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BY TMERA BRADLEY

news senior writer

Though there have been 183 Annual General Conferences of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-‐day Saints, Saturday was the first time in history where a woman has said the prayer in one of the sessions. Jean A. Stevens, first counselor in the General Primary Presidency, closed the Saturday morning session with a prayer. Recently, a “Let Women Pray” campaign was initi-‐ated by the same group who encouraged women to wear pants to church instead of dresses or skirts in December 2012 to demonstrate their desire for gender equality. The group made a Facebook page, petitioning members to write letters to the First Presidency of the church in an effort for women to be able to say open-‐ing and closing prayers in General Conferences. Brittni Gamble Bunce, one of the creators of the group, said the idea came from her then three-‐year-‐old daughter Lydia. While watching the October conference in 2011,

THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE AND CONFERENCE CENTER was home to the April 2013 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. JEFF LAWRENCE photo, MCTSee PRAYER, Page 3

Opening with a prayer:Jean A. Stevens becomes first woman in history to pray at LDS General Conference

‘MISS SPY,’ the dress created by Amy Denison and Krecia Jessop won Best of Show at the Re-Tell recycling fashion show in the TSC Ballroom on Monday. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

BY TAVIN STUCKI

news editor

Models graced the runway in the TSC Ballroom on Monday, dressed in handmade outfits as part of a semes-‐terly recycled fashion show. Known in the Spring 2013 semester as Re-‐Tell, the show featured 73 mod-‐els sporting handcrafted outfits — all created by the 120 students in assis-‐tant professor Lindsey Shirley’s FCSE 3080 class. “In part four of the class, we look at creating dress,” Shirley said of her Dress and Humanity class. “They apply the elements and principles of design to creating an article of cloth-‐ing for a 3D form.” Re-‐Tell’s outfits were grouped into nine categories: Action, Adventure and Comics, Children’s, Classics, Fantasy, Mystery, Reference, Romance, Science Fiction and Western. A dress called “Miss Spy,” created by Amy Denison and Krecia Jessop, won Best of Show. The idea for the full-‐length, black dress was born from the “I Spy” game. “I loved ‘I Spy,’ so I f igured we’d make an ‘I Spy’ dress,” Denison said. Jessop said she and Denison

Re-‐Tell shows importance of recycling

Two new climbing gyms announced in Salt Lake ValleyBY CLAYTON LEUBA

News Elevated

Climbers in the Salt Lake Valley — including USU students f locking home for the summer — will soon have two new climbing gyms available for their climb-‐ing and training enjoyment. After nearly six years of operation, Momentum Indoor Climbing, located in Sandy and self-‐proclaimed as Utah’s largest climbing gym, has announced its plan to open a second facility. Jeff Pedersen, the co-‐owner of the gym, aims to open Momentum’s new Millcreek location in November. The increasing popularity of Momentum’s Sandy location has created issues with overcrowding, Pedersen said, and expanding to a location closer to its custom-‐ers in Salt Lake City was the next logistical step for the gym.

“During peak hours, we are pushing being overca-‐pacity,” Pedersen said of Momentum’s Sandy location. “We like the general demographic of the Canyon Rim area — one of the best performing REIs in the nation is right there. We really hit a home run with our new loca-‐tion.” The building that will house the new gym, located

in the Canyon Rim Center at 3183 E. 3300 South in East Millcreek, must undergo extensive modifications, including a roof lift before climbing-‐wall construc-‐tion can begin, Pedersen said. He hopes to begin these modifications by May. The Front Climbing Club, or FCC, also has plans underway to restructure its Salt Lake City gym, said Shad Burnham, the manager of the FCC in Ogden. Burnham could disclose few details about the FCC’s plans for its Salt Lake renovations — which will include additional building space as well as the current facil-‐ity — until an official announcement, which can be expected in the next three months, is made. “The existing FCC will still be where it is, but it will look much different than it does now,” Burnham said. “It won’t be like any other gym in existence. It’s going to be really big and much more modern than most gyms

In the Know

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“Gunny Sac Prom,” by Hannah Russon and Taylor Jenkins

Western

“Shirley L. Holmes,” by Krista Whittle and Carlotta Foitzick

Mystery

“Little Minnie Me,” by Alexandra Hansen

Children’s

“Flapper Girl,” by Shaylee Capener

Classics

“Warrior Princess,” by Heather Greene

Fantasy

“James Bond Epic Romance,” by Jenessa Ward

Romance

“The Flamenco,” by Kristofer Pfeiffer

Reference

“An Obsolesce Future,” by Jordyn Peterson and Danielle Fawcett

Sci-‐fi

“Never Smile at a Crocodile,” by Amy Atkinson, Joe Brunty, Alyssa Brady and Mckenzie Tidwell

Action, Adventure

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Category Winners

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BOXES LITTER THE QUAD for an box-building activity sponsored by On Campus Housing on Friday. The goal was to beat the world record for the largest cardboard box fort — 76,000 square feet. The sculpture was intended to look like Old Main, before the boxes were taken to the USU Recycling Center. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

Setting a cardboard foundation

today.” The renovations to the Salt Lake FCC are expected to begin in the next year, Burnham said. Pedersen designed the rope-‐climbing walls to be built at Millcreek Momentum with help from world-‐famous profes-‐sional rock climber Chris Sharma. “Chris is arguably the best climber in history,” Pedersen said. “He brings a very intuitive sense of what quality climbing really is to our design.” Together they have designed a unique rope-‐climbing area that is planned to

surpass the 20,000 square-‐feet of climb-‐ing wall at the Sandy Momentum. The new gym will feature 50-‐foot, extremely overhanging rope-‐climbing walls — with routes more than 70-‐feet long — and an 18-‐foot bouldering wall designed by some of the areas most respected boul-‐dering experts, Pedersen said. The walls’ designs are a combination of what Pedersen considers to be the best characteristics from each of the different styles of climbing found in the gym’s sur-‐rounding canyons as well as features that do not yet exist in any of Utah’s climbing gyms.

“Any one crag in Utah is not the best crag in the country — American Fork, Maple, Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood — but the overall combi-‐nation of these crag’s best features is incredible,” Pedersen said The walls are to be comprised of angular, geometric planes that will allow the use of large, moveable “volumes” — shaped features that can be moved periodically to alter the form of the wall. The rope-‐climbing walls at Momentum’s Millcreek location will provide contrast to the curved, gently-‐overhanging walls at the Sandy location, Pedersen said.

Membership holders at either one of Momentum’s locations will be given access to both gyms at no extra cost. Pedersen hopes to build additional gyms across the Wasatch Front in the years to come, he said. “Our goal is to provide Utah climbers the same sort of options the outdoor can-‐yons do,” Pedersen said. “One member-‐ship tag, multiple indoor-‐crag options. It makes it so you can climb whatever you are psyched to climb that day.”

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Beehive Grill gives to local cancer fighterBY CALE PATTERSON

features senior writer

The Beehive Grill in Logan hosted a benefit dinner Monday to help a local couple pay more than $20,000 in medical expenses. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of all Monday sales directly to benefit Brandon Bennett and his f iancee Terri Hardman, Cache Valley resi-‐dents who have been in a rela-‐tionship for more than 11 years. Bennett was diagnosed with cancer in 2000. He overcame the disease but underwent the loss of a kidney. Years later in May 2012, Bennett was diag-‐nosed with kidney failure. “He proposed on our 10-‐year anniversary — about two months later, he was diag-‐nosed,” Hardman said. For the months following his diagnosis, his schedule

consisted of up to four weekly dialysis treatments to f ilter his blood and compensate for his failing kidney. Each treatment lasted three to four hours. Due to treatment, nausea, pain and exhaustion, he was unable to work for nearly a year. In December, Hardman was approved as a compatible kid-‐

ney donor. “It was a pretty good Christmas present for us,” Hardman said. “It can take anywhere from two to 10 years to get a transplant — having a live donor makes it that much easier. I was just really excited that I was the one to be able to help him.”

