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USU wins some, loses some in state legislative session tativeswere able to persuade the committeethat the decreasein enrollmentwas The 2000 State Legislative temporary.Therefore,this budSessionofferedadvancement get will remain untouched this for Utah State University,but year. also placesat least one area on Additionally,fundingwas campus- the libraries- at a granted to start buildinga new disadvantage,accordingto a heating plant. The projectis press release. estimatedto cost nearly $40 "Boththe Governorand the million.accordingto the release. Legislaturemade education USUwas granted $9.2 million their top priority,"said USU to start the projectthis year. PresidentGeorgeH. Emert. Burkesaid USUshould Highereducation experireceivethe rest of the money at enced an increasein state funds next year'slegislativesession. of about 6.6 percent. One area lackingfunding Of this increase,there was this year is the library.The ·nearly a 5 percentincreasefor librarywas unable to receive salary and benefits(for faculty funding,which willbe ·very and stafn and an additional damagingto both the research $3.8 millionfor salary equity," and teachingmissionof USU," Emert said. accordingto Max Peterson, Lee Burke,assistantto the directorof Libraryand president for Government InformationServices. Relations,said the universityis Petersonsaid during the 1999Utah Legislature's grateful for the amount that was redeved,but recognizes ExecutiveAppropriations salariesat USUfallfar below Committee meeting,USU received$304,CXX) to maintain other institutions. journal collections Salariesat this institutionare nearly 15,(X)() "particularlylow: he said."We and it was understood that have a long wayto go." these funds wouldbe made In addition,fundingfor fac- availableat this year'ssession. This cut will involve"faculty, ulty benefitsfellbelowwhat was expected.Burkesaid a deci- librarians,departments and colsion on how to make that up leges,"Petersonsaid. willsoon be made. There willnot be one area The rest of the funds USU that is not affectedby this budwasgranted willbe used for get cut he said. emollment increasesand opera"Ithit us hard becausewe tions and maintenance,accord- thought this fundingwas ing to the release. assured and were,in fact lookDuring the HigherEducation ing for additionalfunds to betAppropriationsSubcommittee ter our holding,"Petersonsaid. meeting,the legislativefiscal It is unlikelyany support will analystrecommendedthe cam- be receivedfrom within the pus budget be reduceddue to universitybecauseother departthe decreasein enrollment ments are in need of the fundEmertsaid schoolrepresen- ing they received,he said. BILLIE

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Tuition increase clarified the very last day of the legislative session.The amount is not high enough to bring USU facultyand staff salaries much closer to matching those of peer institutions, but it is more than was expected,said Nate Anderson,president of the lARAGAI.E AssociatedStudents of Utah Staff Writer State University. The originallyproposed 3 The battle USUstudents and administration fought for percent increase was raised another 1 percent to help salary equity for USU faculty fund the increase in salary and staff this year was not in equity - revenue produced by vain, as a recent Statesman this raise in student tuition article might have suggested. will go to faculty. The legislatureapproved a USU administration decidnearly 5 percent compensation ed not to raise tuition in addiincrease for higher education tion to this increase,feeling this year. USUreceived $800,000for salary equity;half that it would be unfair to stuof this amount was secured on dents this year. ■ Editor'snote:In Monday'sissue of the Statesman, thearticleentitled "Tuitionincreasewon't go to faculty" misconstruedsomeinformation. The Statesman regretsthe error.

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With the limited job market in Cache Valleyand the volume of students, both collegeand high school, competition is high. Unfortunately for high school students, collegestudents are preferred to fill many company positions for a variety of reasons. First availability.For many employersincluding Kevin Hansen, store director for Albertson's,hiring employeeswho can work earlier in the day is ideal. "It does help to have college students that can work earlier in the day,"Hansen said. High school students are generally not avaialableuntil 3 or 4 p.m.. Hansen said. Another important reason is child labor laws. Many companies need their employeesto run equipment such as trash compactors. Minors are not allowedto use heavy machinery. Debbie Hodson with Fred Meyer"s prefers to hire people 18 and older. ·we have liabilityproblems,so (we)pretty much (hire)anyone over 18,"Hodson said. Other child labor laws encourage employersto hire people over 18. Minors under the age of 16 have strict restrictionson the times they are allowedto work. Accordingto the State of Utah Labor Commission,a minor may not work more than eight hours in any 24-hour time period. A 30minute meal period must be given and if they aren't relieved of all duties during that time, they must be paid for it. They also receivea 10-minute break for every four hours of work. These kinds of stipulations are enough for employerssuch as Holly Mosher with Wal-mart to Logan High School Junior.BrodyCoates,who has beenworkingfor McDonald's for two years,prepares hire people who are older. to takea customer'sorder.Employersoftenhirecollegestudents beforehigh schoolersfor legalreasons.

Compu~er printouts public forum unattended dent computer labs at its weekly meeting last night. A second-reading item is opened to public forum. Utah State University's student government gave stu- Students are invited to show dents a chance to voice their up and express opinions. But opinions last night on what's at last night's meeting. there been a much-debated topic. was no public discussion. The council discussed the But no one showed up. bill, which was presented by Associated Students of ASUSUCollege of USU Executive Council disEngineering Senator Kalem cussed as a second-reading Sessions.The bill now legislative item a bill that would eliminate "free· com- becomes a third-reading item, which will be debated puter printouts in the stuDoucSM£ATH Staff Writer

by the council and voted on at next Tuesday's council meeting, which is also the council's last meeting of the semester. According to the bill. the 35 printouts currently given to students are paid by the computer lab operating budget. Because each student uses a different amount of his or her printouts, exact expenses are hard to predict, the bill said.

However. according to the bill, printouts could potentially represent a total expense of $70,000 per year, approximately 8.4 percent of the operating budget. The bill would eliminate prepaid printouts and reduce the price per printout from 5 cents to 3 cents. Sessions said most students would see a decrease in how much they pay. He said

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Utahis amongthe top IOpolluters everyyear,speakersays $240 million Tooele is the most toxicplace on the planet she said.This is an immediate and on-going In the '60s,RachelCarson concern. she said. wrote the book "SilentSpring," "Thosewho said this was earning herself recognitionas just a fad 30 years ago have the Mother of the environmen- learned - no, this is a fad tal movement.Sincethen that's here to stay,"Valentisaid. women have been an imporIndustry,business,and espetant part of bringingenvironciallythe averageconsumer mental awarenessto the public. have a responsibilityto be conFounder of the Societyof cerned about the environment. EnvironmentalJournalists, she said. BrighamYoungUniversity She said in the past focus ProfessorJoAnnValentispoke was on what has been lost; now with students Tuesdayabout it is necessaryfor societyas a the role of women in environ- whole to recognizethe impormental journalism,and the tance of sustainingwhat is left. role of environmentaljournalIf societydemands industry ism in the environmental create products that rely on movement as part of the natural resourcesto produce, Mediaand SocietyLecture responsibilityfor the environSeries. ment must be taken into conThe environment is a unisideration.she said. versalconcern.she said. It is Becausepeople must be especiallyimportant now with educated about the subject technologygrowingand creatbeforethey can be concerned ing new productsthat use about it it is important all peoenergyand willeventuallyhave ple have accessto information to be disposedof. about the environment that is Utah is in the top 10 list of accurate,completeand unbinational polluterseverv vear. ased. she said

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Rachel Carson, BrighamYoung Universityprofessor, speaksto studentsas part of the Mediaand SocietyLectureSeries.

Servingthis need are environmental journalists, who work in a professiongrowing with the environmentalmovement she said. Women are naturals in this profession,she said. A woman began the environmental movement in the 1960s,and two women co-authored the book ·our Stolen Future," bringinga resurgenceto the environmentalmovement for tti-: 1990s,said Valenti.

The voiceof women will continue to be an importan~ part of communicatingenvironmental concerns to the public,she said. ·women see nature as female and are respectfulor nurtured,"she said. "Men see nature as female and are compelled to conquer her. Don't we need both perspectivesamong those journalists who are going to bring us all the news that's fit to print?"

WASHINGTON(AP)Expandingon a House-passed bill, Senate Republicansintroduced legislation Tuesday that would cut taxes by $240 billion over 10 years for millions of couples who are paying UncleSam more simply because they are married. "Lifeis not getting cheaper for millions of American families,"said Sen. William Roth. R-Del.. chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. "It's only fair to let them keep more of their hard-earned money." The tax code's "marriage penalty" forces an estimated 25 million couples, most of them in two-earner households, to pay higher income taxes than if they were single. Fixingit is a priority for Republicansand Democrats on Capitol Hill and for President Clinton, but they disagree on how to go about it.

