Members of the Cache Valley Peace Works gathered with signs, a flag, and staunch opinions in front of the Logan Tabernacle, Friday evening, to advocate for peaceful solutions to the conflict in Libya. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi came under renewed interna- tional pressure in February when he reacted with violence against rebels in his country. On March 18 the United Nations Security Council authorized a no-fly zone and military action over Libya. Air and sea strikes from American and European forces began the next day. Dave Powelson, a long-time member of Cache Valley Peace Works, said in the beginning, the U.S. was like a policeman breaking up a fight. Now, it has taken sides, and that will only create more prob- lems, he said. “Obama was correct in getting the UN to endorse this, and then acting as an agent of the UN to separate the sides I think was fine,” Powelson said, “and now, I think the United States has gone way beyond that.” President Barack Obama defended the military action with Libya on March 28 in an address from Washington, D.C., and made an assurance that the U.S. role will be limited. He called Gadhafi a tyrant and said in Libya’s past Gadhafi hanged people in the streets and killed more than 1,000 people in a single day. “We knew that if we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have rever- berated across the region and stained the conscience of the world,” Obama said. While Powelson said he does not support Gadhafi lashing out against the rebels, he said the rebels also went too far. Violent actions escalate into lasting feuds. “Ultimately, warfare causes reaction,” he said. “Although some- times violence can have a desirable effect in the short term, in the long term, and it is always the wrong way to go.” The Peace Works has been consistent since forming in 2005. Every Friday at 5:30 p.m. they assemble outside the Logan Tabernacle. They stand with their signs advocating peaceful solutions to world prob- lems. During these 30 minutes, as the group stood in the fading sunlight, Utah Monday, April 4, 2011 Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com S tatesman The Campus Voice since 1902 Inside This Issue 4/04/11 USU’s Herbarium hous- es 255,000 plant speci- mens in the basement of the Junction. Page 5 Softball’s losing streak continues at home with a trio of week- end losses to New Mexico State. Page 8 www.utahstatesman.com Official Student Newspaper of Utah State University • “It’s All The News You Need!” Take our readership survey online (www.utahstatesman. com, look for the button at the top) and get a free slice of Hazel’s Bread! Differential tuition asks students to pay more in three career fields Differential tuition is a “solution of last resort when all of the other arguments fail,” said Barmak Nassirian, associate execu- tive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers. This cost-per-credit expense is applied to certain classes above standard tuition for a university. A raise in the business school’s differen- tial tuition was approved in February, and students in this school will pay an addition- al $15 per credit hour beginning in fall of 2011 for upper division courses, which will reach a total of $97 per credit hour in 2014. Graduate students in the business school will see a $50 increase per credit hour to the current $199 they pay in differential tuition. It will increase another $50 each year for the next two years. The additional student costs are needed for faculty and staff salaries, operating expenses, student services and programs and expenditures such as marketing, said Ken Snyder, dean of the business school. More than a decade ago, USU imple- mented differential tuition in the under- graduate and graduate courses in the busi- ness school and the college of engineering, as well as graduate programs in the depart- ment of communicative disorders and deaf education. Nassirian said charging differential tuition is much more common at the graduate level, but charging undergraduates differen- tial tuition can be problematic. He said by charging more for certain classes, students may skip out on their dreams of becoming an engineer or businessman simply because it costs more. He said it is important that undergraduate classes be priced evenly so students can pursue their dreams without having to worry about monetary differ- ences. “For some people the added costs might not be manageable, so it makes students pick majors not on the basis of interest, but on what it might cost them,” Nassirian said. Nassirian did credit those making the decision to implement differential tuition, saying tuition pricing is a very agonizing decision and it is not anyone’s first thought to “jack up tuition.” Concerns about not being able to branch out and try different classes is something USU’s Executive Vice President Raymond Coward said doesn’t apply to “the vast majority of courses that charge differential tuition.” He said very few lower-division courses charge even a $2 per-credit fee. Business senator Skyler Jenks said students who want to try business classes won’t usually be taking the 3000-level