March 26, Bennett and Hardman underwent surgery to transplant Hardman’s kidney to Bennett. The pair was released from the hospital on Saturday after a successful surgery. “It went really well — proba-‐bly our best hospital experience so far,” Hardman said. “Healing is great and the kidney is func-‐tioning really well.” Prior to the surgery, Hardman was working more than 60 hours per week at the Beehive Grill in order to help support Bennett. “Brandon hasn’t been able to work for the last several months just because he has been very sick,” said Jennifer Rogers, account manager of the Beehive Grill. “So she’s been working a lot just trying to pull her weight and make up for it.” It wasn’t enough. After lengthy hospital stays, compli-‐

cated treatments and surger-‐ies, the couple has acquired more than $20,000 in medical expenses. “Terri is not only a colleague, but one of my personal friends as well,” Rogers said. “I think very highly of her. We’re trying to get anybody and everybody on board to try and help them out. We’ll be open all day and they can just come in and dine, and then the Beehive Grill is going to donate a portion of the net sales to Terri and Brandon.” “I’m just overwhelmed,” Hardman said. “I just can’t believe how good of people we have around us. The support we have has just been amazing. I’m more than appreciative of it. It’s been good to have such caring people around us.”


It was a pretty good Christmas present for us. It can take anywhere from two to 10 years to get a transplant — having a live donor makes it that much easier. I was just really excited that I was the one to be able to help him.”

Terri Hardmankidney donor

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BriefsCampus & Community

Compiled from staff and media reports

Utah State art alumni featured Several Utah State University Department of Art and Design alumni have been featured in international publications, one in the March issue of “Ceramics Monthly,” and several others in “500 Prints on Clay,” a newly-‐published book. Tony Clennell, who graduated from Utah State University in 2008 at the age of 58 with a mas-‐ter of f ine arts degree (MFA), was recently featured in “Ceramics Monthly,” one of the largest and most comprehensive ceramic arts magazines. Clennell’s journey to his profession is examined, from his first degree in business to his position of adjunct professor of ceramics at Sheridan College and Ontario College of Art and Design University. He studied with Michael Casson, the late British potter, and spent three years at USU studying under Neely. Lark Ceramics recently pub-‐lished “500 Prints on Clay,” juried by artist and teacher Paul Andrew Wandless, featuring the work of several USU alumni. The cover of the book features a large picture of a f lask, created by USU alumnus Matt Conlon, who graduated with his bachelor of f ine arts (BFA) in 2012. Inside the book are pictures of works created by Megan Mitchell, who graduated in 2012 with an MFA; Mel Robson, an exchange student from Southern Cross University who graduated in 2002; and Boomer Moore, who received his MFA in 1999.

Utah State University’s Fusion Theatre Project, part of the Department of Theatre Arts, is performing the original work “Woodpecker King of Tacony” April 16-‐20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center. The show is a drama that fol-‐lows the character of Benji after he returns home to the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia. Bearing both physical and emo-‐tional wounds, he struggles with the everyday responsibilities of life. After the suicide of his father, he moves in with his childhood friend Sam, an openly gay man and school teacher. Benji lives a reckless existence full of alcohol, pills and fighting as he attempts to prove his masculinity, and he passes his time plotting to kill a woodpecker. Ultimately, Sam fears for Benji’s self-‐destructive ways and must choose how best to handle his lifelong friend who continues to unravel. The Fusion Theatre Project was founded in 2005, and focuses on creating original work through the intense group process of develop-‐ment. Students audition for the project a year before their perfor-‐mance, and working with Fisher, research a topic of current social relevance, write a script, develop the characters and perform the piece. “The Woodpecker King of Tacony” is rated mature for strong language, mature themes and is recommended for persons age 17 and older. Tickets are $13 adults, $10 seniors and youth, $8 USU fac-‐ulty and staff, free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-‐B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-‐797-‐8022 or see the college’s Production Services website (arts.usu.edu).

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domestic problem at Edith Bowen. Upon arriving at the scene, police were unable to locate anyone, nor could they reach the complaintant by phone.

Mountain View Tower. Police could smell the odor of marijuana. Contact was made with the suspect and he was arrested for possession of marijuana and paraphena-‐lia.

at Surplus Sales. It was determined that an employee had entered the code incor-‐rectly.

Aggie Shuttle bus. The glasses were given to the USU Police for safe keeping.

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set of keys. It is unknown where the keys were lost. The key ring had a gray Dodge key, a gold-‐colored key and a Philippines key chain on it.

Sunday, March 31

phone near the Ray B. West building. No one was there when they arrived.

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and said she had been receiving unwanted text messages.

problem in the parking lot behind the Merrill-‐Cazier Library and Biotech build-‐ings. Upon arrival, police located two male individuals skateboarding in the area. Both were issued warnings, advised of the USU skateboard/bike/rollerblade policy and released.

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Davis Hall where an individual’s car alarm had been set off. She was afraid the car had been broken into. Police checked out the car and determined that every-‐thing was all right.

Shuttle buses and turned in to Police for safe keeping. The owner came to the Public Safety Building and claimed his property.

the Aggie Terrace when there was a prob-‐lem with the gate.

an elevator alarm. When they arrived, the elevator was working properly and there was no one in the area needing assistance.

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Lydia asked when a girl was going to say the prayer. “I had never noticed that a woman had not prayed,” Bunce said. “Lydia watched very intently and a girl never prayed.” Bunce said she did some research and found that a female had never prayed during a session of General Conference. That’s when she started the online cam-‐paign. According to the Facebook page, about 1,600 letters were delivered to the general authorities of the church. The page’s cover photo now reads, “Prayers are answered.”

However, church spokesman Eric Hawkins told the Los Angeles Times the letters had nothing to do with the decision to have a female lead the prayer in conference. “The prayer assignments were made before that campaign start-‐ed,” Hawkins said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the first of simi-‐lar prayers to be led by women. It’s a change, it’s a new thing.” Bunce said she’s not sure if their letter campaign had anything to do with the fact that a woman was selected to say a prayer, and she can’t take the credit. “I was extremely excited,” Bunce said. During the conference, church

President Thomas S. Monson announced the construction of two new temples, one in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the other in Cedar City, Utah. McKell Hall, a USU student from Cedar City, said she thought there might be a temple being planned for her hometown, but didn’t want to get her hopes up until it was officially announced. “There had been rumors going on,” said Hall, a senior. “We’re in Utah, so there are temples going up everywhere. It’s not too surpris-‐ing.” Until now, the nearest temple to Cedar City was in St. George, Utah. “It’s hard to go to the temple

often when you live in Cedar City,” Hall said. She said with the travel there and back plus the two-‐hour session, not many people can find the time to make the trip. “It will be cool to have a temple in my own town,” Hall said. “Just looking at it helps me so much.” Cedar City will be the 17th temple in Utah, including the announced Payson and Provo, Utah, temples. There are 141 operating temples across the world with 29 temples under construc-‐tion and in the planning stage.

