity to play and gain some experience. “It was nice to see them get some action,” Wright said of switching the lineup. “They got in there and got the job done. I was very proud.” Junior Hailey Swenson defeated Idaho’s Kim Clements, 6-0, 6-1, at the No. 1 posi-tion. Freshman Kristina Voytsekhovich, at the No. 2 position, beat the Coyote’s Hayley Hutchings, 6-0, 6-2. Brittany Watts, posi-tioned at No. 3, defeated Kate Leadbetter, 6-1, 6-0. Whitney White played at the No. 4 position, going on to beat Melissa Rowe, 6-2, 7-6. At No. 5, freshman Jenny Phillips got her first taste of action this season,

defeating Molly Leadbetter, 6-3, 6-1. Mersadi Wilkins also played her breakout match. Of her first match, Wilkins said: “I was so so nervous at first, but once I got playing, I did a lot better. I did not expect to play, so I was really excited that coach Wright decided to put me in.” After she let go of her nerves, she went on to beat C of I’s Teresa Kucera, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles continued the sweep, win-ning in all three positions for the point. The team of Swenson and Jaclyn West brought Clements and K. Leadbetter of Idaho for a final score of 8-1. Abella and Voytsekhovich went on to defeat Rowe and M. Leadbetter at the No. 2 spot, finish-ing out at 8-2. White and Watts, at No. 3,

By KAYLA CLARK

staff writer

-See TENNIS, page 11

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Five players, Morrill receive All-WAC honors

For the first time in its five years in the Western Athletic Conference, Utah State had two players earn first-team all-league honors in Jared Quayle and Tai Wesley, while head coach Stew Morrill was named the Don Haskins Coach of the Year for the second-straight season as the men’s basket-ball postseason awards as selected by the league’s nine head coaches were announced Sunday. In all, Utah State had five players named to various all-conference teams as Nate Bendall and Brian Green were both named to the all-newcomer team, while Pooh Williams was tabbed to the WAC’s all-defensive team. For the second straight year, Utah State steamrolled its way to a 14-2 league record as it won outright WAC Championships each year, along with its co-regular season title in 2008. USU’s 28-4 WAC mark during the past two seasons is the best two-year stretch by any member of the league since Utah went a combined 26-2 in conference play during the 1998 and 1999 seasons. As for Utah State, its three consecutive league titles are the most in school history, bettering the 1997 and 1998 teams that won back-to-back Big West Conference titles. Nevada’s Luke Babbitt was named the WAC’s Player of the Year, while Fresno State’s Greg Smith was named the league’s Freshman of the Year. USU had claimed player of the year honors from the WAC in each of the past two seasons as Jaycee Carroll won the award in 2008 and Gary Wilkinson in 2009. Quayle, a 6-1, 180-pound senior guard from Perry (Box Elder HS/Western Wyoming CC) ranks first in the WAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.59), is third in the league in free-throw shooting (.889), fifth in 3-point shooting (.432) and assists (4.26), ninth in steals (1.19), 11th in rebounding (6.2) and 15th in scoring (11.9). Quayle earned second-team all-WAC honors in his first year at Utah State along with being named to the league’s all-newcomer team. He was also named to the WAC’s all-tournament team, was named a second-team all-district player by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and was named a high major honorable mention All-American by CollegeHoops.net.

Wesley, a 6-7, 240-pound junior forward from Provo (Provo HS) ranks third in the WAC in field goal shooting (.578) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02), seventh in blocked shots (1.29), 10th in rebounding (6.4), 11th in assists (3.23), 13th in scoring (13.7) and 15th in free-throw shooting (.715). Utah State has now had 18 first-team all-conference selections over the last 11 seasons, and it is the 11th straight year that USU has had at least one first-team all-league selection. Overall, Utah State has had six first-team all-WAC players in its five years in the league and 30 first-team all-conference selections in the last 32 years. Williams, a 6-3, 200-pound junior guard/forward from Federal Way, Wash, (Federal Way HS) becomes the first Aggie ever to be named to the WAC’s all-defen-sive team. During the season, Williams averaged 8.7 points, 2.4 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game, while shooting 45.2 percent from the field, 37.8 percent from 3-point range and 55.8 percent at the free-throw line. Bendall, a 6-9, 245-pound junior for-ward from Salt Lake City (Skyline HS/Salt Lake CC) started 29 games for Utah State this season and averaged 10.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 blocked shots per game, while shooting 56.8 percent from the field and 81.4 percent from 3-point range. He currently ranks seventh in the WAC in field goal shooting, eighth in free-throw shooting and 10th in blocked shots. Green, a 6-1, 195-pound guard from Kaysville (Davis HS/Salt Lake CC) played in 30 games and started three during his first year at USU, and averaged 7.2 points while shooting 46.9 percent from the field, 50 percent from 3-point range and 90.9 per-cent at the free throw line. During league play, Green averaged 8.8 points and shot a robust 56.3 percent from the field and 63.3 percent from behind the arc. He currently ranks first in the WAC in 3-point shooting, which also ranks first all-time at USU for a single season. As for Morrill, he has now been named Coach of the Year in his respective confer-ence five times during his illustrious career as he was named the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year in 1991 while at Montana, and the Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002 while at Utah State, along with earning WAC Coach of the Year honors in each of the last two seasons.

