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unique to Utah State," Hansen said. Hansen said there are benefits to both sides. With leasing to a large Utah State University has sent company, there is a lot more leverout a Request for Proposal for priage when it comes to cost Large vate companies to bid on leasing companies with several stores are the USU Bookstore. able to share inventory, Hansen The USU Bookstore is currently said. owned and operated by the univer· With a university-owned booksity. All employees, from the direcstore, if a publisher is out of a prodtor to the cashiers, uct. the bookstore is are employed by stuck, Hansen said. usu. Wayne Carter, textBarnes and Noble, book manager at Idaho BE DONE? Follett and Wallace State University in Bookstores have Pocatello, Idaho, said Temporarycommittee responded to the members\'\'eighthe leasing companies have a prosand cons: request and will be strong training base and giving oral presentafocus heavily on cus• JohnHubbard,comtions May 4. The premitteechair,Bookstore tomer service. sentations will be ISU's bookstore is Committeemember given to both the leased by Follett and as and Chemistryprofes- part of its contract comadministration and a temporary commitpletely renovated the sor tee of students, faculstore which was desper•Amy Ohms, ty and other univerately needed, said Chris Bookstoreemployee sity employees Johnson , director of purincluding one from chasing services . • Emi1yCroshaw, the bookstore in ·we felt we needed ASUSU academicvice the help in those (areas order to get opinions president from all walks of of) expertise," Johnson campus life. The said. He said for ISU it • Matt Malouf, committee has been was the best of both ASUSU studentadvo- worlds for their needs. together since cate In ISU's case, the February to look specifically at the • GeraldineO,ild, clas- company that came in had the same pricing proposals. siftedemployeerepreThe university has structure as the bookalso hired a consulstore before, so there sentative tant to do a complete • DanielWard,gradu- was not a rise in textanalysis of its bookbook prices but with ate student store in regards to every university, costs customer service, are different because of • ToddMuouich, proefficiency and mandifferent contract agreefessionalemployee agement ments, he said. "We hope to indiOne advantage in cate to the administration what our keeping the bookstore with the unipotential is," said Dave Hansen, versity is flexibility, Hansen said. director of the bookstore. "You can change your policies as About 40 percent of university needed." Hansen said. bookstores nationwide are leased, With a leasing company there is he said . a longer response time and more "Its a national trend. It's not paperwork required, he said. JESSICAWARREN

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The money generated can also be used at the university's discretion, Hansen said . The decision is complicated, Hansen said, and has been an issue for a long time. "Both bring benefits to the institution," Hansen said. John Hubbard, chair of the ternporary committee evaluating the proposals, said he was pleased with how evaluations have been going. "The process has been well done," Hubbard said. He said there is a lot of effort to involve students and the committee has been working hard, but he

·we are a recommendation committee. We don't make the decision," Hubbard said. Other issues involved with the decision are the employees of the bookstore. Johnson said their fulltime employees were given a sixmonth adjustment period at which time they could decide to stay or leave. He said their retention rate was nearly 100 percent. However, many student employees left because the structure of hours and shifts didn't accommodate their schedules. Carter said the bookstore under ISU was overstaffed, which was

another problem. Another employment issue is switching from being a university employee to a corporate employee in terms of benefits, health insurance and retirement plans, Hansen said. The final decision will be made by the administration, anc!rlansen suspects if a lease is the preferred option it will go into effect around July 1. Right now, the process is to look at the advantages and disadvantages of each opt ion and compa re them with each other. "The whole idea behind this is to make an objective assessment," Hansen said.

Media have the power to make or break a pol.itician,Sen. Bennet says lARAGALE

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Sen. Robert Bennett addressesUSU student~ Wednesdayabout the media's influenceon modernpolitics.

Political campaign finance reform has been a hot issue during this presidential race. Sen. Robert Bennett shared his views on the subject Wednesday as the final speaker of the year in the Journalism and Communication department -sponsored Media and Society Lecture Series. Campaign finance reform should not include limiting the amount of money a candidate can raise, Bennett told the audience in the Ellen Eccles Conference Center. Bennett opened with an analysis of the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain to illustrate the power of the media to influence politics.

"If you know anything about campaigning, you know the first thing you do is secure your own base," Bennett said. "John McCain started with the media as his base." By picking up on the isi;ue of campaign reform. which the media already had its eye on, McCain was able to secure ·earned media," Bennett's term to describe free national attention earned through press coverage. This is opposed to paying for television advertising time. This gave him an automatic edge over the opposition, Bennett said. "The polls were showing that (Elizabeth Dole, Republican) was three to four times more popular than John McCain," Bennett said. despite drawing large crowds of support, Bennett said Dole was unable to

attract media attention and had to more powerful." Bennett said advertising is imporrely on paid advertising while McCain tant to get the attention of the landed on the cover of most of the American people . People mistaken ly nation's major news magazines. advocate campaign "How do you put a price reform "based on that?" Bennett asked. 'The only way I can funding on the assumption "The politicians are not buy accessto the that campaigns take the basis of power. The peoplace in a vacuum ," ple are," he said. "The only peopleis throught Bennett said. way I can buy access to the ·1 am competing people is through the themedia.' with the best advertismedia." ing talent in the world Bennett said he favors • RoBERT BENNEIT. that wants your att enmandatory disclosure of W,,SEN.'l.:fOR tion," he said. ·r am donors as a means of regunot just competing lating campaign spending, with my opponents ." not limiting the amount of money Bennett, serving his second term politicians can raise. in the US . Senate , said he thinks the "If you put limits on the amount future of political campaigning will be of money I can raise, you make me in talk radio and mass commun icamore dependent on the media," he said. "And the media becomes even tion via the Internet.

CampusREsEARcH Playing limbo: LARA GAL£

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A coyote's capers in the sheep field may be funny on Saturday morning, but in real life the sheep dog doesn't always win and the coyote often gets away with its prize. There's nothing funny to a rancher about losing money to the appetite of a wild predator. Scientists with the Wildlife Services facility at Utah State University,the world's leading predator research complex, are dedicated to researching and developing ways to manage damage caused by predators, mainly coyotes, on "species of human concern, mainly livestock, game species and threatened and endangered species,· according to a report from the facility. "My belief is in biodiversity,"Russ Mason, station leader over coyote depredation man -

Utah State University scientists struggle to find a reasonable balance between predator survival and ranchers' needs

agement research at the Logan Field Station of the National Wildlife Research Center, said. "Predators need to be managed. Predators are an important part of ecosystems, a very important part. ... When they become overabundant it's a problem and management is necessary." Accordingto an article by Mason's colleagues, Eric Gese and Fred Knowlton, both research wildlife biologists with the USU facility, American sheep inventories have declined more than 85 percent in the past 60 years, with a 25 percent decline between 1991 and 1996.

