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Aggie football breaks the curseUSU dominates the Cowboys beating them for the first time since 1978

USU football head coach Gary Andersen summed it up simply at the post-game press conference Saturday night when he said, “Winning is fun. That is the No. 1 thing I can say.” Yes, winning is fun. And that is exactly what the Aggies did. After a series of heart-breaking losses, USU found its balance and dominated the University of Wyoming Cowboys. The Aggies won 63-19, beating Wyoming for the first time since 1978. After being down 12-0 early in the first quarter the Aggies jumped into action, scor-ing the most points in the first half than they have since 1991. This was the biggest win since USU beat the University of Idaho 63-17 in 1997. “We came out, down 12-nothing, but the biggest thing was we didn’t panic,” said Aggie quarterback Chuckie Keeton. “We had a few set plays, we just had to go out there and execute them, and it worked out.” The trio of Keeton, Robert Turbin and Bobby Wagner are among the best football players in Utah and should lead the Aggies to great things. Keeton is already getting his name mentioned alongside USU greats like Anthony Calvillo.

BY MEGAN ALLENassistant news editor

FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK CHUCKIE KEETON catches some air at Saturday’s game against

the University of Wyoming. Keeton had five passing touchdowns on the night, becoming the fourth Aggie to

do that in one game. He is the first to do so since 1993. CODY GOCHNOUR photo Read a recap and more

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Despite challenges, the change from Blackboard Vista to Instructure Canvas is going well, said Associate Vice Provost Robert Wagner. Canvas is replacing Blackboard as the school’s official com-

puter-based learning management system (LMS). Slowness performing tasks and hard-to-understand menus and communication tools are among some of the complaints users have made since courses began using Canvas. Those issues are being addressed

faster with Canvas than they would have been with Blackboard,Wagner said. “Canvas is an evolving product,” Wagner said. “Facebook, Twitter — all of those applications change, and they get better. That’s what we’re getting with Canvas that we weren’t getting before.” Ashley Hart, a junior studying family, consumer and human development, said she likes Canvas personally, but many of her classmates have complained about the system. She said in one of her courses, her classmates discussed ways they might persuade their professor to switch back to Blackboard. Hart said her own opinion of Canvas was inf luenced by the way one of her instructors demonstrated the site. “Our teacher provided a video of the important links in Canvas that we needed to get through, and it was easy,” Hart said. Hart’s brother-in-law Ben Blau is an assistant professor in the department of economics and finance. Blau said he adopt-ed Canvas this semester because he knew USU would be dropping Blackboard, and he wanted to make the transition sooner rather than later. So far, the two systems seem about the same, Blau said. “And in my opinion, both are pretty

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an incredible human being, according to the epitaph of Steve Jobs, who died last Wednesday at age 56. His death has a resounding impact, and many USU students were eager to share thoughts about the man behind Apple Inc. “I think Steve Jobs did an incredible amount for technology,” said Carey Larson, USU bookstore employee and speech com-munications major. “Historically, he will definitely rank up there with Edison.” Logan Brown, an undeclared freshman, said it was Jobs’ life story that inspired him. According to his biography, Jobs was an extremely intelligent and innovative child, who was placed up for adoption as an infant. Elementary school bored Jobs immensely, and he was a prankster who was often in trouble. However, he tested so well that administrators wanted to skip him ahead to high school. When Jobs was 21, he sold his Volkswagen to provide capital to start Apple Computers, which was incredibly successful. In 1985, however, he resigned from the company. Later, he purchased an animations studio, which later became Pixar, and went on to produce wildly popu-lar animated films.

Jobs returned to the struggling Apple in the 1990s. He gave himself a salary of $1 per year as CEO, hired a new management team and altered stock options. Apple immediately began to rebound. Around the same time Pixar merged with Walt Disney, making Jobs Disney's largest shareholder. Jobs discovered he had a rare but oper-able form of pancreatic cancer in 2003. He battled cancer for almost a decade, and died October 5, 2011. Apple and PC users alike have been ref lecting on the loss. “Steve Jobs revolutionized the world. He was an incredible businessman, and was incredible at marketing. He made people want to be cutting edge. He made people demand attractive design,” said Hannah Stokes, a USU senior who does not own a Mac. “Not only that, Mac’s customer service is incredible. Whenever my mom has prob-lems with her Mac, she takes it to the Mac store and is very impressed with how much they help her. They hire educated people.” Even Jobs’ arch-rival Bill Gates conceded that Apple’s designs are sometimes awe inspiring. In 1984, Gates said, "To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures peo-ple's imagination. And the Macintosh — of all the machines I've seen — is the only one that meets that standard."

Students react to death of visionary Steve JobsBY EVAN MILLSAPstaff writer

University still trying to convert to Canvas

STEVE JOBS’ CAREER has had an impact on

American society. As one of the biggest player in

both computers and animation, he has changed

the way Americans use technology. AP photoSee MAC, Page 2

EVERY UNIVERSITY IN the Utah Education Network is in the process of switching from

Blackboard to a new online program called Canvas. At this point professors have the choice between

the two programs, but in 2012 Canvas will be the only one available. KYLE PETT photo See CANVAS, Page 2

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slow,” Blau said. “Entering grades into the grade book seems to be a little more monot-onous with Canvas, although announce-ments made in Canvas seem to be a lot more efficient than they were in Blackboard. Canvas has worked well with that.” Blau said he hasn’t taken any training on using Canvas, and that may be one cause for the difficulties he’s had with the system. Faculty Assistance Center for Teaching Instructional Designer Shane Thomas said technical support is available for those struggling with Canvas. “USU faculty have more hands-on sup-port in this migration process than any of our peer institutions,” Thomas said. Wagner said tutorials for students and faculty are available on the site itself, and that the IT Help Desk has played a large role in the transition. “They have done just an amazing job of being there for students and faculty — mostly students — in providing them help,” Wanger said. This semester, instructors had the option to adopt the new system, to stay with the old one or to forgo the use of an LMS altogether, Wagner said. Utah Education Network’s contract with Blackboard expires June 30,

2012. After that, he said, USU will lose access to the website and any instructors who wish to use an LMS provided by the university will have to use Canvas. Blackboard is no longer developing its Vista product, so the university was forced to upgrade to Blackboard’s new product or change companies. The new Blackboard product is so differ-ent that USU would have faced substantial changes whether the school switched to a different company or not, according to a report compiled by LMS Administrator Neal Legler. Wagner said about one third of the process of transferring courses from Blackboard to Canvas is complete. Nearly 25,000 students and more than 850 teachers are now using Canvas, according to Legler’s report. Legler said as courses are moved from Blackboard to Canvas some problems with content on course sites can’t be avoided. “There’s been a lot of troubleshooting at the individual course level, as students come across broken links and things like that,” Legler said. There have been fewer of those problems

than he anticipated, given the unprecedent-ed amount of information that needs to be transferred from the old system, he said. In order to facilitate a smoother transi-tion and make Canvas a useful tool for the university, the FACT is compiling feedback from instructors and students, Legler said. In addition to collecting feedback through its website, FACT conducted an email sur-vey of more than 900 students. When some instructors who adopted Canvas this semester had concerns about using the system, Thomas said those instructors were able to discuss the problems in person, in a meeting with the software engineers working on Canvas. One advantage Canvas has over Blackboard is the ability to respond to fac-ulty and student concerns quickly, Thomas said. “We’ve given them suggestions, and we’ve seen fixes and changes in minutes. Before in any other learning management system it would have taken weeks (or) months to get some of those changes,” he said. Along with the better customer support and room for future innovation Canvas has compared to the old system, UEN has also saved money in its contract with

Instructure. One instructor at USU who will not be making the switch to Canvas this fall has found another way to communicate with his students. Associate Professor Preston Parker said he got sick of using Blackboard and as of last spring started using Facebook, instead. Using the social media site’s group-building feature and an online application called Gradebook Portal, Parker said he successfully replaced the role of Blackboard for three of his public relations courses. Parker said that none of his students have expressed concern about using Facebook to communicate for the course, and he’s only had two or three students who didn’t already have a Facebook account. Legler said students can avoid some frustrations with Canvas by making sure they’re using the latest version of their web browser. “Canvas pushes the latest technol-ogy,” Legler said. “As a result, students using browsers predating that technology will have trouble.”