TAI WESLEY (LEFT) AND POOH WILLIAMS were two of the five Aggie players honored Sunday

when the Western Athletic conference announced its post-season awards. Head coach Stew Morrill was

named the WAC Coach of the Year. PATRICK ODEN photo

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brought in the last win, defeating Idaho’s Hutchings and Kucera, 8-1. At 2 p.m., the boys faced off with College of Idaho again, for the final match of the day. All seven points were claimed, again, winning at all six singles and three dou-bles positions. Maharaj got the chance to play at the No. 1 spot and proved victorious over Idaho’s Simpson, winning 6-2, 6-1. Ryashchenko got bumped up to play at the No. 2 position and beat his opponent, Mamstrom, for a final score of 6-0, 6-2. Sophomore Nate Ballam saw some play-ing time at the No. 3 position, battling against Nguyen for a win of 6-2, 6-1. Freshman Jose Limon played at No. 4, defeating Hernandez 6-0, 6-1. Junior Matt Braithwaite defeated C of I’s Thomas McMahon at the No. 5 spot, 6-1, 6-3, and freshman Tanner Dance beat Chris Miller of Idaho at the No. 6 position, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles action continued to be lucrative for the Ags, winning in all three respective positions. Ballam and Limon headed out the action in the No. 1 position, beating Nguyen and Mamstrom 8-1. Braithwaite and Ryashchenko defeated the Coyote’s Tietsort and Simpson 8-4, and the team of Daines and Dance team beat Miller and Collet of Idaho, 8-2. Of the blowout scores, Wright said: “I was very impressed by my team. It was fun to get out there and try some new things. It was a fun day.” USU men now hold a 9-4 record for the season, and the women improved to a 6-3 record. The women’s team faces off with in-state rival Weber on March 9 in Ogden, and both teams will head to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to com-pete on March 19 and 20.


Tennis: Weekend sweep -continued from page 10

Hockey finishes season with weekend sweep of Utes

USU hockey swept out the University of Utah in two games over the weekend and closed out both an undefeated season at home and a 14-1 record against teams from the state of Utah. Also, Brendan MacDonald solidified his position as the national leader in points for the second division of hockey of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). MacDonald amassed more than 100 points for this season, with at least 36 goals and 56 assists. MacDonald’s closest pursuant was UNLV’s Anthony Vignieri-Greener with 92 points through 33 games. This is MacDonald’s second year near

the top of the points standings in the league as last year he finished in second place. Friday night’s game was also Senior Night for the Aggie hockey team, and USU hockey graduated two seniors – Maciej Michalik and Greg Finatti. Head coach Jon Eccles praised Michalik’s work over the years he has been at Utah State. “He’s one of the smartest play-ers we have,” Eccles said. “He has been a terrific leader both on and off the ice for us. He’s a leader, but he’s also an enforcer. He always keeps an eye out for his guys. He will be missed.” Friday’s game against the U, which USU won by a score of 7-4, was much closer than anticipated. Utah had only once managed to lose to USU by fewer than 10

goals this season, but Friday’s game was different. USU broke out quickly. With USU leading 1-0, the Aggies scored two more inside of a 10-second span. Utah refused to quit and was able to quickly score two goals before the Aggies could regroup. Aggie goaltender Cody Palmer let a puck rebound off his knees and was unable to collect the puck in the crease to force the face-off. A lone Ute was able to streak in and pound it home before Palmer could recover, and Utah scored. The Aggies and the Utes scored once again before the period ended. After an abysmal second period in which the Utes were able to hold the Aggies scoreless and knot the game up at four apiece, USU came out in the third