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PRAYER: Some Mormons never noticed female absenceFrom page 1

MODELS STRUT THE RUNWAY at the Re-Tell fashion show Monday. DELAYNE

LOCKE photosFASHION: models strut their stuffFrom page 1

designed the dress so anyone could play an actual game of ‘I Spy’ with it. “It was cool to make an interactive dress,” Jessop said. Mary Lynn, a senior majoring in FCSE who helped run the show, said she was amazed at the creativity of some of the designs. “It might sound cliche, but I love what people can come up with that just seems like junk,” said Lynn, who has helped with more than five FSCE 3080 shows. Lynn said Re-‐Tell can show people how recycling can be important in other aspects of life than their clothing. “Maybe we could repurpose more things, and not necessarily just in fash-‐ion,” Lynn said. Despite the fashion-‐show element, Shirley said Re-‐Tell is also designed to help students explore sustainability. “Their garments are made out of recy-‐cled materials,” Shirley said. “Looking at the textile industry, we have a lot of clothing that we throw away.” Shirley said she doesn’t want to charge an admission for the show, but an effective alternative is letting stu-‐dents purchase tickets for one can of food — all of them going to help stock

the Student Nutrition Access Center’s food pantry, which helps feed students who have to choose buying textbooks over dinner. “It’s an easy thing to do,” Shirley said of the food donation. “We might as well keep it here on campus because stu-‐dents really want to do things for their peers and the community.” Will Shugart, director of SNAC, said he thought roughly 6-‐700 cans of food were collected at the door. “We just got a ton of canned food and that is very, very helpful for us,” Shugart said. “As a student, times can get very tough.” Shugart said while the fashion show has been established as a regular event, he thinks SNAC’s involvement is crucial to helping students suffering from hun-‐ger. “This is one of our biggest events for the semester,” he said. The next fashion show will take place Sept. 16 during Ag Week of the Fall 2013 semester.

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AggieLife Tuesday, April 9, 2013

BY HAILEE HOUSLEYstaff writer

Eight baby bears and other new attractions kept visi-‐tors entertained at the American West Heritage Center’s Baby Animal Days Thursday through Saturday. The event attracted many Cache Valley residents, despite rainy weath-‐er. “They were so playful with each other,” said Christopher Fairbanks, a senior majoring in sociology. “It was a little surreal to see eight baby bears crawling around playing. I kept feeling as though some huge, angry, protective black bear mother or father was just around the corner looking for the cubs and we were all just bear prey about to be pounced on.” The bears drew a large crowd, and Baby Animal Day-‐goers had to wait in long lines to see the animals. “The line to see them was the longest of all other animal lines. We waited one hour and 45 minutes to see them,” Fairbanks said. “It was worth the wait. We got awesome pictures of them.” Other animals at the event available for handling includ-‐ed baby lambs, pigs, goats and rabbits.

“I held baby bunnies and baby chickens,” said Heidi Burbank, a three-‐year-‐old girl who attended the event. “My grandma and grandpa are going to have baby chickens.” Although the attendees were unable to handle the bears, they were still a favorite among the children. “I got to hold a bunny, but the baby bears were my favor-‐ite,” said five year-‐old Emma Limb. Many attended Baby Animal Days as a family. “I went with my siblings and nephew,” said Ellena Limb, a freshman majoring in nursing. “I thought it was awe-‐some. I thought bringing the bears was awesome. It was a big hit and the kids loved it. When we were walking back to the car my little sister said, ‘That was such a fun day, huh?’ It was so cute.” New attractions led to a greater number of people in attendance compared to years past. “I’ve only been once before, but there was definitely way more people than last year,” Fairbanks said. “I asked the workers why they thought there were so many people and they told me because this year they have baby cubs.” At 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. each day, a cannon full of candy

Fun at the farmAmerican West Heritage Center hosts Baby Animal Days

talks to event-goers about a cockatoo.

hold baby chickens.

for a free ride during the event.

holds a bear cub.

in their pen.

SAMANTHA BEHL photos

sleeps in a corner.

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AggieLifeTuesday, April 9, 2013

Local group eases burdens of cancer

A different kind of education

CONNIE WELSH, FAR RIGHT, director of Cache Valley for Hope, poses with volunteers. Photo courtesy of Cache

Valley for Hope.

BY HEATHER ZOLLINGERstaff writer

While the majority of Cache Valley high-‐schoolers attend Logan High, Sky View or Mountain Crest, teenage students at Logan River Academy have a unique educational experience that goes beyond the classroom. As a residential treatment center for stu-‐dents ages 12 to 18 who have had challenges such as drug addictions and behavioral prob-‐lems, the facility gives teenagers the oppor-‐tunity to sort out problems in their lives and prepare for a fresh start. “We’ve got nursing staff and professional licensed counselors who do psychotherapy,” said Jeff Smith, one of the owners of Logan River Academy. “We have a fully accredited school which provides for their education as well.” The majority of the staff are affiliated with USU. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of staff are students at USU and 60 to 70 percent are graduates, Smith said. Student life at Logan River Academy is divided into three categories: academic, clin-‐ical and residential, according to Jack Pay, a junior majoring in physical education. Pay, the swing shift manager at LRA, has worked at the academy for more than three years. The academic school year consists of three semesters, including summer. This allows students to catch up on classes and school-‐

work so they can graduate when they become seniors, Pay said. Logan River Academy follows the State of Utah Curriculum, Smith said, so the education transfers both into and out of the school. “Our teachers are trained specifically to deal with our kinds of youngsters,” Smith said. “Several of our teachers have special education credentials. They’re all certified and they’re used to dealing with kids that may have behavioral issues.” The clinical aspect of student life consists mainly of therapy sessions and working with the students’ behavioral and psychological issues. “Therapists work with coping skills, fam-‐ily relations, relations with their peers, ways that they can improve work in their treat-‐ment goals, things that are specific to the individuals and working on things they need to improve to be successful outside of here,” Pay said. A major emphasis is placed on treating the issues holistically, Smith said. The therapists and students work closely with the family, contacting them weekly at least. The goal is to not only help the students to improve, but to make sure the environment they go back to when they leave Logan River Academy is best suited for their continued progression. The final aspect of the Academy is the stu-‐

BY BROOKE LARSENstaff writer

Cache Valley resident Roger Welsh was diagnosed with cancer on April 13, 2010. After nine weeks of chemo-‐therapy and a few surgeries, Welsh overcame the disease. However, his exposure to the trials of others in the valley suffering from cancer during his bout with the illness was a catalyst in his founding of the non-‐profit can-‐cer foundation Cache Valley for Hope in April 2011. “I was in the cancer center five hours a day, five days a week,” Welsh said. “I saw a lot of different people that would come in and I listened to what their problems were. Most of them weren’t worried so much about medical bills as they were about daily, monthly bills like mortgages and car payments.” While Welsh was undergoing treat-‐ment, he and his family formed a team for the annual Cache Valley Relay for Life. The goal was for each team to raise $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. Welsh and his family were the number-‐one team in 2011 and raised $8,000 of the total $78,000, but Welsh had an underlying concern. “Where was the money going?” he said. “I knew it was going somewhere good for research and things, but I couldn’t see how it was going to help the people in the community in the ways I saw they were having issues. I thought, ‘We need to try and form something that focuses solely on the people in Cache Valley.’” Cache Valley for Hope’s purpose is to make donating easy for people in various financial circumstances. With its automatic deposit system, donors can set up how much is automatically donated each month, even if it’s a few

