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Tuesday's Founder's Day celebration gave students a chance to step back and look at the roots of the university they call home. The Student Alumni Association hosted a celebration in honor of Utah State University "s 112th birthday in the Student Center Ballroom. Plenty of cake was left at the end of the gathering, but SAA'sFounder"s Day chair Jeff Garfield said the turnout was better than previous years. "This was good. The main thing we want is for students to be aware and think about the university and what it means," he said. The celebration was a time to reflect on USU's great tradition and the legacy students enjoy here today, Garfield said. Author and USU alumna Susan Arrington Madsen spoke to the audience about her family's history with USU, begining in 1946 when she said her parents frequently saw Shoshone Indians. complete with tepees, camped on Main Street in Logan in the general location of where Weston Inn stands today. "There was one house, and one house only. here on the entire East bench of Logan behind USU," she said. She said things have changed so much since that time it would be impossible to describe accurately what the campus looked like only 40 years ago, but used the Taggart Student Center as one example. "Here at this exact location where the Taggart Student Center

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Professor remembers oldUSU; saysdon'tlookback,thefutureis looking prettygood LARA GALE

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Nostalgia is bound to be tied to the celebration of Utah State University's 112th birthday Tuesday, but Ross Smart, director of the USU Animal Diagnostics Center, said there's no reason to look back. He has been at USU for more than 40 years - longer than any other professor - and said the future is a good place to be. From his first year with USU in 1957 to the present, Smart has seen the university evolve from a small agricultural college to the Carnegie I research university it is today, and has seen all the changes that have come in that time. He said it has been tremendous. Buildings have risen, opportunities have increased and technology has grown.

The changes have definitely been for the better , he said. Commenting on the progression to personal computers, copy machines and calculators from typewriters. mimeographs and slide-rules. he said, Âˇr wouldn't want to go back. It was like the Dark Ages compared to how it is now." He said the physical change of the campus has been interesting to watch . Cows and horses used to sleep where the University Inn and other buildings near the center of campus are now. When USU was a small rural college of 3,000 students, the cemetery was the northernmost border of developed land, and one solitary house stood in the fields beyond . Education has changed as well, he said. USU has seen a major lessening of its emphasis on agriculture. Though USU was once by name an agricultural college. in 1999 only 5.3 percent of

degrees earned at USU were in agriculture. according to the Office of Planning and Analysis. Smart said this is not surprising. Agriculture is still the foundation of the economy and remains an important part of life, but with new technology, the field of agriculture has broadened to incorporate many specialties outside of what people commonly think of as basic farming. "Agriculture at USU is still thriving and strong; he said. "It has a great future and willproduce a lot of important things." Technology has had a major impact on all facets of education, he said. Opportunities are available that didn't exist five years ago, and some that were unfathomable 40 years ago. As for the future, Tm not smart enough to predict the future." he said. "but I'll say this. we can't even anticipate what changes will be happening."

Campaign 2000 Who are they? 'The Statesman' presents profiles of presidential frontrunners

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Biography: John McCain is the senior U.S.senator from Arizona. Born on August 29, 1936, in the Panama Canal Zone, McCain attended the National War College from 1973 to 1974,and also holds a B.S.from the U.S.Naval Academy.McCain represented Arizona in the U.S.House from 1982 to 1986. McCain currently chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. and serves on the Armed Services Committee as well as the Indian Affairs Committee.

Facts: During the Vietnam War, McCain was shot down on a bombing mission over Hanoi and was taken prisoner. From 1967 to 1973 McCain was held as a POW in Hanoi, spending two of those years in solitary confinement. McCain has received many military honors, including the Purple Heart. McCain is married to Cindy McCain. and has seven children and four grandchildren. McCain is Episcopalian.

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Biography: Alan Keyes is the founder and chairman of the Declaration Foundation . He was born on August 7, 1950, in New York City. Keyes hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and previously served as president of Citizens Against Government Waste. From 1985 to 1987 Keyes was Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Social and Economic Council from 1983 to 1985. Keyes holds a B.A.and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Keyes served as interim president of Alabama A&M University, and is the president of the Ronald Reagan Alumni Association.

Facts: Keyes is married to Jocelyn Marcel Keyes. They have two sons and one daughterÂˇ Francis, Andrew and Maya Jeane. They reside in Frederick, Md. Keyes is Roman Catholic.

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George W. Bush is serving his second term as governor of Texas. He was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven. Conn. Bush is a graduate of Yale University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Bush ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Texas in 1978. He also served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas National Guard. From 1989 to 1994 Bush was Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers.

Al Gore is Vice President of the United States and has served in that capacity since 1993. Gore was born on March 31. 1948. in Washington. D.C. Gore attended both the Graduate School of Religionand the LawSchool at Vanderbilt University.Gore served in the U.S.Army in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971,and worked as a newspaper reporter upon discharge. Gore was elected to Congress from Tennessee in 1976,and was reelected three times. Gore was elected to the U.S.Senate in 1984 and reelected in 1990.

Bradley was born on July 28, 1943, in Crystal City, Mo. He played professional basketball from 1967 to 1978 for the New York Knicks. served in the Air Force Reserves. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1978 to 1996. He served on the Senate Finance Committee, Natural Resources Committee, Special Committee on Aging. and the Select Committee on Intelligence . After leaving the Senate. Bradley served as Chair of the National Civic League, wrote essays for the media and taught at several universities.

Facts: Bush is married to Laura Welsh Bush. They have twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna. He is the son of former president George Bush. He speaks fluent Spanish and loves baseball. He started his own oil and gas company in West Texas in 1978. He served as one of two managers for the Texas Rangers from 1989 to 1994. Bush is a Methodist.

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Facts: Gore enjoys playing basketball. He threw the discus on his high school track team and enjoys jogging. Gore is usually credited with penning the Internet term "information superhighway."Gore is married to the former Mary Eliz.abeth"Tipper" Aitcheson, and they have four children: Kristin, Karenna Gore Schiff. Sarah and Albert Ill Gore is a Baptist.

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Facts: Bradley was a Rhodes Scholar and a three-time All-American basketball player at Princeton He is married to Ernestine Schlant Bradley, a professor of German comparative literature at Montclair State University. They have one daughter, Theresa Anne. Bradley is Protestant.

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Arizona launches virtual voting PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Democrats on Tuesday started what they believe is the future of voting - using the Internet in the nation's first such ballot cast in a binding election for public office. "I think it's just wonderful. I can't believe they're doing this." said .\1ary O'Neil of Sun City. who voted early in the Democratic presidential primary using a computer ,\1aricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox cast the first vote from state party headquarters at 12:01 a.m. By mid-afternoon, about 7,000 people had voted and the Web site was

recording about 100 votes every 5 minutes. "There's been occasions during the day when things have locked up. When traffic gets heavy you look for ways to smooth out the bumps," said Bill Taylor of Election.com, the company hired to run the election. "This has been a really good first day." Dennis and Roberta Jensen of Sun City. invited their neighbors over to vote in the den, drink coffee and nosh on freshly baked cookies. "We're a convenience society. We're all used to doing things the easiest way possible,'' said

Dennis Jensen, who planned to vote by Internet Wednesday. "Elections haven't been convenient. They've been highly inconvenient. This is just the opposite." To vote, registered Democrats visit Election.com, which leads them to the Web page where they can vote. They have to enter a personal identification number along with state and date of birth. Early voting continues through Friday for Saturday's primary. On primary day, other voters will have to go to one of 124 polling places where they can use either a traditional paper

ballot or computer. The Voting Integrity Project had sued to stop the online election, arguing that it would harm the voting rights of the poor and minorities who have less computer access than wealthier whites. A judge refused to stop the election, but the group plans to challenge the results. "Everybody seems to be so eager to embrace this technology no matter what the cost:· said Deborah Phillips. president of the Virginia-based group. "This is a real election with real voters whose rights are being trampled on."