This decrease is almost entirely due to coyotes preying on the animals, according to the article. Finding a solution to the problem has been complex because there is no "bad guy· whose interests can be compromised, Mason said. Coyotes roaming range land that used to be

part of their territory means something different to ranchers than to environmentalists. Mason said it's too late to worry about right and wrong as far as humans being responsible for shrinking wildlife territory because the land has already been bought and developed. "Money is money. My view is I need to deal with th e biological realities, as I call them," he said. "To say that people caused it, so what? This is the reality, what are we going to do about it?" The USU research center is working to find non -lethal alternatives for keeping predators away from livestock. In the past, the only way to manage the coyotes has been to kill them , Mason said. "Generally speaking, the tools that we have are lethal because there aren't any alternatives."he said. Methods they have developed include sterilizing coyotes because coyotes without pups are

less likely to attack an animal as large as a sheep because they don't need tha t much food. Another alternative could be chemical repellents, he said. Each management method requires extensive research, Mason said. To develop a repellent tha t affects only coyotes without harming them requires an entire team of chemists, physiologists, behaviorists and wildlife biologists using the kennel and pen facilities of the NWRC's Logan Field Station. Promising methods are then tested in the field by station workers. "Here at Utah State we have the largest canine facilityin the world," Mason said. It houses veterinary facilities,office space, labs and a kennel holding coyotes hand-r aised by volunteers . The center's research , and wildlife

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OGDEN, Utah {AP)- Forty percent of North LaytonJunior High students stayed home Thursday after a student allegedlymade death threats and referred to the Columbine massacre. Thursday was the anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton,Colo. School officials say a 14-year-olc North Layton Junior High student made the threats on April 11. Davis School District took administrative action and contacted Layton Police. On Wednesday,Davis County prosecutors announced that criminal charges were filed against the boy,but they could not release details because the boy is a minor. The threats prompted cancelations of the school's annual spring dance. Layton Police Capt David Nance said officerswere walking the halls of local schools in reaction to the number of concerned parents callingpolice to find out if sGhoolsare safe. Davis schoolsare off Fridayand Monday for Spring Break. "We don't have any real reason to be concerned," Nance said. Meanwhile,at Clearfield's North DavisJunior High School,rumors of a letter naming next year's student body officersand a girl trying out for cheerleader caught the attention of students on Tuesday.

Randy Chesley. left, the pcm•erplant'sinstructor, and Luke I uceropreparea Pratt & Whitney f-60 engine to be tested in the on-campu, testing facility, locatedin the industrial Technology Building. The engine from a T-39 Sabre Liner is tested for thrust and fuel flow, which can be monitoredfrom a control console.

Merri ll Library's 'mini fishbowl' open, accepting fish KATHRYN SUMMERS

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Students have a new place to study in Utah State University'sMerrill Library.The mini-fishbowl,located on the second floor of the library in the room that used to house the copy center, is now open for student study. The room, which opened April 14, is not quite finished. but students can use it to do homework. There is new carpet on the floor, but some ceiling tiles and lights need to be replaced. said Max Peterson. director of libraries. ·we discoy<;reda library isn't always a shush-shush place: Peterson\aid . ·students need a placefor group meetings,'Fhiuisla~a:e for it. An11h1"'i ,, "Hopefullywe can provide an area for people to talk and they won't commandeer an area where people are trying to study.· There used to be a study area known as the "fishbowl"on the third floor of Merrill Library,but the offices

for the Dean of Information Learning Resourcesmoved into that space. Since then , most students who used to study there have found new places for groups, like the second floor of the Science and Technology Library,the second floor atrium area overlooking the first floor of the Merrill and the open area created on the first floor in the Merrill when the circulation desk moved.Petersonsaid. However. some students wanted a new fishbowl.Ombudsman committee member Anna Challice Carsey has worked closelywith Peterson as a spokesperson for studen t comments to see that the mini-fishbowlls what dents saytheywan t. f •r 1•here-ms'a•design contlst for the room. but with final exams and projects due, no students turned in any design plans. Peterson said. Vicki Read. head of Patron Services said they want to get the room done for fall. so they will continue fixing up the room without the student input

she said they were initially hoping to have. Peterson said he wants the minifishbowl to be a place where people feel comfortable and where they won't disturb others if they talk. The room is a place where people can study or visit and be a little noisy without fear of disturbing other students. The students will dictate the use of the place, Peterson said. It will take on the personality of the students who use it !fit's a good area, students will find it and use it. Read said the mini-fishbowlis a first-come-first-served room, unlike the four study rooms on the fourth floor of Merrill ~ibrary,which must requested at the 1rculationDesk. I "This will be a nice alternative for groups that need to study."Read said. The original fishbowlearned its name from the students because it was a glassed-in room and the students felt like fish in a bowl. Read said. Read said she would like to see a

message board in the mini-fishbowl where students could leave messages, fliers and leaflets. She also wants to decorate the room with art from students and members of the community. The newly remodeled first floor of the Merrill has a section for displays. Right now the projects of second year interior design students are on display. Read would like the mini-fishbowlto be another place to display student works including art. poetry, and short stories. A paperback book exchange is also being considered. Read said. A shelf may be installed in the room where ~lar qperb cknovels would be pl. u hli.coj w gooks on J ho s~ h~ ey would leave a book of their own for one they borrowed. This would allow students to have access to current popular fiction without having to purchase the books. Read said this system has been very successfulat other libraries and USU is considering it.

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Last lecturer says research is crystal ball gazing and detective work LARA GAL[

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The Honors department and Art~ and Lecturesworked together to wind up the year with recognition of original work and research by USU students and faculty Thursday. Fifty-threestudents from different collegesdisplayed research projects and presented papers orally for the public on the second floor of the Taggart Student Center as part of Student Showcase2COJ. "This givesstudents a chance to present their work publicly."Kay Gamble. secretary of the Honors department said. ·we don't judge them or give out prizes. lt's just their own satisfaction for completing a project and being able

to present it in a public place." Most of the projects were the result of a semester or more of work. Gamble said. She said the showcasehelps students fulfill the requirement of some collegesthat students' work be presented publicly. Students turned in applications with faculty advisor nominations to be part of the showcase. ln conjunction with the showcase. Anne J. Anderson. USU professor of biology, presented the 25th annual Last Lecture.Anderson was nominated to give the Last Lecture by students from every college who believe she has made an impact with her lectures. "The idea is if that was the last lecture they were going to give.what would they want to tell their students

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"Middle of the block, at the sign of the clock" 1s the address of S .E. Needham Jewelers. Although the street address is 141 N. Main Street, for decades S.E. Needham's has used the phrase "Middle of the block, at the sign of the clock" as the address. There has been a street clock in front of S.E. Needham jewelers throughout most of its history. The present clock was installed in the I 930s and before that a different clock was used dating to the tum of the century. This street clock is set for complete accuracy according to an atomic clock which receives a radio wave every 24 hours from Boulder, Colorado. When shopping for diamonds, jewel ry, clocks and watches, gifts and tableware look for the landmark of downtown Logan, S.E. Needham Jewelers: ''Middle of the block, at thesign of the clock,"

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and their colleagues,"Gamble said. Anderson brought the message that students should followtheir dreams and never get discouraged. "Everythingtakes place by little tiny steps and by a lot of luck."she said. "Don't give up, you can find a way to what you are looking for: Researchin plant pathology has led Anderson to an understanding that research is "both crystal ball gazing and detective skill."she said. "Posingthe right question to research is a key part of the process," she said. "Myreference to gazing into the crystal ball in my title refers to the use of imagination, luck, intuition and prediction to arrive at the question.