The Senate bill is similar in many ways to legislation

passed by the House in February that would cut taxes by $182 billion over 10 years using projected budget surpluses. Clinton, meanwhile, has threatened to veto the GOP bills and is pushing an alternat ive that targets relief to middle- and lower-income couples at a cost of $45 billion over 10 years. A spokesman for Clinton called the Senate bill "bloated." Its sharply higher cost is due largely to a $45 billion provision that would permanently extend a temporary fix ensuring that people who claim numerous personal tax credits - such as the $500 per-child credit - do not run afoul of the complex alternative minimum tax. That tax was originally intended to prevent the wealthy from escaping taxes, but it has begun ensnaring more middle-income people because it was never indexed for inflation.

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OPEC agrees to output boost, but gas prices likely to stay high VIENNA, Austria (AP) - OPEC ignored objections of its second-biggest member and agreed to increase oil production. officials said Wednesday. But the amount of new oil might not be enough to significantly bring down gasoline prices in the United States . In a rare departure from its normal quest for unanimity, ministers of the 11-nation cartel announced early Wednesday morning that nine members would raise production by 6.3 percent, or a total of 1.45 million barrels a day. That appears to be well short of what analysts have said would be needed to curb crude oil prices that have tripled over the past 12 months. The Clinton administration had been lobbying for a rise of 2 million to 2.5 million barrels a day to bring down gasoline prices that in the United States have risen from below $1 a gallon just over a year ago to an average

of almost $1.60. Falah Aljibury, an industry consultant based in Alamo. Calif.. said the agreement would knock. at most, "a few cents" off the average price of unleaded gas. Tm disappointed ... the market expected more," he said . President Clinton called the move a "positive development." "These increases will help sustain worldwide economic growth and provide greater balance between oil supply and demand," Clinton said in a statement. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has said it would take four to six weeks for the additional oil to reach U.S. markets. Summer gasoline prices, however, may remain high because of extremely low gasoline stocks. Refiners may not be able to build up inventories in time for the high-demand summer driving season. energy analysts have said.

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OPEC Secretary General Rilwanu Lukman of Nigeria confirmed Wednesday morning that nine members would revert to higher levels of production that prevailed before April 1. 1999. He said OPEC would hold an extraordinary meeting in Vienna on June 21 to review oil markets and adjust output if warranted. Iran. the No. 2 OPEC oil producer, ref used to endorse the action. saying the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should not be a "rubber stamp ." The agreement also excludes Iraq, which never was part of the original production cuts last year that sent prices surging. "I believe that OPEC remains as united as ever," Lukman told reporters. "We have differences between one

NIEDERSILL, Austria (AP) - An Alpine avalanche as wide as five football fields buried skiers underneath tons of snow Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, rescue officials said. Ten people were found dead in the area of the huge snow slide south of Salzburg and another died after being hospitalized. Two others were able to free themselves while rescuers dug out a third survivor. state television said in its evening newscast. Searchers continued looking for another person thought to have been trapped under the snow. Some of the victims were haining to be ski instructors. One trainee told state television the slide was caused by an instructor whose skis set loose a wall of snow. However, the Austria Press Agency said two snowboarders had apparently started the avalanche and might have been among those killed. First reports said most of the victims were believed to be Germans. The Austria Press Agency, quoting local officials, said late Tuesday the 11 dead comprised six Austrians. two Finns and one Dane , one Slovak and a Belgian . Seven helicopters assisted more 150 rescue personnel looking for victims in the Zell am See area. about 30 miles south of Salzburg. Specially trained avalanche dogs were also on the scene.

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.· SAN DIEGO (AP)~ A ~t carrying10 stu. dents and others on a university research trip sank off the coast of BajaCalifornia, killingat least fourpeople. · ._ · . _ Three people swam to safety on a nearby island and were rescued early Tuesday. said Lisa Lapin •.a spokeswoman for the University of California, Davis. A search wa$ on for the others . ._.. . . Lapin said survivors at the scene .reported the recovery of four bodies, includin~ a male graduate student and a visiting Japanese scholar. The U.S.Embassy in Mexico City also confirmed four dead, including at least one U.S.citizen. Among the missing was Gary Polis. the e~ aition·s leaderand chairman of the school's 1oepartment of Environmental Science and Policy,Lapin said. .. ·· The boat was one of two. 22-foot inflatable crafts carrying a total of about 20 people on the · trip Monday to research spiders and scorpions on {'IU island near Bahia de LosAngeles. a remote bay 250 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border . The two boats became separated on their return when strong winds whipped up 4- to 6foot waves, UC Davis said in a statement It was not clear who else was on board the boat that sank. "From what we understand. there was a mix of students. faculty and visitors from Japan," said Pat Bailey,another spokeswoman for the school.just east of Sacremento. The boat that made it reportedthe other craft missing late Monday, prompting a search by the Coast Guard and the Mexican navy. Mexican naval ships and Mexican and Coast Guard aircraft were scx1rchingthe area Tuesday under clear skies. Located in a rugged, desert landscape. Bahia de Los Angeles is a tiny collection of hotels and tourist campgrounds that is a popular destina- , tion for sports fishermen. kayakers and wildlife · biologists. Polis, one of the world's leading spider experts. and the other researchers were study- .. ing the ecology of spiders and scorpions that ·· inhabit the islands.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Early census returns show that 44 percent of U.S. households had completed and mailed back their 2000 Census forms as of Tuesday . Two weeks after most of the 115 million questionnaires were mailed out. the Census Bureau is more than halfway toward their goal of a mail response rate of 70 percent for this year's count. "A national response rate of 70 percent would signal that the country has reversed a decadeslong decline in civic participation," Census director Kenneth Prewitt said. The response rate was 78 percent in 1970, 75 percent in 1980 ·and 65 percent in 1990.

Census officials remain ca utiously optimistic about the response . They did several things differently this year to promote the count, most notably a $168 million advertising campaign . Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nebraska had the highest return rates as of Tuesday at 51 percent. Puerto Rico had the slowest response rate at 24 percent. followed by Mississippi at 28 percent and Louisiana at 32 percent. Response rates for states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. as well as local communiti es, will be updated on the Census Bureau's Web site at www.census.gov until April 18.

Tornado hitsdowntown FortWorth FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) A powerful tornado blew through downtown just after rush hour Tuesday night, shattering windows in high -rise buildings. overturning cars and uprooting trees. At least 20 people were injured. Some of the buildings "looked like they did not have a single pane of glass left in them." said Lt. Kent Worley, a spokesman for the Fort Worth Fire Department. "There are injuries. but this is very early on," he said . The tornado hit shortly after 6:30 p.m. amid severe thunderstorms that were accompanied by torrential rains, softball-sized hail and strong winds. Sean Finley, manager of Reata. a popular restaurant on the top floor of the 35-story Bank One building, said his business was destroyed . "Imagine a large bomb going

off," he said. "It got pretty hectic in here . We were doing some major yelling to get people out of there ." Patrons and employees had to evacuate down 35 flights of stairs to safety. he said. At the downtown Renaissance Worthington Hotel. windows were broken out in about 12 guest rooms and in the public area, manager Bob Jameson said . Katrina Weston of Arlington, just east of Fort Worth, told WFAA-TV that when she opened the door of her house, she saw the storm blowing shingles off her roof. "We have no ba ck fence at all. it literally wiped paint off the back of the house," she said . 'There are sirens everywhere and we have no power." The storms delayed some flights at Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport.

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> N.Y. lawyer suesRamseys foralleged libel NEW YORK (AP) - A New York lawyer who tried to force Colorado prosecutors to charge the mother of JonBenet Ramsey with murder has filed a $25 million libel and defamation suit against the child's parents. Darnay Hoffman claims in court papers that John and Patsy Ramsey defamed him in their book by portraying him as an . "irresponsible, ethically challenged attorney , unfit to practice his profession." The Ramseys· lawyer, Lin Wood , called the lawsuit "frivolous" and predicted that it will be thrown out of court. Wood said he will also ask the court to levy sanctions against Hoffman for filing the lawsuit. The book - "The Death of Innocence : The Untold Story of JonBenet's Murder and How Its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth" - recounts, from the Ramseys · point of view, the aftermath of JonBenet's murder on Dec. 26, 1996. Hoffman says experts told him the handwriting on ransom notes that the parents got after the child's death matched Patsy Ramsey's . He sued Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter to force him to indict Patsy Ramsey. Hoffman's lawsuit was thrown out of court on the grounds that he was not a Colorado citizen and did not have standing tc sue . In their book, Hoff man says , the Ramseys say his "so-called experts" had bogus credentials and that he was staging a legal "sideshow,'' although he knew Patsy Ramsey had nothing to do with the ransom note . In court papers. Hoffman contends the book injured "his good name and character in his community and in his professional standing and reputation," and he demands $25 million .