determined to get the final home win. By the third period, several Aggies had been disqualified including Matt Ferris, Mackenzie York and Jeremy Martin. A short-handed Aggie squad was able to collect itself and score three more goals to put the game away. The icing on the cake was Mistelbacher’s hat-trick goal. Utah had pulled its goaltender, and USU had two men in the penalty box. With fewer than a minute remaining, MacDonald punched an airborne puck out of the Aggie zone. Mistelbacher outskated the lone Ute in his path and punched the puck in the goal from the blue line to give the Aggies a three-goal lead and cer-tain victory. Saturday’s game went to pen-alty shots as USU and Utah ended

regulation tied. Palmer blocked both attempts presented against him, and USU’s MacDonald and Jeff Sanders knocked in the game-winning penalties. USU’s hockey season has now come to an end. Eccles said he was very grateful to the Aggie faithful for the mountains of sup-port the program has received this year. “I want to thank all the stu-dents and faculty and fans for their support of Utah State hock-ey for a successful season,” Eccles said. “We really appreciate the atmosphere that the fans bring to the Ice Center. It’s incredible. There’s nothing like it at the are-nas we go to. The teams we play are in awe when they come here. I just want to say, thank you.”


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Views&OpinionMonday, March 8, 2010


We have all done it. We have looked at the women in the magazines or the men in the exercise equipment infomer-

cials and wanted a body just like theirs. We have coveted the girls that look great in bikinis with not even a tenth of an inch of fat hanging off of their sides. Men have even desired the washboard abs, the kind that make women want to grate cheese on. The media makes it look so easy to be this beautiful and handsome. They make it seem like with just a little bit of work and a few less calories a day and we are well on our way to looking like a mass of supermodels. But did you know that the body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal body for women is only naturally possessed by 5 percent of females in the United States? The media definitely knows the ropes for how to make women and men feel discouraged. The diet industry alone is worth anywhere between $40 to $100 billion a year, selling tem-porary weight loss. The American research group Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc. says one of four college-aged women use unhealthy methods of weight control, including fasting, skipping meals, excessive exercise, laxa-tive abuse and self-induced vomiting. The pres-sure to be thin is getting out of control. Love who you are. Love the body you have been given. Located in the Sunburst Lounge of the TSC is this year’s Body Acceptance Fair, with the theme Every “Body” Rocks. This is a day devoted to helping students overcome subliminal messages the media bombards their minds with. The fair is designed to help students focus on being at peace with themselves. It is easy for us to fall into this pit of despair and feel discouraged about our outward appearance. However, we need to remember that it is not a realistic goal to be a size 2 with no acne. Be proud of not looking like Barbie or Ken. Find something you love about your body and concen-trate on that. Once you find one thing, you will find another and another. It is a chain reaction. Remember, every body rocks – including yours.

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Hey Aggies. My name is Allie Anderson, and I am this year’s ASUSU public relations director. I take great pride in Utah State University and feel honored to represent my fellow students. I’m from a little town called Grantsville, which is just south of the Great Salt Lake. I grew up on a farm and learned how to drive a tractor, feed cows, change pipe and much more. I also rode horses competitively and participated in the 4H program. The most important thing I learned from my family farm was how to work hard until the job is done, a skill I have applied to my entire college career and to this position. After graduating high school, I came to Utah State and am now in my senior year. I will graduate this May in creative writing and public relations, and I just got accepted to the master’s of English program. I love being a stu-dent at Utah State University and am excited to continue my education here. It is such a stu-dent-orientated campus and community with endless activities and ways to get involved. One of the best decisions I made was choos-ing to get involved with ASUSU. I began as a volunteer for different councils and activities and then applied for my current position, which is appointed by the ASUSU president. Some of my responsibilities include schedul-ing columns and ads with the Statesman, arranging interviews for current ASUSU offi-cers and managing a team of three designers and a Web master. I also sit on the student fee board, Fusion HD3 radio board and Executive Council as a non-voting member. Another part of my job is running student body elections, which were completed last week. They were a great success, and I want to personally thank all those who participated. Any student who is eligible and wants to put in the time and effort can run. A campaign is a lot of work and once in office it is even more work. ASUSU officers work extremely