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> Aggies tryto reclaim Guiness record As part of A-week, tho usands of Aggies will stand on the Quad tonight and participate in the True Aggie tradition of kissing on the "A." This year. however. the goal has been set to get 2.000 couples kissing at the same time for 10 seconds. This would break the current record in the Guiness Book of World Records. Sponsored by the Student Alumni Association, DOUBLEMINTgum will be passed out to participants as well as Tru e Aggie cards.

> USU Theatre offers 6 plays in3 nights The Utah State Theatre Conservatory Series will present six different plays over three nights of staged readings. April 24 through 26. The plays will be presented on the Studio Stage, Room 224 of the Chase Fine Arts Center at 8 p.m. all nights. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 7 p.m. USU students are free with a valid ID. Admission for nonstudents is $5.

> Piano concert to beheldthisweekend There will be a piano concert Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall. The concert will feature three Korean-born pianists and a colleague, all representing the Utah State University department of Music. Admission is $3 for students, $5 for adults and $12 for families. Children under 6 will not be admitted . Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the USU Korean Language Program. Tickets are available at the USU Ticket Office, The Book Table, Keith Jorgensen Music and Korea House Restaurant. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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The recently completed Widtsoe Chemistry Building will be dedicated April 25. Dedication activities begin with tours of the new building from 9 to 10 a.m. At 10:30 a.m., activities move to the Sunburst Lounge of the Taggart Student Center. The dedication ceremony begins with a welcome from USU President George H. Emert. He will be followedby Utah Governor Michael 0. Leavitt and remarks from the building's designers and contractor.

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Roger Ebert and his former co-host. Gene Siske], have their thumbs-up movie ranking system. but most other critics give stars or a letter grade. These methods are nice, but they have their flaws. Frankly. they're a little boring. Me? I have designed a system of my own that I will use from now on. It's called the clap system. Let me explain. I've noticed I tend to clap my hands when I'm enjoying a movie. Maybe I'm feeling the after effects of too much basketball and other sporting events, but I'm positive the system is reliable. For example, I didn't clap one time in Leonardo DiCaprio's The Beach and I didn't clap in Mission to Mars. Conversely, I clapped so much in "The X-files· star David Duchovny's new film, Return to Me, that I was minutes away from a clapinduced Irish-Step-Dancing seizure. Return to Me is one of the best romantic comedies to hit theaters since 19~3's Sleepless in Seattle. It has all the elements that appeal to a diverse audience, and even better, there are no colossal expectations that ground most overhyped. trailer-happy films from the beginning . Without any of those fetters, the movie entertains audiences with tremendous acting and a fresh. invigorating story. David Duchovny is Bob Rueland. a building contractor whose wife is killed in a car accident. Unbeknownst to him, his wife's heart is given to a young woman in desperate need of a transplant. The woman who received the heart. Grace Briggs (Minnie Driver), returns to full health because of the operation, and while Rueland struggles to come to terms with his wife's death,

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Earlier this year. while on a quick trip to Disneyland, I was saddened by the news that one of my favorite rides at the theme park had been removed and construction had started for a new. updated ride to take its place. The ride was ·20.000 Leagues Under the Sea," a submarine adventure based on the 1954 Disney retelling of Jules Verne's classic novel The film did well. winning Oscars for Art Direction and Special Effects; nonetheless, it seems cheesy in our day and age of high-tech special effects and computer realism. The positive aura that envelopes 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea is amazing. since water-oriented films traditionally don't fare well at the box-office Yes, 1997's Titanic is an exception. but look at 1995's Waterworld and 1989's cult classic, The Abyss, and tell me those films raked in the bucks Start bailing water. folks. Fact is, water films sink faster than Kevin Costner's career did after Waterworld belly flopped into theaters. The new World War II film. U-571, tries with all its might to encircle us in the same hero emotion that

snagged filmgoers in Saving Private Ryan, but the emotion is superficial and momentary . ln reality, the movie relies on special effects and many explosions. By the middle of the film, the submarine thing is getting old and begins to plummet to the ending we all know is going to come. U-511 tells the story of an American S-33 submarine crew involved in a top-secret mission to capture a German encrypting device The device is located on a stranded German U-boat and the American crew must pose as the recovery unit for the downed submarine. Once they capture this mysterious ·enigma device," the war may turn for the better. allowing the Allies a chance to crack Nazi code and thwart the attacks from the deadly U-boats of the North Atlantic. Matthew McConaughey (A Time to Kill, Amistad, Contact, EdTV) stars as Lt. Andrew Tyler. an executive officer under the command of Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren (Bill Paxton). Tyler's greatest desire is to obtain command of his own vessel. However. Dahlgren does not think Tyler is ready to command a submarine full of young naval officers.

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of graphic sex. portraying woman as objects. Before the movie even startAmerican Psycho invaded ed filming, rumors were circu/ Grade:D bustling Park City this past lating regarding the possible January revealing an NC-17 casting of Leonardo DiCaprio Harron and the producers cut version for its world premiere as the main character. the psy- footage to earn an R-rating. at the Sundance Film Festival. cho, Patrick Bateman. Fresh off The film revolves around It was the indisputable hot his stint as the honorable Jack Wall Street big wig. Patrick ticket at the festival. with every Dawson in the film Titanic, Bateman. He has everything screening sold out and packed gossip spread that DiCaprio one could want - money, with hundreds of theatergoers refused the role, mainly to women, a nice apartment and hoping to get a ticket on stand- keep his gleaming image free every amenity he can afford. by. from tarnish. According to Still,the luxury he enjoys is Needless to say. there are Harron. DiCaprio was never not enough, and his days are some who anticipate this film offered the role. spent brooding over everyone because they are fans of Bret Until a month ago. else who has more or who has Easton Ellis(the novelist American Psycho was tattooed done more than him. Several behind American Psycho)or of with an NC-17 rating. Clearly. conversations ensue throughdirector Mary Harron (/ Shot it is not difficult to understand out the film about the quality Andy Warho~. or even newwhy the film earned the deadof business cards, what restaucomer Christian Bale (Little ly scarlet mark. However. rants each have been privy to Women). However. most are in according to Harron. the NCattend and who has a tanning line because of the controversy. 17 was given primarily because booth in their apartment. Ellis' novel hit stores in 1991 of extreme sex and not Bateman is like the other amid a firestorm of feminist because of extreme violence. yuppies, living by the motto. backlash. Many women's rights NC-17 spells instant termina"He who dies with the most groups demanded that booktion for films at the box office. toys wins.· However, he is sellers remove the novel from and smart movie companies acutely conscious of the hollow shelves because of Ellis'depicrealize this because they can existence that is his life. He tions of graphic violence perrelease a "director"scur when petuated against woman and the video hits stores. Thus. Jumpto Ps)cHO, PageZ Staff Writer

