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Mikayla Mills, 223 Other, 8
GRADUATE STUDIES SENATOR Derek Hastings, 100 Other, 5
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Fiefia second two-term student body prez 4By Danielle Manley assistant news editor
For the second time in USU history, a presidential candidate was voted to serve a second term during the 2014 USU Student Association student government elections. Doug Fiefia received 1,885 votes, including USU regional campuses, claiming almost 53 percent of the total count. Opposing candidate Ryan Lambert received 245 fewer votes than Fiefia. Fiefia campaigned on the promise of implementing a more cost-effective tuition
model and creating a simple process for students to get involved. Lambert ran his campaign based on electing a new voice and fresh ideas to hold the presidential position. Though he lost, Lambert said the campaign process was “a humbling experience.” “The campaign that we ran was better than I expected,” he said. “The support that came out was overwhelming. I told everybody before the announcement, ‘Win or lose we have nothing to be ashamed of because we ran a great campaign.’”
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University programs seek to meet national standards 4By Marissa Neeley staff writer
The graphic design program and the School of Veterinary Medicine at USU have both applied for accreditation and are expecting to hear back on their status. “These kinds of reviews take time, but we fully expect a positive response on accreditation in the future,” said Chris Terry, associate dean for the Caine College of the Arts. “Graphic design was never accredited at any point during the 25 years I’ve been at USU, nor, to the best of my knowledge, at any point before that.” Graphic design, which is applying through the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, is part of the department of art and design, Terry said. “It’s the department that is seeking accreditation of all art and design programs at Utah State,” he said. “As the department takes
steps to meet national guidelines there will be changes, and I think it would be accurate to attribute some of the changes in graphic design to the accreditation guidelines, but not all.” AJ Nelson, a junior in the graphic design program, said the graphic design program didn’t pass accreditation the first time due to the facility. However, she is confident that it will pass this time. “We have some really good professors like Mike Daines,” Nelson said. “He’s worked for a company that did commercials and movie titles. He’s done stuff with MTV and the movie ‘The Tourist.’ He’s incredible. There’s also Bob Winward, who’s been there a long time. He’s trying to move the program forward. He has a lot of great ideas.” Accreditation is a very big deal, Terry said.
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votes to be on the final ballot. Another difference this year is the absence of a new S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources senator. Patrick Adams ran unopposed until Wednesday when he withdrew because of he received the opportunity to study abroad during the fall semester. Because of the vacant position, another election will be held after spring break. The filing deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. Polls closed at 3 p.m. on Feb. 27. Just a few hours later, election committee chairs
Shelby Frauen and Kaela Baucom announced the results in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge. The newly elected candidates took their place on the stage and replaced the current serving candidates. “It’s going to be a great year next year,” said Daryn Frischknecht, 2013-14 Student Advocate VP. “You know they have some awesome leadership going on and I think they’ll all be able to work together and succeed.” Current vice presidents and
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Valley water levels looking good 4By Lindsey Snyder staff writer
The last three weeks have brought a large amount of moisture and even more relief to Cache Valley residents. Water levels are now 112 percent of normal, said USU Cache County extension agent Clark Israelsen. Brian McInerney, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service, said January to the end of March is a critical time to build water and snowpack levels. The water received during this time will need to last from April through the end of July, also a critical time for farmers to produce crops and livestock. McInerney said the snowpack is currently 118 percent of normal. There are 31.5 inches of water in the snowpack near Tony Grove, up from the 18 inches reported last year. “It was nothing less than a miracle when we got storms a few weeks ago,” said Bob Faldingham, Cache County
water manager. McInerney said Cache Valley residents should want 4.5 more inches before runoff, which begins April 1. “We can get that in a couple good storms,” McInerney said. McInerney said a cool, wet spring is preferable to have an efficient runoff, which begins April 1. “If melting starts early, you lose a lot in the atmosphere in the form of evaporation,” McInerney said. “A little bit would melt, going into the soil and making plant life come back early. The water would get sucked into the plant and evaporate out of the leaves.” McInerney said an early melt can lead to the loss of up to 50 percent of snowpack equivalent. While he wants a cool spring, McInerney stressed the importance of hotter weather at the end of May and early June, followed by thunderstorms. “That’s what we’re looking for with the Weather Service: Are we going to get the wet storms, and how many?”
McInerney said. McInerney said most of the north is doing great as far as getting high precipitation levels before runoff begins. However, other states are not faring so well, which will impact Utahns. Israelsen traveled to California two weeks ago to attend a farm show. Israelsen said the state’s precipitation levels are 7 to 17 percent of normal. This impacts California’s agriculture, which depends on irrigation. Israelsen said alfalfa, wheat and corn crops will be down significantly due to the drought. Israelsen said Utah will be impacted in two ways: It will raise food costs because the state brings in a lot of produce from California, but Cache Valley farmers could also expect to make more money from California dairies who, because of the decreased hay crop, will be willing to pay more for hay from Utah. – lsnyder94@gmail.com
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Auto accidents halt Logan Canyon traffic There were two separate truck accidents Monday evening in Logan Canyon, neither resulting in fatalities. The first accident left a 44-year old man’s car in the Logan River. The driver, who was reported to be diabetic, lost control of his vehicle after his blood sugar levels dropped. The man escaped the accident without injury, and emergency responders supplied the man with glucose to recover his sugar levels. Minutes later, a truck rolled and crashed near First Dam. The 33-year old male driver was taken to Logan Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The police have not yet spoken to the driver.