hard for the scholarships we receive, and our main goal is to improve student life. We put countless hours into these positions and often times it is a juggling act with school and other obligations. It’s not always easy, but we each have a deep love for Utah State and a goal to constantly improve. I would encourage any-one who wants to make a change to come up to the third floor and make it for themselves, because with ASUSU it’s possible. ASUSU is a wonderful organization and it has helped me grow as a student and indi-vidual. I am better for having been involved and getting to know the amazing people I’ve worked with this year. ASUSU has something to offer everyone, and I would encourage all students at Utah State to get involved and make a difference.

Allie Anderson can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

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Like many students, I was surprised with the ASUSU election scandal this year. I was even more surprised that the candidate at the cen-ter of the scandal faced no substantial conse-quences for his actions. It is also unsettling that the candidate’s faculty adviser did not advise the student against such unethical conduct. I understand why there was no disqualification; however, I hope changes will be implemented quickly to prevent future candidates from engaging in such activities. Most surprising was that there was never a denial of wrong-doing. Just because there is not a specific bi-law or code prohibiting a particular behavior, does not necessarilymake that particular action acceptable. It is neither possible nor practical to spell out every possible inappropriate behavior. Thereisn’t a law or formal rule telling me that I can’t kiss someone’s fiancée, but it is still something that, as a society, we know is inappropriate and we just don’t do. When there isn’t a specific punishment for an action, people may think they can escape without consequences, and it may even appear that they have done so. But we live in an age of information. Imagine if afuture employer ran an Internet search and found your name in connection with a major

breach of ethics. I asked the human resources department of my last employer what they would do in such a situation. The HR direc-tor wrote, “If I became aware of any job candidate participating in (what happened at Utah State), that candidate would no longer be under consideration for employment. That kind of behavior demonstrates poor ethics and is a signal of future behavior. While wedo not have a policy that addresses this situation specifically, we do have a policy that requires honest, ethical behavior from allemployees.” From what has transpired, it would appear that we are not holding ASUSU candidates to the fairly low standards of the real world. There is one part of the student code I particularly admire for its simplicity: “I pledge, on my honor, to conduct myself with the foremost level of academic integrity.” It is hard to rationalize inappropriate behavior under such a standard. Perhaps we should require all ASUSU candidates to swear to conduct their campaigns at the foremost level of integrity. I doubt many students would agree that such was the case this year. Future elections may remain free of corruption if we raise the stan-dards to the foremost of integrity.

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During my years here at Utah State, I have consid-ered myself an overachiever. I get restless just sitting around my bedroom. If I’m not out doing

something, I feel like the world is passing me by. Recently, I decided to scale back some of my extracurricular activi-ties, which means I now only have five different groups on my plate. Now, I don’t think that everyone should follow my frantic lead, however, do something. Way too many times I hear fellow students in passing talk about how bor-ing this campus is and how there is never anything to do. That couldn’t be further from the truth. With all the groups and activities going on daily, you have to work hard not to be involved. Why sit around being a lump? Get out there and follow Nike’s famous quote, “Just do it.” USU invests a lot of money in putting events on to keep you busy. Comedians, parties, banquets, musical acts. They are always going on. You feel like a lyrical genius? Stop by Poetry and a Beverage and let your creative juice loose. Want to make a difference on the planet but don’t know how? The Val R. Christensen Service Center has a ton of different organizations to get involved. If you have dance skills that need to be center stage, check out USU premier dance groups. You think you are more of a behind-the-scenes person, the Student Activities Board (STAB) is always looking for members to help plan out the best events and parties in Utah. If you are like me, food is a big draw to get me involved. STAB is the best fed organization on campus. Even better, being involved gives you something to put on a résumé for jobs and intern-ships. Being involved has helped me land a few lucrative paid internships. Stepping into the business world, you need something that will set you above other people with similar school degrees. Being able to say you worked with organizations that give you real-world experience while still in college is a plus. The Council of Clubs and Student Organizations (CSCO) offers more specific clubs created for students by students. These clubs are generally smaller and more per-sonal, but still offer a lot of fun. Clubs, such as the Aggie Nap Club, the Book Club and the Ag Tech Club, all have different and exciting things to offer. The Ag Tech Club focuses on “creating a learning and leadership experience for agricultural mechanization students as well as preserve the agricultural heritage of USU.” The Book Club “gives anyone who might be interested in literature an opportuni-ty to come and broaden their literary horizons while meet-ing people who share their similar interests.” If you are wondering what the Aggie Nap Club does, well, they nap. Its mission is “to provide students with the opportunity to take a well deserved nap.” There are many active clubs on campus, and if you can’t find one you are interested in,