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'An Eveningof Romantic Music' features Korean-born pianists,hopes to benefit Korean languageprogram DEBBIELAMB

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On Saturday night, Cache Valley will be given an opportunity to attend a concert featuring three Korean-born pianists and an American guest. The concert. entitled "An Evening of Romantic Music," will take place in the Kent Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building at 7 p.m. The four pianists. all representing Utah State University's Music Department. will be Hyun-Ju, Chul Seo, Aaron Mcclaskey and David Curtin. This concert will also serve as a farewell concert for Hyun-Ju and Curtin, both of whom will be leaving USU after this semester. Curtin, an assistant professor in the Music department and the only performer born in the United States, said the concert is intended to achieve two missions. "The first thing is to play some beautiful music and to provide some entertainment and pleasure to people who come to the concert," Curtin said. "The second thing would be to raise awareness of the Korean language program and the Korean students." Annie Kim, a Korean instructor in the Language department and advisor of the Korean Interests and Studies Club, said the concert began as club members were looking for a way to raise funds. "Among the members of the USU Korean Interests and Studies Club, we were brainstorming over some fund raising events for the Korean language program," Kim said. "When we looked at the fact that we had three amazing Korean pianists currently serving at USU. a concert idea emerged," she said. "When we talked to the performers, they were all more than willing to perform for a good cause like this." The concert will be an excellent event for people who plan to stay in town during Easter weekend to enjoy the beautiful and romantic music of Liszt. Chopin,

Rachmaninoff, Ravel. Conservatory of Music. his Debussy and Brahms. Kim master's degree in music at the University of Louisville said. "I hope that the music can School of Music and his speak to the audience," Seo bachelor's degree in music as well as a bachelor's of arts said. He is a Korean perin English - at the State former who was raised and University of New York started his piano studies in College at Fredonia. Spain because his parents Prior to his appointment were involved in international business there. at USU, Curtin served as "Allfour pianists have put coordinator of keyboard in significant amounts of activities on the faculty of the University of Wisconsintime to prepare for this Platteville. event, and the purpose of our practice In December 1998 he made his is to bring out the composers' message Korean debut. perto the public," Seo forming Liszt's SATIJRDAY -concerto No. 2 in said. "Also,it will be A Major" with the a good opportunity lp.m. to let the students Changwon Kent Concert Philharmonic and the community Orchestra . become aware of Hall Chui Seo, a the Korean (lan$5 adults, guage) program at native of Korea. usu.· started his piano $3 studentsw/ID, studies Tickets can be at age 12 in $12family Gran Canaria, purchased at the USU Ticket Office, Spain. Seo came to The Book Table, the Untied States Keith Jorgensen Music or at in 1993 to pursue his studies the door. Admission is $3 for in music. His undergraduate students, $5 for adults and work was completed at Oral $12 for families. Children Roberts University in Tulsa, under 6 are not admitted. Okla. He continued his gradKorean-born pianist uate studies at the University of Oklahoma. Hyun-Ju earned her Artist Diploma in Piano at the Seo was the recipient of University of Cincinnati the Caylor Scholarship and College-Conservatory of the winner of the DonnaMusic and her master's Turner Piano Competition. degree in music at the Currently he is serving as University of Wyoming. adjunct faculty at USU teachShe has served on the fac- ing piano and studying with ulty of Soonchun National professor Gary Amano. University, Changwon He also serves as a piano National University. Pusan accompanist in the North Performing Arts School and Utah Choral Society, led by Brigham Young University, Will Kesling of the USU where she was a founding Music department. Aaron Mcclaskey, another member of the Escalante Korean-born pianist, came to Piano Trio. the United States at age 3. Hyun-Ju has performed Raised in Idaho, McClaskey concerti, chamber music and has made many concerto solo recitals throughout the appearances and won compeUnited States and Korea tition prizes. He has most recently a performance of Beethoven's ·coricerto No . appeared as a soloist with the Utah Symphony, Idaho Falls s· with tne Mockbo Symphony and the USU Symphony last May. Hyun-Ju is an adjunct fac- Orchestra. Among his awards are the ulty member of the USU Music department. She and bronze medal at the 1993 Jr. Gina Bachauer Competition Curtin, her husband, have an and second prize at the 18-month old son named Kingsville International Brian. Young Artists Piano Pianist David Curtin earned his doctoral degree in Competition. Mcclaskey musical arts at the University studies with Amano in the Music department. of Cincinnati College-

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Utah State University Jump, jive and swing with the Cache County Utah State University Alumni Association's one-time show. "Swingin'Through WWII," Saturday, May 13 at 7 p.m. in the Utah Jet Center hangar at the Logan-Cache Airport. The Cache County alumni present the Sunburst Singers and Crestmark Orchestra in a special dinner and dance. The band and singers have performed in numerous events locally and throughout Utah. The music is reminiscent of the Glenn Miller Orchestra's big band sound from World War II. The floorshow will be presented by the Sunburst Singers. It is modeled after the lJSO

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It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for the Aggies. After going 5-7 against the bottom four teams in the BigWest Conference, Utah State University will now take on the top four teams starting with Long BeachState University Friday. If the Aggieswere worried, you certainly couldn't tell by talking to the coaches - especiallyafter winning USU'sfirst BigWest series of the season last weekend. "They played together as a team: assistant coach Kim Oelschlager said. "Everythingwas a team effort· The Aggiesnearly swept California PolytechnicState Universitylast weekend, losing game two of three in the final inning, 3-2. Other good news is that three of the Aggiesnext five series' will be at home, and they are catching LBSU at a good time. The 49ers were swept by LoyolaMarymount UniversityWednesday,and have won only two out of their last seven games - and both of those were one-run wins. Nevertheless, the 49ers are ranked 15th in the nation (USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Associationcoach poll},are tied for second with California State

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usu·sEvaDeJamette (23) puts the ball in play during Utah State's doubleheaderagainst the Universityof Utah on April 12 m Logan. USU plays at Long Beachthis weekend. Universityat Fullerton and were picked to take the conference. The Aggieswill play LBSUin a doubleheader today at 2 p.m. and then will finish off the three-game series with one game at 2 p.m. Saturday.The 49ers hold a slight overall series edge; they are 21-20-1 vs. USU. LBSU,as a team statistically,has batted and pitched better than the Aggiesso far this season. The 49ers are third in batting average (.256),

fourth in pitching ERA(2.08)and second in fielding percentage (.964). "They hit the ball hard," Oelschlager said. "They are a good defensive team. They have it all." But they don't run much, she added. The 49ers fall near the middle of the pack in stolen bases. The team's style is to just swing away, Oelschlager said. Meanwhile the Aggiesare fifth in batting (.244),last in pitching (4.12) and seventh in fielding (.950).