Count My Vote tweaked through compromise Count My Vote supporters and promotors of Senate Bill 54 reached a compromise Sunday night to stop the initiative petition to bring changing Utah’s caucus system to a direct primary up for a vote this November. The bill, which was already going through the legislature as a means for political candidates to keep the caucus system if they meet certain requirements, will be altered to allow an alternate path to a primary through a petition process.
$1,000 goes to winner of May Swensen award Luisa A. Igloria received the 17th Annual May Swenson Poetry Award on Friday, presented by USU Press and the Literary Estate of May Swenson. The Norfolk, Va. native’s winning collection of poems, titled “Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser,” will be published by USU Press in Summer 2014. Igloria will also receive a cash reward of $1,000. Judging this year’s award was American poet and memoirist Mark Doty. Doty picked Igloria’s poetry collection out of 30 finalists, which came from hundreds of entries submitted across the nation.
Graduate student wins Arrington Lecture prize USU graduate student Scott Marianno won first prize for the 2013 Leonard J. Arrington Writing Awards competition Friday. The essay contest, which is open to college students in Utah and surrounding areas, coincides with the annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, most recently delivered by Dr. Gregory A. Prince who presented “Faith and Doubt as Partners in Mormon History” in Fall 2013. Marianno’s essay, “Appropriating the Mormon Past: Faith, Intellect and the Reformation of Mormon Identity,” received $1,000 in cash for winning first place in the competition. USU students Chad Nielsen and Joshua Hortin were awarded second and third place, respectively.
Correction: In the Feb. 27 story, “Catering steps up the wedding biz,” University Catering is incorrectly referred to as USU Catering.
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The Police Blotter Friday, Feb. 21 • A complainant reported to police that someone was putting up offensive signs around campus. As part of Engineering Week, signs were place around campus. The complainant said someone was now placing derogatory signs regarding engineering near their signs and wanted it documented. Saturday, Feb. 22 • USU Police assisted Logan Police with a search warrant on a house party in Logan. The warrant was served on the house and numerous individuals were found inside who had been drinking underage and smoking marijuana. • While on patrol, police saw an individual who had been warned not to be on USU property standing next to the vet science building. An officer talked with this person, who admitted he wasn’t supposed to be university property. The subject refused to give his personal information and was booked into the Cache County Jail for trespassing.
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• Police contacted two male individuals in the Nelson Fieldhouse who were intoxicated and had difficulty standing or walking without assistance. Both were more than 21; however, due to the danger to themselves, they were arrested. • USU Police observed a male individual urinating near the tree on the southeast corner of Mountain View Tower. It was determined that the individual had been drinking. While he was being processed, his friend kept interrupting the officer and gave his friend ill-advised legal advice. The friend refused to leave after being told to do so numerous times and was arrested for interfering with an arrest. It was then found out that he was underage and had been drinking. • During Mardi Gras, police observed an individual who was being disruptive at one of the activities and who appeared intoxicated. It was found that the individual had a blood alcohol level of .24 and was arrested. Monday, Feb. 24
• USU Police responded to Aggie Village on a report of a suspicious person. A Logan City officer was in the cemetery when he heard and saw a male individual checking vehicle door handles. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the individual or any vehicles that were burglarized. Thursday, Feb. 27 • Police observed two individuals on bikes who were looking in vehicles in the east parking lot of Bullen Hall. While the first individual was being questioned, the second fled the scene. Logan City officers were contact and a perimeter was set up. The second suspect was apprehended and taken into custody. The individuals eventually admitted to breaking into several vehicles on campus. Six vehicles were burglarized, two of which had property taken from them. After further investigation, more burglaries were discovered that happened on campus and in Logan City Police jurisdiction. Three of the suspects were booked into jail.
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Taking a journey for a cause Crowds head to USU Dominican night for fun, raise money for home for elderly 4By Brad Robinson staff writer
The USU Dominican Student Association and audience members joined together Saturday night at the Areito Banquet to celebrate Dominican culture and raise money for a home for elderly people in the Dominican Republic. The home currently houses about 300 people with a staff of 11 nuns. The home receives the equivalent of about $6,200 per year from the country’s government, which means there is about $20 per resident each year. Sarah Guzman, vice president of the DSA, said the money raised from ticket sales will be used to purchase items such as furniture and wheelchairs, which she said the home lacks. The annual fundraiser was an opportunity to give back, Guzman said. “This is the first time that we are donating the money to elderly people,” Guzman said. “This year, we have decided to give to those that have given everything for us.” The theme of the night was “Boarding Pass,” and audience members were taken on a “journey” to many areas of the country with presentations of dance, song and video. The night opened with a live bachata band featuring USU students. The audience was then treated to dance performances of merengue, urban and baile tipico, a traditional dance. Some audience members also joined the danc-
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Mikayla Kapp photo STUDENTS danced at the USU Dominican Student Association Arieto Banquet on Saturday night. The event will benefit a home for elderly people in the Dominican Republic.