dollars. Currently, there are about 250 donors donating money automatically. People also have the option to donate any amount at any given time without setting up an automatic deposit sys-‐tem. Welsh said the donations are dispersed articulately between those in the valley in need. “If you know somebody who has cancer, you can go online to our web-‐site and nominate them,” he said. “I take that information and send them an analysis form that they fill out to give me an idea are where they are financially. We then meet as a board of directors with the information and vote to decide if the particular indi-‐vidual is qualified for our service.” The cancer patients who qualify for financial aid are not paid directly. “I put the money toward their mort-‐gage or car payment, for example,” Welsh said. “This way we can see exactly where it’s going.” Cache Valley for Hope now has a team of 10 unpaid directors who volunteer their personal time to keep it going. Tyler Vanderbeek and his wife Laura, also a cancer survivor, are both directors of the foundation. Vanderbeek said putting in the time for CVFH on top of his family life and job can be difficult. “There have been certain moments it’s been a little bit more stressful than others, but I know it’s a huge benefit for those in the valley going through cancer,” he said. “After going through it ourselves with my wife, we know what it’s like. It’s definitely worth the sacrifice to see the help we are giving these people.” The Vanderbeeks show their grati-‐tude for the way people in their neigh-‐borhood helped them in their time of need by reaching out to others in the valley.

“It’s a way we can give back to the community,” Vanderbeek said. “We know what it’s like firsthand physi-‐cally, mentally, emotionally and finan-‐cially, even with insurance. It’s a huge relief for them and they can focus on recovering instead of the bills.” Vanderbeek said CVFH has a goal to have 10 percent of Cache Valley resi-‐dents donating $10 monthly. “Ten percent of the valley ends up being around 10,000 people,” he said. “If they are all donating, that could go a long way.” Cache Valley resident John Van Duren is undergoing cancer treatment and expressed his appreciation for the organization. “All I know is I would have lost my house and wouldn’t have the fuel to drive to and from my home and hos-‐pital for treatments without Cache Valley for Hope,” he said. Van Duren, unable to work, said CVFH has been a tremendous help ever since they first contacted him and said he had been nominated. “The people donating and in the foundation are so generous and so dedicated,” Van Duren said. “I am just so grateful they called me that day. I want more people in the valley to know all about such a great thing.” Van Duren wasn’t alone in his desire to tell others about CVFH. Krissy Kartchner, whose daughter Kelsey has a form of cancer called bilateral reti-‐noblastoma, said she and her family never pass up an opportunity to get the word out about the organization. “I share events on my Facebook page and talk about the get-‐togethers we’ve enjoyed,” Kartchner said. “My husband has displayed the CVFH pamphlets on his desk at work.” With the majority of Kelsey’s care in

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AggieLifeTuesday, April 9, 2013

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY, a residential treatment center in Logan, serves as a means of education, therapy and residence for teens with addictions and behavioral issues. SAMANTHA BEHL photo

ACADEMY: Residential life differs from the norm

From page 5

dents’ residential lives. Students are separated into different dormitories based on gender, level of privileges and whether they are there for tra-‐ditional or psychological reasons, said Mike Martinez, a USU alumnus who majored in history and works as developmental supervisor at the academy. There are various activities students are allowed to do on campus during certain times, such as television, games, studying and gym, Pay said. However, students are not allowed to spend much time alone unless they attained a behavior level sufficient to be able to do so. Privileges are awarded on eight levels, based on students’ behavior and progression. At the lowest level, students are allowed very few privileges and must ask permission for even simple things such as going to their rooms or getting out of their seat in the cafeteria. However, they can quickly move up the levels, which allow them to attend dances, play co-‐ed games, occasionally be unsupervised and use the Internet. The eighth and highest level is the transition program, called Tavasi. One privilege students can earn is to go to off-‐campus activities such as movies and restaurants around town and sporting events at USU. “I know they’ve done a lot of stuff at USU because Bill works here — Wild Bill — and so he’s been able to get a lot of things like tours of the Spectrum and tours of the football stadium,” Pay said. Due to the nature of the institution, students are super-‐vised by staff at all times. “We have a staff who are trained to do three things with the students,” Pay said. “The first thing is they need to be able to model what the expectations are. The second thing is they need to be able to teach them why these expectations are important — not only here, but why it’s important outside of here.” Staff are also trained to be able to give consequences to stu-‐dents who do not follow these expectations, such as writing apology letters and taking away privileges. For serious breaches in conduct, students go to a place called development, Pay said. This separates the students from regular dorm life for a period of time, placing them in a more structured environment with more staff and therapy assignments. Despite the therapy, strict schedules and rules, students at Logan River Academy can lead close to normal lives while they are there and the program helps them to be able to have normal lives once they leave. “It’s frustrating because people have this idea of treatment center students as the worst students in the world,” Martinez said. “But I feel like they are just normal kids that are just dealing with a lot more than I ever had to deal with or that I feel like other people have to deal with.” Martinez said although there are definitely huge differ-‐ences between life at Logan River Academy and life inside homes, they try to make students feel like they are living everyday lives, that people shouldn’t treat students like they are different or worth less than other people. “I just want people to understand that they’re just everyday kids dealing with problems and we’re just here to help them deal with those problems,” Martinez said.


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PROFESSOR ANDY ANDERSON sits in his office while holding a picture of his wife and two children. Anderson and his wife both work at USU as professors. MICKELLE YEATES photo

BY RACHEL LEWIS

staff writer

USU biology department professor Andy Anderson and his family have excelled in their intellectual f ields due to dedication and passion for their work. “My wife, as I tell everyone, is the bet-‐ter half of our family,” Anderson said. Andy’s wife Sher Anderson teaches classes out of their house on natural childbirth, nutrition and mother-‐daugh-‐ter puberty topics, Anderson said. “A lot of mothers and daughters have a lot of trouble talking about puberty and my wife gets them going, gets a bunch of them in the room and they all work it out,” Anderson said. Sher Anderson comes to USU and gives lectures on midwifery and on natural childbirth. She is an RN and she was an active midwife for many years, but is now more into education. “She’s very good at what she does,” Anderson said. “People call nonstop and it’s never for me.” The Andersons have two children, Lucas and Lara. “Lucas is a mechanical engineer and he’s working on his thesis this very week to complete his masters degree,” Anderson said. “He is working very industriously on his masters thesis, and then I have a daughter who is much smarter than I am.” Lara Anderson is a theoretical physi-‐cist and was the first Rhodes Scholar from USU in the last 20 years. She went to the University of Oxford in England for four years to do theoretical phys-‐ics and then attended the University of Philadelphia for a postdoc. She is cur-‐rently doing postdoc work at Harvard. “She even married a theoretical physi-‐cist in England,” Anderson said. “Yes, we fear for the children.” Anderson said he can’t take credit for his children’s accomplishments: It’s really his wife who inf luenced them. “She started when they came out and kept homeschooling them until they took their test for college admission and they were homeschooled the whole time: turned out very well,” Anderson said. Anderson has a Ph.D. in medical

microbiology. He now teaches human anatomy, human dissection, human physiology, bioethics, advanced human physiology and elementary microbiology at USU. He is also the pre-‐health advisor for students interested in preparing for medical school or dental school. “One of the reasons I enjoy my job so much is if you’re exposed to a lot of dif-‐ferent classes you start to f ind out that everything’s connected,” Anderson said. “You’ll hear a thing in one class and then you’ll hear it in another class in a differ-‐ent way, and another class in a different way. I always am thrilled to find some-‐thing in one class relates to another.” Anderson loves the subjects he teaches and enjoys teaching so many classes. He likes seeing how the concepts from all the different classes work together and incorporate into each other, he said. “Andy requires a lot because he teaches so well, so a lot of people will complain that Andy’s tests are really hard and unbeatable, but he can make his tests so challenging because he teaches at a very high level and expects his students to put the time needed to do well,” said Chance Christenson, a pre-‐medical student at USU and Anderson’s teaching assistant. As Anderson’s teaching assistant, Christenson said he sees how intelligent and passionate Anderson is about what he teaches. Because of this, he expects an amount ot excellence out of his students and is willing to go above and beyond to help students who are really putting forth the effort to learn the material, Christenson said. “The material is very interesting and Andy is a great teacher,” Christenson said. “It’s just a matter of understanding it to a broad depth.” The whole goal is to drive the students to passion. Employers are looking to see how passionate applicants are about what they do, Anderson said. “I mean a lot of people are doing classes just because someone told them to but actually have a story or a job and to really want to do it every morning,” Anderson said. “That’s what everybody wants — to have passion.”