However,the pitching and fielding stats could be misleading because USU has held its opponents to under four runs a game in five of its last six games, employing good pitching and consistent fielding. Oelschlager said the team has been working on their offense, especially preparing for LBSU'sNo. 1 pitcher Kristi Fox.She has a 4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 1.10 ERA- the best in the BWC.Likethe two other 49er pitchers, she has the

same strong rise-ball pitch. ·we·re focusing on hitting inside rise-ball pitches,"Oelschlager said. USU will counter with Kristin Hommel, who has a 3.41 ERA,allowing only two earned runs in her last five starts. She will pitch the first game, and as of press time Thursday night McCreesh hasn't decided who will pitch the followinggames. Hommel, who is recovering from offseason surgery,doesn't yet have the strength to go beyond two games.

Knight needs to take choking lessons from Homer Simpson lHE HOB.SONHur/Casey Hobson

OK, we're back for another special edition of Hobson Hut radio. I'm your host, Casey Hobson, and we're talking about anything you want today. Justgive us a call at 1-800-555-5150. That's 1800-555-5150. As always when we have these free-for-all sessions, I like to prime the well a little bit and throw out a topic or two to get things rolling. Call about anything you want, but the two topics I'm going to throw out are Indiana head coach Bobby Knight and Dodger pitcher Orel f lershiser, who must have plunked the entire Astra lineup Wednesday night in Los Angeles. He had no control whatsoever. OK, let's go to the phones. Caller Numero uno, you're on the air. Give us your name and tell us where you're from. "Yeah, Casey, this is Pete from Indiana. I really enjoy the show. Listen,I just want to ask you one thing though. What do you have against Bobby Knight?" You mean aside from the fact he he's a cocky S.O.B. and uses the media like a backwoods outhouse? Nothing. The guy's a good coach. He wins. His players move when he says move. He seems to know the game real well. He's just sort of a horse's pa-toot. "But you don't know him personally.'' No, that's true; I don't. He might be the great-

est guy in the world behind the scenes. He prob- him. However, Ashby's comments do make me ably is. But I don't know that side of him, so I've wonder about Reed's integrity.Firstoff, I wonder had to base my opinion of him on what I do why the guy didn't bring the charges against know about him And based on what we see of Knightany sooner. It must not have been botherhim on the court and in the press conferences, I ing him too much if he waited until he was in the think most people have concluded he's a jerk. clear to say something about it - two or three ''Do you think he choked Neil Reed in 1997?" years down the road. Again, from what I know about "Was this guy really voted off the him, I wouldn't put it past him. In team?" fact, I'd bet the farm that he did 'Jf:you're goingto See, I don't know much about him 1 choke him. However, I find it at all. I have no idea about that one. strange that Reed is just now coming chokesomeone, you He may well have been. I'm just takforth with it. In fact, someone wrote ing Ashby's word on this. If he was, do it Homer in just this week and raised those then maybe he does have some same points. The man who wrote the alternative motives for bringing the Simpsonstyle.' charges letter, Nathan Ashby, said that while against Knight. he doesn't think too highlyof Knight The other point I wanted to make either, he holds no sympathy for here was that about the video. The Reed. In fact, I'll read you what he said because Indiana people have actually pulled the video he makes a good point: footage of practice that day and reviewed the .. . It is hard for me to sympathize with the tapes. You can see Knightwalk on the court and player that claims that Bobby Knight choked him. make physical contact with one of his players I'm sure he did, but do you honestly think he I'm assuming it's Reed. However, the tape is could have done any damage to this guy? Few, if inconclusiveas to what happened. Did he choke any, of Knight's players over the years have been him? Did he merely touch his throat? You can't weaker than he. To me, this guy just has sour tell from the tape. grapes for the fact that he wasn't getting any playThe tape does show that Knight'shand wasn't ing time. Also, the fact that his teammates voted there for long, and to me, if you're going to choke him off the team might say something about this someone, you do it Homer Simpson style. You player's character ... take both your hands and lock them around the Now even if this guy was a weanie, it still person's throat and squeeze his or her tongue doesn't give Knightthe right to physically abuse out. You put him in a death hold of some sort,

like those fat guys do in the WWF. At any rate, Knight's hand wasn't there for long, so if he really did choke him, then I don't think it did much of anything. And maybe it was provoked too, I on't know. There's no sound on the tape, and Knight has been advised by the university not to comment yet. So, for all we know, the guy might have called Knighta sorry sack of Siberian sheep sh... well, you get the idea. It will be interestingto see what happens on this one. I think this will all sort of get swept under the rug and conveniently fade away. In two or three months, I don't think anyone will even remember any of this, and Knight will be back on the sidelinesagain next season as though nothing ever happened. "OK, well, thanks for your time.'' Thank you, Pete, for calling in. We have to take a commercial break, but I'd still like to talk about Hershiser when we come back. The guy tied a major-league record by hitting four batters - in just 1 1/3 inningsof work. He also gave up seven runs. He's had a good career, but I think Hershiser's days as an effective pitcher are' long gone. We'll talk about that when we come back from the break ... CaseyHobson, a juniorfrom Boise,Idaho, is the sportseditorat the Statesman. He doesnot actually havea radioshow. E-mailhim at sports@statesman.usu.edu.