ers on-stage to learn how to seventh Areito that I have dance from members of the participated in, and it was DSA. awesome.” For audience members Follow us on Jorge Veralta, a member of like USU student Alejandra Twitter the DSA, said the dancers Martinez, the night was an @UtahStatesman spent the last few months exciting celebration of the preparing for the event. culture. “For the bachata, it was a lot “It shows the diversity that there is,” Martinez said. “I would recommend of preparation,” Veralta said. “We spent three it for everyone to come. I’m definitely coming months doing the preparation. I told the guys next year.” to give everything they’ve got, and they did.” Guzman said the night was a success. “I feel very excited,” she said. “This is the – bradley.s.robinson12@gmail.com
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outgoing Service VP Kevin Meacham. “I trust Leah and everything she’s going to do now. It’s out of my control, out of my power. I trust she’s going to do the right thing.” Frischknecht said it was an emotional evening to hand over her position. “The elections and results of last year are
running through my mind and it’s exciting and I’m excited for all the new candidates, but it’s very sentimental,” she said. The inauguration for 2014-15 USU/SA officers is April 18. – daniellekmanley@gmail.com Twitter: @DanielleKManley
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Pow Wow celebrates Native American culture
USU hosts traditional dance competition 4By Noelle Johansen digital editor
Rhythmic drumming echoed throughout the Nelson Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday as dancers and spectators gathered to celebrate Native American culture and history at USU’s 41st Pow Wow. The Pow Wow, hosted by the USU Access and Diversity Center and the Native American Student Council, is the second biggest on-campus event, said NASC president Jason Brough. Jason “This event is a great way for the people to come together to be able to renew some of the social ties,” Brough said. “It’s a great way to keep the culture alive. It still has a lot of the same spiritual significance that it used to in the past; the drummers, every song they sing, the dancers, every step they take is a prayer to Creator.” He said the NASC is the oldest multicultural club at USU. This is Brough’s second year as NASC president. He said planning the Pow Wow this year was less stressful than last year and was impressed with the attendance and talent at the event. “We’ve got some good drum groups here,” Brough said. “I like the fact that there’s a lot more people here. To me,
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that shows we as a council did a good job trying to put it out in the community, and that allows people to come and learn.” Alicia Olea, NASC secretary and senior majoring in anthropology, has a long history with the club’s events. “I’ve been involved with the Native American Student Council my entire time being at Utah State, which is roughly five years now,” Olea said. Her responsibility this year was to gather recruit and manage the volunBrough teers. She said 80 students of various majors signed up on the Pow Wow volunteer Canvas page, and at least that many showed up to help. Olea said the volunteers finish the Pow Wow with a better understanding of native culture and enjoy the music, the food and the dance. She said they have a great cultural experience that they may or may not have had before. All of the dances were performed on Friday night, and the dance competition began on Saturday afternoon. Bryan Armajo, a senior majoring in business management and information systems at the Tooele USU campus, said he has danced in Native American powwows all over the country since he was
It’s a great way to keep the culture alive. It still has a lot of the same spiritual significance that it used to in the past.
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Samantha Behl photos USU’S ANNUAL POW WOW took place in the Nelson Fieldhouse Friday and Saturday. Visitors ate Navajo tacos (top left) and watched dance competitions (top right). Eric Watchman of Salt Lake City (bottom right), the Head Man at this year’s event shook hands with the royalty.
just a toddler, but this was his first time at USU. He described the powwows as a family reunion where he gets to meet up with distant cousins, aunts and uncles. He said his favorite parts are the food, people and dancing. “I love dancing,” he said. “People tell
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me all the time that they can see that I love dancing.” Armajo’s outfit featured a feathered headpiece and a beaded bib. It was Armajo’s first year participating in USU’s Pow Wow. Other dancers were covered completely with brightly colored feathers
and beads, and many of the women and girls wore dresses covered in small, coneshaped bells that jingled whenever they moved. The USU Pow Wow is the kick-starter
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Humans of USU: Dally Mortensen says Logan changed her life The Utah Statesman interviewed Dally Mortensen, a senior majoring in communicative disorders and deaf education from St. George, Utah.
Utah Statesman: We found you laying on the Quad. Where is your favorite place to nap on campus? Dally Mortensen: I don’t nap a lot, but my husband was napping in the basement by the YETC … education building. There are some couches. They’re not very comfy, but that’s where he napped today. I don’t really nap on campus.
US: Before you were married, what was a dealbreaker for you when dating? DM: They had to make me laugh. If they didn’t, I wasn’t interested.
US: How did your husband make you laugh? DM: He’s just very comfortable with everyone. He’s just himself. He’s kind of crazy, and I just like to keep to myself and I don’t go out of my way to be crazy. I was embarrassed the first couple of times I was with him just because he was so crazy, but now I’m not embarrassed because I’m used to it, and I kind of like that, how he got me out of my comfort zone.
US: How did you guys meet? DM: We went to the same high school, but I was a freshman. He was a senior, so that didn’t work out. But after he came home from his mission, we had the same college history class together and we were in St. George, so we went to Dixie.
US: Would you say the rest is... history? DM: Oh yeah, for sure.
US: What is your favorite thing about spring? DM: Just the flowers and the green. Up here it’s just beautiful in the summer and the springtime, and the sunshine. I just love it.
US: If you had to trade lives with anyone who has ever existed, with whom would you trade and why? DM: I’d want to be a writer. I like the 1800 period, so Charlotte Bronte or Jane Austen.