finds 1n4 Hispanics in poverty Faulty fasteners foundin 20 Census mental relations of the WASHINGTON (AP) The Hispanic populaBoeing jetscurrently in serviceCensus Hispanic Association for data being tion is expected to triple SEATTLE(AP)- Twenty Boeing jets now in service have faulty fasteners on their engine housings that could corrode and crack, the world's No. 1 aircraft maker said Tuesday. An unknown number of aircraft still on the assembly line will be held up while Boeing searche.s for and replaces the defective fasteners, which are used to attach a plane's metal skin. Deliveries of many Boeing planes have already been delayed because of the strike that began Feb. 9 by Boeing's engineers and technical workers. The fasteners. mistakenly made of an aluminum alloy that is prone to cracking, were installed on planes on Boeing·sSeattle-area production tines si:ice December, Boeing spokeswoman Yvonne Leach said. The 20 planes already in service are all 7375.757s and 777s. Boeing would not identify the airlines involved. The fasteners are small circular collars that hold pins in place. The problem was first reported in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal. No fastener failures have been reported. Boeing met Monday with the Federal Aviation Administration, which determined the problem does not pose a safety threat, Leach said.

released Wednesday show that more than a fourth of the Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing minority, live below the poverty level. Only one in 10 is college-educated. More than 25 percent of the nation's 31 million Hispanics lived below poverty level in 1998, considered then to be $16,600 for a family of four. About 8 percent of non-Hispanic whites lived in poverty in 1998. Getting better wages could get tougher for Hispanics. especially recently arrived immigrants, because of increasing demand for college-educated workers, said Gumecindo Salas, vice president for governJ

Colleges and Universities. About 11 percent of Hispanics had bachelor's degrees or higher, compared with 28 percent of non-Hispanic whites. The data are part of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey on Hispanics, the last population estimates before the 2000 Census. "The tradition among all immigrants in the U.S. is that after two or three generations, you tend to see a movement up in educational level." Salas said. But with Hispanics. "because you have so many coming in over time, it tends to undermine that level of improvement. It may not appear to be improvement, but it actually is."

to 98 million in 2050. Hispanics could become in the half-century the nation's largest minority group with their percentage rising from about 12 percent now to 24 percent. Within the Hispanic population, Cubans are more likely to have a college education and least likely to live in poverty. About 25 percent of Cubans have bachelor's degrees, compared with 11 percent of Puerto Ricans and 7 percent of Mexicans. Meanwhile, 27 percent of Puerto Rican families lived in poverty, compared with 24 percent of Mexican families and 11 percent of Cuban households.

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WorldGLANcE > Germany opens drop-off forunwanted babies HAMBURG,Germany (AP)- Desperate mothers who do not want their babies will soon be able to drop them off anonymously through a chute at a Hamburg day care center. under a project being launched by a youth help organization. When placed into the chute, a baby will fall into a warm bed and be placed in the program's care, proJect leader Heider Kaiser said. Mothers have eight weeks to rethink their decision, she said. The program was devised to give women an alternative to abandoning or even killing their babies when they can't or don't want to keep them, Kaiser said. In the United States, Minnesota has introduced a similar program and Los Angeles is discussing one. A baby drop also exists in South Africa. There were several abandoned baby cases in Hamburg last year, including one in which a newborn was found dead in a trash container. Twenty newborns are abandoned in Germany every year. and about half them die, said Friedhelm Guethoff of the Children's Protection Agency in Wuppertal. "The women in these panicked situations had secret pregnancies because there were massive family conflicts involved," Guethoff said. These women gave birth in bathrooms and parks. and feel they need to get rid of their babies before anyone finds out, he said.

> Hunt begins for4,000missing Oscar ballots BEVERLYHILLS,Calif. (AP)- Ten mailbags with all 4,000 Oscar ballots are missing in a real Hollywood whodunit for Academy Awards executives, a distinguished accounting firm and the Postal Service. A week after mailing the ballots, tucked in business envelopes with 33-cent, first-class postage. the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was getting panicky Tuesday because members hadn't received them. The deadline for returning ballots is March 21. The Oscars are March 26. "We mailed the t_llots, 4,000 of them, to Academy members last Wednesday and Price Waterhouse Coopers took the 10 mailbags to the Beverly Hills Post Office and left them there as would anybody," Academy spokesman John Pavlik said. The mailing had been treated with considerable fanfare by the Oscar people, who invite the news media to witness the annual ritual at the Academy's offices. If the ballots aren't found, the numbers on them will be invalidated and new ones will be printed and mailed. • ✓t

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Versity.com.an up-and-coming Web site, offers supplemental notes for selected Utah State University classes as well as classes from over 150 universities nationwide, according to Julie Martin, versity.com·s USU campus manager. Versity.comwas founded in 1997 by four undergraduate students at the University of Michigan. Their vision was to create an ·online academic community designed to empower students to get the most out of their college career," according to the Web site. The site offers discussion boards, practice tests, opportunities to ask an expert questions and notes from classes on campuses around the United States. The basic idea behind the site is students are paid $Z50 to go to a lecture, take notes and post them on the Internet. There are 31 note takers at USU. according to Julie Martin. ·1 think it's great," said Bob Mills, who teaches Business 3100 in the Business Information Systems department. "The nice thing is I don't give out notes, so it's easy for me. I tell my class to go to versity.com and get them." Mills' course is one of 39 USU classes with online notes available. It is a survey class where a lot of concepts are taught. He said online notes can help the student corroborate a little. He said he doesn't think having notes available on the Internet encourages people to skip class. "If a student doesn't want to come.

it's not going to be because of versity," Mills said. Glen Maw. who teaches Psych 1220. another course with online notes, said he doesn't see a problem with versity. "When I was your age it was Cliffs Notes." Maw said. Now Internet technology is changing the way classes work, he said. It is a "buyer-beware phenomenon." Versity's user agreement says, "The lecture notes contained within versity.com are a note taker's interpretation of what was presented in the lecture. They are not a professor's lecture notes. The notes are not intended to be used as a substitute for going to lecture." Dave Bregenzer teaches Business Statistics, another USU class with notes posted on versity.com. He said he had some questions about how accurate the notes were. "There is no substitute for going to class,"he said. "That's the bottom line." He said he saw the potential for information being lost, and the online notes should be a "last-ditch, desperate attempt to find out what's going on." He said his advice for students is to ask someone they know what happened in class if they miss a day. Jeremy Martin, marketing representative for Versity at USU, said he thinks the note takers are all reliable. When a note taker is hired they have to go through an in-depth tutorial on the computer to learn what is expected of them, he said. The notes are audited every night and if there seem to be problems, they

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WASHINGTON - When they first met each other, Christopher Gergen and Burck Smith were twentysomethings looking for a cause, both up for "distance learning· project jobs at the U.S. Department of Education. Fascinated with how the Internet could change the way students learn - but not thrilled with the idea of becoming government workers they instead decided to start their own company.

Smarthinking Inc. links college students (mostly from community colleges) with tutors in real time over the Internet So far, Smarthinking has signed up 15 schools that are getting the service for free as part of a pilot program launched in January. Graduate students and others are screened to become tutors in math and writing; more subjects are planned later. While Smith and Gergen have ambition and connections (Gergen's father is political adviser David Gergen and Smith's is Turner Smith.

While Super Tuesday allowed citizens around the country to cast their vote yesterday, Friday is the day for voters here in Utah. Voters in districts 19 and 20 can vote at Jones Hall on the Utah State University campus. District 12 can vote at the USU Nutrition and Food Science building. For information, call the county clerk at 716-7150.

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let the note takers know. If the notes aren't good, the note taker gets a warning, then he or she can be fired if they don't improve, he said. In addition to the $Z50 per lecture, student note takers are given bonuses for good notes. so Jeremy Martin said it's an incentive for them to take good notes. Student opinions about online notes vary.