courses that have dif- ferential tuition attached. Introducing differential tuition on undergraduate courses results in a change in student behavior, Nassian said. “The point is you really want to give as broad as choice of major as possible and let their interests define where they end up,” he said. Coward said since USU began charg- ing differential tuition, there has been no decrease in enrollment and students see the increase in fees as a need to improve their quality of education. “Many students understand that the differential tuition is an investment in the quality of their education and their future,” Coward said. Jenks said he has seen the difference dif- ferential tuition has brought to the teaching staff at the business school. He said he has been here since 2006 and over that time the improvement of teachers has been drastic. “Hands down I agree with differential By MEGAN BAINUM assistant news editor CAPS offers help to students affected by impulsive behavior More than 2 million people were brought into emergency rooms in the U.S. in 2010 because of drug abuse. Binge eating affected more than 5 million people. Americans spend more than $13 billion a year on various forms of pornography. These are just a few statistics from the USU Health and Wellness Center that demonstrate the impact human impulses have on individuals. Chris Chapman, a psychology resident at Utah State, is conducting a seminar through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) on April 4 in TSC Room 310B from 9:30-11 a.m. on behaving consciously and controlling impulses. “When people get into addictive cycles or behaviors, they stop becoming conscious, they just do them automatically,” he said. “We want to help students get things under control, whether it’s drugs or alcohol, eating disorders, pornography or anything they feel is unhealthy.” Chapman describes the impulses as “necessary,” and said with- out them, people wouldn’t feel the need to procreate, eat, exercise and destress their lives. However, dependence often takes the impulse too far, and an addiction may form. Jesse Crosby, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, has spent his years at Utah State researching these psychologi- cal problems, as well as treatments for them, with psychology professor Michael Twohig. He said when following an impulse, it’s something done without thinking of the consequences. The immediate rewards are positive, but the long term consequences are negative. There is a difference between an impulse and a behavior. “People try and stop the impulses, but that is impossible – all you can do is control the way you react to them. Just because you have an impulse it doesn’t mean you have to respond to it,” he said. The seminar will cover a variety of topics such as alcohol/drug abuse, pornography, overeating and overexercising, sex and pro- crastination. “People start excessively drinking or using drugs, sometimes Locals react to violence in Libya By LIS STEWART staff writer By KATE MARSHALL staff writer - See COST, page 3 THE HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is one academic college on campus that requires its students to pay differential tuition. Students impacted by differential tuition pay an extra fee per class on top of the general tuition amount. CARL R. WILSON photo REBEL FIGHTERS STAND near the front line east of Brega, Libya, Sunday. Cache Valley Peace Works gathered outside the Logan Tabernacle, Friday, in hopes of creating awareness about the violence in Libya. The Libyan rebel movement controls the country’s eastern half and wants to topple the regime of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. AP photo - See PEACE, page 4 - See ADDICTION, page 4 Thumbs up or Thumbs down on DIFFERENTIAL TUITION? @utahstatesman.com Take aPoll
Locals react to violence in LibyaBy LIS STEWARTstaff writer
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THE HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is one academic college on campus that requires its students to pay differential tuition. Students impacted by differential tuition pay an extra fee per class on top of the general tuition amount. CARL R. WILSON photo
REBEL FIGHTERS STAND near the front line east of Brega, Libya, Sunday. Cache Valley Peace Works gathered outside the Logan Tabernacle, Friday, in hopes of creating awareness about the violence in Libya. The Libyan rebel movement controls the country’s eastern half and wants to topple the regime of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. AP photo
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ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTORES REACT during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday. AP photo
International Banquet continues Japan aidBy ALLEE EVENSENstaff writer
RITU BISHT AND CRYSTAL MASON PERFORM a traditional Indian belly dance during Saturday’s International Banquet. The banquet will donate its proceeds to the STEPS fund. ARMEN HOVSEPYAN photo
“Every company in some way or another is going to run and oper-ate like a business. Being exposed to this is definitely going to help students in any school.”