US: What’s your favorite book,
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for the rest of the powwows in Utah, Brough said. “Powwows, you’re not supposed to do them in the winter because you’re supposed to put the drums to sleep,” he said. “So in the spring, that’s when things come alive, that’s when things start waking up, plants start waking up, and so that’s when we’re able to do the Pow Wow.” For Miss Native American USU
Mikayla Kapp photo SENIOR DALLY MORTENSEN said coming to school at USU has pushed her to get out of her “comfort zone” and talk to people.
then? DM: “Jane Eyre.” US: What is your weather prediction for March? DM: It is going to be sunny. It’s not going to snow again, and it’s just going to be beautiful and it’s going to start getting green, and flowers. That’s what I’d like it to do. I hope it doesn’t snow again. US: Do you have any big summer plans? DM: I have spring break plans. We’re going on a cruise to Jamaica, Cayman Islands. We are so excited. Sarah Francom, a junior majoring in international studies, the Pow Wow also awakens personal traditions. “I love it. It’s so fun,” she said of the Pow Wow. “We get to go out and do a little dance, nothing special, but it’s so fun looking at the culture and stuff because this is all new to me. My mom has been to powwows before, but she never took us.” However, Native American heritage is not a prerequisite to attend the Pow Wow. “Whether you’re Native or non-Native, it doesn’t matter,”
US: What experience has changed your life? DM: Other than marrying my husband? … Probably coming here to Logan, just because I feel like if we didn’t, because my whole family lives in St. George, that’s where we’re both from, so we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make our own family to rely on each other, and it’s like our home here now. We love it in Logan. US: What did you eat for lunch yesterday? DM: I had a Caesar salad. It was Olea said. “We all come together and we celebrate the different cultures and we learn about ourselves and we learn about others, and it’s just a great experience.” Francom said she is excited to represent USU at other powwows throughout the year and enjoys the unity the events cause. “I think it just brings everyone together,” she said. “That’s what’s most important about it, coming together.”
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delicious. My husband made it for me. It was the best thing ever, because I hadn’t eaten all day. US: What is your biggest fear? DM: Lizards. I am terrified. I really think I have a phobia. I am so scared of lizards. US: Did you ever have a bad lizard experience? DM: I don’t know. I feel like it all started with “The Parent Trap” when the lizard went down into her mouth, and then St. George is just overruled by lizards, and so we just had lizards on our windowsills and
gross huge ones. I felt like at one time, I was surrounded by lizards, so since then I just freak out. Even baby lizards, I just can’t handle. US: You know their tails come off if you pull on them, right? DM: Yeah, but I don’t want to get anywhere near them. US: Did you have any other fears that you overcame? How? DM: I’m not very good with speaking with authoritative figures like teachers, deans; you know what I mean. I feel like through my major I’ve had to if I want to get letters of
recommendation. I’ve gotten a little bit better at getting out of my comfort zone and talking to people and being more myself, which I’m not very good at. US: If you could give advice to other people who feel the same way, what would you tell them? DM: Just that you have to, if you want to be remembered or go places or get into grad programs, anything, you just need to be remembered. You need to go out of your way to do things like that. You have to if you want to go anywhere with your life.
“Midnight”: I know what Coldplay is doing I assume you’ve at least heard of Coldplay. I might be so bold as to assume you’ve heard a Coldplay song. Perhaps you’ve heard the band’s newest song “Midnight,” which has been averaging more than 1 million YouTube views per day since its release. The song sounds kind of weird, doesn’t it? I must admit, it doesn’t sound like anything you’d hear on the radio. It doesn’t even sound like Coldplay. I just think you should know, Coldplay has never really had its own sound anyways. Coldplay released its first single “Brothers and Sisters,” as well as its first music video “Bigger Stronger,” in 1999. I may not be George Washington, but I won’t lie about this: Coldplay was basically a soft rock rip-off of Radiohead. Chris Martin’s voice was the meager impression of Thom Yorke, and Jonny Buckland had Jonny Greenwood’s guitar effects down to a T. Fifteen years later, Coldplay is now one of the biggest bands in the world. They recently released a track with some nocturnal electronica vibes, which might seem cool and futuristic to people who only listen to popular music. This is new territory for Coldplay, but the band’s influences are just as borrowed as they were 15 years ago. Chris Martin isn’t impersonating Thom Yorke on “Midnight,” but with the help of a vocoder, he sounds a darn lot like Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. The line “when I’m rolling with the punches” uses the exact same note-for-note hook that is heard on the line “’til one night, one stormy night” on the band’s 2011 hit “Paradise.” These factors prove Coldplay’s lack of originality. However, this new track is produced by Jon Hopkins, an electronica artist who made one of my personal favorite albums of 2013. “Midnight” isn’t nearly as corny as anything from 2011’s “Mylo Xyloto.”