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“It’s funny how much Apple is copied. I was just f lipping through a ShopKo ad and saw a bunch of different varia-tions of the iPad,” said Steven Haws, a human resource management major. “I work on PCs, and I think it’s kind of pathetic how Windows 7 is an imitation of MacOSX. The iPhone, too, was the first big smart phone, and now a dozen different companies have just barely tweaked their versions of it, so as to not infringe upon copyright laws. Imitation is the highest form of f lattery.” “Whether you use a PC or a Mac for college, you owe a lot to Steve Jobs,” Brown said. “Most of us college students were born in the ‘80s or ‘90s, after Apple had already busted out onto the scene. Since we were born in the Apple Generation, we take technology for granted, but Apple really did come up with a lot of the ideas that are vital to everything we do today.” According to the Wall Street Journal, Jobs was not

angry about other companies using his inventions. In a 1994 interview, Jobs said, "If you say, ‘Well, how do you feel about Bill Gates getting rich off some of the ideas that we had?’ You know, the goal is not to be the richest man in the cemetery. It's not my goal anyway. Going to bed at night saying ‘We've done something wonderful,’ that's what matters to me." Not everyone loves Macintosh computers. Stokes, though she admires Jobs, said she finds PC’s easier to use, because she grew up with them. “Macs are awesome. They have no viruses, but they are way too expensive. The only reason I don’t have a Mac is because of money,” said Jake Keyes, a history major. Other students choose not to use a Mac because they don’t want to learn a new interface, said Eric Willeitner, an aerospace engineering major and PC user. Macintosh computers, which not everyone uses, are not

necessarily as important as Jobs’ legacy — the impact he had by inspiring people to challenge the status quo and think outside the box, Brown said. Jobs was a progressive even though he knew his death was impending. In 2005, two years after he was diagnosed with cancer, Jobs said, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''


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Steve Jobs’ impact on society reaches beyond that of Macintosh computers

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University faculty learning to use Canvas as online grading system

In an effort to prevent USU students from parking along the shoulder of U.S. Highway 89, Parking and Transportation Services partnered with USU Police Department to install “No Parking” signs, to inform students that parking there is prohibited. This is the first year parking along that road has been a real problem, said James Nye, director of Parking and Transportation Services. “This year it has just exploded,” he said. “The major concern is trying to cross four lanes of traffic,” said Joe Izatt, assistant director of parking and transportation services. Police Chief Steve Mecham said while the posted speed is 40 mph, people usually travel about 50 mph along that road, and as students try to back in and out of their parking spots they run a serious risk of get-ting hit. “We’re just concerned someone is going to be seriously hurt,” he said. USU Police, he said, is also concerned students might get hit while crossing the street to get to their cars. To solve this problem, USU Police sub-mitted a letter to the Utah Department of Transportation seeking approval to install permanent “No Parking” signs in that area. The request must then go through the traf-fic commission. “We anticipate approval, but we don’t want to stand by while someone gets hurt,” said Capt. Steve Milne of the USU Police. In the meantime temporary signs have been placed along the road to warn students

of the dangers of parking in the area. Many warning citations have also been issued in an effort to keep students safe, he said. While there is a great need for parking on that side of campus, representatives of Parking and Transportation Services and USU Police urge students to plan better and

utilize the parking that is already there, Nye said. “A lot of the people parking on that road have permits, but it is quick and easy to park on the road. But it is not worth the convenience to get run over,” Nye said. While Parking and Transportation

Services did not make this decision in response to the recent accident on that road, it is a good example of how dangerous that road can be and the safety measures needed in that area, Mecham said.


USU Police aim to abolish parking along Highway 89

UNIVERSITY POLICE, ALONG WITH the Utah Department of Transportation are working to permanently ban parking along Highway 89 across

from the Business Building. There is a parking lot available adjacent to the road with a tunnel to cross the road safely. CARL R. WILSON photo

BY ALLIE JEPPSON

staff writer

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Recent grad earns prestigious award

BriefsCampus & Community

-Compiled from staff and media reports

A recent graduate of USU’s College of Agriculture, Mark Rowley, received the U.P. Hedrick award, one of the largest honors in the field of pomology, the study of stone fruit trees. Part of Rowley’s thesis, enti-tled “Alternative Alleyways for Tart Cherry Orchards,” received the first-place award from the American Pomological Society. Rowley’s paper will be published in a future volume of the Journal of the American Pomological Society. Rowley’s thesis addressed prob-lems with organic fruit manage-ment and the challenges associated with managing insects and weeds in orchards without using pesti-cides. His research looked at how well cover crops suppressed weeds and the amount of water needed to inhibit growth. His research is especially pertinent for steppe cli-mates, which includes many parts of Utah. Rowley found that legumes could provide nitrogen for fruit trees, but required more irrigation water, which can be scarce. Rowley graduated from Utah State University spring 2011. The winning paper was a collabora-tive effort of student and professor research. Co-authors of Rowley’s project included USU faculty mem-bers Brent Black, Corey Ransom, Jennifer Reeve and J. Earl Creech.

Aggies for Change thanks alumni To help thank the alumni donors

who keep tuition costs low, Aggies

for Change is sponsoring Love a

Donor Day.

On Wednesday, Oct. 12, from

9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the club will be in

the International Lounge of the TSC

to allow students to write thank you

letters to university donors.

Alumni support helps keep our

tuition low. Tuition only covers 16

percent of the total cost of our yearly

education.

All students who write a letter

will receive a coupon for free Aggie

Ice Cream. The club that has the

most participants will receive $200

for its organization.

Two USU faculty members recently received the second install-ment of a five-year grant valued at more than $2.6 million for their work training scientists around the world to develop f lu vaccines. This installment represents $485,000 and comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. The grant is part of the World Health Organizations’ effort to strengthen the ability of develop-ing countries to produce f lu vac-cines. In February, 16 scientists from seven countries arrived at USU’s Center for Integrated BioSystems to learn manufacturing techniques for producing f lu vaccines in their home countries. Now, Kamal Rashid and Bart Tarbet will visit the participants in their home countries to see how they are progressing. Next year, Rashid and Tarbet will host a sec-ond batch of scientists. Rashid and Tarbet will travel to Bulgaria, Egypt and South Africa. The first two visits allow USU’s experienced faculty trainers to assess how the training has been incorporated by participants. After their travels abroad, Rashid and Tarbet will bring what they learned back to USU and will continue to train new participants in preparation to fight a global f lu pandemic.

USU goes global to fight the flu

CampusNews

In the Friday, Oct. 7 issue of

The Statesman, it was written that

Colleges Against Cancer is planning

to help with Race for the Cure. The

correct even it Relay for Life.

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Friday, Sept. 30

-dent at the Fine Arts Center tunnel. Police found a car key and remote in the tunnel.

Industrial Science Building. The alarm was acti-vated by a blast furnace that was producing too much heat in one of the classrooms. A work order with HVAC was submitted to investigate the prob-lem.

Saturday, Oct. 1

for and apprehending three individuals suspected of robbing someone and burglarizing a vehicle.

was extremely busy. USU Police arrived and observed four individuals outside. One of the individuals decided he did not talk to the police and ran. USU Police pursued and arrested the individual for minor in possession of alcohol and failure to obey the command of a police officer and booked him into the Cache County Jail.

arrived and stood by while one individual was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol. The

and USU Police cleared from the residence.

Sunday, Oct. 2

-dent at Greaves Hall. Police made contact with the individuals inside the apartment. Police deter-mined there was no suspicious odor.

bikes from the covered bike racks by Davis Hall. The bikes were logged and placed into safe keep-ing.

-dent that involved two vehicles in which one ran a red light and hit the other vehicle. Both individu-als stated they are going to USU and only one

minor injuries.

Monday, Oct. 3

the USU Townhouses after a friend reported they had not had contact with her for several days. The two were OK and the female stated she would call the friend to let him know they were OK.

the Aggie Shuttle. The items will be stored at USU Police until the owner identifies and claims the items.

-tion medication that had been placed in the drug

drop box located in the lobby of the police depart-ment.

safety concerns about an employee that quit and was leaving USU.

Tuesday, Oct. 4

-west side of the Health Physical Education and Recreation building where a construction worker injured his left foot. The injured worker was

Hospital for observation.

occurred in the Parking and Transportation bus storage area. A shuttle bus driver accidentally hit another shuttle bus while backing up in the park-ing stall.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Engineering Building for a report of writing on the sidewalk.

USU Police received a crime report of a student that had been flashed by a male suspect while walking home from school Tuesday morning.

Compiled by Megan Allen

Contact USU Police at 797-1939

for non-emergencies.

Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000

EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911PoliceBlotter

USU students and community members rode bikes and listened to music as part of a charity fundraiser to raise money for a local boy and his family Saturday. At the event called Psyched to Bike, partici-pants decorated bicycles and rode them on a short course starting in Merlin Olsen park and ending at Citrus and Sage, a café near the inter-section of 100 E. and Federal Avenue. After the ride members of Uncommon Collective, a work-study program under USU's Access and Diversity Center, played folk music on the café's patio. Uncommon Collective sponsored the event with the help of the USU Hip-Hop Club. Money was raised to help the family of a boy with severe autism buy a bike trailer for trans-portation. Access and Diversity Center Program Coordinator Todd Milovich said he didn't want to give too many details about the family, and throughout the event the boy was referred to by his first name. “Daniel is an 11-year-old boy with severe Autism,” Milovich said. “He is also a very big 11-year-old boy; he weighs 140 pounds. His fam-ily doesn't really have any money, and they don't have a car.” Daniel's mother has tried using the bus sys-tem, but finds it difficult for her family's needs, Milovich said. A trailer that Daniel can ride in would be an effective solution, he added. “A trailer is a lot of money, though,” Milovich said. Regarding the donations from Saturday's event, he said, “We got a start on it, at least.” Uncommon Collective plans usually four large events a year and gives students the opportunity to work with kids in local schools, Milovich said. The program is based on the United Nation's Delcaration of Human Rights, focusing on the right to education, the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to participate in the community, Milovich said. “It's a thing that's supposed to be taught in schools, but it's not,” Milovich said, about the declaration. Milovich said along with the rights outlined in the declaration come responsibilites.