> 1960sblackactivist indicted formurder ATLANTA (AP) - Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. the 1960s black militant once known as H. Rap Brown, was indicted on murder and aggravated assault charges Tuesday in the March 16 shoot ings of two sheriff's deputies who were trying to arrest him. A Fulton County grand jury indic ted Al-Amin on 13 counts, said District Attorney Paul Howard. He said he hopes the indictment will clear the way for Al-Amin, who was arrested last week in Alabama. to be re turned to Georgia in two to four weeks . Al-Amin, 56. is accused of killing Deputy Ricky Kinchen and wounding Deputy Aldranon English as they tried to serve him with an arrest warrant at his Atlanta grocery store after he failed to appear in court on charges of receiving stolen property. impersonating an officer and having no proof of insuran ce. Al-Amin is jailed in Montgomery, Ala., pending an extradition request from Gov. Roy Barnes, who signed the request Tuesday evening. The documents are expected to arrive at the Alabama gover nor's office on Wednesday, said Joselyn Butler, Barnes · press secretary.

> DNA creates doubts abouthuman evolution DNA extracted from a 29,000-year-old bone has cast doubt on the theory that modern humans evolved in part from squat. heavy-brewed Neanderthals. researchers say. Researchers compared DNA from a Neanderthal skeleton found in Russia to an older sample tested in 1997. While the two Neanderthal samples turned out to be just 3.5 percent different from one another, they were roughly 7 percent different from DNA in modern humans . Scientists consider that to be a sub stantial gap . "It all points away from the Neanderthal," said one of the resear chers , William Goodwin. a molecul ar biologist at the Human Identification Center in Glasgow, Scotland. The findings are being published in Thursday 's issue of the journal Nature . The researchers challenge the theory that modern humans evolved at least partly from Neanderthals . which some believe mated in large numbers with modern Europeans befo re disappearing 25,000 years ago. If that had happened today's Europeans would show stronger genetic similarities to Neanderthals th an other humans do. Yet the latest DNA analysis shows Neanderthal DNA to be no closer to Europ eans than to other modern humans. Neanderthals were burly, primitive creatures with a promi nent brow, thick jaw and short. powerful limbs. Originating in Africa, they appeared in Europe and Asia perhaps 100,000 years ago or longer. The 29,000 -year -old Neanderthal DNA. which was recovered from a rib bone in a baby 's skeleton found in Russia's Caucasu s Mountains. was in better condi tion than the roughly 40,000 year-old Nea nderthal DNA from Germany analy zed in 1997, the researchers said. The research team from Scotland. Sweden. Russia and the United States reassembled more than 2 percent of the later Neanderthal DNA from a tiny cellular structure known as th e mitochondria. Molecular biologist Matthias Hoss, an expert in ancient remains now working at th e Swiss Institut e for Cancer Resear ch , said the research appear s to support that the theory that Neanderthals were an evolutionary dead end .

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BEN RILEY

While Ben Rileywishes he had an officialopponent in the ASUSUpresidential race for the sake of democracy,he said he is campaigningfull force nonetheless. "Regardlessof whether or not I run unopposed, I still stand for the same things," Rileysaid. He said he plans to increase communication between students and their representatives by being more in the public eye. ·we are elected to represent the students. It is our number one goal. And if students feel they can't approach us then we really need to look at what we're doing,"he said. He said he would like to have council members serve ice cream or hand out pencils during finals week and other activitieswhere they would have an opportunity to talk to students. Additionally,Rileywould like to push for increased computer resource funding. "The needs for technology v will increase rather than decrease in the future,"he said. He said he would like USUto be ready for those increased ~J..J1eeds.

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Rex Hansen is a former Aggie Leadership Academy member. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Student Association ExecutiveCouncil vice president. Special Olympics Invitational Chair, Ombudsman Committee member and Fee Board member. Hanst11said he believes his experience makes him the best choice for executive vice president. He has been involved in some aspects of ASUSUover the past several years, he said. "I am familiar with the meetings, the processes involved with getting administration's support and working with committees,"Hansen said. At the top of his platform is student involvement. He said he feels it is the executivevice president's responsibilityto inform students of ASUSUlegislative activities.He said he wants to create a "Web forum· to make it easier for students to know what is going on and provide feedback. Like his opponent, he said he wants students to have more voice on the Logan City Council. Bringingin half of the economy, students deserve it, he said.

Andy Dilley,former forums chair on the Public AffairsBoard. has lobbied the Utah State Legislaturefor Higher Education. He said he is better qualified than his opponent because he has been more involved with the office,working closely with current executivevice president Rian Winzler. He said ASUSUshould allow more time for students to study an issue that willbe voted on. Also,he said Public AffairsBoard forums should be weeks before the ASUSU ExecutiveCouncil discussesthe issue. He said it is important that students know ASUSUofficers are willingto talk to students any time - not just about the current hot issue. He also said it is important to have student representation on the Logan City Council. "The students at USU make up a third of the Logan Community,"he said. "Yet (they)are not represented well despite all that we have done for this city." If elected, he would try to get ASUSUto support a student City Council candidate by helping out with fund raising and advertising.

Jim Stephenson has served on the Academic Council for two years. and is currently council chairman. He has had experience writing legislation. taking that legislation through Stater's Council, Faculty Senate and USU administration. He said this experience makes him a good candidate for Executive Council because he knows how the system works. He has worked under two academic vice presidents and said this is an asset for his candidacy. He said he would like to implement mid-semester teacher evaluations to provide professors with instant feedback on how they could improve their classes and what they are doing well. He would also like to work toward allowing students to pay for copies in computer labs in order to cut the hassle. He also plans to create a database of available scholarships and grants privately-, federally-,state- and USUfunded. "Allthe time scholarships go unclaimed because all colleges have different offices," he said.

Jenn Nelson, a junior originally from Seattle, Wash.. said academic vice president was not what she originally planned to run for. She said she was going to run for Business Senator, but felt her qualities and experience were best suited for the office of AcademicVice President. "I hope to implement some new things,"she said, "and bring some new blood to ASUSU." Nelson also said she feels this office is one that requires professionalism.Her experience in business as a business administration major will help her ,in that area, she said. Nelson also said the issues the Academic Vice President deals with are issues she feels very strongly about. One of Nelson's major goals is to implement a universalization of the payment system on campus. This would mainly entail placing scanners in the libraries so students could use their Aggie Express accounts there, she said. She also hopes to have the libraries open earlier on Saturdays to make them more student friendly and accessible.

The strongest asset extension vice president candidate Jake McBride has may be his inexperience, he said. "I have a lot of leadership experience and have been in leadership roles for most of my life, but I have a lot to learn about problems facing extension students," McBride said. "That could be a good thing because then I will work hard to learn how to help them." McBride is the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-sponsored fraternity. Sigma Gamma Chi. McBride said he sees the biggest problem extension students face as their lack of voice in university matters . "Sometimes we don't realize that although extension students don't go to school here on campus, they are still affected by what goes on here," McBride said. McBride said extension students ·need to feel that problems are heard and will be addressed." He said he feels all students have a right to representation on campus or at extension sites.

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Mindy Baughman, a ,,, junior originally from RockSprings, Wyo.,said she decided to run for the office of Student,Ad.vacate when she first found out there was such an office available. She said because of her previous experience as an advocate, she felt she could help make USU a better place. As Miss Wyoming in 1998, Baughman said she spent a year completely devoted to disability awareness. She met with the governor of Wyoming.addressed the state legislature and traveled across some parts of the nation advocating awareness. "I also feel I have an asset being a first year Aggie," Baughman said. "I have fresh ideas and would not be stuck in a rut of how things have alwaysbeen dope." She said she feels a big key to increasing student involvement in ASUSUis giving information. "Manystudents would be more involvedif they only knew how,"she said.

BradleyG. Bishop,a junior from Kuna, Idaho, said he decided to run for the office of Student

Athletic VicePresident candidate Jake Chase said he wants to expand the involvement of the Big Blue Crew at athletic events. If elected, Chase said he'd like to combine the activities the BigBlue Crew has surrounding athletic events at USUwith the rest of the student body. ·1want to change the structure of BigBlue Crew to benefit all the students as well as BigBlue Crew members," Chase said. ·1 want to combine tailgatingwith the BigBlue dub and all of the organizations on campus to combine and make a festivalatmosphere before the football games." As the PublicityChairman for the BigBlue Crew, Chase took care of all the publicity ~ for the athletics office. He was also a member of the BigBlue SpecialEventsCommittee, ' which took care of tailgating, Midnight Madness as well as halftime contests and shows.