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went off at the festival grounds. “Most kids ran towards the cannon when they heard it, but my kids ran the other way from it,” said Shea Burbank. “It scared them.” The candy cannon might have scared Shea’s son Ethan, but he enjoyed his day at the festival. His favorite part was seeing the horses. “The horsies, two ponies, they were just there to see,” Ethan said. “I liked the goats and puppies. They had nice goats.” Pony and train rides were available through-‐out the day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Fairbanks’s seven-‐month-‐old son Landon rode on a pony ride. “They let him ride a pony and he loved it,” Fairbanks said. Despite rainy weather conditions, the event remained open all week-‐end. “It was cloudy and rained some of the time, but while we were there it got sunny and warm, so that was nice,” Limb said. American West Heritage Center has extended Baby Animal days to Farm Animal Only Days, held weekly on Saturday.

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Philadelphia, Kartchner said things would be more difficult without help from Cache Valley for Hope. “The worry about airplanes, taxis, hotels and food seem less overwhelming know-‐ing that the daily finances are lightened through CVFH’s support,” she said. “I do the doctors visits with Kelsey and my hus-‐band Jason stays home with our children and is in charge of the finances. He is able to have the financial stress eased so he can offer comfort and encouragement while we are traveling for treatment.”

The locality of the organization has been a blessing for Kartchner and her family. “You can see the genuine love and com-‐passion of the board members for the families during these trying times,” she said. “Roger checks with us through texts on how doctor appointments have gone and sends emails of support and offers help. You can’t get through cancer alone. You need a network of support that boosts you up in times of need, whether emotionally or financially.”


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The College of Agriculture presents “United by the Land” on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall. This unique concert event celebrates the achievements of the oldest college on USU’s campus. The event will explore the college’s ongoing work in addressing the challenges facing community, state, and nation in the 21st century. Bring family and friends to celebrate and learn more about the College of Agriculture’s rich Cache Valley heritage and its plans for its future. All education (K-‐12) students and faculty are welcome to come hear Jim Cangelosi speak on on April 9, 6-‐7 p.m. in LIB 154. He will speak on the legal

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The Utah State baseball club split a high-‐scoring four game series with USU Eastern Junior College over the weekend in Price, Utah. “A split is great,” pitcher Tyler Zubek said. “Would’ve been happy with a sweep, but I’m happy it didn’t go the other way with the split. That’s a good team, they were excellent hitters.” Though the Aggies threw their best pitchers, the Golden Eagles were still able to hit the ball around the park consistently, scoring a minimum of six runs in each game. “Our pitchers were throw-‐ing good strikes,” catcher Colton Anderson said. “CEU was hitting the ball pretty well, but I think defensively we made a lot of key plays and minimized our errors.” It was an offense-‐happy weekend for both teams. The two squads combined for 74 runs and 90 hits over the four games. “Everybody was just hit-‐ting the ball really well, it was just a hitting weekend,” Zubek said. “The hitting on our side was really good as well.” After battling with many scholarship teams over the first part of the year, CEU was the last junior college team Utah State has sched-‐uled this season. “That’s a legitimate college-‐sanctioned team, they compete competitively,” Zubek said. “They probably take more swings in a day than we do in a week, but we still gave them a good run

and beat them two games out of four.” Zubek said the Aggies were happy to come home with two victories and play the Golden Eagles in Price. “As a team, I liked how it was fun to go down there and see the little brother col-‐lege, the College of Eastern Utah,” he said. “It was fun to play those guys down there on their field and beat them a couple times.” Game 1 -‐ USU 5, CEU 17 Two huge innings proved the difference for the Golden Eagles in an opening route of the Aggies. “The first game we came out, we were kind of lethar-‐gic and that showed in the score,” Zubek said. Starting pitcher Sixto Cabrera gave up eight runs, seven earned, in the loss. The game was manageable for the Aggies until the bot-‐tom of the fourth inning, when a 4-‐2 deficit was suddenly 10-‐2. After reliev-‐ing Cabrera, the bullpen subsequently gave up nine more runs in the next two innings, and the lead was too much to handle for the Aggies. “The very first game we got our butts kicked, we got those handed to us pretty good,” Anderson said. Game 2 -‐ USU 12, CEU 7 The Utah State bats woke up for the second game, scoring in all but two innings to bring home the victory. “I think we relaxed a little bit in game two and that allowed us to hit the ball a lot better that game,” Anderson said. “We hit the holes and made that game a bit better.”

Left fielder Jordan Hansen led the way for the Aggies, going 4-‐5 with five RBIs. Garrett Schiffman and Brad Singer also chipped in with three hits and two RBIs apiece for the Aggies. “When we were hitting really well, they didn’t really have any answers for it,” Zubek said. Game 3 -‐ USU 2, CEU 6 A close battle eventually fell the Golden Eagles’ way Saturday morning. Tied at 2-‐2 entering the fourth inning, CEU scored runs

every inning the rest of the day and shut the Aggie bats down for the win. “We gave one away,” Anderson said. “We should have been able to walk away and win that one. I think we made a couple of moves late that just weren’t able to ben-‐efit us and ended up giving that one away.” Four Utah State errors proved crucial in allowing CEU to take over the lead. The team had fewer hits than errors, changing the complexion of the contest.

“We fought with CEU the whole way the first game and just ended up giving it away there at the end,” Anderson said. Game 4 -‐ USU 15, CEU 10 Utah State struck back in the final game with a six-‐run first inning and continued the momentum throughout. “We came out and stuck it to them, had some really big, key hits,” Anderson said. “We had three home runs