“You have rights, but you have to act as well,” he said “We're going to teach the students how to act — how to organize events, how to participate in the community, how to be part of everything.” Mowefa Eastmond, a student involved with Uncommon Collective, said he used his role as president of the USU Hip-Hop Club to promote the event. The club often participates in charity events, and he thought Saturday's event had a good turnout, he said. Eastmond also participated in the event's

“Walk on the Wild Side.” Katie Harker, a sophomore and the treasurer for the Hip-Hop Club, attended Psyched to Bike with her family. Harker said she liked the setting for the event's live music. “I like things that are intimate, where it's just like it's not a big concert scene,” Harker said. The music also helped attract people to the charity fundraiser, she said. People passing by the café would stop, listen to the music, and pos-

sibly learn about Daniel and the fundraiser. Uncommon Collective found out about Daniel through Genevieve Borrego, the owner of Citrus and Sage, Milovich said. Borrego often works with Uncommon Collective and lets its organiz-ers use her café for events. Borrego said she met Daniel's mother through the daycare both mothers use, and she wanted to help. Helping out in a community is important, Borrego added. “Wherever I live, that's my community.

where I put all my focus,” Borrego said. She said when she has an idea for an event to help the community, she usually contacts Milovich and Uncommon Collective.“He really, really has a passion and a desire to help these kids,” Borrego said. Donations for Daniel are still being accepted at Citrus and Sage.


Club bikes to raise money for local autistic boy

MEMBERS OF UNCOMMON COLLECTIVE and the USU Hip-Hop Club held “Psyched to Bike” Saturday afternoon to raise money for a local boy, who is autistic. The clubs want to raise enough money to buy a bike trailer for his family to help him get around town in. Photo courtesy of Nichelle Allen

BY STEVE KENT web editor

A different sort of (k)napping

ANDREW STRAUP, OF LOGAN, DEMONSTRATES the art of flint knapping on the USU Quad. He will show how to make arrowheads at the final Cache Gardeners’ Market Oct. 15. After the Gardeners’ Market, he and some friends will be on the Quad demonstrating how to throw of atlatls with arrow-heads attached. CARL R. WILSON photo


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‘Stomp’ing into Logan For about 20 years they have played sold-out shows around the world. Their tickets sell for hundreds of dollars. Their explosive performances shake the theatre and bring audiences to their feet. But they aren’t The Rolling Stones; they are the performers of “Stomp”. Since its premier in the early ‘90s, “Stomp” has become an international sen-sation that combines 11 performers and a variety of recycled everyday objects to create an energetic show that incorporates movement, dance, music and percussion. The show will play at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Oct. 11 and 12. “Having them come to Logan is a special opportunity,” said Wally Bloss, executive director of the theatre. “This is a national touring company that has never been here before.” “Stomp” was founded in Brighton, England, in 1991, by Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell, who spent 10 years developing the show before its first performance. Marissa Castillo, program director at the Eccles Theatre said the high energy

and creativity of the show makes it a great activity for students from all backgrounds and interests to attend, even if they aren’t typical theatre patrons. “It’s a perfect show for students,” Castillo said. “It’s not a boring show. There’s a lot of energy, and students appreciate it. It’s really a show for anyone between three to 100. Because it has so much going on, every guest will appreciate it.” Although ticket prices are beyond what most students are used to paying for an evening’s entertainment — after the 25 percent discount offered to USU students, the tickets range from $20 to $35— Castillo said attendees should know this is a unique opportunity to see a national tour for a portion of the regular price. “We’re bringing this great show to Logan that otherwise wouldn’t be here and making it affordable. They’d be paying a lot more if they saw it anywhere else,” she said. Bloss said it’s important that students take an active role in supporting the arts by attending live performances such as “Stomp”. “There is an energy that f lows between a performer and the audience,” he said.

“You get involved in what they are doing and they get energy for the audience.”But “Stomp” is more than just an exciting, high energy show, Bloss said. “It is also a lesson in recycling,” Bloss added. “Everything they use for instru-ments are found objects — cans, pieces of tubing and so forth. They don’t go buy stuff, they just make things. That’s one of their fun appeals.” This practice is known as upcycling, which local artist and upcycler Nancy Jones said is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into objects with a new function. “We all throw too many things away,” Jones said. “Shows like “Stomp” are inspirational and teach us what you can do with things you find at thrift stores and garage sales, or even just around your home.” Jones, said she uses only second-hand household objects to create her art, the same way “Stomp” does. All of the show’s percussion instruments are made of recy-cled items. The show’s prop list includes brooms, lids, trashcans, folding chairs and old shoes. In a world in which resources are becoming increasingly scant, Jones

said, the need for recycling is becoming increasingly more important. She said some people think recycling is a pain, or things made from recycled materials are not as valuable, aesthetically pleasing or usable as new products. Jones said she is excited that shows like “Stomp” help pres-ent the idea of reusing and recycling in an exciting and positive way. “The show is another way to encourage students to get creative,” Jones said. The Ellen Eccles Theatre hosts a family activity before each “Stomp” performance in which, Castillo said, attending families make musical instruments, similar to ones used in the show, out of recycled materials provided by the theatre. Castillo said theatre organizers hope this event will promote the show while encouraging audiences to explore creativ-ity in recycling. “We’re hoping to get everyone involved in the recycled theme of the show,” Castillo said.


Cricket brings a piece of Europe to the Quad Even though it’s not university official, that doesn’t stop cricket diehards from holding games and tournaments on the Quad throughout the summer and the warm months of each semester. The last organized cricket tournament was in September, held by the Indian Student Association. Over 30 students par-ticipated, from undergraduates to doctoral students, according to the three winning teams’ rosters. Although it was held by thew ISA, Indian students were not the only ones interested, said Swadesh Patra, an electrical engineering doctoral student. “Cricket is the most popular game in Southeast Asia,” Patra said. The sport is nothing new to him, he said. Having grown up in India, he is a seasoned

Cricket veteran.“I’ve been playing for the past 12 years now. Cricket is very popular in our part of the world.” Satyajit Desai, a master’s student and the sport secretary of ISA, lived in India and came to USU last semester. Cricket was a familiar sight to him. “Cricket is a really big thing in India,” Desai said. “People are crazy over there in cricket.” ESPN Cricinfo, an online source for cricket game updates, team and world cup information, traces the origins of

cricket to northern Europe during the Dark Ages.

The game is played with hard leather ball roughly the size of a baseball,

a flat-faced wooden bat and 11 players on each team. An inning is over after every player on the team has batted.

The team to score the most runs after the end of two innings, one for each team, wins.

It may not be as well known as football or baseball in the United States, but there is a USA cricket

team. The new 2011-2012 cricket season begins later this month. “There are a lot of people around here who play cricket, so we just wanted to organize an event around those guys,” Desai said. The games and tournaments have been well received, with up to 50 students showing up to play. The games attract spectators as well, he said.

“We usually have a good crowd interested in the game,” Desai said. The tournament in September was no exception, he added. “We had a few bystanders watching the game and asking ques-tions like, ‘How do you play?’” he said. Patra said people stop to watch because cricket looks vaguely recognizable. “It looks familiar to baseball so they want to try it out,” Patra said. While Patra has helped to organize cricket teams and tourna-ments at USU, he was not the first to introduce Logan to cricket. “When I came to USU in 2006 we already had a group of peo-ple playing cricket,” Patra said, “but it wasn’t very organized.” Despite the lack of organization, groups were still gathering to play games of cricket on the Quad, especially in the summer months, he added. “We play often,” Desai said. “In the summer we actually played every weekend.” Now that the sport has become more organized campuswide, cricket players from USU play in summer tournaments in Salt Lake City, hosted by the University of Utah. “This summer we reached the semi-finals,” Desai said. It was his team’s second summer at the tournament, he said. A snow-covered Quad makes for a less-than-ideal cricket set-ting, Patra said. It’s much easier to play in the warmer months,

BY MACKENZIE VAN ENGELENHOVENstaff writer

BY NOELLE JOHANSENstaff writer

items to put on a high-energy show. Since its debut in the ‘90s, “Stomp” has become an internationally recognized preformance. The

show will come to the Ellen Eccles Theatre Oct. 11-12. MCT photo

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Even though it’s not university official, that doesn’t stop cricket diehards from holding games and tournaments on the Quad throughout the summer and the warm months of each semester. The last organized cricket tournament was in September, held by the Indian Student Association. Over 30 students par-ticipated, from undergraduates to doctoral students, according to the three winning teams’ rosters. Although it was held by thew ISA, Indian students were not the only ones interested, said Swadesh Patra, an electrical engineering doctoral student. “Cricket is the most popular game in Southeast Asia,” Patra said. The sport is nothing new to him, he said. Having grown up in India, he is a seasoned

ISA, lived in India and came to USU last semester. Cricket was a familiar sight to him. “Cricket is a really big thing in India,” Desai said. “People are crazy over there in cricket.” ESPN Cricinfo, an online source for cricket game updates, team and world cup information, traces the origins of

cricket to northern Europe during the Dark Ages.

The game is played with hard leather ball roughly the size of a baseball,

a flat-faced wooden bat and 11 players on each team. An inning is over after every player on the team has batted.

The team to score the most runs after the end of two innings, one for each team, wins.

It may not be as well known as football or baseball in the United States, but there is a USA cricket

team. The new 2011-2012 cricket season begins later this month. “There are a lot of people around here who play cricket, so we just wanted to organize an event around those guys,” Desai said. The games and tournaments have been well received, with up to 50 students showing up to play. The games attract spectators as well, he said.