These aspects give me some hope for Coldplay’s future. I’m still just on the fence about this new song, but I’m not budging any time soon. After all, Music Coldplay has spent its encritic tire career on the fence. Coldplay has tried mimicking everyone from Radiohead to U2, from Arcade Fire to New Order, and apparently are now stretching from Bon Iver to Jon Hopkins. I’m curious: What does Coldplay sound like? Coldplay was one of my personal favorite bands growing up. I am now cynical and have abandoned my childhood music tastes. Don’t get me wrong, Coldplay deserves some credit for consistently trying new things; they just need to stop taking baby steps in different directions and take an artistic leap forward. “Midnight” is a baby step into the world of overly popular hipster music. People who wear fake glasses and expensive scarves might play this song on their iPhone after some M83 or Matt & Kim. The song is a cry for hipster cred. At the same time, Coldplay remains blandly ambient enough that your mom might dig this song. “Midnight” may sound dark, but never too dark. Martin repeats “leave a light on” five times here. I know what Coldplay is doing. Something different, nothing bold. I hope “Midnight” doesn’t trick you into thinking Coldplay is a weird band now. I hope you explore the history of pop music genres and learn all the different artists that have already been making music like this. I hope you decide to take progressive leaps in your lives, and as Chris Martin sang in 2002, “I hope you understand.”
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– Scott Hall is a newcomer to the world of journalism. He is studying public relations and stage management at USU. His spare time is dedicated to music. For more, email scottehall3@gmail.com.
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“Non-Stop” keeps audience guessing could occur on a plane Did anything unusual happen to you on your last Spencer Palmer today. Some of the twists may be a bit extreme to flight? be believable, but they After a plane flight is unweren’t outside the realm der way, U.S. Flight Marshal of possibilities. It’s been 12 Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) Film years since 9/11, and this is receives a text from an critic the first film that addresses unknown party demanding modern airplane terrorism $150 million. Attached is a Grade: without a historical context. promise that someone will I liked the close quarters die every 20 minutes if the Bof the movie. 98 percent demands are not met. It’s of the movie took place up to Marks to figure out on the plane, so there are who sent the text. limitations on what is pos As people start dying, sible, but it’s amazing what the number of suspects can happen in a confined decrease, but finding the space. culprit isn’t any easier. The tables are turned The movie keeps the audience guessing. when it appears the only one taking control I thought I had everything figured out, but of the plane is Marks. What’s really going when everyone can be branded a suspect, on? it’s difficult to track down the real criminal. “Non-Stop” is the latest thriller starring It’s not who you think it is. Neeson, who teams up again with director “Non-Stop” is definitely worth watching Jaume Collet-Serra. As this is a mystery, I for fans of Neeson, terrorist stories or thrillcan’t say anything more than what’s been ers, although you don’t have to run out to said, especially since I didn’t reveal anything the theater to see it. that wasn’t in the trailer. This is not “Taken” on a plane. It’s also – Spencer Palmer is a graduate student not a remake or spinoff of “Flightplan,” working toward an MBA with a bachelor’s another thriller starring Jodie Foster, which I in mechanical engineering. Email him at recommend as a rental. spencer.palmer@aggiemail.usu.edu or visit While the movie didn’t blow me away, it his website, themovieknight.wordpress.com. was an interesting portrayal of what trouble
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There is an economics program that is a social science, non-business program and is not included under the umbrella of AACSB accreditation, Ballard said. From Page 1 Accreditation by a national institution is required for the Emma Eccles College of “It will ensure that students at Utah State Education and Human Services by the Utah are getting an education in art and design that State Office of Education, said Francine meets national expectations and minimum Johnson, assistant dean for the college. It standards,” he said. allows them to recommend graduates to The School of Veterinary Medicine has just receive teaching licenses and other licenses to been reviewed by the Council on Education of work in schools. the American Veterinary Medical Association, “It also provides the recognition nationwide said Ken White, dean of the College of with other states so that they recognize and Agriculture and Applied Sciences. accept our programs when The School of Veterinary our graduates go to graduate Medicine is expecting official school out of state or want a Chris Terry accreditation by this boldlicense out of state,” Johnson CCA associate dean ing at their next meeting in said. September 2014, White said.
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Accreditation means the program is a “recognized” program by the AVMA for licensure upon completion, White said. Other departments on campus have sought the opportunities accreditation can provide. All of the Huntsman School of Business’ programs are accredited, said Guy Ballard, assessment and accreditation specialist for the college. “The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International is considered the gold standard for business education accreditation worldwide,” he said. In addition to all business programs being accredited under AACSB, the school’s accounting program also has separate AACSB Accounting Accreditation. This accreditation is developed specifically for schools with advanced programs in accounting and requires a separate, independent application and evaluation process, Ballard said. “According to AACSB, less than one percent of business school’s worldwide hold both AACSB Business and Accounting Accreditation,” he said. “The school’s business program was first accredited with AACSB in 1972, with accounting programs being separately accredited since 1988.”