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The Associated Students of Utah State University Executive Council will be giving the Greeks money, but not all they want. The USU Interf raternity Council (IFC) and the Panhellenic Council requested $2,215 of capital and support funding from ASUSUto buy a new computer for their office in the Taggart Student Center. But the motion passed in the council by a 14-4 vote only after a motion was approved to change the amount of funds to $1,500. IFC has nine officers and represents campus fraternities, said College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Senator Bethany Mills, the bill's sponsor. The Panhellenic Council's six officers represent the sororities. "There's a computer in (the Greek office) that cannot be used," Mills said. She said the current computer runs from an outdated DOS prompt rather than a more current Windows operating system. But some members of the council questioned the need for so much money. ·1 think it's great to support these groups, and I also think $1.500 is enough." said ASUSU Public Relations Vice President Christina Domichel. But Mills said she and others have researched the issue and found that $2,215 would buy a computer from USU Computer Services that would include a three-year warranty for upgrades and maintenance.

With $3.8 million, the Bridgerland Community Ice Arena (BCIA)could go up, but not as originally planned. The sum would build a rink with two locker rooms, a lobby with no concession stands, two restrooms and only 200 seats. "That's what we can afford today,"said BCIA executive director Janet Borg. The original plan calls for six locker rooms, four restrooms, 2,000 seats and a large lobby complete with concession stands. Two thousand seats would be just what the Utah State University hockey team needs. The team nearly fills the Weber County Ice Sheet. which seats approximately 2,000, when fans have to drive nearly an hour to reach it. But $3.8 million is not all the BCIAshould have to go on. Fund raising efforts for the local ice rink continue as the

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president of a real estate subsidiary of Bank of America), they also have a challenge on their hands. So far, distance learning hasn't been an Internet blockbuster. But Gergen and Smith are hoping their particular model and proximity to other Washington education technology companies. including Blackboard Inc. and VarsityBooks.com Inc., will set them apart. And they think they have the personalities to run a successful company. "Burck is the visionary and I'm the proselytizer.· Gergen said.

"I would never in my life trust somebody else' to take notes for me unless it was someone I knew,"said junior Stephanie Wankier, a math education major. "I would rather be in class, but if I couldn't be, it would be nice to get the notes," said junior Maggie Proctor, an anthropology major. Versity assures the quality of every set of lecture notes because "each of versity's thousands of note takers must meet stringent application criteria, complete a detailed training program and respond to the feedback of their fellow classmates." Some students don't like the idea at all. "I think it's a big crock," sociology major Steve Hadley said. •If you're going to pass the test you should be in class. And I'm tired of all those fliers. They make our campus look like crap." According to Versity·sWeb site. it "provides students with an accessible, functional study aid that supplements their own knowledge and resources." Bregenzer said just because the notes are on the computer they're not necessarily good.

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Grants from the Eccles deadline is March 31. Borg said. Foundation of up to $500,000 The week of March 20 has been declared "BCIAWeek" by are pending and the arena has Logan Mayor Doug Thompson. yet to be named, which could pull up to $1 milBorg said the BCIA lion more from a will do a radio blitz donor who wishes that week, which PROIEC the building to be will include free air named after them. time on local radio The Bridgeriandke Twelve qualified stations with ads Arenahas funding applicants in the done by local footfor: naming process ball hero Merlin • two lockerrooms have already rejectOlsen. ed putting their The ads will ask • a lobby mark on the rink, residents to go to • two restrooms but Borg said she is Utah State • 200 seats optimistic that by University le hopes to get the time there are Community Credit moneyto build: 20 applicants, the Union or Zions Bank to make facilitywillbe • six lockerrooms named. donations toward • four restrooms Borg said the the new rink. The BCIAboard of USU Community • 2,000seats Credit Union will trustees is looking • a largelobby match up to $4,000 for a local sponsor • concessions stands to name the rink of contributions made by members, so that it willgenBorg said. The BCIA might erate more interest and leave a even throw in free skating lasting legacy in Cache Valley. passes for when the rink is completed, she said. Jump.tQla ARENA.P.age12

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PROVO - Thursday, Chris Jones, National Field Director for Keyes 2000, announced that Republican candidate Alan Keyes is coming to Utah to campaign for the presidency. He will fly to Salt Lake City from Denver shortly after noon today and will stay in Utah through tomorrow morning. Supporters are planning a rally at the airport to greet Keyes upon his arrival. He will campaign in Salt Lake and Provo that afternoon, hold a reception with legislators and Republican leaders who have endorsed him and give a maior speech that evening. Ambassador Keyes is one of three Republican candidates still in the race for President. For updates on Keyes. Utah itinerary, visit the Utah Keyes Web site at www.progsharehouse.com/ keyes, or e-mail Utah campaign state coordinator Stefani Stone at stefani@softhome.net

> Heritage Center seeksvolunteers The American West Heritage Center is looking for volunteers in many areas for the 2000 season. Initial training begins March 9. The Center includes the 1917 working Jensen farm, the 7,000 squarefoot welcome center, the Festival of the American West and special activities year round. All age groups 14 and older are welcome to the special training sessions. Younger children may also volunteer, but will be trained at a later time. Benefits such as gift shop discounts, admission vouchers and more are available for volunteers. For information, call Rachel at 245-4064.

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It's the time of year when flowers return. animals come out of their sleep and the cold of winter becomes just a memory. It's also the time when people start playing jokes on each other and believing animals can predict the weather. Spring is a season of folklore, myth and celebration. From ancient times to today, humans have invented folk tales, dreamed up celebrations and even created new dances specifically devoted to spring. Actor Robin Williams once said. "Spring is nature's way of saying. 'Let's party."' And indeed many cultures view spring as a time

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is not entirely certain. Maymie Krythe's book "All About American Holidays" suggests several reasons why people may have begun dying eggs. Krythe said the colors might simply have been used to suggest joy, they may have fulfilled the longing for bright colors as spring arrived or the colors may have been an imitation of the hues of the Northern Lights. According to Holidays on the Net

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Logan weather is anything but predictable. With their generally limited funding, Utah State University students may be asking the t.!ltimate question: wax the skis or buy new shorts? The answer to these and many other weather related topics are said to be found

he consulted with President Bill and directed him to select the appropriate scroll. which proclaimed, 'On this Second Millennium Groundhog Day I have no worry about Y2K. There is no glitch in the Prediction I say. The sun abounds in the sky so I cast a shadow nearby. When my shadow I see. six more weeks of Winter there will be.'" according to www.stormfax.com/ ghogOO. htm. In 1993, the movie Groundhog Day. starrin& I

The Utah StatesmanCLOSE-UP Wednesday,March8, 2000 around a living tree as part of spring fertility rites . Continuedfrom Page4 The tradition is carried on today. according to the site, as Folklore Archives in the Utah a ceremonial folk dance State University Merrill around a tall pole decorated Library and Assistant with greenery or flowers and Director of the USU Folklore ribbons. Department Randy Williams Dancers often hold the said communities the world ribbons and weave them into over have traditions and eelcomplex patterns, according ebrations related to spring . to the site. "Most people in the world The tradition, usually - when they think of observed on May 1, continues spring - they ~ throughout Europe and in think of rebirth," Y1. ,..;. parts of India. according to Williams said. {_Jr.. Pl},.. Britannica. She --:r==-,:-.. It is also celesaid the brated in .\ Cache Valley, regrowth ' )),I Williams said. of plant !ife )JI She and the said the birth of communinew anity of mals is symMendon bolic for many has a large of the transitions from death May Day celebration that to life or dormancy to proincludes a maypole dance, a ductivity. carnival and the crowning of Pagan religions especially a queen and king. have a rich history of plan tiSome of the emphasis on ng traditions and fertility eel- the climatic changes of spring ebrations during spring. have led to other weatheraccording to the Pagan predicting superstitions, startLibrary·s Spring Equinox ing with Groundhog's Day Ritual site at www.paganlibut by no means ending brary .com/rituals_spells/spri there. ng_equinox_ritual.shtml, one The National Oceanic and of many sites on the Web Atmospheric Administration teaching pagans and neois part of the U.S. pagans today how to conduct Department of Commerce. Its spring rituals. Central Region Headquarters' A large part of these celeWeb site, www.crh.noaa.gov, brations and traditions deal lists two dozen weather-relatwith symbols and colors, ed superstitions compiled by Williams said. meteorologist Kirk Huett!. ·colors play a lot in differ"Humans developed folk ent folk communities," she tales, also called weather wissaid, specifically light colors doms, in order to try and and pastels . explain the wonders of A tradition that grew from nature like clouds, rain. snow, the celebration of spring is storms and the wind, to May Day and the maypole name a few," Huett! states on dance. the site. The Encyclopaedia Some of the superstitions Britannica's Web site, listed at the site include www.britannica.com, says the beliefs that: maypole dance is a survival • When cats wash frantiof ancient dances performed cally behind their ears and