It was mid-way through the 2010 college basketball season when Kamari Hale came to the Spectrum with her friends, sit-ting next to a seat saved for her by the band. She can’t exactly remember when it happened, but at some point during the game a member of the drum line said they needed an extra person to help during the game. Excited at the thought, she leaped from her seat and sat with the drummers. The lead of the group handed her the cowbell. “They needed someone who could just hit the bell to the beat, and I’ve been to every game ever since,” said Hale, a music education major from Blackfoot, Idaho. Hale grew up with marching bands. Her parents drove the travel bus for Snake River High School when she was five and would let her tag along. She remembers interacting with the bands and watching them play on trips. She also remembers how she always wanted to learn an instrument and be a part of a marching band.

“It’s what I always wanted to do,” Hale said. “Since my personality is kind of loud, I got attracted to the loudest instrument and started playing drums.” The 20-year-old sophomore was president of her high school band for three years, highlight-ing her drumming skills at talent shows, music competi-tions and pageants along the way. Impressed by the program in Logan, she made her way to USU where she plays symbols for the marching band. She also plays the cowbell — an instru-ment made comically famous by Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell on “Saturday Night Live” — for the basketball pep

band. She is a member of Tau Beta Sigma, the national honor-ary band service sorority. She said she loves every minute of the attention she gets on the big screen, obliging the crowd’s chants for “more cowbell.” “I remember the first time I was put on the big screen in the Spectrum, and I thought ‘Oh, crap.’ I didn’t know what to do. Over time I tried to get into it, then the crowd would cheer me on, and I’d just go with it and start dancing. It’s always a lot of fun.” Through her experience, the game-time routine is generally the same. The band usually reports to the practice field two hours before each game in full uniform. It runs through the half-time and pregame routines, at least once. From there the band heads to the north stadium entrance. It is here they are lined up on standby to enter the field. Finally, 19 minutes before the game starts — yes, exactly 19 minutes — the band director brings everyone to attention and leads the band onto the field to the full support of the crowd. When the band plays road games, it usually isn’t met with such a loving response as Hale noted from her experience at the BYU game. “We didn’t wait for anyone, we just marched right in and were met with some angry glares,” she said, with a laugh. Amid the practice, time, effort and unbalanced attention, Hale said playing in the band will always be one of her favorite things to do. “I love band, it’s great,” she said. “Music inspires people, and it’s always been a part of my life. I want to keep inspiring people through music and always keep having fun. Being in band does all that pretty well.” When not putting her hand to music, Hale said she also

has a knack for landscaping. She took several classes in high school and placed first, three separate occasions, at the Idaho State Fair in landscape architec-ture. She said she’s considering making it an additional study at USU. She loves drawing and trying out new restaurants, citing Factory Pizzeria as one of her favorite local spots. Whether it be through music, landscaping or sharing her “loud personality” with her friends, Hale grades a day in her life on what she enjoys most. “I like having fun; that’s what matters most to me.” Sometimes, she said, mak-ing that happen just takes more cowbell.


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I don’t believe

that rock is dead. I

don’t think that popu-

lar music, nor MTV

has killed true rock.

Rock exists today in

the bands that play

in little venues —

sometimes big ven-

ues — tour for months

and try to express

themselves through

creamy and growling

distortion. I experi-

enced a portion of

this rock in a shack

just outside of down-

town Salt Lake City called the Kilby Court.

Last Friday I went to see Wavves with Ty

Segall, Mikal Cronin and Spell Talk.

After parking at the janitorial supply

store, one then must go down the alley

of the Kilby. Lovingly put by my friends,

it’s the alley where you might get shanked

by a crack dealer. Trust me, the residents

of Kilby Court and the alley to get to the

venue are very safe and friendly, but the

first time walking down the dim alley

may seem a little daunting. Dodging the

puddles, one is then greeted by a sign wel-

coming all to the Kilby and warning that

parking at this point is only for bands.

Before getting through the door I stood

for a minute, chilled by the night air. By the

fire sat some of my fellow concert goers

enjoying a cigarette, while feet away inside

the building the first band was sound

checking. It was a chilling 50 F and the

place wasn’t as packed as I thought it was

going to be. Being the skinny, little white

boy that I am, I froze for a while. It was all

worth it as the music started playing.

The first band Spell Talk was probably

my favorite of the bands that played that

night. They brought to the table a unique

blend of old southern-style blues with lines

of surfer rock that went down with a defi-

nite raw indie taste to it. Listening to the

vocals was like being transported through

time to a small mountain abode, to be

swept by the rough, yet enjoyable, back-

woods blues man. The Salt Lake-based

band was enjoyable to listen to, because

you could follow the lead guitar as the

other guitars built a wonderful platform

for these enjoyable riffs to launch from.

I would recommend following them and

listening to their music on Facebook.

The second band Mikal Cronin took to

the stage and lugged its pretty guitars and

amps onto the raised platform in front of

Christmas-light-decorated plastic siding,

aka the stage. As the band began to play, I

realized what I was getting into.

I would say Wavves is a noise rock

band that is slightly punk. That being said,

the bands to complement and open for

Wavves would be similar, and thus I got to

hear from two indie-punk bands.

Mikal Cronin, is a California-based band

and its music reflected that. It was a mix-

ture of California surf rock, mainstream

punk and face-melter

solos. It reminded me

of a harder, more distor-

tion-based Someone Still

Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

The cool thing about

Mikal Cronin was how

each song had an unique

and a seemingly com-

plex song structure and

complementing solo in

it. With three guitars it

sounded a little cluttered

at times, but the punchy

bass and upbeat drums

kept it together. A few

minutes into the seem-

ingly short, 30-minute set, I began to feel

a bit bored, even though they sounded

good.

After Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall took the

stage with a presence. I had a feeling that

they were the big band for the evening as

the shack got packed with people. Being

on tour with Cronin, Segall used a lot of

the same equipment but his style was dif-

ferent. I would describe it as being more

rough and intense, with emotion spewing

as he would sing into the microphone.

The guitars were moving and sounded

good, and there was a great groove settled

among the crowd as they chugged along.

Segall continued into chaos at points.

As he would scream and shout the crowd

ate it up. Maybe I wasn’t used to this type

of music, but after a couple of songs in I

started to feel bored, and my head started

to ache. Segall finished strong with a

couple of songs, which someone said

were covers, but I only recognized the bit

of “Iron Man” that they played. While they

were cool to listen to, I was hoping for

more tonality in the music and not chords

being blasted through a distortion pedal.

After they finished the set, Wavves then

began to load out onto the stage. They

had multiple effects so I was excited to

hear a variation in the programing for the

night. I had only heard Wavves through a

couple of singles on MySpace. I was hop-

ing for something like The Drums with

more crazy and distortion, but what I got

was AFI. It was as if they had been punch-

drunk over some silly, yet great, joke. The

punk feeling rock continued over the

upbeat bright beat and it was fun to listen

to, but the repetitiveness and flatness of

a lot of the songs made me grow tired of

them. Overall the concert was fun but

not what I was expecting. Personally, I’ve

never been to a punk concert like Warped

Tour, so I didn’t enjoy it as much as my

cohorts did. I would recommend looking

all of the bands up and listening to the

recordings, because from the recordings

I’ve heard, it’s significantly better than

listening to them in person — especially

Wavves.


Riding the ‘Wavves’

he added. But even the snow doesn’t prevent cricket players from appreciating their sport, Desai said. Last spring, players used the Fieldhouse to play indoor cricket, he said. ISA held the September cricket tournament, but the International Student Union is helpful in spreading the word about games and tournaments, Patra said. “We’re limited to Indian students,” Patra said, about

ISA. ISU helps get the word out to students from other cricket-playing countries, he said. Those who have visited cricket-playing countries get excited about cricket on the Quad, too, Desai said. “We had a few guys who went on missions to South Africa who had heard about cricket,” Desai said. Patra said the group also received some interest from people who had visited India, including missionaries.

“They’re really excited that even in Logan people play cricket,” Patra said. Whether or not cricket is on its way to becoming a mainstream sport in the United States, it has an international following and a new-found home in Logan, he added.


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Football

WACStandings

Top 251. LSU (40) 6-0 1,450 12. Alabama (10) 6-0 1,405 23. Oklahoma (8) 5-0 1,382 34. Wisconsin 5-0 1,243 45. Boise St. (1) 5-0 1,222 56. Oklahoma St. 5-0 1,176 67. Stanford 5-0 1,164 78. Clemson 6-0 1,080 89. Oregon 4-1 1,000 910. Arkansas 5-1 921 1011. Michigan 6-0 868 1212. Georgia Tech 6-0 741 1313. West Virginia 5-1 659 1614. Nebraska 5-1 642 1415. South Carolina 5-1 608 1816. Illinois 6-0 594 1917. Kansas St. 5-0 580 2018. Arizona St. 5-1 414 2219. Virginia Tech 5-1 410 2120. Baylor 4-1 308 2521. Texas A&M 3-2 251 2422. Texas 4-1 216 1123. Michigan St. 4-1 181 NR24. Auburn 4-2 156 1525. Houston 6-0 142 NR

USU men’s soccer wins againBY MACAEL IVIEstaff writer

The men’s soccer team kept its winning streak alive, 9-0-1, after a 2-1 victory against Salt Lake Community College Saturday. Last weekend the Aggies played against SLCC at home and won 4-3. USU expected another tough battle from the Bruins in Salt Lake. The game started off fast paced with a strong defense from both teams. SLCC ended a 0-0 deadlock in the 25th minute, scoring on a defensive miscommunication and organizational error. SLCC remained ahead until the 40th minute, when forward Josh Gammill scored on a superb, individual effort. After beating one defender and then fighting through another, Gammill slotted one home into the corner to tie the game up at 1-1. “I felt the game against SLCC showed exactly why we are a great team,” Gammill said. ”Even with a slow start and going down a goal, we didn’t panic. We remained composed, played our game, and came out on top.” At halftime when the score was tied 1-1, the team came back even more moti-vated and began to play more aggressively, stepping harder to all 50-50 balls. During the second half a strong defense was played with a few near misses. There was a close call at the 80th minute, when inside midfielder Jordan Butterfield rattled the ball off the post. The Aggies came through at the 85th minute to score their second goal of the game. Center midfielder Billy Harlow gathered the ball at the top-right corner of the 18-yard box, held it, waited for the run and then floated a perfect ball across the box to striker Tyson Kelly, who crashed the goal and finished off the cross with a diving header.