If Bobby Knight

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indeedchoke one of his /'layersduring practice in 1997,he might rece1.,esome sortof puhishment. Among lho,e listed by USU students, a banishment to professional

but our ad staff didn't sell enough ads. At any rate, we did put your name, picture and response in the paper Well,the results are in, and we Uustto the right).which I suppose is thank you for your support in the reward enough. After all, how many first annual "Iwant to sentence civiliansget their picture in a highlyBobbyKnight:The Contest" ...um, contest (That was kind of redundant}. reputable sports publication like the Statesman sports section? B After countless sleeplessnights Most voters seemed to think ~ spent pondering thousands of .Knightwould make a good profesresponses,we did select a winner; sional wrestler.Contest runner-up l'1 Josh Jessup.a sophomore from Kent Lutz suggestedhe wrestle under r== Altamont, Utah. the nickname ·coach Knight-Mare," b Josh, I am sorry to say that you and might even be successfulenough really don't get anything substantial. to write a book. We tried to arrange an all-expenses Interesting. paid trip to Hawaii for a day (or two), CAsEV HOBSON

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SentenceforBobbyKnight: I think BobbyKnight should have to coach the following starting five: Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman, Daryl Strawberry, OJ Simpson and Rae Carruth If he survives with both ears, without a head butt. a cocain overdose, a stabbing and isn't killed by a hitman then let him coach. He must be innocent!

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Milwa ukee at Montreal Philade lphia at Florida Los Angeles at Cincinnati Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets Pittsburgh at Atlanta San Diego at Houston Colorado at St. Louis San Francisco at Arizona

Friday's AL games N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Cleveland at Boston Anaheim at Tampa Bay Minnesota at Texas Detriot at Chicago Kansas City at Seattle Baltimore at Oakland

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Wahlin enjoying life in good ole USA - and she's broke a few records while she's been here too Utah State Universityrunner Charlotte Wahlin was voted the Athlete-of-the-Weekon Tuesday by a localmedia panel. Wahlin,a junior from Copenhagen, Denmark, broke the school and Danish national records in the hammer throw with a mark of 190-feet 10inches at the Mark FaldmoOpen over the weekend. Wahlin also qualified for the NCAA Championshipswith the toss,which shattered the old school record by seven inches.The previous mark of 190-feet3-incheswas set by Jessica Drake in 1998. The Statesman'sWade Denniston sat down with Wahlin on Thursday to talk about coming to America.entertainment and her No. 1 ranking in Denmark. WadeDenniston: How long have you been in the United States? Oi.arlotteWahlin:Well,two years - March of 1998- when we were still on the quarter systems. WD:OK. so when you got here. it was the first time you had ever been to the Unites States? CW:Yes. WO: Really? CW:Yeah. WD:How did you hear about Utah State, then? CW:The Swedishnational coach. He had been to BYUonce and I talked to him and asked him how I would be able to get over here. So.he called BYUto see if they had any scholarships for me. It turned out that they had one up here, so .. they called me in Denmark and recruited me from (there). WO: OK. CW:Coach (Curtis)Collierand coach (Craig)Carter. they both recruited me together. I actually thought Coach Collierwas the head coach at the time because he just kept sending me letters. WO: So. is that what made you decide to come here. then? They gave

you a full ride, right? CW:Yeah. Well,that and Coach Carter. the throwing coach,he had reallygood throwers,and l just didn't want to come to a place where I wouldn't be able to develop.l (wanted) to go to a place where I could become better at what I did. Since (Utah State) had such good throwers.I thought "MaybeI can become one of those good throwers,too: So, that was kind of odd that he even wanted me on because the two other girls,Erin (Hartvigsen) and Jessica(Drake). who were here at that time, were so much better than I was. WO: Now.being from Denmark, what did you do for fun over there? DENNISTON CW:What do you mean by fun? WO: Llke.I don't know. Did you go to concerts.go bowling.go ... ? CW:We have a lot of sociallife at night and the streets would have cafes. So.we wouldjust go in there and drink a hot cup of chocolate or hot cup of coffee.and just play either backgammon or chess ...just kind of hang out at night. Sometimesyou do that. but most of the time I just spent doing homeworkbecause I went to school from 8 (a.m.)to 4 o'clock. Then after, I went to practice,and that took like four hours, J'd come home around 10 and then you don't have really much to do but homework.So. the weekends I had off, I spent hanging out with my friends basicallylike over here, just a little different. WO: Yeah.It must be a big culture shock.There's not much to do in Logan.either. CW:Well,no. (Laughing) WO:Just go to the Aggiegames, and stuff.is all - maybe some movies. CW:There may not be so much to do. but it all depends on the people you hang out with and the friends

you've got. WD:That's true. CW:I've been lucky enough to developsome good friendships with a lot of people here. WO: Well.good. CW:We spend a lot of time together. and though there may not be so many things to do. we have a lot more fun than I had back home because it was so busy.Here, I have a life. WD:Yeah. CW:Of course, I miss being in Denmark and all that goes with it. But over here, I have so many opportunities to do other stuff that I would not be able to back home. Like.we don't have mountains (so we can't) go up in those and go fishing. {Here).we have the snow and the good weather to be outside. In Denmark, it rains a lot. WD:Does it? CW:It does rain a lot. WD: Kind of like Seattle.Wash CW:Yeah.exactly. So,just for me to go to the United States was a great opportunity to get to do other things that I wanted to do. like to get a good education, combined with WAHLIN the track. WD: Now,speaking of that didn't you qualify for the Olympictrials with your throw? CW:No. WD:I thought you did. I thought the press release said you did. CW:No, that's the nationals, just the collegiatenationals. WD:Oh. that's what it was. I was going to say. if you did the Olympics,who would you compete for? The U.S.A. , or Denmark7 CW:Oh. I'm not at all good enough to go for the United States team. Not at all. WD:Are they real good. then? CW:They're good. There are a lot of good throwers.and I'm only ranked

13th here. There are a little people in the world who are beating me. WO:So,are you 13th in Utah. or the nation? CW:In the nation. WO:Well.that's pretty good. That's real good. CW:I think I was ranked 150 last year in the world rankings. I'm ranked No. 1 in Denmark. WO:That's cool. CW:Denmark is not a very big place. WO: Still.to be No. 1. that's got to make you smile. CW:{Justlaughs) WO:That'd be awesome to be No. 1. So, what got you started in track? CW:Well.I was a swimmer when I was younger,and I developed some allergiestoward the water, so I couldn't do that anymore. I just went out to do track because it was outside and there was no water. I just started doing the heptathlon - we do seven events.After that ...l just picked up the hammer for fun because there was some cute boys there. It was where all the talk happened to be you know.the sociallife.I did that for about a year, and then I moved to Copenhagen and got a coach. I had him for a year, and then I came over here. So,I hadn't really thrown a whole lot before I came here. I just barely picked it up. WO:Well.you picked it up quick it seems. CW:Yeah, but we practice everyday four or fivehours out here. You wouldn't think we do, but we do practice a lot and you should end up getting some results the more we put into it. WO:Definitely.Now I know track doesn't get a lot of coverage,do you feel like it's underrated, or misunderstood? CW:Maybe a little bit misunderstood. You need a lot of inside information in order to be able to really get the excitement out of it.