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TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION more than the amount prescribed by the doctor is one form of impulsive behav-ior. USU’s counseling services hope to help students control these impulses. ALISON OSTLER photo illustration
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UtahandIdaho.Thehighendemismrateintheintermountainregionprovidesresearch-ersopportunitiestodiscover. “Wehavealotofspeciesherethatarerec-ognizedasbeingnewtoscience,”Piepsaid. Piepwasintroducedtotheherbariumasanundergraduatestudentmajoringinbiol-ogywhenhetookaplanttaxonomyclass. “Ilearnedabouttheherbarium,whatithadandhowitcouldbeused,earlyoninmycollegecareer,”Piepsaid.Hebecameabotanicalconsultantfortheherbariumbeforehegraduated.PiepalsoholdsadegreefromUSUinenvironmentalstudies. Theherbariumwasstartedin1932byDr.BassettMaguireafterheconvincedtheUtahAgriculturalExperimentStation(UAES)andthestatelegislaturethattheuniversity,thencalledUtahStateAgriculturalCollege,need-edanherbarium,becauseitwasalandgrantinstitution.Beforehereceivedapprovalfortheproject,Maguirehadalreadyacquired10,432specimens.Duringitsf irstyear,theherbariumadded3,479specimens.AsanofficialprojectoftheUAES,thepersoninchargeoftheherbariumisrequiredtofileanannualreport. “Thesereports,althoughwrittenprimar-ilyforinternalconsumption,areanimpor-tantsourceofinformationconcerningtheherbarium’sdevelopment,”Barkworthsaid.UtahStateUniversityhastwoaddi-tionalherbariumsontheUintahBasinandBlandingcampuses.TheherbariumontheLogancampusisthelargestofthethree.TheherbariumisworkingoncatalogingtheirspecimensontheInternet.Aspart THE CYPRIPEDIUM, A TYPE OF ORCHID, is one of many specimens found at the USU
Herbarium, located in the basement of The Junction. The Herbarium has proven to be a helpful teaching facility for watershed science graduate student Bennett Hestmark. LAUREN BROTHERSEN photo
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‘Tis the season of snifflesFROM SNIFFLES TO SNEEZES, allergies are often annoying. A trip to the doctor can be hard to schedule and over-the-counter medication gets expensive. Some students try home remedies to alleviate some of the spring-time runny nose and watery eyes. ALISON OSTLER photo
of the Intermountain Region Herbarium Network, their collection will be on the network’s website, http://www.intermoun-tainbiota.org. “The idea would be that people could search by scientific name as well as common names,” Barkworth said. Bennett Hestmark, a graduate student in the watershed science program, is working on a project that looks at aquatic plant spe-cies growing in and around the Green and Yampa rivers. His project requires him to collect and identify the specimens for stor-age in the herbarium. “I use the herbarium’s resources to help me identify which plants I have collected,” Hestmark said, “Plant taxonomy can be very frustrating, and having those keys and cor-rectly identified specimens to compare with helps my process greatly.”
Vance Almquist, a junior majoring in environmental soil and water science, uses the herbarium for his plant systematics class. “It’s really useful if you’re trying to do something with native plant species, espe-cially if you’re looking at distribution,” Almquist said. “It’s the physical connection to the actual data.” Almquist volun-teers at the herbarium and helps mount specimens. He said he enjoys spending time at the herbarium, noting a set of late 19th-century German botanical journals as a par-ticular favorite. “There’s a lot of history here,” Almquist said. “It’s ethereal to be walking around in here with stacks and stacks and stacks of plants.”
Make your own Easter candy dish without breaking the bank
With Spring finally in the Logan air, most people have taken down Christmas decorations – hopefully – and are prep-ping the home for the upcoming Easter holiday. While Easter is also a religious holiday, none can deny the sweetness that is Easter candy. And because candy and treats tend to flow in abundance throughout April, I searched for some-thing to contain it all. Luckily, the craft site tipjunkie.com led to a blog entitled My Garden of Eden, which had a post showing readers how to make simple, but colorful candy jars.
Here are the materials needed:
• glass jar (currently 50 percent off at Hobby Lobby) • candlestick holder (found at the dol-lar store) • A type of strong adhesive (I used E-6000 glue.) • Spray Paint (I used Ballet Slipper Pink)
Directions: 1. Remove any markings or labels from the glass jar. Hot soap and water always does the trick.
• Optional step: Attach a wooden knob to the center of the glass jar’s lid using the E-6000 glue. Make sure you read the instruc-tions for how to use the glue and give the knob some time to set.
2. Take the lid from the glass jar and the candlestick holder and spray paint them any color.
3. Let the paint dry and paint a second coat if needed.
4. Glue the candlestick holder to the center of the bottom of the glass jar.
5. Place the dry lids back on the jars and decorate them however desired.
6. Finally, and this is the most impor-tant step, fill them with candy!
And voila! A simple, easy and cute candy jar to hold Easter sweets.
EASTER IS FAST APPROACHING and decorating can be expensive. Follow these directions for a quick and easy candy jar to display your Easter goodies. JESSICA SWEAT photos
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US: The world is ending and you have a bunker. Let’s assume that your family is safe. You can fit yourself and three people. Who do you pick?
AG: I would pick Katie Jacobs, because she’s hilarious and Kylie Boam and, um...
US: I guess you don’t have to save three people.
AG: I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings if they read it. All right, we’ll say Keeley Eldredge because she’s my roommate.
US: So, do you have friends whose names don’t start with the letter K?
AG: Yeah, but I have a lot that do.
US: How did you end up at Utah State?
AG: I was looking into schools. They came to my school a few times just with their little stand. I came up for a campus tour and I loved it. It was even cold and I still loved it. Then I went to BYU and I didn’t like it so I came here.
US: As you were here looking around, taking their tour, is there any place you remember thinking, “That’s cool”?
AG: The A rock, thing, you know. The True Aggie “A.”
US: Are you a True Aggie?
AG: Yes, we don’t need to talk about that.
US: I think we do. Did you know the guy?