Several programs at USU that are accredited:
College of Engineering accredited by ABET, Inc. • biological engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science College of Humanities and Social Sciences • social work College of Science accredited by ABET, Inc. • industrial hygiene emphasis College of Agriculture and Applied Science • bachelor’s and master’s of landscape architecture, dietetics-coordinated program, didactic program, internship, food science, family and consumer sciences education, technology and engineering education agricultural education, aviation technology, professional pilot program and maintenance management program Huntsman School of Business through AACSB • All business programs
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Men’s Basketball
The Final Countdown Five Aggie seniors set to play final home game in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
4By Jeffrey Dahdah assistant sports editor
When the buzzer sounds and the clock hits zero on Wednesday, that’s it for five seniors on this years men’s basketball team. Never again will they play within the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Never again wi l l the Hurd assist in their pregame introductions, and never again will they have a crowd of thousands profess its faith that they will win. W e d n e s d a y ’ s game against Wyoming is the final home game for these seniors. “I think it will be very emot iona l. It’s been awe s o m e for me, and I’ve re a l ly i t loved and I ’m pretty sure I’ll be pretty emotional before the ga me and after the game e s p e c i a l l y,” said fifth-year senior guard Preston Medlin. “I’ve just got to focus on that game, and hopefully we get a win.” Medlin is the only senior of the bunch who has been an Aggie for his entire collegiate career. Guards Tenale Roland and Spencer Butterfield and forward Sean Harris all transferred from junior colleges while center Jarred Shaw transferred from Oklahoma State. However, taking in the last game in the Spectrum will not be an easy task for any of the seniors. “I’m sure there will be a lot of emotion with all my family here and all of the fans. It’s been a
great two years, but at the end of the day, I still just want to win the game,” Butterf ield said. “It will be a great time, I’m sure we will get a great turnout here. It will be a day to kind of soak it all in and th i n k
about the two ye a r s I’ve had here.”
Wednesday won’t just be a day to enjoy the atmosphere one last time: These seniors want to win in front of the home crowd one last time. “I anticipate it to be a good game. I wanna go out with a bang. I wanna go out with a win,” Shaw said. “I want t o
h a v e a good game i n front of my mom. She hasn’t seen me play in maybe three years, so I’m looking for-
ward to it.” The Aggies will be taking on Wyoming, a team they lost to in Laramie by 17 points a month ago. However, the Cowboys are riding a three-game losing streak since their leading scorer Larry Nance Jr. went down with an injury. “I think it’s going to be loud,” Roland said. “We’re going to be ready to play, us five seniors. We’ve just got to come ready to play.” Med l i n will leave U S U in the
basketball, and to be in the top-20 of any category, especially scoring, is a great accomplishment that I will cherish for the rest of my life.” Though the other pl ayer s may not be as high on school records as Medlin, they have attained other personal ach ievement s in their careers or seasons, like Shaw, w h o leads t h e team i n points
school’s record books. He currently has 1,341 career points, ma k i ng him the No. 16 all-time leading scorer in program history. Medlin also has 209 career 3-pointers made, tied for No. 4 alltime in school history. “Right now I notice it, but it’s kind of hard to focus in on that because the season’s still going on,” Medlin said. “Once the season is over and I kind of look back on it and think of all of the players that have been through Utah State, I mean, it’s been a long time that Utah State has had
p e r game with 14.5. “I take pride in working on my offensive game,” Shaw said. “When I was at Oklahoma State I wasn’t much of a scorer, so I have kind of embraced it and just looking forward to putting a lot of points on the board.” Butterfield, who has been a do-it-all guy for the Aggies, also has a lot to be proud of this season. He is No. 1 on the team in 3-point field goal percentage, No. 2 in scoring, No. 3 in rebounding and No. 4 in assists. “I just try to give it everything that I’ve got every game,” Butterf ield said. “Whether that is scoring or prov id -
ing a defensive stop or a big rebound, I just try to do whatever I can to
contribute to the team and make us successful.” Roland, who may not be the flashiest player on the court, has been a steady presence for the Aggies, converting on his role as true point guard. “The responsibility that I have is to bring the ball up, making sure that people are where they need to be, and on defense being more talkative,” Roland said. Harris’ achievements have not necessarily been seen by fans. However, he completed his first healthy season since his freshman year in junior college. Harris tore his ACL two years in a row, including last season when he tore it in preseason workouts. “It feels great. It feels great to have my knee healthy,” Harris said. “I didn’t know if I’d be able to play basketball again, so to be able to run and jump and walk and do whatever, that’s something that I
didn’t h a v e for about two years. So for me it’s just a blessing, to be able to at least practice at the Division I level is, for me, something very special.” T hough the Aggies’ season has been one marred by a rough transition into the Mountain West, they still have one regular season game and the conference tournament left. The seniors don’t see this season as being over
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USU head coach Stew Morrill won his 600th career game on Saturday against San Jose State. All of Morrill’s wins were at the Division I level. Morrill became the 41st college basketball coach to reach this milestone and the 14th active coach. Morrill has won 382 games with USU, a school record, and the other games were won with Montana, where he won 97 games, and Colorado State, where he won 121. “I really don’t know what to think about it,” Morrill said. “Once you’ve been around a long time and had some good teams and some great kids, I’m sure at one point I’ll reflect on it kind of like you do on a milestone birthday, and I’m sure once I get a little bit of time I’ll reflect on it a little bit.” Morrill has been a head coach since 1986 and a coach at USU since 1998.