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GROUNDHOG Continuedfrom Page4 BillMurray. brought new fame to the holiday. Since then the number of visitors to Punxsutawney has risen to about 35.000 the Web page said. According to Stormfax.com, Punxsutawney Phil acts as the "King of the Groundhogs , Seer of Seers. Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet without Peer." One of the main differ ences between the film and• the actual event is the fact that the traditional groundhog ritual is held on Gobbler 's Knob on top of a hill the site said, and in the movie it is in the middle of town ·square. According to handler Bill Deeley, "Phil weighs 15 pounds and thrives on dog food and ice cream in his climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library." According to Maymie R. Krythe's book "AllAbout American Holidays" pub lished by Harper and Brothers in 1962, the tradi tion was brought to the United States by German

immigrants who used a similar tradition to determine when to plant crops. Originally, a hedgehog was used, but since there weren't any of these to be found in the Americas. the groundhog was adopted in its stead. Thus the name was changed from Candlemas to Groundhog Day the book said. In Canada, the designated groundhog is named Wiarton Willy. According to Krythe, this lore grew popular in the U.S . during the late 1800s due to Clymer H. Freas, a newspaper editor, and W. Smith. a congressman and newspaper editor. Krythe said, ·some time ago the National Geographic Society declared this whole groundhog idea ridiculous, and said the day ought to be abolished ... And since this day affords us good laughs, it would be too bad if this unique bit of Americana were abolished." Despite his popularity, the groundhog predictions have only proven to be correct 39 percent of the time Krythe said. This year however, he seems to be in peak weather predicting condition.

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dogs eat grass. it will rain soon . • A halo around the moon indicates rain coming, and the number of stars inside the halo predict the number of days it will rain. • The katydid's song approximates the temperature. One final spring tradition is the holiday known as April Fool's Day. celebrated April 1. Mark Twain once said, "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days: The idea behind April Fool's Day, however, is not to recognize one's own foolishness but to make fools out of others. According to the Web site of the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, at www.usis.usemb.se/ Holidays/ celebrate / april.html. the holiday dates to 16th-century France, when the new year started on April 1. In 1562, Pope Gregory created a new calendar with the new year starting Jan. 1. Some people either didn't hear about the change or didn't believe it. Those people, called -April Fools" by their neighbors. continued celebrating the new year OTI.. April 1, according to the Web site. Those in the know played jokes on these April fools. sending them on "fool's errands " or telling them falsities and expecting them to believe, according to the site. Today, Americans continue the tradition of practical jokes. · In France, however, the holiday has changed a little. the site says. April 1 is now called Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish: French children stick paper fish to their friends' backs, and when the friend notices the fish. the jokester yells, "April Fish!"

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The Utah StatesmanCLOSE-UP Wednesday,March 8, 2000 www.st-patricks-day.com. There is also a legend Continuedfrom Page4 that St.Patrickused the shamrockto drive all the God. He learned the Irish snakesout of Ireland. language before finally St.Patrick'sDaywas first escaping back to Britain. celebratedin the United There Patrickstudied the Statesin 1737in Bostonby the Irish CharitableSociety priesthood.was ordained a deacon,then a priest and and later in Philadelphia finallya bishop.Following and NewYorkby the his ordinationas a bishop, FriendlySonsof St. Patrick he went back to Ireland and and the AncientOrder of began to preach the Hibernians,accordinga Christiangospel.according Website at www.wilstar. to the CatholicWebsite. com/holidays/patrick.htm. A traditionalicon of St. One tradition associated Patrick'sDay,the shamrock with St.Patrick'sDay and symbolizesthe crossand Ireland is the Blarneystone. the HolyTrinity,according This is a stone set in the to www.st-patricks-day.com. wall of the BlarneyCastle An Irish tale explainsthat towerin the Irish villageof St.Patrickused the threeBlarney,the Nando Times leafedshamrockin sermons Web site at to explainhow the Father, www.nando.net/toys/stpadthe Son and the HolySpirit dy/stpaddy.htmlsaid. couldall be separate elel(jssingthe stone is supments of the same entity, posed to bring the gift of the Web site said. persuasiveeloquenceor Beforethe Christian era. blarney.No one really the shamrockwas a sacred knows how the stone came plant of the Druids.Three to have this power,but one was a mysticalnumber in myth saysan old woman the Celticreligionas wellas cast a spell on the stone to other religions.His followers thank a kingwho savedher adopted the custom of from drowning(wwwgeociwearinga shamrockon his ties.com/heartland/fields feastday,accordingto /2142/SPkiss.html).

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Kissingthe stone is rather hard. and takes some maneuveringsince it is between the main castle wall and the parapet. Kissershave to lie on their backs and bend backward and downwardwhileholding onto iron bars for support, accordingto the Nando Times Web site. Leprechaunsare also part of St.Patrick'sDay celebrations.Traditionally.a leprechaunis a small unfriendlyIrish fairy who spends his time alone making shoes,accordingto the Nando Times Webpage. Treasurehunters can track down a leprechaunby listeningfor the sound of his hammer. If caught.a leprechaun can be forcedto reveal where his treasureis with the threat of bodilyviolence. If the captor takes his or her eyesoff the leprechaun - and he tries to trick them into lookingawayhe vanishes,and so do all hopes of findinghis treasure. The leprechaunsof legend are all mean and tricky,the site said.

ancient Egyptand later in Europe. Becausehares are not Continuedfrom Page4 found in North America,rabbits - or bunnies - have taken their place, says the has become an art form in encyclopedia. some European countries. Why the Easter bunny is Holidays on the Net describes how the Armenians decorate credited with laying the Easter egg is a bit of a myshollowed eggshellswith pictery. Krythe says the idea of tures of Christ, the Virgin the rabbit laying eggscame Mary and other religious from Germany, but she doesdesigns. n't explain how the rabbit The Web site also and the eggs became associatdescribes Pyanski.the ed with each other. Ukranian art of decorating The Encyclopedia eggs with beeswaxand dye to Britannica simply says the create complex patterns of Easter rabbit is ·accredited lines and colors. The Easter egg was a Pagan with laying eggs."However symbol adapted by Christians, this magical bunny came to and so was the Easter bunny. be, its myth continues to grow - modern candy comAccordingto the panies even credit it with the EncyclopediaBritannica, the hare was used as a symbol of ability to cluck like a chicken and lay chocolate eggs. fertility and springtime in

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New membersof Utah State Univer~ity'schapter(lf Mortar Board Joining the ran ks were inducted Monday night in the Skyroom. The inducteeswill make up the 2000-2001 chapter.Mortar Boardis a nationalhonor society recognizingcollegeseniorsfor outstading acl1eivmentin scholarship, leadershipand seri,ice.Mortar B(){lrdwa, re,ponsi/Jlefor the Guitars U11pl11gged fundraiserearlierthis year.

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Morrilltakes Coach of the Year, two Aggieson All-BWCfirstteam. Detailson Page 11.

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with their physical play.It shouldn't be hard for the Aggies to shut down UOP's offense that shot only a poor 42 percent. Look for USU to win by at least IO points.