AG: Yeah, so it wasn’t one of those. We went and stood in line for an
hour and I was wearing heels and it wasn’t fun and then it was … not fun.
US: You’re major is Social Work, what is it you want to do with that?
AG: I want to help kids, like foster kids.
US: You’re living on campus?
AG: Yes, I live in Valley View Tower. It has it’s literal ups and downs. There’s been some drama living with
all girls. You know how that goes. Maybe you don’t.
US: I can imagine.
AG: Yeah, and then there’s been a lot of fun too. There’s more fun than drama. But I would definitely recom-mend it because you meet a ton of people.
US: You’re on death row, what’s your last meal?
AG: Can I eat as much as I want?
US: As much as you want.
AG: I want my mom’s mashed pota-toes and her beef, I don’t know she just cooks it in a pot, roast kind of thing, whatever. And I want her cookies, her chocolate chip cookies. Crab legs from the coast. I don’t want any Utah crab, even thought that’s all I’ve ever had. And homemade pizza, that chicken alfredo kind. So good.
US: You’re on death row. What did you do?
AG: I murdered somebody. With a stick. I beat them to death.
US: Aggie Ice Cream, how do you feel about it?
AG: Oh, it’s great.
US: Favorite f lavor?
AG: Aggie Blue Mint.
US: Classic ...
AG: … but delicious. It’s my favorite for a reason.
US: Favorite season?
AG: I love all of them for different reasons.
US: You gotta give me one.
AG: I like the ending of winter.
US: When everything’s muddy and dead and gross?
AG: No, when it still snows in the mountains but there’s green grass down here. That is the best because then you can go skiing and it’s great. And it’s warm enough you don’t have to wear your coat.
US: We need to dive more into your brain. Do you do politics at all?
AG: Nope.
US: Are you artistic in any way?
AG: I like to draw. People, mostly just girls because that’s all I can draw.
US: Do you play any instruments?
AG: Nope.
US: Have you ever wanted to play any instruments?
AG: I tried before. I played the viola in fifth grade and then I quit. I played the clarinet in seventh grade and then I quit for art. Then I tried the guitar in ninth grade and it just ended somehow.
US: What is it you look for in a man?
AG: It’s going to sound like a total girl answer but I really like it when a guy will help me do chores. No joke, I was doing the dishes one time and this guy just decided to help me and I fell in love.
US: What happened with that?
AG: Oh it’s, progressing, hopefully.
US: What do you like to read?
AG: I like LDS books.
US: Like “Work and the Glory”?
AG: No, yuck. “My Not So Fairy Tale Life.” That one’s so good, that’s a crier. Or, “A Modest Proposal.”
US: Oh dear … maybe we should just leave this conversation behind. Do you know what the original “Modest Proposal” was?
AG: Yeah, but that one’s “The” mod-est proposal. I thought that’s what my teacher was talking about but it wasn’t. It was the real one. It’s not about that, it’s not about eating babies, it’s about modest clothes.
ANNIE GIBSON, A FRESHMAN IN social work, said she likes Aggie Blue Mint ice cream and LDS books. She also used to play the viola in the fifth grade and looks forward to helping children with her degree. BENJAMIN WOOD photo
such as a cold, a deformity of the nose or food intolerance. For this reason, Davis suggest that allergies be prop-erly diagnosed by a board-certified allergist (a medical doctor specially trained to treat allergies) to avoid the self-administration of inappropriate medications or other remedies. “My annual f ight with allergies is uncomfortable, but it also takes a seri-ous toll on me mentally. It makes me feel unfocused and tired,” said Esther Carson, a freshman majoring in psy-chology. According to motherearthnews.com, studies have shown that during their respective allergy seasons, suf-ferers often experience a general sense of fatigue – especially mental fatigue – and are more prone to feelings of sadness. People who suffer from aller-gies also are up to 14 times more likely to experience migraine headaches than those who don’t have allergies. “I mostly just get allergies in the spring. I hate taking medication, though, so I don’t usually do anything about it,” Carson said. Connor Allred, a sophomore in physics, also suffers seasonal allergies. “I’ve had symptoms ranging from a continuous, annoying postnasal drip to a full-scale, coughing, sneezing-
itchy-eyed allergy attack,” he said. He said he used to get symptoms as extreme as hives appearing on his skin. He found that a good remedy for this is to put half a cup of baking soda into a warm bathtub and soak for 20-30 minutes. His symptoms have also lessened since he has slept with a dehumidifier in his room and used saline solution more regularly. “You can make the solution yourself by mixing a teaspoon of salt in a pint of warm, distilled water and adding a pinch of baking soda. After that, bend over a sink and sniff a bit of solution into one nostril at a time, letting it to go back out through the nose or mouth,” he said. Davis said there are things you can do to urge your allergies away, but there are also ways to prevent the snif-f ling and sneezing. A few minor life-style changes can go a long way toward keeping symptoms under control. He advises students to avoid using win-dow fans to cool rooms because they pull pollen indoors, keep windows closed when driving, take showers more often and limit time outdoors. “Avoidance of the allergen is the number-one way to prevent allergies from taking over,” he said. “If you’re already suffering from it, there are a
lot of antihistamines available, like benadryl, cortoisone. There are also saline nasal sprays and netti-pots, which are also really good for clearing out the sinuses.” There are also drug-free ways to treat symptoms, should they arise. Davis said that quercetin, found in citrus fruits, onions, apples, parsley, tea, tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce and wine, can help improve symptoms. He advises taking a supplement as well, to build up enough of the compound to prevent attacks. A German study published in the journal “Allergy,” found that partici-pants who ate foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, like cold-water fish, wal-nuts, f laxseed oil, grass-fed meat and eggs were less likely to suffer allergy symptoms than those who didn’t regu-larly eat these foods. “Some may need a doctor’s help to find out for sure that pollen is the source of their misery,” Davis said. “If your allergies interfere with your ability to function, if over-the-counter drugs don’t give you relief or if you experience symptoms on a regular basis, you should see a doctor.”