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·1 am qualified, in tune with student needs. highly motivated, organized and ready to , serve.· Angie MY~Ui;o . , 1, 1 µnproye uppu,.what,oas,fl}iea.dy, Domichel said. hew ,do0e in th~office, "Asactivities vice presi~ He has worked with the stu- dent I will represent all student advocate for the past two dents through diverse proyears, and hopes to implement gramming and utilizing some of his own ideas to furincreased student input." ther the improvement that has Having been involved with been made. a number of organizations "I have seen how students including being STABspecial can really make a differenceif events chair, Mardi Gras they just voice it,"he said. ·so I chair, and a member of the want to help students to do so." Panhellenic Council, One of his primary goals for Domichel said she would the office is to make the stubring a great deal of experident advocate more accessible ence to the office responsible to tlie students through a Web for student activities page and e-mail address. throughout the year. He plans to reestablishthe She said she would like to student advocate advisorycom- see more student input go mittee, which willallowhim to into the planning process for remain in contact with all the deciding what events will be collegeson campus and the seen on campus. clubs and organizations. Included in those events, This willallow Bishopto let she would like to bring in a students know about upcoming monthly movie series includlegislationand give the stuing both edited and unedited dents a chance to voice their movies, a big concert event opinion on important issues, and enhanced volunteer prohe said. grams.

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"As Activities VP. I will increase the number and expand the diversity of events by working with other clubs and organizations on campus tQ include everyone - and raise awareness of activities through better publicity," said activities vice president candidate Jet Thompson. "The main reason I wanted to run for office is I'm a local and I understand what activities outside of campus are like," Thompson said. His background includes working with STABas events chair in 1999-2000 and as a publicity chair among other events. He has also been involved in the Civil Rights Forum and the battle of the bands. ·1 feel like I bring a lot of experience to the office," he said. At the top of his list, Thompson would like to see a campus radio station return to USU. He would also like to start a comedy series and a music series by bringing in comedians and bands from Utah and other states .

Student involvement and attendance is the name of the game.according to candidate Cherissa Smith. "Iwant it to feel open; she said referring to the Arts & Lecturesvice president office. Smith said she would like to see a link to the Arts &1 Lecturesoffice from ASUSU's home page or a comment box for students to voice their opinions. For the past two years, Smith has served as Cultural EventsChair on the Arts & LecturesCouncil has been involvedwith the Utah IntercollegiateAssemblyand served on the PublicAffairs Board,she said. Smith said she plans to increase attendance at Arts & Lecturesevents with increased notice of events and "providing some little gimmickor something." Smith said her wish list of speakers in next year's Lectures Series includes George W. Bush and Gordon B. Hinckley, but admits she's unsure how realistic that wish is.

Maya Angelou may soon becoming to an Arts & Lectures Series near you. That is if Trine Thomas is elected Arts & LecturesVicePresident this week. She said she's also planning to bring Gov.MikeLeavittor Sen. Orrin Hatch to speak to students. "They'reusually pretty willing to speak to students about voter awareness and such," Thomas said. Thomas, who was chosen by Orem City representativesto serve as their Youth Mayorin her senior year of high school, has been active in Organizationsand Traditions committees for two years and is a member of the President LeadershipCouncil.she said. "I'd push for Poetryand a Beverageto be a year-long event,"she said. "Ifs a staple of student life." Thomas said she would like to bring what she called "classic cinema· - filmssuch as Gone With the Wind, TheMaltese Falcon,and Casablanca - to the Taggart Student Center.

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Athletic Vice President candidate Michael Bradley G. Bishop,a junior from Kuna, Idaho. said he decided to run for the office of Student Advocate to improve upon what has already been done in the office. He has worked with the student advocate for the past two years and hopes to implement some of his own ideas to further the improvement that has been made. ·1 have seen how students can really make a difference if they just voice it," he said. ·so I want to help students to do so." One of his primary goals for the office is to make the student advocate more accessible to the students through a Web page and e-mail address. He plans to reest.ablish the student advocate advisory committee, which will allow him to remain in contact with all the collegeson campus and the clubs and organizations.

Alecia Fredrickson said she wants to increase student involvement in service through the Val R. Christensen Service Center. The candidate for Service Vice President said she has made it one of her goals to increase involvement in the Service Center through awareness. "People totally respond if you just get the word out ," she said. Fredrickson worked with the Special Olympics committee last year and said she feels this qualifies her to take on the role of service vice president. "You'vegot to have leader ship experience with a large council, and I have that," she said. Fredrickson also said she has worked with several service programs at USU, including Trick or Treat for Cans and the Hunger Banquet.

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Utah State University sophomore Chelsie Egbert is running for ASUSU Organizations and Traditions Vice President. Egbert said one of her goals is to "educate the student body about the great variety of clubs we have on campus by implementing a (Councilof Student Clubs and Organizations.or CSCO)week" She said she also wants to make the club point and funding systems more efficient and expand Homecoming to involvethe entire student body. Egbertis from Preston, Idaho. She is majoring in public relations. Egbert'spast experience at USU includes serving on the Organizationsand Traditions Committee. She has also served as chair of several committees,including HomecomingCommittee, Robin'sCommittee. Project Pals Activitiesand the HOWL Committee.

Sharon Pewtress' experience at USU includes founding Theta Nu Xi. USU'sfirst multicultural sorority. She has also served as the founder and chair of the Ethnic Engineeringand Science Student Council,founder and president of the Societyof Asian American Engineersand Scientists.AcademicScholars Program vice president.ASUSU ... ScienceCouncilpublic relations chair and the Collegeof _,. Sciencerepresentative to the f United Campus Volunteers. I Pewtresswas MissKorea in 1999's MissInternational Pageant. As organizationsvice president she would get all campuswide organizationsto participate in or register with CSCO, and provide links for them on the ASUSUWeb site. She would also like to recognizeall old and new traditions at USU, "to incorporate a more diverse pool of students in existing organizationsas well as new ones."

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The Polynesian Student Union (PSU)at Utah State University is known for its annual luau. While planning the luau takes much of the club members' time, it is not all they do. "We're more than just the luau," said PSU Secretary Kimberly Kawakami. ·ourfocus is to increase awareness of the Polynesian culture." PSU member Ryan Solomona said the purpose of the club is for usu·s Polynesian students to share their customs with others on campus. This week is Polynesian Week at USU, and Solomona said the purpose of the week's activities is ·to show people our background, our culture." The PSU sponsored a banana-eat-

Friday's big activity is, of course, ing contest on Monday, but yesterthe luau. Kawakami said the luau day·s limbo contest was cancelled promises to be a great time with due to the weather. plenty of authentic food Students can join the and dancing. PSU on the patio again 'We'remorethan The party will contintoday at 12:30 p.m. for ue after the luau with a a hula-hoop contest. just the luau,our dance in the TSC ballTomorrow·s activity will be hula dance lessons, focusis to increase room. Kawakami said the dance is open to also on the patio at awarenessof the everyone, not just to 12:30 p.m. Kawakami said the lessons will be Polynesianculture.' those who come to the luau. She said the dance rather informal with should be a lot of fun . members of the PSU • KIMBERLY KAWAKAMI • "Everyone will be in a out on the patio ready PSUSKRITARY good mood because to teach anyone who they just got out of the wants to come by. luau," she said. Kawakami encourKawakami said the ages everyone to come purpose of the luau and all of the tomorrow and learn how complicatPSU's activities is to help people ed Polynesian dancing can be. learn about the Polynesian culture "The dancing is not as easy as it while having fun. looks." she said.

"It's a way fun club," Kawakami said of the PSU. She said the club is a bit unorganized, but what it lacks in organization it makes up for in good times. ·we know how to have fun, that's for sure." The PSU has nearly 150 official members, but only about 20 active members . according to Kawakami. She said the club gets together at least once a month for meetings and activities. For the last several weeks, however, club members have met as often as four times a week to practice dances for the luau. "We've been concentrating a lot on the luau this semester." Kawakami said. Solomona said the club also holds parties , potluck dinners and field trips to activities at other uni-

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versities. He and Kawakami said, however, that the club is not really about formal meetings and activities. They said the club is very laid back and is just a good place to meet people. Students don't have to be Polynesian to join the PSU. Solomona said at least half the club's membership is among nonPolynesians. The club has members who are Asian, African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian. Solomona said the PSU is proud to be such a diverse club. Students who are interested in joining the PSU can e-maH Kawakami at slzwj@cc.usu.edu. Kawakami said the club will slow down a lot after the luau, but it is planning to have a few more activities before the school year is over.