Aggies blast Pokes

BY TYLER HUSKINSONassistant sports editor

Utah State ended its streak of heart-breaking losses in a big way Saturday. The Aggies were finally able to find a balance between a juggernaut of a rush-ing game and little-used passing game, on their way to a convincing 63-19 victory over Mountain West Conference foe Wyoming on Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. Despite falling behind 12-0 early in the first quarter, the Aggies were able to rebound and score on eight straight posses-sions — the Aggies did not punt until late in the third quarter. The Aggies were able to get a balanced attack against Wyoming, which was some-thing USU hasn’t been able to do all season. USU rushed for 318 yards, while passing for 230. Head coach Gary Andersen said his staff felt it was an opportune time to open

up the playbook more and give quarter-back Chuckie Keeton a chance to use more options. “Chuckie was very good today,” Andersen said. “We opened up the offense a little bit for him. We felt like it was time and a great opportunity. Dave (Baldwin) and the rest of the offensive staff did a great job of getting him prepared to be able to handle that, and Chuckie played very, very well.” Keeton had a break-out night as part of USU’s offensive explosion. Keeton was 15 of 20 for 213 yards and had five touchdowns passing. Keeton’s five touchdowns and 213 passing yards all came in the first half. His 213 yards equalled his career high, which occurred against Auburn. His five touch-downs eclipse his former season total. The freshman phenom now has nine passing touchdowns on the season. “We all know he is a talented young

Keeton, Ags not conservative against Mountain West foe

attempts to

break a tackle Saturday evening on Merlin Olsen Field at Romney

Stadium. Smith had one touchdown reception and ran for two

more against Wyoming. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

BY TAVIN STUCKIsports editor

Bulls riding Cowboys? That’s what it looked like as Chuckie Keeton threw five touchdown passes to help Utah State beat Wyoming in an offensive rout, 63-19, Saturday night. The true-freshman from Houston threw for a season-high 213 yards before being pulled in the third quarter. “We just wanted to put up as many points as we could,” Keeton said. “We just had to go out there and execute, and it worked out.” Keeton now has 12 touch-downs on the season and leads the Western Athletic Conference in passing effi-ciency with a rating of 157.0. “Winning is fun,” said USU head coach Gary Andersen. “That is the No. 1 thing I can say. Our motto this week was to find a way to win the game.” The Aggies found them-selves in a hole early when Wyoming freshman quar-terback Brett Smith capped off the 77-yard opening drive with a two-yard run for the first score of the game, making the score 6-0 after a failed two-point conversion attempt. “It was great,” said Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen, of the early advantage. “We went down on our first drive and scored a touchdown. We took the ball, and we thought that we could move down the field and score.”

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Volleyball drops three-set match to IdahoBY CURTIS LUNDSTROMstaff writer

The Utah State women’s volleyball team had a rough night Friday, falling in straight sets to the University of Idaho, 3-0. Junior outside hitter Shay Sorensen led the Aggies with 10 kills and one block, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Vandal’s hard hitting in the loss. Sorensen, who was named to the 2011 Preseason All-WAC team, hit .375 for the match, including a couple of key points in a stretch that allowed the Aggies to get back into the first set.

After the Vandals opened up an early six-point lead, two quick kills from Sorensen got the Aggies back within three, but USU was unable to pull even. A quick 8-3 run by Idaho put an end to the first set by the score of 25-17. Sophomore outside hitter Alison Walker led the Vandal attack, recording a double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs. Four of those kills came in the second set, as Walker and the other Vandal hitters seemed to have their way with the Aggie defense. With five tie scores and four lead changes in the set,

USU kept it close for the first half of the set. Sitting even at 10-all, midway through the set, the Idaho offense took over, going on a 15-4 run to win the set easily, 25-14. Walker finished hitting .190 for the match. Senior All-American Liz McArthur recorded nine kills, had two service aces and three blocks in the loss. McArthur, a senior from St. George, struggled through-out the night to find a rhythm as errors plagued her on the offensive side of the ball. The third set was espe-cially tough on McArthur,

who ranks sixth all time at Utah State in kills. Despite having a team-high 36 attempts at the net, McArthur finished with a .056 hitting percentage on the night. As each side traded points to start the third set, McArthur and the Aggies were suddenly trailing, 14-7. The lead would only swell from there, as the Aggie offense was not able to fin-ish on plays, and the Vandals ran away with the set, 25-16. As a team Utah State hit .053 for the match, in comparison to .351 for the Vandals. USU edged Idaho

in serving, recording four service aces on the night to Idaho’s three. With the loss, Utah State falls to 7-11 on the season and dropped to 2-3 in WAC play. Idaho improves to 9-9 on the year, moving above .500 in WAC play at 3-2. The Aggies return home to the Spectrum Oct. 13 and 15 for a pair of conference matches against Fresno State and Nevada. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m.


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attempts a screen pass against Wyoming Saturday night on Merlin

Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. Keeton passed for a career-high 213 yards in the first half. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

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Monday, Oct. 10, 2011Page 8 StatesmanSports

Big weekend for Aggie hockey BY MEREDITH KINNEY

sports senior writer

The Utah State hockey team is calling this weekend as a success. After three games in three days, the Aggies are returning home from St. Louis with two wins and a tie against three of the best teams in the American Collegiate Hockey Association. “The only thing that could have made this weekend better would have been to walk away with three wins,” said USU head coach John Eccles. “We still walked away undefeated.” The Aggies took down Lindenwood University, the defending ACHA Divison I runner-up champions, in one

of the biggest wins in program history before putting away DePaul University Saturday. USU closed out the weekend tying with Michigan State University. “This is amazing for our program,” said Aggie forward Matt Hamilton. “People will maybe actually start realizing how good of a hockey team we are and give us credit for the things we do, because we are a great hockey team.” Utah State players expected the Spartans to be the biggest test of the trip, but that was before the team learned it would be facing Lindenwood. The Aggies’ first opponent of the trip was scheduled as the University of Minnesota-Crookston, but that team

backed out, leaving an open spot. Lindenwood lost to Davenport University in the National Championship game last year, however the Lindenwood Lions have taken home a national title in four out of the last five years. The Aggies faced the Lions, who are currently ranked No. 1 in the nation, in the opening game of the showcase and came out on top 3-2. “We came out, and we skated with them in the first period,” Eccles said. “We were a little tense and apprehensive at first. Once we got through that first period and it was still 0-0, we realized we could play with them.” The Lions scored first in

the second period, but the Aggies answered with goals of their own. The Utah State blue-line forwards Hamilton, Chase Allington and Cooper Limb were on the ice for two of the Aggies’ goals and Hamilton added an assist on the third. “We were up 3-1, and they scored a goal with 40 seconds left,” Hamilton said. “That was one of the biggest wins we’ve ever had. Eccles said Allesandro Mullane and the Aggie defense played very well for USU. Mullane faced 40 shots in the Aggie win. “Mullane really stepped up for us in both games,” Eccles said. In USU’s second game

of the tournament, an early morning matchup with DePaul University, the Aggies won 6-5. DePaul took the game to overtime, but the Aggies won in sudden death. “I don’t think we were as mentally focused for the game,” Eccles said. “We thought ‘OK we just beat DI, and now we have to go play DePaul.’ We didn’t really pre-pare ourselves to be mentally ready for it.” Stu Hepburn had his first career hat-trick playing on the Aggies’ orange line, which had five of USU’s goals in the game including the overtime winner. Utah State lead DePaul 4-2 after 40 minutes of play, but DePaul came storming back to

send the game into overtime. The Aggies got help from Billy Gouthro, who scored in OT to give USU the win. “When we got to the over-time it was kind of a wakeup call for us,” Eccles said. The Aggies opened up their third game against the Spartans fresh off the over-time win. Michigan State, who was last year’s ACHA DII runners up, tested USU all night but the Aggies held strong to force a 3-3 tie Sunday. Mullane faced 48 shots on the night. The tie closed out the Aggies weekend undefeated.