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Home Remedies for your Allergies • Peppermint Tea – Place 1/2 ounce dried peppermint leaves in a 1-quart jar. Fill two-thirds of the jar with boiling water, and steep for five minutes. Let cool, strain, sweeten if desired, and drink. • Slather horseradish on your sandwich or plop Wasabi onto your favorite sushi. • Boil several cups of water and pour into a big bowl (or a plugged sink). Lean carefully over the bowl, and drape a towel over your head. Breathe gently for 5 to 10 minutes. • When you’re finished breathing steam, let the water cool until warm, saturate a washcloth, and hold the cloth on your sinuses (the sides of your nose, below the eyes, and above the eyebrows). • Take a tablespoon of honey, made locally, every morning and evening.
information from health.howstuffworks.com
who complete the most service hours at the end of the year. In addition to individual chapter competitions, Silver Wings and Arnold Air work together on a joint service proj-ect each semester. There is also a national service project and national and international conferences which are held each year. This year’s national conference, Americon, will be held in New York from April 22-26. Basset said in the ‘70s, involvement in the Silver Wings Club was much bigger and the entire student body would compete for the trophy. Today, the club has lost much of its recognition at USU. Basset, who learned about Silver Wings through the ROTC program, said the club is trying to restart after the USU chapter fell apart last year. “I enjoy it. It’s a good way to be involved in the communi-ty and a club that is nationally recognized,” she said. “It’s fun to get to know more people who enjoy service and to help the community on a local level.” Although the club is focused on creating service projects and promoting publicity for next year, its members haven’t been deterred from looking for ways to serve in the mean-time. The club meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Military Science Building, where they report their service hours for each week and discuss ideas. Vice president Rachel Austin said members have been involved in several cleanup projects, such as picking up trash around the Aggie Parking Terrace. The club is looking to work with local organizations such as the humanitarian center and the recycling center, and they are organizing a project to repaint Logan’s miniature golf course in the upcoming month. Austin said they are working towards creating more publicity for next year. “I love it because it’s so social and I can be a part of some-thing that’s worthwhile,” Austin said. Club secretary Jessica Swift said the club is currently planning plenty of projects for next year, and in addition to working with the humanitarian center, they hope to work with the Utah Festival Opera Company in the summer. In the past, Silver Wings has worked with the Rock Haus to create a fundraiser called Climb for the Cure, in which participants raised money for the total amount of feet they climbed. The club also plans to work with Arnold Air to organize a Bike for the Cure race in April. Apart from the opportunity to meet other students, Swift said a benefit of being involved was becoming an officer in the club and building leadership experience for a resume. Officer positions include president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, public relations director and a liaison officer who works with Arnold Air recruitment. Swift, who has been a member of Silver Wings for three years, said the club officially began a chapter at USU last spring and is slowly building its membership. She said there are currently more cadets than civilians in the club, but they hope to gain more recognition at this year’s Day on the Quad.