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As part of Polynesian Week at Utah State University, the Polynesian Student Union is presenting Luau 2000 Friday in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom. The event, called "Paradise Cove." will feature an authentic Polynesian buffet and dancing. Gina Hunt. the dance coordinator for the event. said the goal was to make the luau as traditional as possible. The food will be traditional Polynesian food including a roast pig and rice. For the luau, the USU students have combined with the Polynesian club at Weber State University. The evening will be a night when students can experience life in the Polynesian islands and learn about the dances and cultures of Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, New Zealand and Fiji. The purpose of the luau is to "preserve our culture and share and educate the USU students practice their moves for Luau 2000 in the TSC Friday night. The Luau, which culminates Polynesian Week is a celebrationof culture, food and entertainment on March 31 at 5:30 in the TSC ballroom.Tickets are available in the USU ticket office. The cost is $10f or the evening. community," Hunt said. "Traditionally families tural awareness about the Hunt said the 40 dancers dan ce is different , she said. Polynesian community" at have been prac ticing togeth perform. eat and cook The Hawaiian dance has USU, Kawakami said. "It is er for two and a half months . lots of graceful hand movetogether," she said. Hunt hopes families from interesting to learn about Some of the dances will be ments while the Tahitian C '-- 11 ~ 11°u will attend the new backgrounds and culperformed by couples and dance has fast moving hips. • Wednesday 12:30 p.m.: Hula-hoop contest, tures." oth er numbers will be just Hunt said. luau. TSC patio "One of our goals is to men or women dancing, Hunt said she hopes peo Th e luau begins at 5 p.m. ple come away full of good Hunt said. Tickets are $10 for adults. $7 have students come. and to • T!mrsday 12:30 p.m.: Hula lessons, TSC Patio A narrator will explain get the Cache Valley commu- food, and that after trying for children and $30 for a • Friday 5:00 p.m.: Luau, TSC Ballroom nity involved." Kimberly something different they each dance and what it family pass. • Friday 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.: Dance, TSC means . Each Polynesian appreciate the cultures they They can be purchased at Kawakami. PSU Secretary, Ballroom free with luau or $2 with learned about and the hard island has a different lan said. the USU ticket office or at ID, $3 without ID "(We want to) increase cul- work that went into th e luau. guage and culture, so each the door.

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extended to everyone they meet. Lauti said once he or another Polynesian student meets you. you will be remembered. ·we as Tongans are open to everyone." said Otutaha. "Tonga is the last remaining monarchy in the Pacific. Our flag tells a lot about our culture." Otutaha said. The flag is white with a cross in a red square. The white stands for purity. the cross represents Jesus Christ and the red represents Christ's blood. The flag says "God and Tonga are my strength." she said. Tonga is also a strong Christian society. "It is illegal to work on Sunday. Bread and butter are basically the only things you can still buy on a Sunday· Lauti said. Though they live strict religious lives. Polynesians

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·1 think that public relations has a huge potential for good - it acts as a link between ASUSUand the students,· Betsy Spackman said. And with experience as the ASUSUpublic relations account manager for legislation and ASUSUScience Council public relations representative, Spackman feels her two years' experience with public relations makes her the best qualified for the position. ·1 know what the office entails, and I'm up for the job," she said. In order to better link students with ASUSU,Spackman would like to increase the use of the ASUSUWeb site and hotline by advertising. She said many students are missed because most of the advertising is centered at the Taggart Student Center. She would spread out adverising by posting notices and having displays in buildings around campus. She would also like to hold casual forums where officers dish out ice cream and interact with students. for example, to attract students and get their views on issues that way.

"I want to work with the collegesenators to get information board in college buildings," Marni Jenkins said. Marketing is mostly done in the Taggart Student Center now, but needs to be expanded to the Fine Arts and Buisiness Buildingsas well as other areas of campus, she said. With most collegeshaving glass display cases in their buildings,Jenkins hopes to be able to utilize those. If she can't. she said she would at least put up mini A-frames in those areas rather than congregated around the Taggart Student Center. The A-frames could be placed outside during good weather and inside the building during good weather, she said. She would also work with the ASUSUDesign team to intergrate the ASUSUWeb site and hotline on A-frames and signs,advertising the services students can accessat home. Additionally,she would like to survey students about elections. With two candidates running unopposed this year and such a low voter turnout for the primaries, Jenkins would like to know why students are apparantly uninterested and try to solve the problem.

"I don't support going to zero (prepaid printouts) until ContinuedfromPage1 Computer Services can give us cash registers so we can the most additional money pay in the labs," Croshaw any student would pay for said. printouts would be $1.05. She said she also wants to After 88 printouts, students see a buffer of five to 10 prewould actually be saving paid printouts available to money, he said. protect new students or stuBut ASUSUAcademics dents unaware of the new Vice President Emily policy. Croshaw said the issue of Another is~ue disqJ.ssec! convenience must also. be "~ was-the: use of the money coosilitr,ecl, -q91qb • ,011saved by the ~~Wp~te,r lab,

operating budget. Sessions said the elimination of prepaid printouts would be an asset to students because the extra money could be used for new computer programs and longer lab hours. "I'm definitely in support of the labs staying open longer," ASUSUPublic Relations Vice President Christina Domichel said. However, she said new software may not be in the

students' best interest. ·1 think for the most part the labs have a wide variety of software students would use," she said. She said she was concerned any new software may be programming software or other programs that most students would never try to use. Sessions said he foresees access to more Internetbased software and upgrades for current software.

"My most important responsibility for graduate students is to represent their ideas, concerns and feelings on issues that are important to them," said Sam Winward, one of the two candidates for Graduate Studies Vice President. One of Winward's main goals if elected is to have a career fair specifically geared toward graduate students, he said. He also wants to explore the possibility of extending tuition reimbursements to qualifying graduate students. ·some institutions are able to offer health insurance to graduate students at little or no cost," he said of another goal he is exploring. "I would like to find out if this is an option for USU." Other things he hopes to accomplish include monthly GraduateInformers,organized and regular Graduate Student Senate meetings, expanded activities and ·representing graduate students fairly and equitably to faculty, administration and to the ASUSU Executive Council." Winward served this year as the ASUSUAthletics Vice President.

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Assistant Sports Editor After being shutout in the last two games of a three-game weekend at New Mexico State University. the Aggies are looking to spark the offense when they take on the University of Utah in Salt Lake City today. Assistant coach Kim Oelschlager seems upbeat about the doubleheader (games are scheduled to start at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.). "It's going to be a good game." Oelschlager said. But first the Aggies (10-19) have got to score some runs. NMSU held USU scoreless in their last two games. 4-0 and 3--0. The good news, Oelschlager said. is that USU was hitting the ball hard and putting the ball in play - right to the defense. And when they were getting on base. it was usually with the bases empty and with two outs. Someone needs to step up and be a leader by hitting the ball when the team needs them to. she said. The bad news is that U of U's pitcher Kristin Arbagast has had more than a week to rest. She has pitched more than 80 percent of Utah's innings. has an ERAof only

3.27 and has won 16 of the Us 17 wins. The last time she pitched was in the Sacramento State tournament where the Utes won four of five games. USU won two of seven games. 'They were on fire all week," Oelschlager said. The Aggies will also have to contend with the Utes· sluggers. Utah (17-15) has hit 22 home runs this season (USU has 9) and the Utes have three batters who bat better than .300, one of which (Sunny Smith) has a slugging percentage of .716. Aggie pitcher Amy Settlemier will likely start the first game because of her good offspeed pitch. But because of an injury she is listed as day-to-day, head coach Pam McCreesh said. Meanwhile. Utah State only has one batter above .300 in Sandy Taylor. It will likely take strong hitting by more than one batter to upend the Utes. On the other hand, the team is improving defensively, Oelschlager said. In the three games in Las Cruces, the Aggies only committed two errors - a good sign for the

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Sports Editor Want to hear a scary stat? 176. That's how many home runs sluggers Mark McGwire. Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr. combined for in 1999. Sosa and McGwire played long ball in the pitching-depleted National League Central last season. combining for 128 homers themselves. Now enter Ken Griffey Jr., who may have been the most feared hitter in baseball until McGwire and Sosa broke Roger Maris' McGWJRE single season home run record in 1998. lbough it's uncertain just what effect Griffey's presence in the Cincinnati Reds' lineup will have on the division races. one thing is certain; the NL Central division is going to need a lot more baseballs. And with Sosa's Chicago Cubs starting the season today in Japan. one can't help but wonder how much damage the three players can do to each other's teams. Forget about the standings. the NL Central is about home runs this season. But is it fair to expect them to all perform so well again this season? Well. yes and no. BigMac has to stay healthy. Sosa has to keep getting a steady diet of belt-high fastballs and Griffey will have to adjust to life in the National League. Griffey hasn't hit fewer than 40 home runs since 1992, his fourth year in the Bigs.There's no reason to believe he won't continue that streak in the NL. Sosa and McGwire both proved that 1998's performance was not a fluke by duplicating it in 1999. lbe stats seem to indicate each of tl)em is in for another monster year. Maybe each case of baseballs will come with a complimentary case of aspirin too. Pitchers in the NL Central are going to need it this season.