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Showing the strong side: gender stereotypes at USU 4By Katherine Larsen staff writer
After 90 years of protest, the Sochi Winter Olympics were the first to offer the women’s ski jump; however, women can only compete in one of the ski jump events, the normal hill, and cannot compete in large hill or the team event like men do. Restrictions based on gender stereotypes exist not only in Olympic sports, but college sports as well. “With women’s lacrosse,
you can’t check as much,” USU of the sport changes. lacrosse captain Hali King said. “Playing lacrosse is different “I don’t know who decided you from the men’s team,” Read said. can’t check as much. Maybe it “The point of the sport is difgoes back to older traditions ferent. The guy’s sport is more and socilike hockey and the girl’s is more ety’s view More Online like basketball. It’s of women, more about your that they See more, visit us at skill and less about were more utahstatesman.com your contact.” delicate Llely Duarte, than men a member of the and men USU women’s rugby team, said were more rough and tough.” USU lacrosse captain Amy what women have been taught Read said as a result, the nature is feminine has even prevented
female athletes from participating in team sports. “They are taught to be pretty, dainty, polite, soft and kind, and rugby is the opposite of that,” Duarte said. “Rugby shows your strong side.” While measures like Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 are utilized to ensure gender equality and destroy gender stereotypes, it is at the
cost of restricting the growth of teams that are not of the underrepresented gender. “We are not an official team, so we don’t adve r t i s e our tournaments very much,” USU men’s volleyball player Spencer Aamodt said. “There’s some type of law that prevents more boys sports than girls sports, so we
have to pay our own way to be on the team.” Sexuality and body image also play a role in the stereotypes for male and female athletes at USU, according to USU women’s rugby player Asher Puriri. “One guy in my class was like, ‘You don’t play rugby,’” Puriri said. “Like he didn’t even ask me but told me, ‘You don’t play rugby because you’re not huge.’ Then people are like, ‘You’re a lesbian,’ and I get stereotyped like that all the time, which is so negative to both groups.” Puriri said even the number of those who attend sporting events is influenced by the represented gender. “Guy sports have more fans than girl sports,” Puriri said. “I think if people came and saw what we did, we would get so much more respect, and it would be different.” However, progress is being made in sports like women’s lacrosse to provide female athletes with the same regulations as male athletes. “It has changed a lot since I have come to college,” Read said. “Girls are more aggressive and are allowed to wear helmets and more padding, just as long as it’s safe.” Madeline Jensen, a member of the USU women’s rugby team, said some people believe playing team sports is a positive thing for women. “When we tell people we play rugby, they’re like, ‘You’re badass,’” Jensen said. “People see our bruises and are like, ‘You tackle? That’s awesome.’”
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Football
Romney Stadium set to undergo face-lift 4By Jeffrey Dahdah assistant sports editor
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The Utah State football team will begin their spring practices on Tuesday. The team has a limited amount of practices allotted for the spring session by the NCAA and it will use three of them, then take the week off for spring break, then resume practices. Renovation plans for Romney Stadium were announced on Friday by Scott Barnes, Utah State’s director of Athletics. The announcement came after the approval of the USU Board of Trustees.
The renovations focus on improving fan experience, according to a press release by USU media relations. They include improvements to the west concourse that including new concessions and restrooms. The east side of the stadium will also see those inclusions with the addition of enhanced traffic flow. A new press box will be added on the west side of the stadium that will include suites and lodge boxes. A new public address system is also expected to be added along with video boards on the north and south sides of the stadium. The approval of the plans rep-
resents the first step for the renovations, and now Athletics can start laying out a funding model for the project. “Our objective is to formalize our revenue model to better understand the scope of the project we can fund,” said Barnes on Friday. “Ultimately, I see two phases, and we need to answer the question of what potential funding might buy in phase one, in addition to new premium seating, club amenities and a press box structure, and how soon can we get started on design.” Expanded seating capacity is also expected to be part of the renovations. The current seating
capacity is at 25,513 people. The new renovation plans come in light of two of the schools most successful seasons in football. The team finished in the AP Top25 in 2012 with two losses, and the team went to the inaugural Mountain West championship game last season. The program has gone to three-straight bowl games and has won consecutive bowl games for the first time in its history. It also made the transition to the larger Mountain West Conference last season from the Western Athletic Conference.
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Cook: March Madness starts early for some 4By Ron Cook
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Did somebody say March Madness? Fans at South Carolina, Virginia and Oklahoma State did what fans never should do, storming the court after a big win, putting themselves, players and coaches in danger. Kentucky coach John Calipari went out of his mind, took two technical fouls and was ejected from a game at South Carolina. Veteran referee Ted Valentine embarrassed himself and his profession by going out of his way to provoke a confrontation with Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin in a game against Connecticut. All of it happened Saturday, March 1. Makes you wonder what the rest of the month will bring, doesn’t it? Actually, it’s not really funny. It’s frightening, even dangerous. The craziness in college basketball
has been going on all season. Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie was thrown out of a game against Louisville for getting two technical fouls after leaving the coaching box to argue a call. That was nothing compared to what Syracuse
coach Jim Boeheim did late in a game at Duke. He went berserk after a charge call went against his team, ran on the floor like a madman, took two technicals and was tossed. Boeheim is lucky he’s Boeheim – a Hall of Famer and the second-winningest coach in major-college basketball history – and can get away with just about anything. He should have been
suspended by the ACC, his actions were so over-the-top. Cronin mentioned the double standard that exists for coaches with referees after Cincinnati’s 51-45 loss to Connecticut. Valentine escalated the argument with Cronin on Saturday by jumping in Cronin’s face. “Nobody gets in Jim Boeheim’s face or (Duke coach) Mike Krzyzewski’s face,” Cronin said. Valentine’s actions were officiating at its worst. Good officials know when to walk away from an argument or to call a technical foul. They never should be the aggressor. “He got in my face, I didn’t get in his face,” Cronin said. “Am I allowed to ‘T’ him? That’s what I asked him.” If coaches and players are going to be disciplined, why not a referee? Valentine should be suspended. Oklahoma State star Marcus Smart knows all about punishment. He was suspended for three
games after pushing a heckling fan near the end of a loss at Texas Tech. The guy Smart shoved was a grown man – a real jerk – but that’s beside the point. Players
have no business under any circumstances going into the stands. The results can be horrific. Go to YouTube and type in “Malice at the Palace” for more proof. But fans also have no right to rush the court, no matter how big the win. They don’t belong in any playing area at any time
and can’t be protected there. You even can argue they deserve what they get when they go on the court or field. Who felt sorry for the Cleveland Browns fan who went on the field at Cleveland Stadium and was bodyslammed by Steelers linebacker James Harrison? There was an ugly incident Thursday night after Utah Valley fans rushed the court after a 66-61 overtime win against New Mexico State. The chaos began when New Mexico State player K.C. RossMiller threw the ball at Utah Valley’s Holton Hunsaker as the game ended. Miller was suspended – justifiably – for two games by the Western Athletic Conference. But just because a player was wrong doesn’t mean it was right for the fans to be on the floor. At least one punch was thrown by a New Mexico State player in the subsequent melee. Someone could have been seriously hurt. Krzyzewski warned about the dangers of this sort of thing a few years ago.