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more 3-pointers. However,despite ,. beating the Tigers ig the first meeting, i'.IS: , well as having the ·. nation's longest wir:b: ning streak at 16 '

game we've played, with the exception of two, have been tough games for us. "We're not a dominant basketball team. We have to

:~ ~~of-8from beyond the J~e guy can really put t};i~;~ll up; Utah State sop!l6~ore forwa~d ~rennan ~~~~ of McKmghts scorillJ a~ihty. .

~~~he:i;~~~tn~g ;~;~l), the Aggiesknow any:- ~estern Division BWC thing can happen.. ' Ov~II Team W L Pct. W L Pct. "Anybodycan.beat Long BeachSt 15 I .938 22 4 .846 us on a given night: Santa Barbara IO 6 .625 13 12 520 Morrill said. "Yoµ·ve· UC lr.ine 7 9 .438 13 13 500

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~~gJ~f ;e court )'.v1ornll doe~n·t s1:1spect they wil~d<;> anything differently this time around. ·~ey're_ going to throw all kmd of Junk defenses at

~~n~rence. On the overall season, USU has allowed just 61.1 ppg (14th in the nation). The Aggiesalso are holding their opponents to just 39.5 percent from the field (second in the conference). •Ifwe don't defend (Pacific)as well as we have been defending all year long; Morrill said, ·we won't have a chance to win.· In order to win what

~f~"ltt:~d:~1l1~~~e:fn~anthem the first time last time w_eplayed them. I think our k1~sdo have confidence that we I1~an_dlethem ,even better this time. Thats what they're hearing from me because I expect to handle them better. In_the two tea!11s'first meeting, the Aggieswere able to shoot 52 percent. from the field (13-of-25)m the first half, en route to

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'But they haven·t:~ . Saturday Morrill thinks the Championship (ESPN)8:30p.m. fact the AggiesHave "'TBA = 30 mlnutei. afterthe @d of die previwon 16 in a row. · c,,::. ous game. should help his team rather than hurt it.. ; it its first spot in the NCAA ·we should be able to Tournament in 10 years. relax and go playhantawi Regf!rdl~sQfvtlli.Jt ~p,, ., have fun knowing thatweat pensJnthisyear'stottma"' · > least secured a spetjal sea- ·· 'ment-the Aggies'have had son in many waystne said. remarkable season - one This will be the 53rd which many people didn't meeting betweeQ thetwo imagine.

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"Killthem, Ray. Draw some ijl09d." Let's just say Brennan Ray has:eijrned a reputation from the fans who like to ·egg hirilbn." For the past season, Ray hasOf~g!Ithe Aggies' energy guy, a defensive specialist, the;p~rµs,ll,~" . CC./t ·1 get real caught up; he said; tliliiK:t;b,at is, one ):..;\ of my strong points." 't ····..· ···· · _.,." A sophomore from Chandler,:Ar,iz.,Ray hasn't been Utah State University's leading 'scorer or rebounder, but he has filled a unique nichefo:t the team. He only averages 2.3 points ~game (eighth on the team) and 2.7 rebounds a gameiJ~ed for fifth). So what's the big deal? f.>Y Location: Las Cruces, N.M. ; "Brennan Ray (comes) in and ffresus up defensiveEnrollment: I 5,409 ;@ ly."head coach Stew Morrill sai/;f~®ut his role on the ewe Offensive Ranking: 6th :'i team. i 't ewe Defensive Ranking: 4th " ~ In the final regular season gc1¢e against Boise Top scorer: BillyKeys ( 17.2) fi; State University. Ray took a cha,rgeVforcingthe Top rebounder: Daveeno Hines):;;: turnover that helped spark a 2376run that buried

~t~he Aggies: Lost 81-46 at Logan Analysis: Although they shoot an excellent free-throw percentage at 74 percent (first in the

~t~he Aggies: :(ltj}[j~;; ~ri~!lfj !&U~m~~~~'.:P¢f!ect Big West Lost 66-51 at Logan Though aggressive - Ray earned a technical foul Lost 70-66 at Las Cruces Saturday night (his first) - it is he who is usually Analysis: The defending Big frustrating the other team, getting them to commit West champions were picked to , the technical or intentional foul.

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ence. Look for them to give Long Beach State all they can handle in a possible semi-finalmatch-up.

he gets hit or someone else tries to get in "If somebody hits me, it just fires me up more: Ray said. Even while playing at Mesa Community College

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Aggies barely win at BSU

UtahState TEXTBOOK ADOPTION UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE REPORT As of 5 pm, March I 2000

USU loses three out of four events, but fairs well enough on beam to win road meet

What are _textbook adoptions, and why are they important? Most un1vers1tycourses have associated textbooks that will be used as curriculum.Tohave textbooks availablefor purchase, faculty must ''adopt" the textbook by placingan order at the Bookstore.Whe n adoptions are submitted on time from faculty,the Bookstore can locate the appropriate number of textbooks from publishers and other sources.

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After trailing Boise State University on three events, the Utah State University gymnastics team managed to edge a win Tuesday night in Boise. The 194.725 victory over the Broncos, 194.65, was closer than the Aggies would have liked, but when the Broncos faltered on beam the Aggies capitalized with a stellar performance that gave them a narrow win. Senior Christy Denson seemed to be over the sickness that affected her during Friday night's meet in the Spectrum. She won the all-around with a season high 39.425, ahead of Boise State's Breanne Holmes. who scored 39.325. Denson led the Aggies to a strong start on bars, winning the event with a season high 9.95. Tina Ellis, Jessica Porter, and Kristen Bloom each scored above 9.825, while Kirra Degener earned 9.725 to give the Aggies a total of 49.225. But the Broncos' 49.25 was better. With the Broncos opening the meet with solid vaults, including two 9.825s and a 9.85, the Aggies were under pressure to hit. But although there were no falls, the Aggies were less than their best. Megan Woolstenhulme led with a 9.75. "BSU vaulted exceptionally well," USU head coach Ray Corn said. ·we lacked a little bit of luster there." The Broncos scored 48.95 to the Aggies 48.25 on vault. Then the Aggies moved to the floor and "disaster struck," Corn said. The Aggies had two falls, and one near fall, forcing them to count two low scores. The gymnasts said they felt tired and commented that the floor was difficult to tumble on, but Corn deemed the excuses ·unacceptable." The rest of the teams in the country are tired and have to compete on equipment they aren't used to as well, he said . "We're not showing the perfection we should be at this point in the season," Corn said . "We're still making some silly mistakes." But freshman Erin Maguire had a spectacular performance, winning the event with a career high 9.95. "A 9.95 on the road - that's exceptional," Corn said . While the Aggies were struggling on floor, the Broncos had an even more frustrating beam performance counting two falls, including an 8.875 from their last gymnast up. ·They finished the event with a 47.65, opening the door for USU. The Aggies went six for six on the event. Degener started with a 9.75, helping the Aggies get the momentum flowing, and Denson won the event with a season high 9.925. BSU finished solidly on floor, but it wasn't enough. The win helps the Aggies regional qualify-

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Morrill is BWC coach of the year, 4 other Aggies named. per contest. He averages 10.1 points per game and is sevAthleticMediaRelations enth in the Big West in assist to turnover ratio at 1.52. Utah State University "I didn't really expect to be landed two players on the some kind of selection, even first-team all-Big West though I had a great year," Conference baskeball team, Rock said. while two other Aggies Brown, who earned earned honorable Big West all-freshmention honors and man honors last head coach Stew year, is a 6-3 guard. Morrill was named the He leads the team in league's Coach of the scoring at 12.2 points Year. All of the selecper game and his tions were voted on by 45.3 three-point perthe 12 league coaches. Morrill centage is second in Utah State. which the BigWest. He posted a perfect 16-0 also ranks in the top record in Big West 10 in the league in Conference play and three-pointers per owns a 25-5 overall game (eighth with record heading into 2.23) and assist to the Big West turnover ratio (third Tournament. had at 1.90). Shawn Daniels and Utah State and Troy Rolle named first Daniels Long Beach State team, while Bernard University each had Rock and Tony Brown four players earn earned honorable first, second or honmention honors. orable mention honThe two first-team ors. LBSU'sMate selections marked the Milisa was named first time the Aggies the player of the had two such picks in year after leading its Big West history. the 49ers to a 13-1 USU did not have a Rolle conference mark. first-team selection Milisa ranks fifth in last year after landing the league in scoring. one first:-team pick first in field goal perfrom 1995-98. centage. fifth in free Morrill. who has throw percentage, led USU to a 40-18 10th in rebounding record in his two seaand seventh in sons at blocks. USU. earned confer"Great player," ence coach of the year Rock Morrill said. "Possible honors for the second first round pick I'm time in his career as hearing. Obviously he earned Big Sky you could make a honors at Montana case for Shawn University in 1991. (Daniels}because we Morrill joined Rod went 16-0, but hey