USU FORWARD BILLY GOUTHRO fights for position against a BYU player earlier in the season at home. Gouthro scored an overtime goal against DePaul to boost the Aggies, 6-5. USU also beat the Lindenwood Lions, a top Division I school, 3-2. The win over Lindenwood is the biggest victory in school history. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo

BY MEREDITH KINNEY


If the Utah State men’s lacrosse team learned anything from its first tournament of the season, it’s that college lacrosse is a whole new ball game. The Aggies traveled to Boise, Idaho, this weekend, and for the 14 players new to the team, the Gem State Invitational was an eye-opening experience. “I think our younger players were shellshocked by our first game,” said Utah State head coach John Atwood. The Aggies’ three-game stint to start the fall ball season kicked off Friday, with a matchup against Boise State University and then completed the weekend with games against the University of Idaho Saturday and Montana State University Sunday. Utah State went 1-3 on the weekend, pick-

ing up a win against Montana State to close out the tournament on a high note. Although the team struggled early, Utah State stepped up its play to end the weekend with a win. Utah State’s first game against Boise State was rough. The Aggies lost to the Broncos 11-4. “Game one was very telling,” Atwood said. “It was definitely a reality check for our 14 players who hadn’t played college lacrosse before.” Despite the struggles, the Aggies made adjustments and put together a much better showing against the University of Idaho. The Aggies stepped on both ends of the field looking much stronger, and this time around the Aggies cut the deficit to four, los-ing to the Vandals 10-6. Atwood said despite the loss, there were many positives to take from the weekend’s

second game. “We were able to move the ball better on offense,” he said. “We found a way to come up with more goals. Overall, we played a lot better.” Utah State headed into the final game of the weekend with nothing to lose and came out on top of Montana State 9-8. The young Aggies finally settled in as a team and found a way to win. “We’re trying to acclimate them to the college level of play,” Atwood said. “It’s a lot faster, it’s more hard hitting.” Once the Aggies settled into their style of play, the team found some space to make things happen. “By the last game, everybody was over their jitters,” Atwood said. “We came togeth-er as a team. Everyone contributed.” The Aggies managed to put more points on the board, and the defense stepped up to

give Utah State a chance for the win. “It was a whole team effort,” Atwood said. “Every single player contributed in some way.” Utah State’s offensive showing in Boise was fueled by the play of Kevin Mann and Matt Taylor. Both Mann and Taylor contributed for USU with multiple goals on the weekend. Mann is in his first year with the Aggies, while Taylor is starting his third year. On the defensive side, Utah State goalie Tyler Andrews stepped up for the Aggies. “Andrews played out of his mind the whole weekend,” Atwood said. “He was by far the best goalie up there.” The Aggies are on the road again next Friday against in-state foe Weber State.


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Grizzlies visit Eccles Ice Center, fall to SteelheadsBY MEREDITH KINNEY


Heading into their second preseason game, the Utah Grizzlies looked to repeat on the success they found in the first. After a 4-2 win against the Idaho Steelheads in the preseason opener, the Grizzlies hosted their second preseason game at the Eccles Ice Center Saturday night. Despite carrying a 2-0 lead into the third period, the Grizzlies fell to the Steelheads 3-2 in a shootout. Chad Nehring, who potted the first Idaho goal of the game, scored again in the shootout to lift the Steelheads over Utah. Idaho goaltender Thomas Speer was nearly perfect. The goalie took over in the third period and only gave up one goal to Utah skaters in the shootout. The Grizzlies offense was lead by goals from Jeff LoVecchio and Tyson Dowzak. The two first-period goals were far from the Grizzlies only opportunities of the period. Utah had possibly its best chance of the period when defenseman Derick Martin and forward Justin Dowling found themselves with a 2-on-0, in front of the goal. “I was just waiting for a pass across to one time it into the goal,” Dowling said. “All of the sudden Derick stopped skating, and I looked up and the net’s along the boards. I don’t know if he pushed it off or what, but I’ve never seen that before.”

Idaho goaltender Steve Christie stood up knocking the goal off its pegs and into the boards. The controversial move prevented a Utah goal and fired up players on both benches. The early 2-on-0 opportunity was far from Dowling’s only chance of the game. The center, who just joined the Grizzlies from their American Hockey League affiliate Abbotsford Heat, played well all night. His nifty stick work opened plenty of Grizzly opportunities. “It’s tough buzzing around the net so much and not being able to put the puck in the net,” Dowling said. Dowling added one assist on a pass to LoVecchio, who turned and went top shelf against Christie for the Grizzlies’ first goal of the game, at the 10-minute mark. “We’ve got a bunch of new guys, so we’ve got to get that chemistry going,” said Grizzlie goalkeeper Shane Owen. Down 2-0 after 20 minutes of play, the Steelheads came out strong, but frustra-tion got the best of both teams. In the second period alone the Grizzlies faced 18 minutes of total penalties. Despite the chippy play, the Grizzlies lead held strong, due in part to big saves made by Owen. Utah came out of the second intermis-sion looking a little too comfortable with its two-goal lead. The Steelheads cut the lead to one with Nehring’s goal and then tied it up with a well-played 3-on-5 power play, with three

minutes left in the period. “We felt too good about ourselves going into the third period with a two-goal lead,” said Utah head coach Kevin Colley. “That just goes with maturity, and guys are going to have to learn how to close games out.” Owen stepped up once again to make big saves and send the game to overtime, and then to send the game to a shootout, but the Grizzlies fell short of the win. “You’re a little bit nervous at first,” Owen said. “You want to make those saves for the team. It’s definitely tough, and you’ve got to be ready for it.” Idaho outshot the Grizzlies 15-6 in the third period. The two Steelhead goalies combined for 25 saves, while Owen tallied 30 of his own for the Grizzlies. “There are a lot of positives to build on,” Cooley said. “We were able to control the game at our pace and that’s a positive.” Both Utah and Idaho will have a week off from games as training camps continue. The two teams will face off once again Oct. 14 in Salt Lake City, in the first game of the regular season. “We’re a little banged up, but we’ve got a week off,” Dowling said. “It’s going to be nice to heal up, rest our bodies and clear our minds a bit.”

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Battling against wind and cold, the Utah State soccer team kicked off Western Athletic Conference home play in a big way Friday. The Aggies tallied a goal in each half to lift themselves over New Mexico State by a final score of 2-nil. With the win the Aggies broke a five-game slide. They struggled on their recent road trip but returned home to pick up a “W.” Utah State is unde-feated at Chuck and Gloria Bell Field thus far. “It’s huge, it’s especially nice to be home and playing in front of our family and friends,” said Aggie forward Shantel Flanary. Despite a few struggles with the weather for both teams, the Aggies came out on top with goals off the feet of Flanery and fellow forward Kendra Pemberton. The Aggies were also able to battle through the wet field conditions. “It definitely affects the grass,” said Aggie defender Summer Tillotson. “The ball skips a lot more, it’s really, really fast. You definitely have to get your whole body behind it. There’s a lot of mistouches.” USU made adjustments to its play and kept pressure on New Mexico State keeper Erin

Wosick throughout much of the first half. The Utah State opportunities were plentiful, but the Aggies struggled to capitalize early. “Early on we had quite a few crosses that we thought ‘Oh, they’re going in,’” said USU head coach Heather Cairns. “Sometimes when that happens your team gets a little frustrated, but I thought we weathered that really well; we stayed optimistic.” Perhaps no one weathered that frustration quite as well as Pemberton. The Aggie freshman found an opening in the 37th minute when fellow freshman Jade Tarver got her the ball on the left side. Pemberton was virtu-ally undefended as she booted the ball past Wosick. “Kendra’s a very special player for us,” Cairns said. Shantel Flanary got the cushion goal for the Aggies in the second half off a beautiful-ly executed combination, with assists from Mari Miyashiro and Jennifer Flynn. “Coming into this game both New Mexico State and us had lost our WAC openers, so we thought that it was impor-tant to emphasize this game,” Cairns said. “When you are in the WAC travel is really hard, so you have to make sure you take care of the games that you have at home and then try to steal some on the road.”

Utah State 3, Louisiana Tech 1 Aggie forward Pemberton added two goals and one assist, and Miyashiro tacked on a third in Utah State’s 3-1 victory over Louisiana Tech Sunday. With considerably better weather Utah State managed to remain undefeated at home. The Aggies move to 2-1 in WAC play with the win. The Aggies held the Bulldogs to just nine shots in the game, and Utah State found its stride early, connect-ing passes exceptionally well in the first half. “I think because of our last game, we gained some confidence,“ Pemberton said. “After struggling for five games and not doing our best, we pulled it together and got our confidence back.” Miyashiro found the back of the net for USU just six minutes into the game. The sophomore was set up by Pemberton from the corner, who passed the ball to Miyashiro in the middle. Miyashiro saw an opportu-nity and placed the ball past the outstretched hand of Bulldog goalkeeper Caitlyn Updyke. “We thought we came out and really started the game strongly,” Cairns said. The Aggies’ highly success-ful passing continued, which

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SOPHOMORE MIDFIELDER KENDRA PEMBERTON looks downfield against New Mexico State Thursday afternoon at Chuck and Gloria Bell Field. Pemberton scored a goal in the 37th minute to help USU to a victory over NMSU, 2-0. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

opened up big opportunities for Utah State. The Aggies had 10 shots on the period, includ-ing nice boots from Flanary and Pemberton. Pemberton added a goal when she caught a Louisiana Tech defensive mistake and scored from six yards out. The Aggies opened the sec-ond half with a 2-0 lead and

quickly added to it. Pemberton tallied her second goal of the game off of yet another beautiful Utah State pass. Flanary found Pemberton in the middle for her third goal of the weekend. Louisiana Tech cut the lead to two with a late goal, when chippy play resulted in a Utah State penalty. Scotti Culton

scored on USU goalkeeper Ashlyn Mulford to cut the Aggie advantage to 3-1. The Aggies head back on the road to take on the University of Nevada-Reno Oct. 16.