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start your own! You can find information

on all these clubs on the USU Web site or

just stop by the Student Involvement and

Leadership Office on the third floor of the

TSC. While I’m on the subject of the TSC,

it’s the hub of most activities. Anything that

you need to get you involved, you can find

there. It’s a one-stop shop for all things

activities. Personally, I feel like I live on the

third floor of the TSC. That’s an extreme

that you might not want to go to, but it’s a

cool place designed for maximum chillabil-

ity (yes, I had to create a word to describe

it).

If nothing else gets you out of your

dorm rooms, it’s a great way to meet new

people. You can find people of many

different cultures and worlds who make

these organizations exciting to be part of.

One of the coolest things I’ve done here

was get on a bus with 40 strangers to Las

Vegas to cheer on the Aggie football team

and came home with 40 new friends. I

have made some of my closest friends by

getting involved in different activities. We

all have different skills and talents that we

bring to the table, but we have the com-

mon passion for wanting to do something.

It’s time to get out of your dorm rooms and

get involved. It will bring you new friends,

real-world leadership skills and, in some

cases, good sleep.

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member of Pi Kappa Alpha and the Black

Student Union. Cooper volunteers with

GLBTA, is director of the Council of Student

Clubs and Organizations and is a member

of the Student Advisory Council to President

Stan Albrecht. Comments may be left at

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arrested. But critics have accused the country of not fully cracking down on militants, especially those who do not stage attacks in Pakistan, while receiving billions of dollars in U.S. aid. Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding somewhere in the country, most likely close to the Afghan border. Al-Qaida has used Gadahn as its chief English-speaking spokesman. In one video, he ceremoniously tore up his American passport.

In another, he admitted his grandfather was Jewish, ridiculing him for his beliefs and calling for Palestinians to continue fighting Israel. Dawud Walid, the executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Southfield, Michigan, condemned Gadahn’s call for violence, calling it a “desperate” attempt by Al-Qaida’s spokesman to provoke bloodshed within the U.S. Walid, a Navy veteran, said Muslims have

honorably served in the American military will be unimpressed by al-Qaida’s message aimed at their ranks. “We thoroughly repudiate and condemn his statement and what we believe are his failed attempts to incite loyal American Muslims in the military,” he said. Imad Hamad, the senior national adviser for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, based in Dearborn, Michigan, con-demned al-Qaida’s message and said it would have no impact on American Muslims. “This a worthless rhetoric that is not going to have any effect on people’s and minds and hearts,” he said.

A leader of the Southern California mosque where Gadahn once worshipped said he was relieved to hear about the possible arrest. “We are grateful to God that one less head-ache is off our hands,” said Haitham Bundakji, vice chairman of the Islamic Society of Orange County. “The less troublemakers there are at large, the less troubles there are for us at home.” The last person in the U.S. convicted of trea-son was Tomoya Kawakita, a Japanese-American sentenced to death in 1952 for tormenting American prisoners of war during World War II. President Dwight D. Eisenhower later com-muted his sentence to life imprisonment.

Al-Qaida: US Terrorist captured -continued from page 2

Skeletal remains of 14-year-old girl found ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) – The bones of a 14-year-old Southern California girl who vanished more than a year ago while walking to school were discovered in a rugged, remote area, authorities said Sunday, less than a week after a registered sex offender was charged with murdering another teenage girl who lived nearby. The search for Amber Dubois had produced few leads until 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared Feb. 25, last seen wearing running clothes in a park about 10 miles south of where Amber was last seen walking with a man. A body presumed to be Chelsea’s was found in a shallow, lakeside grave five days after Chelsea disappeared. Searchers found Amber’s skeletal remains early Saturday on the Pala Indian Reservation, a sparsely populated area that occupies more than 12,000 acres in the northeast corner of San Diego County, said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. The county medical examiner’s office confirmed later in the day the remains were Amber’s through dental records, he said. Maher declined to answer questions during a news conference Sunday because he said the discovery was part of an ongoing murder investiga-tion. He said a “lead” brought investigators to the reservation, but he did not elaborate. “I certainly had hoped that when the day came to do a press conference on Amber it would be under much different circumstances, but that was not to be,” he said. Amber’s parents, Maurice Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, appeared distraught at his side. Maurice Dubois briefly thanked everyone who searched for Amber since her Feb. 13, 2009, disappearance near Escondido High School, particularly volunteers. “They were the most dedicated people you could ever imagine,” he said. “Without them, we couldn’t have done anything.”