USU SECOND BASEMAN LINDSEY MARQUEZ makes contact with the ball during Friday’s doubleheader against New Mexico State. Marquez had a pair of RBIs over the weekend, but USU came up short of getting its first win in conference play against New Mexico State. STERLING BOIN photos
Soccer pounds Idaho State 5-0 By TAVIN STUCKIstaff writer
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Three USU gymnasts crack top 15 at NCAA regionals
USU GYMNAST LYNDSIE BOONE sticks her landing during a gymnastics meet on March 4. Boone finished 14th in all-around at NCAA Regionals last weekend. Teammates Rachel Vaske and Jackie Dillon also cracked the top 15 in all-around competi-tion, with Dillon finishing a team-best eight place overall. CARL R. WILSON photo
Track continues domination at three different meets
By TYLER HUSKINSONassistant sports editor
UTAH’S AL JEFFERSON drives past the Lakers’ Pau Gasol during Friday’s 96-85 loss at home. Jefferson had 17 points and 10 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to keep Utah from being eliminated from playoff contentention. TODD JONES photo
Utah will miss postseason for only fourth time in 28 years
Soccer: AggiesdominateBengalsontheroad
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If there was no religion there would be much less vio-lence. Those of you reading have undoubtedly heard this claim against religion. You may be among those who believe this claim, and rightly so. The bloody crusades of the mid-dle ages were driven by the Christian church, terrorists cause destruction in the name of their God and denominations such as the Westboro Baptist Church seem to use rhetoric and faith as a weapon in religious discourse – if you can refer to their utterances as such. I would venture to say that religion must be looked at as a sum of both its negative and positive qualities, rather than sim-ply focusing on the former, which the new atheist movement seems to have fallen in the habit of doing. There is no doubting that horrible things have been done by people claiming to be religious. Such acts have been commit-ted in the name of religion at times. However, when we investi-gate these claims we find that there is more to a story than we were previously aware. Take the Crusades for example. These gruesome events have been painted by some as the product of an oppressive church who sought to retake the Holy Land due to superstitious reasons and massacre Muslim “infidels” in the process. Thus the Church gained its reputation as an oppressive and domineering force, and at times it has acted as such. However, one investigating the Crusades finds that the conflict arose from a shift in power from one Islamic group to another. Under Saracen control of Jerusalem, Christian pil-
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broaden our understanding of multiple subjects, challenging our ideas and finding, through diverse experiences, what truly inspires us? The USU mission statement includes the goal of “diversity of thought,” and we believe that educational diversification is just as important as specialization, if not more so. The Huntsman School of Business currently charges differential tuition for its upper division courses and we wonder how many students have buried their curiosity for marketing, management or economics because an English class is free. At 18 we are ill-prepared to choose what we are meant to do, and by increasing the costs associated with certain courses, the definition of their value changes to the point where students are more inclined to broaden their understanding of language, art, philosophy and the hard and soft sciences as opposed to forking over the dough for a business course. Advocates of differential tuition have, under-standably, the desire to see their programs excel. They want extra funds in order to attract higher-profile faculty and in turn increase institutional prestige. We would argue, however, that students at USU made the conscientious decision to come to this university based on a percieved value. Each of us had the opportunity to bury ourselves in debt pursuing degrees at Ivy League and top-tier institutions but we decided, as individuals, that Utah State had the right balance of quality and cost and the sense of community that we desired for our collegiate experience. Differential tuition, however, destroys this sense of community. As the price of courses become more disparate, the metaphorical divide between business majors and non-business majors widens. What happens when the dominoes fall and more colleges request differential tuition? How long before USU is an a la carte education where you select only the mate-rial that pertains to your narrow focus? The word “university” shares a root with “univer-sal,” meaning all-reaching and all-encompassing. We believe it is best to pay our tuition and then have the freedom to take whatever coursework our fancy leads us to. If the Huntsman School – or Arts, Education, HASS or Natural Resources – does, in fact, require more funds, then let us decide as a collective to raise our tuition, and pre-serve our freedom to diversify ourselves. Perhaps there are ways to mitigate the effects. Could differential tuition be lowered for non-majors taking electives? Could students be given a credit allowance before differential kicks in? Whatever the case, we must preserve the aca-demic mission of diversity of thought. We must preserve students’ freedom to try new things. There is no way to know in what program an indi-vidual student may excel, but that decision should be made based on interests and curiosity and not stifled by financial barriers.