Six seconds later, Utah State’s Kerwynn Williams let Wyoming kicker Daniel Sullivan’s kickoff bounce past him into the end zone, where James Caraway grabbed it and scored a touchdown. Sullivan missed the extra point to make it 12-0 Cowboys before USU had even touched the ball, with just over 12 minutes to go in the first quarter “The first thing that came to my mind was ‘Kerwynn, what are you thinking?’” said USU running back Robert Turbin, about the play. “You’ve just got to keep playing, there are going to be ups and downs in a quarter. We just had to get that first drive in and gained some

momentum, and got the crowd in it, and we just keep rolling from there.” Turbin had 132 yards and two touchdowns in the game. After the second Cowboy touchdown, Sullivan again kicked off to Williams, but this time the junior returner took the ball 50 yards to the Wyoming 34-yard line. Turbin punched the ball in from the one just 1:42 later, pulling the Aggies within five, 12-7. Utah State forced Wyoming to go three-and-out on the next possession and the Aggies scored just over two min-utes later on a 53-yard pass from Keeton to running back Michael Smith, to give USU the

man,” Andersen said. “He’s tough to deal with in certain situations, and I felt like he managed the game. Even though it was more wide open, I felt he managed the game and played at a high level with a great supporting cast.” Keeton’s first touchdown of the game came on a well-executed screen pass to senior running back Michael Smith from USU’s 47-yard line. Keeton connected with five different receivers on the night, including tight ends D.J. Tialavea and Tarren Lloyd. His touchdown passes to those tight ends were the first and second touchdown passes caught by tight ends this season for USU. “It was great to see him deliver and great to see some other young men get involved in the throw game,” Andersen said. Keeton completed four of his five touchdown passes in

the second quarter. He found junior runningback Robert Turbin on a fade route from 19 yards out to put the Aggies up 21-12, and he later connected with senior wide receiver Stanley Morrison from eight yards out to push the lead, 35-19. “I was very excited,” Keeton said. “All week we worked on it. It just gave us confidence not only in our passing game, but we knew we could run the ball. Our offensive line got more con-fidence and our receivers got a lot more confident because they knew that they were going to be leaned upon to make some big plays, and it worked out for us.” Smith rushed for two touchdowns and Turbin rushed for one. Sophomore running back Robert Marshall, who hasn’t seen much playing time this sea-son but saw a lot last season, rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown on nine carries

“Our offense is very com-plex so, even if you a get a couple of weeks to prepare for it, you never know what you are going to get,” Turbin said. “There’s always some-thing new going in. We stick with a lot of the same stuff, but there’s always something new going in — something different to try and open

“I think we played really well, and it easily could have been 4-1 if their goalie didn’t make some huge saves,” Harlow said. “We have a lot of depth in our team that can put a lot of pressure on the opponents with fresh players constantly.” Utah State held on to the victory, finishing up the game 2-1 and defending its winning streak. They are now 9-0-1 overall, and 5-0-1 in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. “Overall, we showed good heart and fight today,” said USU team captain Trey Leonard. “Whenever you have to come back from behind to win a game it is a testament of our patience, determination and ability to secure the vic-tory,” he said. USU hits the road this weekend with games at BYU and Idaho State. The Aggies will be in Provo Friday to face the Cougars at 7 pm, and in Pocatello, Idaho, Saturday to face the Bengals at 3 pm.


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Balanced attack propels Aggie offense in victory over Pokesthings up. We did that tonight, and we were able capitalize and score a lot of points.” Keeton said he was not troubled at all that the coaches had not opened up the playbook for him up until this point. “I just have to run what-ever our coaches want us,”

Keeton said. “I know the offense isn’t built around me, it’s built around our offense. We have great running backs and great receivers, and we got to use our receivers a little bit more today; and it worked.”


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Football wins big, has highest offensive performance since ’97lead, 14-12. Smith had 104 offensive yards and three touchdowns in the game. “The game was a plus,” said the 5-foot-9 senior. “We got the victory. We did a lot of good things on offense, on defense and on special teams and run-ning the ball. The offensive line was great in protecting the quarterback and run blocking. They were making us holes everywhere, and it makes run-ning the ball much easier for us. We didn’t have to break so many tackles, we could just run for daylight. I am excited for this victory.” From then on Wyoming could not stop the Big Blue

scoring machine. The Aggies scored a touchdown on each of their first eight drives while racking the score up to 56-19, with 7:08 remaining in the third quarter. Backup quarterback Adam Kennedy came on for Keeton as the Aggies began another drive, with 4:10 to go in the third. The junior transfer from San Joaquin Delta College went 2-3 for 17 yards in cleanup duty. With just over four minutes to go in the game, USU fresh-man defensive lineman Tevita Vaifoou recovered a Smith fumble and returned the ball seven yards to the Wyoming 9-yard line. Aggie running back Robert Marshall took

three attempts at the end zone, scoring from the four on his third try to make it 63-19. Senior linebacker Bobby Wagner said the Aggies didn’t do anything different to get the win from any of the other games in the season. “I think we played good overall,” Wagner said. “I think it was a good win, with some big plays. That’s why we won. This definitely helps our con-fidence for conference play. You definitely want to be on a winning streak going into con-ference. We are headed in the right direction right now.”


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My position on ASUSU Executive Council as academic senate president consists largely of acting as the student liaison between faculty and students. I have the opportunity to sit on various committees where I am the lone student representative; I also am privileged in working jointly with each college senator to address the concerns of each college separately. This job is important, and I need to make sure that I appropriately address the concerns of the stu-dents. I feel — for the most part — that I do the job to the best of my knowledge and strive to express all students’ concerns. The biggest obstacle with this is that I do not know every student, nor do I have a way of knowing all their concerns and ideas regarding this university. One thing I feel the student body needs to know is they can be heard, and no matter who they are they can make a difference at USU. Many do not know that ASUSU is an acronym for Associated Students of Utah State University. We are here to address your concerns and to work for you. If it weren’t for the entire student body, members of student government would not be where they are. This is what I want USU students to understand: their voices are more than capable of being heard. What they need to do is speak out and let the appropriate people know what they want to see change. There are so many avenues students can take to voice their concerns. Some of our great resources are the senators for the colleges, the student advocate, student advisers, myself and many other students who know how to make a difference. A great example of this includes the new

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another class. It’s the feeling we get when we have two email accounts, both of which contain impor-tant updates, and we can never quite remember whether we need to go to Canvas or Blackboard for which syllabus or what deadline. Needless to say, we will be happy when we have made the full transition to Canvas. We’ve heard it again and again — people hate change. The fact that students have been trying to dissuade their teachers against upgrading from Blackboard is preposterous. We are sorry learning new technology is not convenient for you, but if we settled for the archaic, we would still be using MySpace and instant messaging systems. That’s right, some people still do. It’s time to move on, if you are a few years behind. Canvas, on the other hand, is clearly an innovative tool for students, implementing the essential communication tools offered by Facebook and Twitter into its program-ming so professors can connect with students more effectively. As soon as a student logs in to Canvas their infor-mation comes up like a Twitter feed. The student then must make sense of a pile of announcements that appear in chronological order. An inbox located on the top-right-hand side of the screen shows the number of unread messages sent from professors. These are only a few features of many that have us feeling right at home. Our generation is trained to collect information this way — in lists. The structure of the system is so familiar — thanks to social media sites — it should be easy for students to figure out. Trouble is, our professors hardly understand how Canvas operates. Not all of them, mind you, but many have not put in enough time to be able to ade-quately explain the system to students. Professors have resources available through the FACT that will show them the ins and outs of Canvas, but we’re positive many of them may not have taken full advantage of these tools. No doubt the choice to switch from Blackboard to Canvas wasn’t made by a lone professor, rather, it was made by the entire Utah Education Network, but we implore you to get on track with the program so we can get on track with your courses. Luckily, our tech-savvy generation will eventu-ally figure it out, but we’re presently not about to load any more tedious tasks into our full schedules. When our professors can’t understand how to load an assignment on Canvas, we aren’t going to jump at helping them give us homework. If only there had been a way to scoot every pro-fessor from the Blackboard system to the Canvas system during the summer months, we might be less annoyed now. We don’t know about you, but we don’t trust our brains to carry half of our schedules in one day planner and everything else in another. The sooner we can get all our eggs in the same basket, the better.