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The most interesting race in the National League this year won't be between two teams. It won't be between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa either. The most exciting race in the NL this season might just be for the Gold Glove award in center field. Atlanta's Andruw Jones won the award the last two seasons. In that time. Jones has shown incredible range in center field. drawing comparisons to perhaps the greatest outfielder to ever play the game, Willie Mays. From ESPN's Peter Gammons tc, Braves manager Bobby Cox, people everywhere are saying he's got the best range of anyone they've seen since Mays. And up until a month ago , Jones was a shoe-in for his third-straight Glove. Now things don't look quite as promising. While he may still be the best defensive center fielder in the game, winning the award this season might be as difficult as some of the over-the-shoulder catches he makes. Why? Because the American League's best centerfielder defected to the National League. When the Seattle Mariners traded 10-time Gold Glove winner Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds in February. it not only put three of the game's most

exciting home run hitters in the same division (Griffey, McGwire and Sosa). but it also put the game's two best center fielders in the same league. Scouts have already dubbed Jones defensively as the next Willie Mays. and many of them feel he can be the next Ken Griffey Jr. if he learns to hit close to .300 and drive in 100 runs a season . Though Jones might actually have better range than Griffey, he's no longer the top dog in the NL outfields. There's a new sheriff in town in Griffey - a sheriff with a bigger name and five times as many Gold Gloves. Moreover, Griffey is Cooperstown bound, and the media isn't about to end his streak of 10 consecutive Gold Gloves just because he moved to a different league - even if there is a slightly more deserving player. Jones' one shot at dethroning Griffey might be to have a break out season at the plate - a season worthy of MVP consideration - which is the very thing that shouldn't be considered when handing out defensive awards. Ironically, the one man who could keep Jones from becoming the next Griffey Jr. might just be Griffey himself. In the meantime. Jones may have to settle for being the ·second-best' center fielder in the game. Either way, the race for the NL Gold Glove in center field might just be the most interesting race of all . Cincinnati Reds'center fielder Ken GriffeyJr.,enjoys a laugh with his teammatesduring spring training.

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was in the hospital doing chemo. and I haven't ran since." lbat was February of 1998, when the then 24-year-old was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Usually found in the elderly, Gibbons· was the first case his doctors had seen in someone so young. The diagnosis was not promising. as they gave Gibbons three months to live. This is when Gibbons· competitiveness and positive attitude kicked in. ·1 have just had a good attitude," Gibbons said. "They said three months, and that was over two years ago. I've been beating the odds easy. Well not pretty easy. but pretty good. They are really surprised that I am still around." Athletics was Gibbons' life as he competed in track, basketball and football in high school and then continued with track in college. He said he liked track because the competition focused on the individual. "Allthe pressure was on yourself, anything that you did well, it was for yourself. You didn't really have to worry about your team in order to place." Gibbons und erwent many surgeries and chemotherapy treatments in his race against cancer. He said his experiences in sports and the support from his family helped him keep

his winning attitude and continue to fight. "My positive attitude comes back to how I was brought up, and a lot of what I learned in track," Gibbons said. "It's all personal. You have to fight for yourself. You·re not just going to have it handed to you. You have to be able to do something ." One of Gibbons · main goals since he was diagnosed was to finish his degree in sociolog;;. After completing his remaining classes by correspondence, Gibbons graduated March 13, 2CXXJ, and was awarded his diploma in his hospital room . ·1 have worked harder in the last year and a half to get my degree then I did before the cancer." he said. Gibbons credited a lot of what he accomplished to the help of his coaching staff and teammates at Utah State. He said when he was doing treatments in Salt Lake City, they volunteered to take him down every day. ·1 just want to thank the coaching staff and teammates that I have had. They have really been a comfort." The Aggie hurdl er also had a goal of racing again . He said some of the best times racing were when he competed with his brother-

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home without something to show for it, that wouldn 't be any good," Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. Both games are sellouts, with crowds of about 50,000 expected. The crazy atmosphere that exists for Japanese games might be lacking, though. So might be some of the customs that mark baseball in this country . As in, no Japanese plate umpire ducking into the cage to watch batt ing practice and sharpen his eye. Fans do not scramble for foul balls , instead politely handing them back to ushers. And players who hit home runs are greeted at home pla te by ball girls, who present them with stuffed dolls. "What was that about:>" wondered Cubs catcher Joe Girardi after seeing teammates Mark Grace and Damon Buford collect the trinkets during Tuesday's 6-5 win over Seibu. Girardi and Buford are among several new faces on the Cubs this season. Eric Young is in the leadoff spot and Don Baylor is in the dugout. The NL wild-card Mets will show off their No. 1 offseason acquisit ion - Hampton. He was 22-4 last season for Houston and, if history holds , will cause all kinds of trouble for Sosa. Slam min ' Sammy is jus t 4-for-35 (.114)against the lefty, with no home runs and 10 strikeouts . Sosa did not look sharp facing Japanese pitchers, who frequently frustrated him with offspeed stuff . Baylor figured that would change once the games began to mean something . 'Tm not worried about Sammy and the changeups," Baylor said. "When opening day comes, some guys get a different look in their eyes. He'll be fine."

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team that commits the second-most errors in the league. "We played excellent defense," Oelschlager said about the NMSU trip. After the stop in Salt Lake. USU will resume their BigWest Conference season where they are tied for fourth with NMSU and the University of the Pacific. The U of P Tigers will be the Aggies'opponent in their first home stand of the season. USU and Pacificwill face off twice Saturday (1 and 3 p.m.) and again on Sunday (1 p.m.).

in-law. former USU athlete Corey Murdock. When he was in remission last summer, he applied for and was granted a sixth year of eligibilityby the NCAA. Although he competed again on the track, he never stopped fighting and wanted to share his legacywith others. "Take everyday that you've got and keep it: Gibbons said. "There are things that I wished I would have done. that l can't do now. I

want people to realize that they have a choice of how they can react to certain situations. I could have given up and died on this twoyears ago. but I didn't. I kept fighting. Nothing is going to go right all the time. Just keep a positive attitude. and you can get through it· To some people it may seem as though he never made it over that last hurdle. To others. he has more than won: he is a champion, who through his example of courage has left more behind in such a short period then most will in a lifetime.

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Birth rate booming after years of decline

WASHINGTON (AP)Tens of thousands of Bosnian refugees could return home this year if the international community would cut through bureaucracy and supply them with homebuilding materials, a Bosnian presidential adviser said Tuesday. Security has improved to the point where refugees could soon go back to their homes in 80 percent of the country, said Mirza Hajric, adviser to Alija Izetbegovic, the Muslim representative of Bosnia's joint presidency. Hajric was on a U.S. visit to drul'n up support for the refugees and the nation's economic development. "What they need is not some planning, not ondless bureaucracy - what they

reported since the government started colWASHINGTON (AP)-Women in their lecting birth data in the early 1900s. 20s helped fuel a baby boomlet that pushed One reason for the rise was a larger popU.S.births up 2 percent in 1998, the first ulation of unmarried women of child bearincrease in several years. said a government ing age. report released Tuesday. The number of single women between 15 The increase reflected growth in the and 44 rose to 29.2 million women in 1998 number of women entering childbearing from 28.6 million in 1997. years. These daughters of early baby Unwed women in their 20s and 30s had boomers are having their own kids, but gethigher birth rates, and that was true for ting married first is a not necessarily a both white and black women perquisite to becoming a parent, the report Birth rates for unwed Hispanic women in shows. that age group fell. the report showed. Births to unwed mothers, on the rise for Birth rates for all women in the 20s years. hit an all-time high and 30s was also on the rise. in 1998 and accounted for 'The increasein After falling during the 1990s, the nearly half of all babies birth rate for women between 20 born that year, reported the births to and 24 rose 1 percent to 111.2 births National Center for Health unmarried per 1,000. Statistics. Unlike the early The rate for women aged 30 to 34 1990s. when teenagers were mothers,as well rose 2 percent to 87.4 births per having children at alarming rates, today's unwed mothas the increasein 1,000 women - the highest rate since 1965. ers are more likely to be in teen mothers who Jacqueline Darroch, senior vice their 20s and 30s. president for research at Alan Researchers attribute the smoke,are Guttmacher Institute, a private change to a big drop in teen research group, said the rise in troubling.' births, confidence in the unmarried moms doesn't necessarily booming economy and mean that children don't have more relaxed attitudes • DoNNA SHA1.A1.A • fathers because many women are about unwed mothers. S~:CRF.lARY Of' IJ-lf.U.S. living with, but not marrying , their "The social disapproval Dl:JAATM[:;'il or Hw:n-1 partners . factor has definitely lessANDHUMANSERVICES "Nonmarried does not necessarily ened," said Stephanie mean that it's the mother alone Ventura , lead author of the without a father," said Darroch, citreport compiled from state ing a government study that showed about birth data . 4 percent of women, or about 2.6 million, There were 3.94 million births in 1998, living with partners . compared to 3.88 million children born in Donna Shalala, secretary of the U.S. 1997. The fertility rate was 65.6 births for Department of Health and Human Services. every 1,000 females, up from 65 births per said the trend was cause for concern. 1,000. "The increase in births to unmarried These were the first increases in births mothers, as well as the increase in teen and fertility rates since 1990, when 4.1 million children were born and the fertility rate mothers who smoke, are troubling," said Shalala. was 70.9 births per 1.000 women. Other findings: Between 1990 and 1997, the number of - Smoking among pregnant teens births fell 7 percent as women waited longer increased, especially among blacks. to have children and teen births declined - The proportion of women beginning amid the availability of more reliable conprenatal care in the first trimester contintraceptives, an emphasis on abstinence and ued to rise . fears about AIDS. - Multiple births continued to increase, Some 1.29 million babies were born to a phenomenon tied to the use of fertility single women in 1998, up 3 percent from drugs and more older women giving birth. the prior year and the highest number II