John Albert Gardner III, 30, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder-ing Chelsea and raping or attempting to rape her and attempting to rape another woman in December, a potential death penalty case. A spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney’s office, Paul Levikow, declined to comment Sunday on the investigation into Amber’s death. Gardner was registered as a sex offender in Escondido, a north San Diego suburb, from January 2008 to January 2010, with some gaps, police say. He served five years of a six-year prison term for molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in San Diego in 2000; he saw her at a bus stop and lured her to his home to watch movies. He completed parole in September 2008. Amber was last seen walking with a man about 200 yards from Escondido High School by a woman who used to drive her to middle school, her father said. Another neighbor reported seeing her about 300 yards from school. She never appeared on school surveillance cameras. Amber, a Future Farmers of America member, left home with a $200 check to buy a lamb. It was never cashed, fueling suspicion of foul play. There was no physical evidence recovered, hindering early search efforts, her father said. Calls reporting sightings of the girl poured in, but none panned out. After Gardner was arrested Feb. 28 outside a Mexican restaurant in Escondido in connection with Chelsea’s disappearance, Amber’s father said he strongly suspected the same man was behind his daughter’s abduction. He noted that the girls had some identical features – 5-foot-5, thin, blue-eyed – and that Gardner was living nearby at the time. “They’re both beautiful girls. There are so many similarities it’s scary,” he said Thursday.

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Champions: USU wins WAC -continued from page 9

Young became somewhat angry and aggressive, and the referees assessed Young a technical foul. Utah State gained momentum and the lead for good after the technical foul call. “It sure got the fire going,” Morrill said. Utah State struggled from the outside all night, even though it hit five 3’s, which has been the magic number this year. Utah State came up big in the paint however, outscoring New Mexico State 40-24. “We’ve got a really balanced offense, and that makes it hard for other teams to guard us,” Wesley said. The Aggies have now won three WAC titles in their first five years in the conference, and players and coaches have enjoyed the sucess. “We’re really proud of winning three champion-ships in five years,” Morrill said. “I couldn’t have imagined that when I came in (to the WAC).” Wesley was impressed with Utah State’s turn-around this season. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “Going from 0-2 in the conference to winning the conference outright is unbelievable.” Utah State will face the eight-seeded Boise State Broncos, who are riding a four-game winning streak, in the first round of the WAC tournament in Reno, Nev., on Thursday at noon. However, Morrill said the Aggies will just enjoy their win for now. “On Monday we’ll be tuned in on how to win the tournament, but not tonight,” Morrill said.

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extend the lead to 45-41. USU went on an 8-2 run in the span of five minutes to regain control of the game. Like how most of the game went, Hawaii started to make another comeback but was stopped abruptly when USU’s Goddard took a charge on a fastbreak layup. “As a freshman, that’s a pretty gutsy take,” Pebley said, “but that’s what T.J. does. Whether it’s the first play of the game or the last play of the game, she reads and anticipates charges really well.” As the game clock wound down to the final minute, Hawaii found itself trailing 53-51 with possession of the ball. Warrior point guard Keisha Kanekoa took control and suc-cessfully drove the ball into the paint and was in the clear for an easy game-tying layup, but as the cliché goes, the ball just didn’t roll her way, and the Aggies took home the victory in regulation. “I think fate was on our side that time because it could have easily have gone in and we would have gone into over-time,” senior Williams said. Hawaii’s Dita Liepkalne led all scorers with 13 and USU’s Banna Diop led her team with 11 points. “(This win is) very big because we’ve been losing a lot of games, and we really needed to win this game because it was senior night and it was the last home game,” Diop said. Pebley said she thought her team’s strength came from the defensive side of the ball. “It’s good to see our defense pull off a win for us, and I think that’s where we won it,” Pebley said. “It’s nice to do that on a senior night, too, and also coming into the tournament trying to build a little bit of momentum.”