Utah State University sent three gymnasts to the regional tournament at Ohio State on Saturday and all three brought home solid scores. Freshman Stefanie Daley, junior Paige Jones and sophomore Sarah Landes qualified for regionals at the Western Athletic Conference Championship on March 23. “I think they did really well,” Landes said of her team-‐mates. “I was able to watch most of their routines. I think they both did really good. Last year we went to regionals too and we both had a rough regionals. This year was bet-‐ter. I saw Paige hit one of her best beam routines.” Daley competed as an indi-‐vidual on the beam rotation and tied for 37th with a 9.550. Jones finished 11th with a 38.950 in the all-‐around competition and Landes fin-‐ished in seventh-‐place with a 39.125. “I was really happy with how the three of us did as a whole,” Jones said. “We all had expectations for ourselves and we did really well with that.” LSU took first in the com-‐petition with a 197.275 and UCLA followed closely with 196.950 to earn the second place spot. The two teams will both compete in nationals in Los Angeles. Unlike the meets they com-‐peted in during the regular season, the girls went to Ohio

competing as individuals. This meant they rotated with different teams and didn’t have the support of their fel-‐low USU gymnasts. Landes rotated with UCLA and Jones with LSU. “I thought of it as a normal meet, like this was our team,” Jones said. “I went up there thinking, ‘I’m in that last spot.’ It really wasn’t much dif-‐ferent. It was neat to be a part of the team that’s headed to nationals.” For Landes and Jones, this wasn’t a new experience. Landes is returning from her first time last spring and this was Jones’ third visit to regionals. “I wasn’t sure how they would do,” head coach Jeff Richards said. “Last year we felt really prepared and didn’t have a good showing. We kind of prepared for that. I just reminded them, ‘Go off of what you do in practice every day, don’t try to do anything different.’ It worked — they had a good meet and did well.” As a freshman, it was Daley’s first time at regionals and it took some adjusting. “Paige and Sarah were real-‐ly prepared,” Richards said. “They trained that way the whole week and a half before, with the rotations, without the team. Stefanie said it was really weird for her first time.” Landes hopes and plans for her team to make it to region-‐als next year. “I have high expectations,”


TuesdaySportsTuesday, April 9, 2013

Sports

BriefsThomson is

USU student-

athlete of week

Infielder Christine Thomson was named the America First Credit Union USU student-‐athlete of the week for the week of April 1-‐7. A senior from Fresno, Calif., Thomson went 8-‐for-‐16 with three RBI’s and two runs scored in the Aggies’ four games last week. USU went 3-‐1 and improved to 8-‐29 overall this season.

Ninth place for

USU volleyball

The Utah State men’s club volleyball team par-‐ticipated in the NCVF National Tournament in Dallas over the weekend, placing ninth out of nearly 200 teams. USU defeated Cornell, Columbia, Ball State and UTSA before falling to Syracuse. 192 mens teams and 180 womens teams com-‐peted at the tournament.

Higham leads

the way for

Utah State

The Utah State men’s golf team is tied for 23rd after day one of the Cowboy Classic hosted by the University of Wyoming. Junior Tanner Higham is tied for 43rd to lead the Aggies, shooting a first round of 7-‐over 77. Wichita State leads the team event, with three golfers tied atop the leader-‐board at an even par 70. The event continues Tuesday with an 18-‐hole round.

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JUNIOR PAIGE JONES PERFORMS a floor exercise routine during a USU home meet against Air Force on Feb 8. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

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JUNIOR PITCHER SIXTO CABRERA throws during the Aggies’ win over Weber State on Mar. 30. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

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TRACK AND FIELD

Despite adverse weather

that featured rainy and

wet conditions, the Utah

State’s men and women’s

track and field teams won

four event titles as part of

25 top-‐six f inishes here

Saturday at the Boise

State hosted All-‐Idaho

Cup.

Winning events for the

USU women were sopho-‐

mores Chari Hawkins in

the 100m hurdles (13.90)

and Mariah Thompson in

the high jump with a leap

of 1.65m (5-‐05.00), as well

as junior Keeley Eldredge

in the hammer throw with

a toss of 55.22m (181-‐

02). Hawkins’ time in the

100m hurdles ranks her

eighth in school history.

The Aggie men’s

4x100m relay team also

crossed the finish line

first with a time of 41.22.

The team consisted of

freshmen Kalon Weston

and Cole Lambourne,

along with sophomore

Nic Bowens and junior

Will Henry. The men’s

4x400m relay team, con-‐

sisting of Bowens, Henry,

Lambourne and senior

Tyler Killpack placed

second in the event with a

time of 3:14.91

“When you factor in

that the weather was

so poor, the athletes

handled it very well and

performed great. Under

adverse conditions they

handled it very well and

I am proud of them for

that,” said veteran Utah

State head coach Gregg

Gensel. “We didn’t have

everyone compete in their

normal events, but they

did well in the events

there were competing in. I

was really impressed with

our 4x100m and 4x400m

relay teams, they were

outstanding.”

Senior Ruth Hilton

clocked a time of 11:25.87

in the women’s 3,000m

steeplechase to place

second overall, while

sophomore Lecy Skousen

followed closely behind to

place sixth with a time of

12:13.22. In the 5,000m

race, freshman Kelsey

Girardelli (19:08.46) led

a 2-‐3-‐4-‐5-‐6 Aggie f inish

with fellow freshmen

Karlee Deeter (19:09.11),

Nikki Woodring

(19:53.24) and Amanda

Stoudt (19:59.06), as

well as sophomore Tessa

Brown (20:14.75), respec-‐

tively.

Sophomore Jodi

Williams tabbed a

third-‐place finish in the

women’s high jump with

a mark of 1.60m (5-‐03.00)

as senior Bri Campbell

and junior Aubriann

Bosen placed fourth and

sixth in the 100m hurdles

with times of 14.72

and 14.98, respectively.

Sophomore Melanie

Heslop also tabbed a

fourth-‐place finish as

she threw the hammer

51.83m (170-‐00). The

women’s 4x400m relay

team claimed the bronze

medal after crossing the

finish line with a time of

3:50.89. The team consist-‐

ed of freshman Mikkell

Minnoch, sophomore

Laycee Elliott, junior Kylie

Hirschi and senior Hollie

Bosworth.

Placing third in their

respective event on the

men’s side was senior

Kenny Hamlett in the

triple jump with a leap of

13.11m (43-‐00.25), sopho-‐

more Michael Cardinal in

the shot put with a mark

of 16.20m (53-‐01.75),

along with freshmen

Skyler Duke in the high

jump [J2.00m (6-‐06.75)]

and Sam Nelson in the

pole vault [4.45m (14-‐

07.25)]. Junior Xavier

Williford Jr. cleared

1.95m (6-‐04.75) to tie for

f ifth place in the high

jump, while sophomores

Jacob Barton and Kade

Jensen finished fifth and

sixth in the 5,000m with

times of 15:17.20 and

15:24.19, respectively.

Fellow sophomore Eric

Shellhorn also garnered

fifth-‐place honors as he

clocked a time of 1:54.17

in the 800m.

Track shines at Boise StateBY USU MEDIA

RELATIONS

Landes said. “I want to be

able to be there as a team.

I’m expecting us to make it to

regionals as a team and I’m

really hoping to make it to

nationals individually.”

Daley said she expects both

herself and the team to begin

next season where they left off

this spring.

“We had a really good end

to our season,” Richards said.

“I’m definitely excited for

next year. We’re not losing a

lot of kids. We really only lost

Amelia’s two routines — I’m

excited about that. We’re get-‐

ting really good freshman in.

There are good expectations

for next year.”

– danielle-‐[email protected]

Twitter: @daniellekmanley

From page 11

AGGIES: Landes top finisher for USU

SOPHOMORE SUSIE MILLER performs a balance beam routine against the Air Force Academy at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Feb, 8. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

that game.”

Gavin Johnson had five RBIs to go with

with his wind-‐aided blast to left field. Brad

Singer and Jordan Hansen also had home

runs for the Aggies.

Zubek and Payton Davis pitched, combin-‐

ing to hold the Golden Eagle bats down just

long enough for Utah State to pull out the

high scoring affair.

“When we jump on it early and get the bats

rolling at the beginning of the game, we’re

a very difficult team to beat,” Zubek said.

“When we come out ready to play and every-‐

body’s hitting the ball, even the junior college

scholarship guys and recruited guys have a

hard time beating us.”