LlkeShae Bair,she jumped 13-feet9inches the other day,and people have no idea that she's ranked (among the) top 20 in the world. WO:See, I didn't even know that until you told me just now.That's neat. CW:She'sjust an amazing athlete (and) people don't really understand that. Team sports here are more important than individual sports it seems like.Compared to Denmark. we get a lot of attention here. a lot of coverage.Sometimes we wish something else could be written in the paper ... On the other hand, I think other sports think that too. WO: It's got to be tough also for you guys that most of your meets are away from here. CW:Yeah,it's all right. WO: Are you superstitious at all? CW:No, not really. WO: Do you go through any kind of specialroutine before each meet? CW:I have a routine. but that's more to get me in the mood of throwing so I'm able to control my nerves ... I try to let nothing affect me so I can alwaysstay focusedand focuson what I'm supposed to do. It's easy to get out of the rhythm. or focus on something else because it takes a long time to compete. WD:So are you the type of person that listens to music to get you pumped up? CW:Sometimes. WD:Yeah? CW:But in Europe you're not allowedto bring music on the infield. so I've learned not to use it. WO: I have to ask this next question because it is my favorite sport. CW:OK. WD: I know it's big over there. but were you ever into soccer? CW:No. WD:That's all right. CW:Well.we played soccerin the garden. me and my brother. and that was it.

Thursday's sportstransactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BALTIMORE ORIOLES-

Optioned RHPAl Reyes to Rochester of the International League. Recalled RHPJason Johnson from Rochester. CLEVELAND INDIANS-

Traded OF Dan McKinley to the Montreal Expos for OF Scott Hunter. Placed C Sandy Alomar on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of C Bobby Hughes from Buffalo of the • lnternational League. Designated OF Scott Morgan for assignment. NationalLeague PITTSBURGH PIRATFSSent LHP Chris Peters and RHP Marc Wilkins to Nashville of the Pacific Coast League. Called up RHP Brad Clontz, RHP Mike Garcia and RHP Jose Parra from Nashville. SANDIEGOPADRES-Optioned C Ben Davis to Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. Purchased the contract of RHP Vincente Palacios from Peoria of the Midwest Lea~ue

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NationalFootballLeague ATI.ANI'A FALCONSClaimed WR Kami! Loud off waivers from the Buffalo Bills. BUFFALO BILLS -Named Dwight Adams vice-president of player personnel. CAROLINAPANfHERSTraded RB Fred Lane to the Indianapolis Colts for LB Spencer Reid. DAil.AS COWBOYSSigned OT Jonathan Gray, K Rian Lindell. RBDan Murphy and RB Phillip Rogers. GREENBAYPACKE~

Signed DT Russell Maryland to a multiyear contract. Waived DE Jon Harris. KANSASCfIY CHIEFS-Signed WR Joe Perez. WR Germaine Stringer, CB Brian

Hinton. S Percy King, OT Josh Rawlings,and DT Thomas Washington. NEWYORKGIANI'SSigned OT Chris Bober. QB Bill Burke, OT Pita Elisara. LB Jack Golden. S Tinker Keck. CB Fred Lewis,RBCordell Mitchell. DE Cedric Pittman , WR Jeremy Watkins and OT Chris Ziemann . NEWYORKJETS-Signed DT Dan Gibbons. DE Brian Gill, DE Jon Michals, TE Jake Moreland, LB Kelvin Moses, WR Cory Peterson and LB Courtney Ledyard.

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frontcourt with Chris Webber (AP)- The theme of this and Vlade Divac playing year's NBA playoffs is "Who alongside each other. Shag Can Beat The Lakers." The can't guard them both, and theme of the first round Statesman. Sacramento could provide a should be "Hurry Up and Now modern test of whether the Lakers are technology Wait." invincible as they seemed durwill let you The official playoff scheding the final two months of read us ule was released in the wee wherever the regular season. hours of the morning you are. The Lakers won 33 of 35 Thursday, and not a few peoWWW. games before losing their final ple immediately began rubstatesman. bing their eyes. two. They will have homecourt usu.edu advantage as long as they stay In a change designed to alive. improve the league's cable "The Lakers are the television ratings, the firstfavorites," Utah's John round rnatchups are spread over two weeks with loads and Stockton said. "They have been terrific all year and have loads of downtime between been dominating all year. I games. understand why they have Consider this: If the Kings been placed in that role, but upset the Lakers in Game 1 you still have to play the Sunday, Shaquille O'Neal. games. That is why you play Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson games." will have four nights to toss Last year's finalists from the and turn and dwell on it. The East. the New York Knicks, figteams don't play again until ure to have their hands full Thursday. against.a Toronto team that Or consider the Seattleclobber~d them in the season Seattle Utah series, which has series. winning 3-1 with all the a four-day break between victories blowouts. Game 2 Monday and Game 3 It will be the first postseaSaturday. then a three-day son appearance ever for the break before Game 4 the folRaptors and their young lowing Wednesday. superstar, Vince Carter. But "I don't think it's ideal. but there's a big veteran presence, that's the way it is," said too, with ex-Knicks Charles Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy. Oakley and Doug Christie, ex- · "It's for the benefit of TV. Pacer Antonio Davis, exWhatever the schedule is. Hornet Muggsy Bogues and that's how we have to play." The playoffs begin Saturday ex-Rocket Kevin Willis. "This is a team that has at 12:30 p.m. EDT with Game r certainly had their way with 1 of the Detroit-Miami series. j us the past two years," Van The Phoenix-San Antonio, r Seattle-Utah and Philadelphia- Gundy said. :, The defending champion Charlotte series begin later Spurs secured homecourt that day, and the other four advantage for the first round series - Raptors-Knicks. by beating the Lakers on Timberwolves-Trail Blazers, ( Wednesday night in the reguKings-Lakers and 76erslar-season finale, but that was Hornets - start Sunday. about the only good news to There will be Game 2 doube had in San J\ntonio. ] bleheaders Monday through The Spurs' franchise player, Thursday, and there's only one Tim Duncan, has torn cartiGame 3 next Friday night lage in his left knee, and his Hornets-76ers . for lht!,series The elongat,d sµJequl · 11 ayailqbility !gainst Phoenix is uncertain . part of Turner Spdrts"'h Duncan's injury is one of television contract. 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Used to be a team a bone bruise in his ankle that iq 01 kept him out of their final would have four or five days four games. 16 to rest their weary limbs, The Milwaukee Bucks. the ril break down videotape and last team to qualify for the study their opponent. '{I Now. they'd better get ready playoffs, caught an injury break when they learned that Id quick. Ray Allen's sprained left knee Id Of all the first-round is OK. Allen even played lo matchups, the two most Wednesday night - extending J>I intriguing ones are Kingshis consecutive games streak 1n Lakers and Raptors-Knicks. to 296 - and leapt off his left ti. Sacramento lost the season lh leg for a dunk. series 3-1 to the Lakers, but .) The Bucks get a rematch the losses were by 1. 7 and 3 with the top-seeded Indiana points as the Kings kept every ni Pacers. who swept them from game close. u f, the playoffs in the opening "They get pumped up for ,:r round last season. us," Shaquille O'Neal said . 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Victims, family ren,en,ber LITTLETON,Colo. (AP)- A tragedy at Columbine High father fell to his knees and School has focused on the two kissed the grass on his son's young men who so viciously grave. A rp()ther watched 13 took the lives of our loved white balloons soar into a bril- ones and friends . But not liant blue sky over the cemetoday," the governor said in tery where her son now rests. opening the ceremony at the And at 11:21 a.m. - the Capitol. "Because today is precise moment two teenabout the victims of agers opened fire inside their Columbine and their families." high school on April 20, 1999 The killers' parents apolo- Coloradans fell silent as a gized again last week for their church bell tolled 13 times in sons· actions . Their wherememory of the victims of the abouts Thursday were not Columbine High massacre. clear. At private ceremonies and As a lone bagpiper played public remembrances all day "Amazing Grace," the goverand into the night Thursday, nor and his wife planted students , staff, surcolumbines, the vivors and strangers state flower that came together to 'At this exact time gave the school mark the first its name. one year ago,I beneath a flaganniversary of the nation's deadliest was curled up in a pole. school shooting . In Littleton, "Today is about cupboardin a back families and the angels who are friends of slain roomof the library students Rachel watching over us helping us to heal ... I let go of the Scott. Corey and helping us to DePooter and anger.I remember," Gov. teacher Dave Bill Owens told a Sanders crowd at the state • PA111 NIELSON. embraced and Capitol in Denver. wept during a C'.OUJMBINE TlACHfR Owens presided memorial at the over the moment of cemetery where silence that marked the all three are buried . moment Dylan Klebold and "Today can be a new beginEric Harris began the bloodning, not just for our commubath, killing 12 students and a nity but for our nation, " pasteacher and wounding 26 tor Billy Epperhart said. before taking their own lives. A fishing vest and lures There was little mention of adorned the grave of the gunmen Thursday. and the DePooter, who loved fly fishacts of remembrance - the 13 ing. balloons. the bell tolling 13 Behind the grave markers times, 13 crosses erected stood 13 wooden crosses to were meant to recall the vichonor the victims. An angel tims and not the killers. The windsock hung from the cross victims' families had even on Scott's grave, blowing genasked the news media to avoid tly in the breeze. any references to Klebold and When the service was over. Harris. 13 white balloons drifted into "Too often over the last the sky as a symbol of letting year, the coverage of the go. For several minutes ,