With Saturday night’s game being senior night, the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum bids farewell to Lydia Whitehead, LeeAnn Palo, Williams and Johnson. “We haven’t had many wins on senior night so it was good to be one of the first few,” Williams said. “To end your career here with a win is always great and it’s just always to finish on top.” Diop said, “I think I’m going to miss Nicole a lot because she’s been telling me, ‘You have to do this, you have to do that.’ The way she’s been talking to me during the games is very helpful.” Pebley said this year’s senior class is very intelligent. Whitehead will be graduating with her master’s degree with about a 3.5 GPA. “(Lydia) brought that overachieving attitude and absolute competitiveness to Utah State’s women’s basketball program,” Pebley said. Johnson is graduating this spring with about a 3.8 GPA, according to Pebley. “Nicole is just a solid moral compass, knows right from wrong and is always convicted in her commitments,” Pebley said. Palo will be graduating with her MBA, and Williams is an ROTC student planning on going to law school. These girls knew what “just being a part of a program and really embracing what being a student athlete is about,” Pebley said. “ I’m happy for them that they could come out of the Spectrum with a victory and they deserve it.”


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Every “Body” Rocks by the USU Counseling and Psychology Services will be held March 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the TSC International Lounge to cel-ebrate each body’s uniqueness.

“Writing Women Back into History.” Come and enjoy the Amelia Earhart biogra-phy on March 10 in the TSC Auditorium from noon - 2 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, 797-1728.

The USU Ecology Center semi-nar series presents Dr. Julian Olden from the School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences at University of Washington on March 10 at 6 p.m. in ENGR 101 and in NR 105 at 3 p.m. on March 11.

Register your team now for intramural indoor soccer, 4-on-4 volleyball and dodgeball now. Registration deadline is 5 p.m. on March 10 at the HPER Service Desk. Space is limited. Call 797-1504 for more info.

Employee Fitness Club begins March 23 at 5:15 p.m. in HPER 109. Kind of like “Boot Camp” but lots more fun. E-mail [email protected] for details.

FNA movie marathon will be on March 12 at 7 p.m. at the Institute. Come enjoy an evening of movies, food and fun before your spring break vacation.

Students are invited to listen to Rea Hederman of the Heritage Foundation and eat pizza March 10 at 7 p.m. in Old Main 225.


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Movie marathon

You need to know....

-Recyclemania, all day.-Ever “Body” Rocks, TSC International Lounge, 10 a.m.

-Recyclemania, all day.-Women’s basketball, WAC Tournament.-MWHM Amelia Earhart biography, TSC Auditorium, noon.-USU ecology series, NR 105, 6 p.m.-Love’s Labour’s Lost, Morgan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

-Recyclemania, all day.-Women’s tennis at Weber State, 11 a.m.-Aggie CARE, Skyroom, noon.-Wasserman Festival, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Today’s Issue

Today is Monday, March

8, 2010. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Kinzie Foulger, senior in history teaching, from Boise, Idaho.

WeatherTuesday’s Weather

High: 36° Low: 24°

Snow showers

Today in History: In 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier meet for the “Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout marked Ali’s return to the marquee three-and-a-half years after boxing commissions revoked his license over his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War. Frazier won the fight by unanimous decision, retaining his title and delivering Ali the first loss of his career.

Almanac

A screening of the extreme sports movie “Go Big or Go

Home” will be held on March 29 at 7 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium. The price of $6 includes movie, food and a raffle. Steven Halliday CD release

concert will be March 23 in the TSC Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m to promote his new album “Beginner’s Luck.” USU Extension in Cache Country will present an emer-gency preparedness class on orga-

nizing financial information on March 11 at 11 a.m. Pre-made packets are available for $12. Cost for workshop is $2. Reserve your spot at 752-6263. Tiffany Stamm will be giv-ing her junior violin recital

on March 11 at 5:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall. Music for the Small and Tall spring session starts March 17. This is a music program for young children, ages 6 months to 5 years. Call Ewa Wilczynski at 755-0853. Cache Valley Center for the Arts present Diavolo, the ultimate artistic risk-taking dance company on March 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets available online at www.ellenec-clestheatre.org. Caffe Ibis presents an art

reception of Mel Torrie on March 12 at 7 p.m.

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