Tueller(1980)and they went 15-1. so 1 Larry Eustachy (1995 can't really find and 1998) as Utah Brown much fault in that." State coaches to have The league also honored won that award. North Texas' Chris Davis as "I think recognition by the Freshman of the Year. your peers is really appreciaDavis led the Big West with a tive always,"he Morrill said. 21.7 scoring average. "But I think it is more of a reflection of what these kids All-Big West Conference have done and what the Basketball Teams assistants have done. than FirstTeam what I have done. They Mate Milisa,LongBeach State should get an award for BillyKeys,New MexicoState putting up with me with all SHAWNDANIELS,UTAHSTATE of my quarks and idiosynChris BJorklund.Cal Poly TROYROLLE,UTAHSTATE crasies after all these years. Gordon Scott, Idaho Daniels. a 6-6. junior forward from Bakersfield Junior SecondTeam Ike Harmon, Cal State Fullerton College, ranks in the top 10 James Williams, Long Beach State in the BigWest Conference RamelLloyd. LongBeachState in several categories. includJerry Green. UC Irvine Deginald Erskin,North Texas ing second in field goal percentage (.582), rebounds (8.1) Abe Jackson,BoiseState and blocks (1.63). He is secHonorableMention Justin Lyons, BoiseState ond on the team in scoring Mike Wozniak, Cal Poly at 12.1 points per game and Antrone Lee. LongBeachState also adds 1.3 steals per game. Marek Ondera, UC Irvine ErickAshe,UC Santa Barbara Rolle. a 6-2. senior guard, Devon Ford. Idaho earned honorable mention Terrance Green, Nevada all-league honors a year ago. Chris Davis,North Texas Rolle is third on the team in TONYBROWN,UTAHSTATE scoring average at 11.6 and is BERNARDROCK.UTAHSTATE Eric Channing. New MexicoState fourth in the Big West in three-point percentage at All-Freshman Team Chris Davis, North Texas 41.1 percent. Terrance Green, Nevada "That's a real honor and I Greg Ethington,UC Irvine appreciate it, and I just want Mark Hull, UC Santa Barbara Jason Miller, North Texas to thank all the coaches and Tom Cockle. Pacific guys that picked me to be first team," Rolle said. Playerof theYear Mate Milisa.Long BeachState Rock. a 5-10 transfer from New Mexico Military Coach of theYear Institute, is second in the Big STEWMORRILL.UTAHSTATE West in assists at 4.5 per Freshman ofthe Year game, while ranking seventh Chris Davis,North Texas if' the league in steals at 1.57 UTAHSTATEUNMRSITY

fuy Continuedfrom Page8 (MCC) and Chandler High School. both in Arizona, Ray has been the guy who did "the little things." "I've always been wild," he said. His four younger brothers might have something to do with that. "We're a basketball squad," Ray said. All competitive, they would gang up on him, he said. A two-time all-conference selection, Ray spent a year at MCC, averaging 7.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He then spent two years on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Barcelona, Spain. He then joined USU last season. but after playing only 10 minutes in two . games. he suffered a wrist injury that required surgery. Unable to even practice with the team, he redshirted last season . Not being a scorer, Ray said he had serious doubts of even playing Division l basketball. But what has caught the eye of USU coaches is his defense something Ray prides himself on. Saturday he kept close tabs on his defensive assignments. "I noticed Justin Lyons had nine points," Ray said. "When I came in I know he didn't score."

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should be, 'Do you think you should be in?' The answer to that is, "Yes.'I think we should be in. Anytime you win 16

games in a row in league and are undefeated over a two month span. you have proven you are the best team in the league." But can the Aggies carry that over to three games in three days?

Brennan Ray shootsa leaningjump shot in the Feb..18 victoryoverPacific.He has tied his season high of ~ixpoints twice.

time out to sign autographs . When asked if any of the kids seeking autographs said they wanted to be the defensive, rebounding specialist like him. he responded simply, "I don't think anyone says that.·

"Who knows." Morrill said. "That's what we'll find out this week." Utah State holds the advantage over the other teams playing in the tournament as it has played this intense schedule at the Maui

Invitational. in Maui. Hawaii, Nov. 22-24. ·we played three days in a row already." Morrill said. "Nobody else has ... Let's be positive about that and expect to play three days in a row and approach it that way."

Tigers best Braves, D'backs rally to beat Cubs (AP)Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa hit their first home runs of the spring, while Jose Canseco and Jay Buhner tried to show they've recovered from injury problems. Gonzalez connected for one of five homers in the Detroit Tigers' 10-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves in Lakeland, Fla. "He just looks menacing at the plate. doesn't he?" new Tigers manager Phil Garner said. Gonzalez, acquired from Texas during the offseason. hit a long, two-run shot. He's been nursing a strained left hamstring . As a result. he has been used only as a designated hitter this spring, and only at Joker Marchant Stadium. "I want to see him get to where he wants to be, which is swinging the bat," Garner said. "He doesn't need to make road trips in spring training." In Tucson, Ariz.. Sosa homered in a five-run fifth, but the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for four runs with two outs in the ninth to beat the Chicago Cubs 9-8. Sosa's drive off the left-field scoreboard at Electric Park was estimated at 425 feet. In St. Petersburg, Fla., Canseco's back felt fine and he had a run-scoring single in his spring debut. 'Tm healthy. That's my main concern," the 35-yearold designated hitter said after going 1-for-3 with a walk in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays· 3-1 win over Texas. Canseco sat out the first weekend of exhibition games after arriving in camp five days late. He was sidelined for six weeks following back surgery last summer, and

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(AP)- Al Gore swept past Bill Bradley in Super Tuesday primaries from Maine to California, pushing his rival to the brink of withdrawal in the Democratic presidential campaign. "We need to build on our record of prosperity," the vice president said, turning his focus toward November. "He won, I lost." said Bradley, all but conceding his challenge was over. Gore won from New England to Georgia to Ohio to California and at several stops in between, regularly gaining 60 percent of the vote or more. Missouri, where Bradley was born: New York. where he played pro basketball - they, too, went for Gore. The vice president fashioned his Super Tuesday shutout while Texas Gov. George W. Bush was gaining the upper hand in his battle for the Republican nomination. A Bush candidacy would set up a general election matchup between two SO-something scions of political families. Gore's father served as senator from Tennessee before him; Bush's father was president and his grandfather represented Connecticut in the Senate. Polling place interviews with Democratic primary voters in every region of the country underscored the vice president's strength among core constituencies vital in Democratic primaries.

(AP)- George W. Bush accelerated his drive to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning California, New York and five other primaries as he rose to vanquish John McCain. Praising his insurgent challenger. Bush said, "Soon our party will unite and turn to the main task at hand -ending the era of Clinton-Gore." McCain was considering whether to drop out of the race and an aide said he expected the Arizona senator to pull the plug as early as Thursday. The Arizona ~enator won four states Tuesday but none beyond independent-minded New England. He told supporters that he and Bush "may meet again," leaving plenty of room for doubt. "We're very pleased with the victories we won and disappointed with the ones we lost" McCain told AP. He said he'll meet with his aides Wednesday "and talk about our future ." In a reflective mood, McCain said, "We've changed the face of politics and put reform on the agenda. We're proud of what we've done." Forging familiar coalitions, Bush relied on party faithful while McCain drew from independents and moderate Republicans. McCain's gamble of criticizingconservative Christian leaders may have backfired in key states, while Bush's visit to a South Carolina university with a history of anti-Catholic views seemed to be a beneficial campaign issue for McCain in some states.

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• McCain (R)- McCain opposes the ethanol subsidy and the sugar subsidy. He believes ethanol is bad for the environment. McCain supports alternative fuel use and favors natural resource preservation. • Bush(R)- Bush favors volutary toxic waste cleanup measures. Bush favors increased oil exploration, recyclying efforts and use of natural gas. • Keyes(R)- not specified • Gore (D) - Gore has worked to combat global warming. Gore favors providing business incentives for energy efficiency. He favors increased funding and use of mass transit to combat urban sprawl. Gore also supports increased funding for national parks. • Bradley(D) - Bradley supports increased prevention of pollution and efforts to clean up pollution. Bradley favors ethanol in gasoline to help farmers.