– [email protected]:@legendarymhops

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 StatesmanSports

WOMEN’S TENNIS

SENIOR JACI WEST AND FRESHMAN KALLIE SPERRY SERVE during their respective matches against Seattle on Sunday at the Sports Academy and Racket

Club. The Aggies came away with a 4-3 victory over the Redhawks to improve to 5-10 overall this season. DELAYNE LOCKE photos

West, Davis lead USU past Seattle at home

SENIOR BRAD SINGER RISES to his feet after being picked off of first base dur-ing a game earlier this season. DELAYNE LOCKE photo

USU: Solid pitching spurs Aggies

The Utah State

Women’s tennis team

played three games this

weekend against WAC

opponents. The Aggies

took on Texas State,

Seattle University and

nationally-‐ranked San

Jose State.

San Jose State proved to

be a little much for the

Aggies on Friday.

The Spartans, who are

undefeated in conference

play, beat the Aggies 4-‐0.

Three of the matches

didn’t f inish because San

Jose State already had

won the doubles point

and the No. 1, 3, and 4

singles spots, clinching

the victory.

Jaci West looked like

she was on her way to a

quality conference win.

West was in a battle when

the match ended with

opponent Leon Chao, but

West had the momentum.

After losing the first set

3-‐6, she stormed back in

the second to win 6-‐1 and

had the lead 2-‐1 in the

third set before the match

ended early.

Utah State battled with

Texas State Saturday,

ultimately losing 4-‐3. The

Aggies started strong,

winning the doubles

point and at the No. 1

and 2 spots, making it

unnecessary to f inish

the third doubles match.

Then the Aggies picked

up wins at the No. 1 and

2 singles matches with

Mckenzie Davis and

Jaci West. After an early

lead, however, the Aggies

proceeded to lose in the

No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles

matches.

The Aggies ended

their homestand Sunday

against Seattle University.

They picked up their f irst

in conference win of the

season 4-‐3.

The Aggies dominated

in the doubles competi-‐

tion, easily taking the

point. In the No. 1 dou-‐

bles spot, Mckenzie Davis

and Jaci West cruised to

an 8-‐1 win while Kristina

Voytsekhovich and Kallie

Sperry easily won their

match 8-‐2 in the No. 2

doubles spot.

With the wins in the

first and second spot, the

third match did not f in-‐

ish.

In the No. 1 singles

spot, Mckenzie Davis

overpowered her oppo-‐

nent, dropping one game

in two sets and picking

up her 10th win this year.

Kallie Sperry and Ashley

Stuhlmann also picked

wins in the No. 4 and 6

spots, respectively.

The Aggies improved

to 5-‐10 on the season and

picked up their f irst WAC

win with three conference

matches left. USU plays in

El Paso against UTEP on

Thursday, April 11, where

the Aggies look to contin-‐

ue their momentum from

Sunday’s match.


Twitter: @Dahdahjeff

BY JEFF DAHDAHstaff writer

From page 11

The beautiful thing about the world of sports is there is always something to enjoy. As the sun sets on March Madness, some feel a deceptive calm in the world of sports. Don’t be fooled: There are still plenty of sports to hone in on. The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, but let’s not forget some of the underappreciated sports. The NHL, MLB, MLS and even NASCAR are all full throttle and there for fans to get their fill. So before you start hating on the aforementioned sports, take some time to think about what you’re missing out on. Hockey has the hard-hitting, fast-paced style most people live for, without the painfully

low-scoring output soccer haters com-plain about. And hate as they may, soccer has its own benefits to offer if you really understand the sport. And yes, baseball and auto racing each bring something to the table that a true sports fan should appreciate. So now’s your time to venture outside the mainstream sports world and find a new sport to fall in love with. Call me old-fash-ioned, but for me sports is all about the love of the game. And if one truly loves the game, then you can love any game, any sport. Most of the world will probably turn its attention to the NBA now that the NCAA season is over, myself included. But it won’t have my full or undivid-ed attention. Not just because it’s more of an entertainment business than a sport (that’s a discussion for another day), but because there is so much more going on than just basketball. Do yourself a favor,

watch a different sport for a week. One that you’ve never given a chance. See what doors open. I watch and follow every sport I can because I love it. You should too.

– Curtis Lundstrom is a proud husband

and father and aspir-ing sports journalist

and referee. A junior in print journalism,

his life ambition is to bowl a perfect 300. Send any comments to curtislundstrom@

gmail.com and fol-low him on Twitter: @CurtisLundstrom.

low-scoring output soccer haters com-plain about. And hate as they may, soccer has its own benefits to offer if you really understand the sport. And yes, baseball and auto racing each bring something to the table that a true sports fan should appreciate.

Curtis Lundstrom

Livin’the

Dream

The wonderful world of sports never ends

I watch and follow every sport because I love it. You should too.”

Curtis Lundstromsports editor

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We are told to recycle until we are deaf in the ears these days, and with good reason: As Earth’s natural resources continue to be consumed at an alarming rate, reusing old materials will become more and more the norm as resources become more scarce. The FCSE 3080 class’s Re-Tell fashion show is a great way to start, although

you don’t have to start making all of your clothing out of recyclables just yet. Everyone

across the globe doing little acts of recy-cling during their day will help immensely in the long run. For example, think of how much plastic is used every day, from water bottles to Wal-Mart bags to food contain-ers. These things pile up in trash cans to be shipped off to some landfill where they will remain for thousands of years, waiting to decompose. Instead of throwing these everyday items out, why not just reuse or recycle them? There are recycle bins everywhere on campus, so finding a soda can or water bottle in the trash can is a sign of lazi-ness and contempt for the environment. Making sure containers make it into the right receptacle is the first step in being a responsible, green citizen. Don’t just throw out Wal-Mart or Smith’s bags from a trip to get groceries. Use those bags to line small trash cans or use them as lunch bags at work. Plastic takes a long time to break down in landfills, so try to reuse it as much as possible before throw-ing it out. Making dresses out of recyclables is great, but is it practical? These dresses will most likely never be worn again. Save your recyclables for future use, if the need to use them comes up. Save shoe boxes to make dioramas for a class, or even for your child’s class. Save an empty plastic water bottle or two, refill it and use it to water plants. Save old, torn-up shirts you will never wear again and use them as cleaning rags. The possibilities for recycling really are endless. Another important aspect of recycling to remember is to properly dispose of electronics. There are businesses in Cache Valley, the state of Utah and around the country that will properly recycle electron-ics that could poison the environment if they were buried in a landfill. In the end, the simplest way to be a responsible recycler is to get the proper material into the proper bin: paper in paper, plastic in plastic, cardboard in card-board. The journey toward a better planet begins with a single bottle in the right can.