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Last spring I sat through a class discussion on the recent Arab uprisings. The professor relayed a story about how a foreign col-league had asked her if she thought the protests would spread to the U.S. Everyone, including myself, laughed. We then discussed what would lead an outside observer to ask such a ridiculous question. Now, only a few months later, Wall Street is flooded with protest-ers who were largely inspired by those same uprisings. They have been bringing tents and setting up camp since mid-September, vow-ing to stay until the system sees change. The protesters call them-selves the “99 Percenters,” a name indicating they are not part of the richest one percent they are taking a stand against. I must admit their determina-tion is admirable — I didn’t think they would last this long. It really is kind of disappointing that they won’t achieve anything other than traffic disruption. There is always a certain level of stress between the haves and have nots. I do believe a healthy society will try to close that gap as much as possible, but wealth itself is not a crime and merits no protest. As the crowds grow larger and louder, and the number of arrests — a statistic protesters love to flaunt — gets higher, they still can’t answer the most basic questions: Why are they there? Can anyone tell me why they are protesting? I have followed these events since the protest began and no one has been able to articulate a straight answer. Reasons ranging from wealth disparity, to tax laws, to the influence of Wall Street in politics have been cited. While they all seem to be there for general financial dissatisfaction, there are

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A sleeping giant awoke, not only in New York City, but in almost 850 cities, including sister protests worldwide. I speak, of course, of the growing Occupy Wall Street protest and the col-lective rage and frustration of the unemployed, the workers, the sick and the students who received the short end of the stick in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown while Wall Street and the investment class walked away unscathed. But if you look around, you can see this movement is not anything new. It has been taking place in Greece, Spain, Chile and, to a certain extent, the Middle East — we in America have been a little late getting on the train. In America we have two stan-dards. There’s one for the wealthy and powerful, and there’s anoth-er for the rest of us. Corporations and the wealthy enjoy enormous privileges, tax breaks and wel-fare, while the rest of us have to pull ourselves up by our boot-straps. When banks and other financial institutions — through unethical and unjust practices — get themselves into trouble, it’s perfectly fine for us to foot the bill with bailouts. But when nearly 50 million Americans — including 1 of every 6 children — slip into poverty, when record numbers of Americans are sick and dying because of inadequate health care, when unemployment con-tinues to soar, when tuition rates increase and students are left with debt and few employment options, giving them a leg up is now “socialism.” The way this idea has been turned on its head is a remarkable achievement in

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Liz Emery concludes that pornography “really isn’t all that bad” and that “viewing por-nography is not a bad thing.” What’s perplexing about this article is how Ms. Emery, with a background in English, arrived at these conclusions. William Wordsworth observed: “For the human mind is capable of being excit-ed without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. For a multitude of causes … are now acting with a com-bined force to blunt the dis-criminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. To this tendency of life and manners the literature and theatrical exhibitions of the country have conformed themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft con-sidered friendship to be a quali-ty that “succeeds love.” Shelley noted that love “is the bond and the sanction which con-nects not only man with man, but with every thing which exists.” These writers placed love, the mind and relationships on a higher plane than this article does. Ms. Emery’s argument partly rests on the earning potential of porn stars and the education of Ron Jeremy. Will these porn stars with their college degrees and $450,000-per-year salaries be remembered 100 years from now? It’s doubtful. Yet artists such as Mary Shelley, Blake, Wollstonecraft and Wordsworth have endured in our culture, not for their bodies or money but for their ideas. It’s also ironic that these writers who endured poverty,

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wrestled with depression and despised formal education are being studied by us for degrees. College degrees and money do not make a fulfilling life, yet this article argues just that. Sex was important for these writers, Blake especially, but they found complete fulfillment in life only through awakening the mind’s faculties and letting go of the “self” through friendship and communion with nature, not through cloistered viewing of tawdry, mass-produced enter-tainment. Pornography use, as this article explains it, is an activ-ity “to be carried out alone.” One should rightly note that Shelley and Byron were promis-cuous to say the least, but I have yet to see a work comparable to “Prometheus Unbound” pub-lished by a porn addict or star. Ms. Emery should be applauded for her views on romance nov-els and child pornography, but it is unfortunate that a talented writer such as Ms. Emery should advocate the use of “gross stim-ulants” to “promote healthy rela-tionships.”

To the editor: If one can learn anything from politics it is that there is a “study” for everything. Those cited in “Questioning Pornography Stereotypes,” a column in The Statesman Oct. 5 are no exception. I am well aware that we live in a world where the chasm between what is right and what is acceptable is drastically widening, daily. I am also well aware that many people who would otherwise profess to be “opposed” to pornography are deep within its clutches. I am well aware that many people likely do not care one way or the other, but for those who do care, or for those willing to open their eyes for just a few moments, I will speak openly, honestly and boldly.

I am vehemently opposed to articles encouraging immo-rality in any way, and would completely contradict any “sources” or “facts” that would support pornography as being good for our society to the slightest degree. Thousands of FBI studies, police records, independent studies, the research of countless promi-nent psychologists, and the wit-ness of thousands of inmates in federal prisons would argue the contrary. Take for instance Ted Bundy, a convicted sexual deviant and murderer of more than 30 women including young girls. He had one final interview with Dr. James Dobson the night before he was executed for his heinous crimes. If you really want some incredible insight to this topic, just Google “Ted

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the realm of public opinion. While a few people at the top are doing extremely well, most struggle to get by. The U.S. has the largest gap between the rich and poor compared to any other indus-trialized nation. Four hundred of the richest Americans pos-sess more wealth than the bot-tom 50 percent — 180 mil-lion people. At a time when there are cries by some for less taxes, less regulations and oversight of corporations, we now know that 25 of the big-gest firms in the U.S., such as Ford and Coca-Cola Co., pay more to their CEO’s than they do in taxes. That is, if they pay any at all. In fact, General Electric, ExxonMobil and oth-ers — despite reporting record profits — get more money back from the government than they pay in taxes. Because of their wealth, they yield a dis-proportionate amount of influ-ence and are able to tilt the system to their advantage. This is not a right, left, Democrat or Republican issue. It is about the “haves” taking advantage of the “have-nots.” In America we do not believe in abuse of power. We do not believe we ought to have such disparities among us. More and more Americans are heeding the message. Let’s hope our politicians are. While I can’t be there in person, I hope this can be my contribution. I hope to encourage others to band their voices through the Internet and through social media to spread this message, so we can create the type of America that works for all. If the pundits on Fox News, CNN or NBC can’t figure out what people want, it only goes to show how antiquated and irrelevant they really are. Movements always begin by identifying the problem first. There cannot be doubt about the problem in this case.

no specific demands or goals and every other person is there for a different reason. There is a lot to be mad about in the financial world. I can sym-pathize to a certain degree with the protesters. Unemployment, Wall Street’s affair with Washington, D.C., and rising education costs have been a few of the major concerns addressed by protesters. High unemploy-ment scares me as well. I do think Wall Street is disproportion-ately represented in politics, and I struggle to make ends meet as a student. However, unless you have a real plan of action — which the 99 Percenters don’t — or you’re trying to overthrow the current government — and they aren’t — get out of the street. Some people have called this the antithesis to the Tea Party or America’s version of the Arab uprisings. I couldn’t disagree more. Both the Tea Party and the Arab rebellions had clear agenda’s. The Wall Street protest-ers aren’t really sure what they’re doing. I love political activism; it’s one of the ingredients that makes this country great. If you want to make a difference though, pick up a pen and write, run for office — do anything. Standing around and harassing the Goldman Sachs intern deliv-ering coffee won’t accomplish anything. I almost feel bad for the Wall Street execs, because a bunch of people who can’t explain why they are angry are yelling at them. Any guy who’s had a girlfriend knows that feel-ing. This is not to say public dem-onstration has no place in soci-ety. Protests were crucial for women’s suffrage, ending segre-gation and improving labor con-ditions. All of these movements had clear motivation beyond fighting cops and public urina-tion, though. I’m not a fan of the Tea Party, but these protesters could use a few pages from their playbook. Get organized, get active and get out of the street.

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Big businesses have too much control

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Protesters against wealth not effective

Bundy last interview.” What was the single great-est driving force behind his actions? By his own admission, pornography. Further, let’s examine an incredibly telling excerpt from that interview: “I’m no social scientist, but I’ve lived in prison for a long time now, and I’ve met a lot of men who were motivated to commit violence. Without exception, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography — deeply con-sumed by the addiction. The FBI’s own study on serial homicide shows that the most common interest among serial killers is pornographers. It’s true.” Now, am I suggesting that those involved or

addicted to pornography are all going to end up like Ted Bundy? Of course not, and if you watch the interview he is not suggesting that either. The point is that it is a fuel, and you don’t use gasoline to put out a fire. You also shouldn’t encourage and support immorality, baseness and degradation. The destructive effects of por-nography are well documented for anyone will-ing to look, and, in my view it is time for those who care to stand up for what is right and do everything that they can to stop the pestilential plague that is pornography, not encourage it.

Richard Winters

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late hours in the library during dead week and finals week. Last year the library usually closed at midnight. During the last two weeks, this change prevented students who were last-minute cramming for their last finals to quit studying in an unfocused apartment or dorm. A student mentioned we should extend library hours to a later time so stu-dents might have more time to study. We took that con-cern seriously and made it happen. As we all know, on those last weeks of the semes-ter the library now stays open until 1 a.m. This is just a minor

example of what can happen when one student decides to make a change. Now, I don’t mean for this to sound over the top, but I want you to think of the many ideas that you have had while attending USU. I’m sure there are many instances, such as walking around campus that you think to yourself, “I sure wish they did this differently,” or “Why don’t we have more things like this?” or even “Why have this as a requirement to graduate?” Questions need to be asked, concerns need to be voiced and changes need to be made. Without them

we don’t grow as a university or as a student body. Now, don’t get me wrong, things are going great at this universi-ty. I love it, but there are many things that are overlooked where improvements need to be made. Next time you complain to your roommate about something you would like to see change, do some-thing about it yourself. If you don’t, nothing will change.

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Without feedback there is no growth

— Mike Burnham is a junior majoring in international

relations and economics. Comments can be sent to him at [email protected].

— Andrew Izatt is a sopho-more majoring in religious

studies. Comments can be sent to him at andrew.izatt@

aggiemail.usu.edu.

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— Tanner Wright is the aca-demic senate president on

the ASUSU Executive Council. Comments can be sent to

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