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now stands was a 10-acre plot. which included a garden center and nursury." she said. And a little to the south was a university dairy where traditionally students bought buttermilk for a low price to help sustain them through lean college years, she said. As time and technology has progressed, she said USU has meant and given something different to every student. "If Founder's Day is significant at all, it is so primarily in the hearts and minds of each faculty member, each student and each employee whose life has been made

more rewarding, more fulfilling and infinitely more enjoyable because of their associa tion with this great institution." Madsen said. Following Mad.sen, the male and female winners of the Founder's Day essay contest sponsored by the SAA were announced. Andrew Stone and Brianne Plowman were each presented a check for a $300 tuition waver and read their essays on the subject of why they love USU. Afterward. cake was served and photographs of USU's very earliest history were on display. Some pictures even depicted the campus before the initial construction of Old Main was completed.

The fund raising process will not stop when the necessary Continuedfrom Page3 funds are obtained for the rink. Borg said BCIAwill continually hold fund-raisers and Borg said she believes the donations from the radio cam- apply for grants to do recrepaign, the $500,000 in grants ational programs, etc. Once the arena is complete, and the money from the naming process will be enough to Borg said public schools would adequately fund the arena as it be invited for recreation classes. Some courses will also deal was originally planned . A "Silveron Ice" dinner and with the scientific aspects of skating, such as describing how auction will take place later in April, also to help raise funds. a skate glides across the ice Fund raising for the BCIAis and the physics behind jumping and twirling. Another prounique in that all the money must be made available before gram will offer equipment scholarships for promising the building can be constructyouth that can't afford it themed, Borg said. The majority of other arenas Borg has heard of selves. The current timetable for have incurred debt by applying BCIAindicates ground will be for loans. but Cache County officials will not allow the BCIA broken in May and finished by March of next year, Borg said. to do that. she said.

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"Bush Whack." the Rev. Timothy McDonald, Vicki Whitaker's 8-year-old who came from Atlanta. The rally was timed to son Zac carried a sign that read "My Mom Needs coincide with the governor's State of the State Affirmative Action." address and the Whitaker, of opening of the 'This is legislative session. Tallahassee. oppresszon,pure became a firstPolice estimated the crowd at 9,000 coland simple. It's generation lege student to 11,000 people. Participants not about color, when she attended Florida State included the Rev. it's about University. Jesse Jackson, , 'This is oppresNAACP President oppression. sion, pure and Kweisi Mfume. the simple," she said. Rev. Martin Luther • VICKI WHITAKER• "It's not about King III. members ,'\fflRM<\TJVF. ACTION of Congress and color. it's about St:PPORTf.R oppression. They state legislators. Protesters sang are telling us we "Amazing Grace" and "We have to trust people will do Shall Overcome," and waved the right thing, and we know from our history that will just signs reading "Jeb is Bush League," "Jeb Crow," and not happen."

Inside the Capitol, Bush defended the plan during his address . "The vast majority of Floridians favor the elimination of affirmative action programs," he said. The Republican governor's One Florida plan bans consideration of race and gender in admissions to the state's 10 public universities and in the awarding of state contracts . It guarantees college admission to the top 20 percent of each high school graduating class. provided the students have taken college preparatory classes. Texas. Washington state and California have also ended affirmative action in university admissions. Supporters of Florida's plan say the state will boost minor-

ity enrollment in college and participation in contracting by reaching out to blacks and others. "There is a new energy for minority outreach that is unprecedented in state government," the governor said. "Our plan is working." But Jackson said Bush doesn't understand the importance of affirmative action. "When you inherit the name, when you inherit legal protection, when you inherit the wealth. when you inherit skin color, when you inherit your parents' friends for advantage, you just don 't understand," Jackson said. In Miami, nearly 600 school bus drivers took the day off to attend the rally, briefly stranding thousands of students .

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The suggestion by Dave Khong in the March 3, Statesman to move Utah State University's Career Fair to a Tuesday or Thursday has some merit behind it. The Career Service's staff reviews the student and employer evaluations from the career fair as well as all other feedback we receive (like last week's letter to the editor) in an effort to improve this outstanding event. In addition we evaluate career fairs at other universities to generate ideas. Though there are more class conflicts on M -W-F than on T-Th, there are also more students on campus. •UrmIDPRfSS Employers are primarily interested in the amount and INTERNATIONAL•quality of student traffic at their booths. Participating employers have been very complimentary on both accounts at USU. There are a few class instructors who have canceled classes and made career fair assignments to their stuLETTERS dents on this day. This has turned out to be very beneficial to both the students in those classes as well as the Lengthslwuldbe employers at the fair. Perhaps more of this could haplimitedto350words. All lettersmay be short- pen in the future. We will make an effort to encourage ened,editedur rejected this. When an event is already successful, we need to be for reasonsofgoodtaste, redundancyur volume very careful about what changes we make. ofsim11arletters.

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agree that sexual impurity has struck a major blow to our society (if you don't agree, watch the Jerry Springer Show sometime). This law is not outdated. We need it now more than ever. Premarital sex increases the chances of having a broken home, unwanted children, and infidelity after marriage. Laura was absolutely correct when she stated: "Having sex is a deeply personal decision that each person enters into on their own." Ultimately the decision to engage in premarital sex is an individual one just like all of our decisions. I hope anyone who i~ thinking about doing so would step back and think again. My thanks to the Utah Legislature for taking a stand and doing what lies in their power to promote measures of maintaining high morals in Utah by discouraging premarital sex.

I am writing is response to Laura Bellamy's article "Outdated sex ban law needs revoking" that was printed in this past Monday's edition of the Statesman. Even though I respect Laura's opinion, I disagree with much of what she said. Laws are written to protect individuals. Public officials are elected to office to produce laws that promote life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Allow me summarize a study conducted by the Wirthlin Worldwide/Family Research Council: "According to a Writersmust wait 21 1997 nationwide survey, divorce is 32 percent more daysbefuresubmitting likely among those who engaged in premarital sex than successiveletters- no it is among the general population. And almost three exceptions. times as many separated or divorced Americans have committed adultery, compared to the general populaLellerscanbe hand tion. Further, 82 percent of adults who rate their mardeliveredur mar1edlo riage as 'very strong' (9 or 1O on a 10-point scale) did TireStatesmanin the not engage in premarital sex." TSC 319,ur canbe I am grateful that we have a legislature that is cone-mailedat cerned enough to pass laws to discourage individuals tdifo,@ from having premarital sex. I think most people would

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Make a stand against oppression The conservative fascists are at it again! They are trying to prescribe how people should live. They took away ./7:Ypolygami5i lifestyle no ,4he t to teach abstinence, close our car dealershTps and keep the immoral people from adopting kids. Laura Bellamy wrote a fine piece in this Monday's paper, but I think she tacked the emotion I have about this issue. Laura I love your work. For the lack of a better word I will refer to the selfrighteous conservatives as the PFR (People for Fascist Regimes). Leading the PFR should be Hitler and Gayle Ruzicka, of the Conservative Eagles Forum. Is this what we want? I guess so. I think the PFR needs to remember why they came to this land in the first place. It was to escape Europe's religious persecution. I find it funny and ironic that they have become the mirror of their enemies. I look around and I see the walls of this powerful religious institution getting taller as the stench of their beliefs choke the hedons. I know I am preaching to the minority, but if we allow them to teach abstinence and close our car dealerships, we should also let them come into our homes and take our first born to sacrifice it for the good of their cause. Let's face it, they want us gone. They want a pure race of moral, righteous people who obey the prophecies of God. No matter how much they deny it, the PFRis no different from the Nazis. A common solution to this problem is to leave. I find this unacceptable. We must stay and teach our kids to corrupt the minds of the righteous. Stand against the oppression that lurks in the background. This is our state too, and we won 't be run out by the militant religious force like they were 150 years ago. In conclusion, education is something to fight for. No one should limit a free market.