“It’s not all fun and games when people are rushing the court, especially for the team that lost. The potential is there all the time for a fan to just go up to you and say, ‘Coach, you’re a (expletive),’ or push you or hit you. And what do you do? What if you did something?” The Southeastern Conference gets it. It’s at least trying to stop fans from going on the court by fining the home school when it happens. The first offense is $5,000, the second $25,000 and the third $50,000. You can bet South Carolina will be fined for its fans being on the court after its 72-67 win against Kentucky. It is possible for schools to control their crowd. The atmosphere at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center usually is electric and raucous, but when is the last time you saw the fans storm the court? Pitt has won big and won often for more than a decade. It also has won with class.
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During my junior year of high goes beyond appreciating the artistic nuances of the Bolshoi school, which saw abnormally Briana Bowen Ballet. Rather, it means uncapricious spring weather, the derstanding what makes the cheeky hallway wisdom was people of another nation tick that weather forecasting was — what deep-set norms and the only industry in which you values influence the way they could be wrong 60 percent of The think and operate. We have a the time and still keep your job. Ninjacrat blinding tendency to assume I’d like to put another indusAmerican values are univertry in that category: predicting sal. For example, because we foreign affairs. view the Ukrainian people as The parallel between the being under attack by Putin’s weather industry and foreign Russia, we assume their worst affairs carries quite well. Weathfate would be falling under er forecasting, which involves Russian control. Yet a closer understanding complex corexamination reveals a sizable relation between countless atof Ukrainians actually mospheric and geological facBriana Bowen minority identify themselves as ethnic tors in order to predict weather Russians, and a proportion of patterns, isn’t an easy job. Neithose might actually favor sether is predicting foreign affairs, ceding from Ukraine and being wherein analysts try to underannexed by Russia. There’s no stand the way the world works way we can accurately gauge and anticipate how people will how foreign affairs crises will act and interact, from the supraplay out if we’re operating national level down to the state from a completely inaccurate and even individual levels. point of view. Both industries are based on Finally, we need to understand some science and lots of histowhat we do not know. That ry; observing what’s happened isn’t a paradox: It is absolutely in the past under similar circumcritical that we recognize there stances and using past patterns are bits of information — rangto predict probable future outing from Putin’s inner thoughts comes — whether that predicto the intensity of secessionist tion deals with the trajectory sentiment in eastern Ukraine — of a developing hurricane or that we simply do not, and cana brewing war between Russia and Ukraine. In both industries, analysts are susceptible to being not, know. Frustrating as it is to acknowledge the flat-out wrong, despite their best predictive ef- perpetual incompleteness of our understanding, it is our only protection against falling prey to our forts. We tend to harshly blame analysts in both own hubris and shortsightedness. fields when their forecasting of future events is – Briana is a political science major in her last less than stellar, whether that entails predicting when we’ll finally get a good powder day at Bea- semester at USU. She is an avid road cyclist and a ver or whether Putin’s aggression in Crimea will 2013 Truman Scholar. Proudest accomplishment: reignite the Cold War. But in reality, the systems True Aggie. Reach Briana at b.bowen@aggiemail. usu.edu. these experts are analyzing are so complex and unpredictable that sometimes predicting future developments is all but impossible. So how can foreign affairs experts do the best with what they have? I’ll leave weather forecasting to our resident meteorologists. There are three ways that foreign affairs experts — and we as Americans in general — can improve our understanding and prediction of foreign affairs. First, we need to understand history. Which modern events have precedents in world history? For example, Russia’s military aggression in Crimea since last Friday bears strong resemblance to Russia’s 2008 incursion into Georgia — the country, not the peach-loving state, folks. It also carries more than a few overtones of the Cold War, where aggressions between the United States and the Soviet Union were indirectly played out on third-party land like Korea and Vietnam. Knowing the past doesn’t give us a perfect roadmap for the predicting the future, but it does help us make much more informed guesses. Second, we need to understand culture. This
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