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‘The people’ need to know In my last column, I opposed Obama’s involve-ment of the United States mili-tary in Libya. My chief grounds for this opposition were based on principles held by Obama himself. I called on Obama to tell the American people why he thought Libya was not “a dumb war,” as he had called the Iraq war. An anony-mous commenter objected to my opposition, arguing that “we have no idea the kinds of things that are going on behind the curtains.” I am frightened by how prevalent this thought seems to be. It is a sentiment that stands in stark opposition to the ideology that that the gov-ernment is, in former president Abraham Lincoln’s words, “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Lincoln’s statement is itself an unraveling of the begin-ning of the Constitution: “We the people.” This is the chief principle of the practical orga-nization of the government: That the people are capable of, and ought to, rule them-selves. Such a form of govern-ment opposes those that rest on the idea that the people are not capable; that they must instead be ruled by an elite class or individual who is unique and exceptional. Such forms of government base their authority either on physi-cal power, such as modern-day despots like Gadhafi, or a higher power, such as God. Representative govern-ments, on the other hand, are based on the consent of the governed. By consent, we mean un-coerced consent. The people agree that they will be better off if they band together to establish a govern-ment, even if individuals fre-quently have to submit their own will to that of the govern-ment as a whole. In order to believe that such
a government can be effec-tive, we must believe that the people as a whole are intel-ligent enough to rule. To do so, they must have access to information. The idea that we must trust our leaders to make important decisions, based on information that we do not have access to, takes away our role in the government. The notion that the president is beholden to information from “behind the curtain” stands on the same side as authority being derived from God. The king in that system has special access to God, so the people must succumb to his authority and inspired wisdom. Non-representative governments derive their power elsewhere than from the people. To trust our leaders from “behind the curtain” is to place the source of power in information, rath-er than in the people. To do so is to turn representative government on its head. I do not mean that everyone in the United States needs to know every little thing about every government action and policy before voting for their leaders. In a representative government, people vote for politicians they believe have the same general set of prin-ciples they do. However, for a representa-tive government to function effectively, it is vital that the people know what their lead-ers stand for; that they are able to evaluate how effec-tively their leaders implement their principles. If we can’t evaluate our leaders we can-not make intelligent decisions
regarding who to vote for. With President Obama, the election of principles seems to be quite clear. We elected the rather abstract ones of “hope” and “change.” We also elect-ed a man who, as senator, had opposed American involve-ment in Iraq. He gave a clear, principled statement of why he opposed that involvement. When it comes to foreign policy, we elected a principle of non-intervention, except when a foreign power poses “imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to (the foreign power’s) neighbors.” Obama’s own secretary of defense, Robert Gates, stated that Libyan intervention is not vital to American interests. Either Obama seriously dis-agrees with his own secre-tary of defense, has changed his principles, or has no real principle on the matter at all. Either of the first two situa-tions is acceptable. Intelligent people are open to changing their minds when exposed to new information. But if Obama disagrees with Gates and believes that Libya poses this threat, he must make his case to the American people. Or, if his principles have changed, he must tell us why. It is abso-lutely necessary as the leader of a nation built on the prin-ciple of “we the people.” To not do so, to rely on us to trust him blindly, is to show the same respect for the citizens of this nation that an absolute monarch has for his subjects. Trusting a leader due to his specially-held information is the same thing as deriving the source of government power from “behind the curtain,” not from “we the people.”
Charles Major is a graduate student studying business. He can be reached at charlesrma-
To the single ladies of Logan Many of you speak of a “dat-ing problem.” The problem as you define it is: “I hardly go on any dates.” You seem to think you are the victims of the inferior male gender – too stupid, lazy or blind to ask you out. After all, many of the leaders of the pre-dominant religion of the valley have told you so – but this view extends to all girls in Cache Valley. Many of you go on frequent, fun dates and know how to court like a normal rational human being, but many of you don’t. There may be some truth to the notion that Prince Charming is more captivated by “Call of Duty” than by the perfectness and electness that you just radiate. But let’s be honest, Prince Charming doesn’t play his roommate’s x-box much, and the only radiating you’re doing involves this week’s trigonometry assignment. There is a dating problem, but it’s a joint prob-lem. Here are some pointers that will help you do your part: 1. Prioritize – If a man asks you out, clear your schedule. Homework, club meetings,
commitments to attend your roommate’s art show, intramural games – all of these, if they are even real – are poor excuses. Chances are the man who asked you out had to ditch his friends, sacrifice that important study group, or is otherwise making you a priority. Backing out of a date for anything other than death of a parent or sibling demonstrates that you are either confused by your own schedule, meaning you’re a psycho witch, or that you never actually intended to go out with him – a lying witch. If you think you’re playing hard to get, you’re probably pissing him off to the point he needs Nazi-zombies to relax. 2. Honesty – You obsess about how you want your man confident and manly. So treat him like a man. If you don’t like a man, just tell him. Stop lying, stop excusing and stop avoid-ing. Failure to speak the truth or exaggerating is lying. You are not sparing anyone by lying – lazy witch. Instead you are making him feel like an idiot for believing you when you told him you couldn’t go on a date with anyone for a while because you are too busy with homework. When he sees you at Charlie’s with that douche guy on Friday night, he’ll know