Recycling for fashion is a good first step

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To the editor:

I’m a proud student of Utah State University. Like most, my path to college required hard work and dedication to be accepted and earn a scholarship. I was proud of my accep-tance into this university. But I was puzzled by a playful jeer used by those “older and wiser” who had already passed through college. “You know, in the end,” they said, “those thousands of dollars just pay for that piece of paper you receive at graduation.” While this is an obviously far-fetched statement, I have come to find some truth to it. I believe that my tuition pays for the rich college experience that Utah State provides for its students. We have a great social atmosphere, excellent programs and a myriad of clubs and organizations. But I have been somewhat disappointed by the qual-ity of teaching that my tuition money pays for. I find it ironic that I learn more from watching free online videos and read-ing my textbook than I do from listening to some of my tuition-funded lectures. And I’m not the only one. I’ve met up with many fel-low students outside the classroom that inform me that they no longer attend class because, “I learn more from reading the textbook anyway.” I’m reminded of an old high school math teacher. He was an excellent teach-

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er. His lectures started with the most basic ele-ments of a concept and he built upon those concepts with examples, stories and proofs. It was exciting to learn because we under-stood the material and saw its application. The impact of a prepared and involved teacher shaped the future of many of his students. I entered college expecting to have many similar experiences. While I’ve had some terrific pro-fessors, I’ve been disap-pointed at the number of teachers who lack the ability to teach for under-standing. They seem to be disconnected with the learning process. They regurgitate aimless infor-mation while students hopelessly scribble notes, trying to make sense of it. I can already hear the rebuttals — “But you’re in college now. You’re expected to learn at a higher level.” True. But it all depends on how the uni-versity defines its primary learning source for its stu-dents. If it’s the professors, I think that there’s work to be done. If it is text-books and online mate-rial, then I think they are doing a great job because that’s where I learn the most anyway. God bless OpenCourseWare.

Troy Winder

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Too many laws restrict freedomTo the editor: Is America turning into a country that is completely controlled by the govern-ment? You may think so, considering the many rules and regulations being cre-ated by the government on an almost daily basis. This is

City, where its billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg is unleashing a storm of health laws. Although these health regulations can be beneficial, government does not have the jurisdic-tion to regulate what peo-ple can eat or drink.

Health voted to ban the sale of sugary drinks larger

to combat obesity. State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling has since blocked the city’s restric-tions, which proves that the government is over-reaching its boundaries. Before the big sugary drink ban proposal, Bloomberg put pressure on the U.S.

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Prime minister: Iraq better off today

ry of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the debate about the directions of the U.S.-Iraqi rela-tionship is influenced by a pes-simistic view that the United

Despite all the problems of the past decade, the overwhelm-ing majority of Iraqis agree that we’re better off today than under Hussein’s brutal dictator-ship. Iraqis will remain grateful for the U.S. role and for the losses sustained by military and civil-ian personnel that contributed in ending Hussein’s rule. These losses pale by comparison, of course, to those sustained by the Iraqi people. Our govern-ment emerges from this experi-ence determined to ensure that

these sacrifices contribute to a future of freedom and prosper-ity for our country. Our relationship with the United States did not end when U.S. troops departed. In

President Obama while he spoke of “a normal relationship” between the United States and “a sovereign, self-reliant and democratic Iraq.” Iraq is building an inclusive political system, with free mul-tiparty elections, a multieth-nic government and an inde-pendent judiciary. Our gross domestic product is expected to grow by an average of at least 9.4 percent annually through

Iran to become OPEC’s second largest producer of crude oil. Iraq is not a protectorate of the United States; it is a sover-eign partner. Partners do not always agree, but they consider and respect each other’s views. In that spirit, we ask the United States to consider Iraq’s views on challenging issues, especially those of regional importance. Iraq is developing an inde-pendent foreign policy. With no intention of repeating Hussein’s

wars, we are committed to good relations with all our neighbors. We offer the hand of friend-ship to Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Sharing a

have a vital interest in stable, non-hostile relations with these countries, too.

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Wars and instability have caused Iraq’s oil production to fluctuate wildly

over the decades. It is now OPEC’s second largest producer of oil and is

projected to increase its production capacity

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Department of Agriculture in

2010 to exclude soda, sports

drinks and other sugary drinks

from food stamp eligibility, stat-

ing they have effects on obesity.

The mayor wanted the food

stamp-eligible products to pro-

vide nourishment for better

health. This proposal did not

go though. When government

decides they can control the

way people live their lives, we

have serious issues. These issues

stem from the fact that if govern-

ment is not regulated, then it will

be overbearing and oppressive.

The event in New York seems

isolated, but if all these regula-

tions pass, then other states can

see similar restrictions.

A week after a judge blocked

his bid to ban large sugary drinks

in March 2013, Bloomberg

presented a Tobacco Product

Display Restriction bill which

would force city retailers to keep

tobacco products out of sight.

If it passes, “New York would

become the nation’s first city to

enact such a law,” Bloomberg

said. The majority of people

today know that smoking and

eating unhealthy food is bad.

If the government really want-

ed to help, instead of creating

laws to stop people from doing

these things, they should inform

them of the cost of their actions.

Taking away people’s choice

does not create healthy society.

I don’t deny that America has

many health problems that need

to be addressed and corrected,

but I stand my ground when it

comes to my belief that govern-

ment should not be running this

aspect of our lives. We as indi-

viduals are faced with the task

to help regulate our health and

wellbeing. We as individuals are

faced with the task to regulate

government, not allow govern-

ment to regulate us. New York

City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

may think he is doing the citi-

zens of this country a favor, but

in fact he is crippling their free

agency. Government has the

responsibility to protect us; it

does not have the responsibility

to tell us exactly what we need

to do.

Alex Marsaw

LETTERS: gov’t bansFrom page 14

In Syria, we can conceive of no scenario

in which a military “victory” by either the

government or the opposition can bring

peace and stability. Only a negotiated

solution can lead to such an outcome.

Accordingly, we oppose all transfers of

weapons, to both the government and the

opposition, and we are working to ensure

that our airspace and territory are not

used for such transfers.

Further militarization of the conflict will

only increase the suffering of civilians and

strengthen radical groups, including our

common enemy, al-Qaida. We have been

mystified by what appears to be the wide-

spread belief in the United States that any

outcome in Syria that removes President

Bashar al-Assad from power will be better

than the status quo. A Syria controlled in

whole or part by al-Qaida and its affiliates

— an outcome that grows more likely by

the day — would be more dangerous to

both our countries than anything we’ve

seen up to now. Americans should remem-

ber that an unintended consequence of

arming insurgents in Afghanistan to fight

the Soviets was turning the country over

to the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Iraq’s longest border is with Iran, and

we don’t want a reprise of the war which

left hundreds of thousands dead on both

sides in the 1980s. We would like to see

a Middle East without weapons of mass

destruction, where governments are com-

mitted to development and cooperation

rather than conflict and competition to

obtain nuclear weapons. But as with Syria,

we seek a peaceful resolution of this issue.

The peoples of Iraq and Iran share his-

toric, cultural and religious ties. While we

want our relationship with Iran to be sta-

ble, it will never be subservient. Iraq fol-

lows an independent foreign policy based

on its distinct interests. This has been

proved by our decision to sign the strate-

gic framework agreement with the United

States and our commitment to maintain a

strong partnership with the United States

on political, security and economic levels.

Our cooperation with the United States

continues to bear fruit. While our journey

from despotism to democracy has not

been easy, the Arab Spring has shown that

all countries going through such transi-

tions face turmoil. The protests in several

cities in Iraq reflect the fact that, while

some sectarian elements call for violence,

the majority of Iraqis want to express their

demands through democratic means.

With provincial elections this month and

general elections next year, Iraqis can

resolve their disagreements with ballots,

not bullets.

With the world’s fifth-largest proven

crude oil reserves and the region’s fastest-

growing economy, Iraq is an important

energy supplier and trading partner for

the United States. With our needs for

infrastructure to restore our electrical

power and water supply, Iraq offers invest-

ment opportunities for U.S. companies.

The United States has not “lost” Iraq.

Instead, in Iraq, the United States has

found a partner for our shared strategic

concerns and our common efforts on

energy, economics and the promotion of

peace and democracy.

– The Nouri al-Maliki is the prime minister of Iraq. This column was written special to

The Washington Post.

IRAQ: Military action won’t bring peace in SyriaFrom page 14

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