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One of my close friends who helped me the most on my campaign said, "I haven't seen your signs around ." If one of my own constituents didn't notice it, probably not many others did. I learned one of the keys to a good campaign is association. I compliment Rian Winzeler, current Executive Vice president, on her tactic to get noticed. I'm sure everyone that was here during elections last year noticed all those people wearing bright yellow Tshirts with her name on them in black letters. I'm sure almost everyone on campus associated all that yellow and black paraphernalia with her name and that is a large reason she was elected. Some told me I needed to incorporate my "Ranger Reub hat" into the campaign by distributing flyers with pictures of me wearing it and placing it in my logo. The hat was in my logo by final elections, but by then it was too late. I compliment Nate Anderson on his campaign organization last year. His campaign went on even while he was out of town. When attending the various campaign rallies, I saw a few of his helpers ask him, "Do you need help tonight?" I only wished I could have run a campaign like that. My personal political consultant advised me to use my Ranger Reub nickname when I ran for the office. I did, and found out a lot of people knew who Ranger Reub was, they just didn't know what I was running for or what my credentials were. "Ranger Reub, you're running for Natural Resources, right?" someone asked me. I could see I might have been giving people the wrong impression, but what nickname would go along well with public relations? Oh, well. I didn't ball when my demise was announced. For all my efforts I received 1,141 votes compared to Christina's 2,300 some-odd. Even 1,141 votes were a confidence-builder. Go out and get 'em candidates. You all have an advantage we didn't have last year.• You get a week off school to prepare. Get those flyers and poster and campaign buttons ready, and remember, if you lose it's not the end of the world. It'll just signal the finish of one of the most stressful weeks of your college career.

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As I sat on the plane on the way to Italy during Spring Break a year ago, I dissected the reasons why I had just been defeated in my quest for the Associated Students of Utah State University Public Relations Vice president post. I even wrote the reasons down. My logic was: 1) I didn't have much experience in the field. 2) I wasn't organized. My best qualification for the job going in was that of sports writer for The Utah Statesman. How could sports writing help me with public relations? I didn't know, but I had the determination to run and knew I would regret it if I didn't. Christina Domichel, my opponent, possessed an impressive resume of credentials. She was president of the USU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, Arts and Lectures Public Relations chair and the Alpha Chi Omega president. The only thing I'd been was president of my teacher's quorum in church when I was 14. I was also senior patrol leader of my scout troop for a while. The week of final elections was an internal struggle for me. What would happen if an under-qualified guy like me managed to take office? Losing was probably the best thing that could have happened to me. Not only did the more qualified candidate win, but also as a result I've actually gained some public relations experience. I got to know Christina during the campaign and have served as one of the ASUSU press release writers ever since. I also became acquainted with what turned out to be the whole ASUSU executive council, which has been a valuable assetto me. Despite my eventual defeat, I'm glad I was ambitious enough to put forth the effort to run the campaign. Besides teaching me the basics of politics, it taught me organization and planning are. My campaign was haphazard. I didn 't even have a campaign manager. I tried to do too much myself. Through my effort I learned it's best to do things by committee. On one of my shoddy freestanding campaign signs which I built almost entirely myself - I had the gall to write, "This sign was built for less than $20." I was proud of that fact, but it still didn't get me noticed.

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My friends were sitting over there together. I hadn't seen most of them for months or years. There they were, just behind these two people, who were smiling at me as I was smiling at them. I had never met these folks, and they seemed determined to be filled in on all the events - large and small in my life. Meanwhile, there were all my friends, so close, catching up on old times without me. Wedding receptions are great. Everyone is there, whether they're still in college or have long since moved on to the grand adventures of adult life (which, as far as I can tell consists of acquir ing some stuff and a place to put it in which is near the job that you're about to lose, getting down-sized and loading up all your stuff and moving it to a newer, bigger place you can't

afford which allows you to acquire more stuff you can't afford so you can rent a bigger UHaul the next time you have to move all your crap when your job tells you where to go). Everyone is there to congratulate you on your big step into the next phase of Iife. Sadly, the presence of your friends does not mean you will get to hear the guts and the driving forces behind their actions . You will hear, quickly, that they've moved to Sasquatch, Idaho, to spray apples with their degree in biochemistry, and had a child. Because they have to leave in the morning and you'll be busy smiling at these people you've never seen before until then, you will not hear that she was in labor for 52 hours without medication, that his boss in Sasquatch has an eye patch that shakes when he screams at employees, or that he caught a fish that was bigger than his daughter just last week. Over at that table, they were

catching up on old times. I was standing there waiting for the next person to smile at. They had lots to say to my dad, and I won dered why I was there. Couldn't they congratulate my mom in the market, my dad in Sunday School, and just leave me and my uncomfortable tuxedo out of it? The bride, my wife, looked lovely I'll admit, and it was great to see everyone, but if I had to do it over, I would invite our best friends to a private reception in our home for an evening. We'd spread them out over an entire month. That way, we 'd be participating in the beautiful reunion, not just facilitating it. "Please, don't drive for 12 hours just to stand in a line to talk to me for 3 7 seconds," the i nvitations would read. "Come next week. We'll make you dinner and give you a place to stay." I heard of a poor man whose in-laws paid him $40,000 to not have a reception. What a conflict! It's not like selling your soul for money. I would have done it

for free. Now I just have all this stuff stored in boxes, waiting for it's chance to explode all over the place the moment I acquire enough space to allow it. For now, the pressure is great enough that the contents are stable, but I'm already hearing the rumblings. "I wish we had a little more space, honey . I can't fit between the bed and the closet," my wife whines. The rumblings begin and she's only lived here for six days! I can hear all the wedding gifts getting anxious and fidgety in their boxes. They can hear the cry of freedom . They won't be held down for long. By the end of the reception, my sister's arms were sore from scooping ice cream, my mother ' s hair was frazzled from worry, my face was frozen into a grin and my mouth would not stop saying, "Yes, very happy, thank you for coming. And how is what's-hisname. Oh that's great. Yes, isn't she lovely . I'm sure we'll be very

happy. Thanks for coming." The maid of honor showed up in her beautiful, hand-crafted dress, after a three hour drive, looking fresh and lovely as we walked out the door. Unfortunately, she'd been so busy finding just the right materi al for her. perfect pattern that she hadn't had time to read her invitation carefully and the reception was over when she arrived. We said "hi" as we ran out the door and started up our rusty tin-can of a car (which, happily, was pulling rusty tin cans behind it. I never would have forgiven my family had they neglected this sacred duty), and drove off into the sunset, leaving our bounty behind for one last night of freedom . "Yes, lovely, thank you, I' m sure we'll be very happy. Yes, thank's for coming ... ," I muttered as we drove away.

Bryce Petersen is a journalism majorand a writer for The Utah Statesman. Comments can be sent to breezelybruin@yahoo.com

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