-See DATE, page 11
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grims were allowed to come and go without harm. This peaceful interaction lasted for four centuries until Turks seized power in 1065 C.E. and massacred approximately 3,000 Christians Europe responded with military force and the infamous Crusades began. The objective of outlining the above exam-ple is to demonstrate a point. People often focus on either the positive or negative aspects of a group or an event. We focus on the car-nage of such conflicts without even acknowl-edging how wonderful it was that Muslims and Christians were able to peacefully interact for centuries. In our modern day both Muslims and Christians are often mashed into over-generalized groups. The extreme Religious (Christian) Right, in their hypocrisy, paints Islam as an evil religion of violence, focusing on those who commit violence in the name of their distorted faith rather than focusing on the vast majority of Muslims who live a happy and secure, in other words normal, existence just like the rest of us. It fails to acknowledge the Islam of Muhammad, which respected Jews and Christians as followers of the same god, and allowed violence toward only those who took up arms against the military. Christianity is also unfairly generalized as the religion with a continuing history of vio-lence and oppression. The justification of slav-ery by the Catholic Church is highlighted, but not religious individuals such as Roberto de las Casas who sought to end oppression and
slavery, or Martin Luther King Jr. who based his struggle for civil rights on his religious faith. Anyone familiar with the teachings of Jesus Christ will find not a man preaching the hell-fire and damnation of more fundamental Christianity, but the man who said “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” (John 8:7). Like this example of Christianity, it often takes little effort to deter-mine whether or not a religion is in accordance with the ideologies it claims to follow. Violence is not a characteristic of religion, but a characteristic of passionate human beings who are not always capable of making rational decisions. It would exist whether religion did or not. The most violent conflicts in human history have been waged by non-religious dic-tators such as Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, whose combined atrocities claimed the lives of hundreds of millions. People will always find something to fight over in both the presence and absence of religion. Religion is not without fault because people are not without fault. As long as religions remain institutions comprised of human beings they will lack a spotless record. Religion is only as good as the sum of its parts. Those parts happen to be both good and bad, and if we are to be fair we must draw attention to both.
Cam Davis is a senior studying political science and religious studies. He can be reached at
you lied, you lying witch, you. All that you’ve succeeded to do is prove that “Gran Turismo” would have been a better use of the time he spent talking to you. 3. Communicate – If you don’t like sushi, tell him before he pulls up at Black Pearl, a real man will have solutions. Two weeks later when he asks your roommate why you won’t answer the phone is not the time for him to find out – lying witch. This blow to his self-esteem will probably require him to spend a few hours with “Halo” to regain his loss. 4. Maintenance takes two – You can vote, wear pants and play football. In this new world you can ask a boy out. Maybe not for a first, second or even third date. But at some point even Superman needs you to initiate the activi-ties. A man will probably plan and execute most dates, but he can’t do it all. Face it, at
some point it’s your turn – selfish witch. 5. Perfection – Yeah he may have mixed up the words when he asked you out, but lately it looks like you’ve been mixing all of your food groups with Tollhouse cookie dough. Really it’s amazing he even looked past your terrible eyeliner to see somebody worth asking out. I mean, it obviously must be interfering with your own vision. Or were you too busy think-ing of how you could ridicule this man on your unoriginal quote wall to realize he must like you enough to make his palms sweat? He’s not going to be perfect, but neither are you – arrogant witch. So see past his attempts to be the Superman you demand, and be nice to the man inside.
Richard Orcutt is a junior studying economics. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Alphatraz: Locking Out Domestic Violence” Apr. 6-8, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the TSC Patio Members of Alpha Chi Omega will “arrest” your friends and put them in a jail cell on the TSC patio for $3 for a warrant of your choice. Help bail out your friends for $10. Prisoners can raise bail any creative way possible. Although we will not force anyone to be in our jail or raise bail, we are asking for every-one’s help in this fight against domestic violence!
The Honors Program presents the 36th Annual Last Lecture given by Dr. Joyce Kinkead, Dr. Kinkead’s Last Lecture, Standing on Boo Radley’s Porch: The Importance of Story, combines a love for the humanities with a pas-sion for teaching. Please join us on April 6th from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the TSC Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public.
USU students have submitted academic works relating to the national Women’s History Month theme “Our History is Our Strength.” Works displayed at a Student Showcase on April 5 in the Merrill-Cazier Library 101 from 4 -7 p.m. The public are wel-come to attend.
The Registrar’s Office would like to remind everyone that April 4 is the Last Day to submit a Late Drop Form. After April 5 no dropping of Classes is permitted.
Our Living With Wildlife service project group wants to hear about your coyote and cougar sightings, etc around campus and through-out Cache Valley. Through your accounts we hope to be able to inform and protect the public in a positive way. Contact us via email: [email protected].
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Today in History: In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and sev-ered his spinal cord.
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