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need is a bulk of building material waiting for them upon arrival because within two to three weeks they can build their own houses themselves," Hajric said. He said repatriation in previous years to undo the effects of ethnic cleansing has been slow and expensive because of the many stages of refugee assistance. Donor nations give money to international organizations, which plan housing projects and hire construction companies , which in turn build the houses each step taking months. Hajric is also an adviser for the implementation of the 1995 Dayton peace accords, which ended the 3 year war in Bosnia, the worse bloodletting in Europe

since World War II. Some 200,000 Bosnians died or are missing. Smoldering mistrust has kept over one million refugees from returning to their homes in areas controlled by former wartime enemies . U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a recent report that the nation had made progress in restructuring its police, identifying weaknesses in its judicial system and other areas. But in a briefing on the report last week, Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi said progress on implementing the 1995 accord has been slow and met powerful resistance from nationalists determined to preserve ethnic divisions.

28f~rrorist .suspects linked tobinladen "in'~icted . Nebo, where traditionsays Mosessawthe fiMMANr Jordan {AP)- Jord~ri indicted 28 Arabs linked to suspected terrorist PromisedLand. and at<'IChristiansettle? Osama pinLaden on terrorism charges ment along the Jordan Riversaid to be Tu~sda)'-stemnijog from what officials say where Jesuswas baptized, A\' ',.. :,, ,. _ Investigators found .radio~controlleqdet~ , ~SJ conspiracy to attackAmericans and onalors, explosives; ammunition, raw mate~ .• Israelis c:luringNew Yea(s celebrations. rial for bomb-making and I).ervegas hidden Fifteensuspects - l3 Jordanians. one at a farm outside Amman, .... . lraqf and an. Algerian ~ have been in custo3y sinte 'December. Attorney General .According to thelnd{ctfueiit. the sµ$~ . } Maamoun .Khassawneh said. · pects began collecting th~}paterialsjn > ••;:· 1Q96fr.omvariou$ Arab capUal$;:in¢Iµding Thitteipqthers, including Jordanians, ..Pa1estfoians"and a.Yemeni, are at large and Damascus and Baghd~d. Maey ofthe sti}~.\Y ' possiblfhtdingin .Pak1stan;Afghanistan. · pects allegedly received military trairling tn> ;_ ,. Britain.Leb~ndn •~ndSyria: ·Khassawneh · camps in Syria. Leban<>n'.and Afg9anJ~ta1t . said,.,.,.'\( ......-·: .:····•·••· ·· · ...····•··· •··:.,· . . The suspects also facecharges qf r.n~nu-:: L. ·.·. : Jord.i:nianoffidals have said hose govfacturing ex.plosivesand.;being affil$tea: .•• •:;: .•. 1· •,. •. ..... . ., ernmeµts were. (;qntacted regarding the · with outlawe.d groups. .; r . ::. •:• • possibl~ ~tr~dfrion of some of those at .. i, One ,of the groupsi} •Al_Qaidai 'or .'.'the ;{ base" - a terrorist orgapizatiqn allijgedJ}" \T larg~.i ··· ....•..·• ., ·.·, ·•· · .... .,, Khassawn.ih saidthe suspectswilLbe· •· hettded by bin I.ade:µ.,: , .... ,.., , .·..• ...., Bin Laden, a Saudi dissident,is sus~ct/ ·]\ ·'·' tried in Jotd~n·s State Security Courtin . T:::f :· I1tid~ApriLTgt!yfocethe death penalty if · · ed of a leading ml~Jn the }998 U.& Embassy bombings .in-Africathat .kHled 244'. i'i found guilty:·······•·• .... .....·..... . . .. · . · .. . .: ., · ,,,,, . . ...:.•· ,, :· · :··,:.:r:, ,: OfficialsJ1ave said the suspect~planl}ed. people. bQtpblpgattacks U.S. and Israelitourists / . Heis on the U.S/ StateDepartiriept'tli~ f ········· ···· ···· · ··· ·· <:elebr?tipg thef-l~W')'earatJorctan·s Mount of most-wanted criminals'.

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would have been more effective. The whol e idea of singling out one person and using them as the outlet for the negative attitude was wro ng. If you want to make a statement about you r objections to something, do so in a manner that won' t cause laughFor years now, we have been constantly infested with that big body of water. Not Lake Powell. The Pacific ter, but rather people to think about your opin ion. In Ocean. It is killing all freshwater life and washing sand in essence, I feel even stronger about my position because !Number of our shorts. Can't you see it is tearing us apart? It tastes of the name-calling that went on through t he letters. As At1ericans who salty, it is dangerous and someone could drown. Who an environmentalist, I do not enjoy being called an describe the knows how many countless lives have been claimed "immature lunatic vandal" ju st because some signs were missing. We have no idea who too k them, and as long as already - animal and human? invention of the If we drain it, that would mean more land for every- th~ op~osition does not know either, we should try not to ra(iio as a one. The salt industry would skyrocket; cleanup would point fingers. The whole point of the presentation was to promote provide jobs for millions . We could drive to Japan. It clz nge for the w ould bring to our knowledge why Hawaii has an inter- discussion and thought throughout campus. be ter. state. When I was 3, I went swimming in the Pacific. After Sarah Lundstrum 15 minutes my skin became dry and cracked. I was a vic•UNITED PRESS tim of salt water. Pacific Ocean! If you're reading this, INTERNATIONAL•you better watch out because I'm coming to get you! Let's forget our petty Lake problems and fight our common enemy. The Pacific Ocean. Unless of course someone needs it for something.

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candidates for this year's final ASUSU elections are frighteningly identical to the candida tes from the primary elections. This is because no more than two candidates decided to run for office rn most positions. In some positions, such as president, the candidate is running unopposed. Is our student body saying that no one else out there feels qualified to run for this offi ce? The candidates w ho are running are probably highly qualified and would do a great job if elected, but co mp etition is what makes people really perform. The pos1t1on of HASS Senator had no candidates, so the date for appli cation had to

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l wish to respond to Al eisha fl.ak~ ,,¼¥, 2 lf'U('~ W l insults my intelligence to suggest that I ''imagined'' the GHTS/ Bn1cePctnsc11 removal of flyers. Nor did I " imagine" the subsequent fly- IN lliE HEADLI ers (though few in number) that personally insultf'd Myke "The Even the Amish use cell Bybee, head of ECOS, whi ch hosted the event. line is phones, I heard. Just fur bus1 I am opposed to draining Lake Powel l, but I fully support busy. To ness a11d tht•y h.ive to IPav<' the right to make the argument and to question the technoh a v e them with Fnglish neighbors I would first off like to commend Tony Stout for his cratic control of nature embodied by the dam. The vandals' US West ~t 111ght, but there's no esc'ap comments in Monday 's Statesman. I was a part of the actions preclude this, and are not "beside the point." keep try mg them, not even in that lit "Drain ' Lake' Powell?" contingent, yet I am capable of Chalking is an accepted, common practice, and "flyer etiing, and tle haven of peace. Their regseeing and understanding the other side of the argument quette" allows their removal after the fact, not before. cal l you ular phones are in d little outas well. The purpose of the presentation was not to con- Regardlessof how many flyers were up, it is unethical. b a c k hous0 at thf' end of the block form everyone to our beliefs, but to spark the thought when the line is available, for so they don't become "the JimSteitz an additional charge .. " process of everyone on campus. As a whole we realize kind of people who will i'lter that there are going to be different opinions on campus, rhal's as far JS I ever made rupt a conversation at home to The Statesman thanks readers for expressing their it before I demanded they stuff <lnswera telephone." but that should not stop us or anyone else from voicing opinions. Please keep the letters coming. However, we a sock in their digi tal moutl•. our ideas, thoughts and opinions. Theoretic dlly, we use>voice As for the flyers that were put up as a form of "formal will not be printing any more letters to the editor con- They call this "sf'rvice," but I mail for the same purpose. protest," I feel that a more mature expression of protest cerning the drainingof Lake Powell. call it salt in the wou nd. W hen we're in the middle of a The drone of the busy sig- long, passionate fight or kiss, nal is sad c>noughw hen you we let it ring. But most onhe really need to ask your mom time one of us feels it is our for a little money to buy some duty to tend to the bawling litbread after you've spent your tle baby. STATESMAN SoAPBOX/ CaseyHobson paycheck on an all night Maybe voice mail is like plopping your kid in front of a Before you a lot of hours, and their work is great- country for w hich Americans are drinking binge. You know how it works. movie, letting him sit with his read this col- ly appreciated. I know they sacrifice willing to accept lessthan what they If I just bring this much to mouth open ancJ his poor on my behalf. However, you can't paid. The majority of us want the criumn there's something you tell me that Candidate X w ould do teria to be as easy as possible. Those the bar that's all I'll spend. But brain withering, just to shut there's an ATM next door and him up Mechanical baby sitneed to do: Find anything terribly diff erent than are the only issueswe have. And that's just it. Most of us want you didn't think to leave vour ters tend everything now. some duct tape Candidate Y. The elections are a and tape the popularity contest, just like they were the same things from our experience card home. And before' you ~here arP underground elecknow it your head is all fuzzy trrc fences for dogs, voice mail L--='--~ ·· bottom of your in high school. Nothing more, noth- at USU, includ ing the candidates chin to the top ing less. He who makes the most running for office One c.:mdidate and even t-he crappy hippy for phones, surge protc'ctors of your head. What you're about to friends in the shortest amount of time can't be too much different from the band at the Owl is starting to for sleeping cor1outers and oth er. It' s a choice between sound kind of good. And this TV for everyone. read will probably make your jaw wins. Caller ID is another popuI know the national Tweed ledee and guy's kind of funny and you drop. lar method •or screening Tweed ledum. Or, as ought to buy hirn a drink. I'm here today to tell you the elections are a lot of And therf''s a girl over there callers. Many people see 'One candidat e Associated Students of Utah State the same, but there some people might that's pretty cute and you "Anonymous" or real issues say, between l!niversity el~ctions are a waste of are can't be too mu ch Tweed involved there. It is ledumb and know you' ll never talk to her, "Unavailable" and refuse to time, and so Is your vote. but just the possibility makes answer for fear of getting a (You might want to reinforce that important to pick the different from the Tweedledumber. candidate who most When it comes it worth it to take out the last gruesome p·lch from a stalker duct tape now.) other. It's a choice right down to it, $20 in your bank account, or a salesman. Not my brothDon't get me wrong - this is not parallels your personit down your throat, er al beliefs and morals. the approach I take to politics in betweem Twe edledee ASUSU officers can't pour "I alwdys answer them," he America. I love this country . I take It is wh at shapes our legislate; they merely puke it up after someone offers whiskey during the says. "Its like an adventure." my hat off for the national anthem, I country. and Tweedledum .' vote on how to repre- night cap, and now you' re on I, with no such device, Life at USU is difsent USU students. pay my taxes (as immorally high as they might be) and I have the deep- ferent. Regardless of After they vole, lhey the phone trying to say, r,lease have an "adventure" with who we are, wher e we come from turn in a letter of recommendation, morn I need something lo put every ring, although that may est respect for those who died to prenot be the term I would use and what our majors are, we all w ant and that letter may or may not have in my churning acid -filled serve my freedom. bel ly, please end this misery. fur dead lines, wrong numbers It is every American's duty not just the same things. W e want to gradu- weight on the decisions President But instead of your moth- and please-hold-while -an to vote, but to place an educated ate as soon as possible and we w ant George Emert makes. That is the sales extent of their power, and }'OU can't er's soothing voice you hear a operator assists-you vote - to research the candidates' to do it as easily as possible. computer, which is imn1une pild1es. tell me one candidate could do that position s on every issue and select And don't kid yourself on this one. to your curses, offering you Someone please tell me the best one for the office. Voting is You might think you're different; you any better than the other. If you still want to vote, then that's the chance to spend more how this attracts customers. how "we the people" make sure this might think you like to be challenged While you're at it, tell me how country stays in our hands. It's the by your professors, but how many of fin e; go for it - knock yourself out. money. I'm beyond the point of that US West woman attracts very prin ciple on whi ch our us really sit in class and ask for extra Have a ball. You have my support. But if you don't know who L,my anger at cell phones. Now I customers when she only Foundin g Fathers built this great assignments? How many of us actually ask the professors to move the Holm es is, then stay home from the have decided to be amused makes me want to find her nation. Why are the ASUSU elections any deadline forward on our 10-page pol es and do something useful. Sit and sympathetic instead. I see and put her in front of that different? It's simple . Regardless of papers? How many of us walk to down with a sporting almanac and t~ose poor people having to universal baby sitter, the teledig through their backpacks; vision, and let her microchip whether we put Sherlock Holm es in class thinking, "G osh, I hope read it until you find out. swearing they turned it off vocal cords rust right out of office or Larry Holmes in office, the Professor Smith gives us that SOresults are going to be the same. question essay test by the end of the CaseyHobS(ln,a juniorfrom Boise, before the midterm, while it her open drooling mouth. They're ju st too limited in what they week." Idaho, is the sportseditorat the rings eight times and everyone BrycePetersen is a jo11rnal can do. They can't make Spring Granted, there are a few people Statesman. He likesto dab in politics in the class is glaring at them 1smmajor and a writer for Break any longer, cl asses any easier out there like this, but they are the and is lookingforwardto voting the and their fumb ling nervous The Utah Statfsman. or books any cheaper. So wh at else is ones who are a couple pistons short Democrats out of officein November. fingers; and I just enjoy the Comments can be sent to there? Commentscanbe sent to break from the aneurysm the of a V-8, if you know what I mean. breezelybruin@yahoo.com hobsonlw t@Jzotmail .com test is about to give me. I know the ASUSU officers put in Education is the one thing in thi s JohnMartin Loveless

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Research finds Americans WASHINGTON(AP)- A University of Maryland. study says a large majority of "Overall, Americans see Americans have surprisingly globalization as somewhat positive attitudes toward a more positive than negative growing globalization trend and appear to be growing more familiar with the conattacked from both the right and left. cept and more positive about While conservatives comit," the study said. plain of a shift from Despite support for free American to global values, global trade, a strong majority and labor and environmental feels trade "has not grown in groups protest the growing a way that adequately incorpower of global economic porates concerns for institutions, the Program for American workers, internaInternational PolicyAttitudes tional labor standards and the environment," it said. concludes that Americans are The study's own poll found warming to the idea of an interconnected world. They that 61 percent supported generally support global insti- globalization, 35 percent said tutions, the survey showed. it should be slowed down or Only a small minority sup- stopped, and 76 percent support resistance to globalizaported free trade. tion, the study said. The poll found 67 percent support for strengthening the The conclusions are based on a sweeping review of United Nations, 59 percent polling data, special group dis- support for a stronger World cussions held in three farTrade Organization and 56 percent support for a stronger flung U.S. communities and a nationwide poll conducted by World Court. Support for a the nonpartisan program, stronger International Monetary Fund was at 44 perwhich is associated with the

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cent, still higher than the 36 percent who said it does not need to be strengthened; 20 percent expressed no opinion. The October poll of more than 1,800 people had an error margin of 4 percentage points, less on some questions. The overall conclusions were based on other polls, as well, and on "focus group" discussions held in Battle Creek, Mich., Dallas and Baltimore. Other findings included: -Americans overwhelmingly support inclusion of environmental and labor issues in trade negotiations and favor limiting trade with countries that violate human rights. - Americans are surprisingly accepting of other countries· putting up barriers to American products based on such things as health effects of genetically modified foods. - A strong majority favors continued trade with China

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Reportfindsmanysterilization caseswerevoluntary forced on people until they were abolished in 1976. The commission has spent three years investigating the sterilizations. It said that S14.5 million has been doled out to 722 victims, settling almost half of the 1,700 filed claims. The commission has denied 63 claims so far, saying many underwent operations for other reasons and were not sterilized. "We are trying to make decisions as fast as possible because these people are old," commission secretary Leif Persson said, adding that the victims were mostly between 70 and 80. Thirty claimants died before their cases were processed. Persson said. The commission was formed in 1997 after a

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STOCKHOLM,Sweden (AP)- Investigators looking into Sweden's sterilization scandal said Tuesday that about half of the 63,000 procedures performed from 1935 to 1975 were voluntary. The operations were largely forced on poor people and those with mental problems in the 1940s, but there was little evidence that ethnic groups were targeted, according to the report. drawn up by a special government commission and forwarded to the Justice Ministry for review. )'he report did not accuse individuals, but said that passivity and silence of politicians and loose interpretation of sterilization laws by medical authorities enabled the operations to be

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