DePooter's mother, Patricia, refused to leave her son's grave. "It's hard just remembering it. the good times, and then remembering how it all ended ," said Cherry Creek High student Sam Mamtherne. 17, who was friends with Scott. At Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. the family of victim Isaiah Shoels was joined by Martin Luther King Ill in remembering the 18-year-old boy who dreamed of becoming a music executive and talent scout like his father . After the service, Michael Shoels knelt and kissed the grass over his son's grave. "He always said I kiss the ground you walk on, so I owe it to him," Shoels said. Earlier. 1.000 students. including alumni , and about 175 staff members attended a private assembly inside the Columbine gymnasium where a representative for each victim spoke. About 500 parents met in the auditorium. Classes were canceled, and the building was closed to the public. "Obviously. there 's a lot of crying and a lot of hugging, a lot of solemn remembering ," school district spokesman Rick Kaufman said. "It was a good remembrance of people who were lost," sophomore Angie Schwartz said. After the assembly, more than 3,000 students. teachers and residents gathered in nearby Clement Park for a public observance. Teacher Patti Nielson, who was wounded and was among the first to call 911, shared memories of the massacre . "At this exact time one year ago, I was curled up in a cup-

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dinosaurs evolved." Most reptiles have threechambered hearts, but even in those with four chambers, such as the crocodile, the blood is pumped through dou ble arteries that mix oxygenheavy blood with oxygen-lean blood, said Russell. Coldblooded reptiles are dependent on the environment for body heat. Warmblooded mammals and birds generate their own body heat and are more tolerant of temperature extremes. Birds and mammals also have more physical endurance and can be swifter. Some dinosaur experts said discovery of the fossilized heart will change basic views about the dinosaur and send researchers scrambling to do more X-ray studies of intact specimens. "It's fantastic. It's way cool," Jack Horner. a famed dinosaur researcher at Montana State University in Bozeman, said of the discovery. "It is a landmark in the field." Horner said finding the heart in the fossilized remains "strongly suggests that all dinosaurs were warmblooded."

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WASHINGTON (AP)- The remains of a 66 million-yearold dinosaur suggest that the extinct creatures were warmblooded - not coldblooded as once believed - and capable of the swift and sustained motion typical of modem birds and mammals. A modem medical X-ray of a dinosaur fossil named Willo found clear evidence that the animal had four heart chambers that sent blood directly to and from the lungs and theh pumped the oxygen-rich blood to the body through a single arched aorta, similar to how the human heart works. "The single aorta completely separates the oxygen-rich blood from the oxygen-poor blood and sends it to all parts of the body," said Dale A. Russell. senior research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a paleontologist at North Carolina State University "The single aorta is really important," said Russell, a coauthor of the study appearing Friday in the journal Science. "This challenges some of the most fundamental theories about how and when

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management in general. has raised controversy, but Mason said he believes this is because ·green groups" don't under stand that researchers are ultimately working for wildlife preservation . "What we do is try to solve existing problems with as little impact as we can," he said. "There are no nonlethal strategies that we didn't develop, period·

lAsTLECTlJRE Continuedfrom Page3 "The pathway to the answer may not be straight. but hopefully you will get to the answer and be able to go on to a new question.· She teaches both graduate and upper-level undergraduate classes. Speaking of the importance of collaborating with other people to complete research, she highlighted the role undergraduates play. "Undergraduates challenge us because they have not been programmed by previous knowledge base and thus ask different types of questions," she said. "In my teaching, I benefit from your experience. In return we offer the possibility to discover a new finding, to

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I certainly applaud the service creed and laudable goals of Circle K International as an organization dedicated to the "realization of mankind's potential." However, I must take issue with your poor choice of publicity tactics, specifically your green flyer sent to our office yesterday for posting in the residence halls. I find your reference to the Ku Klux Klan a thin and juvenile attempt at humor. I find no humor in utilizing a domestic terrorist organization for advertising pur•UNITED PRESS poses, especially one as notorious as the KKK. Nor, do INTERNATIONAL•I imagine, do the USU students whose ancestors have or will endure the wrath of the KKK. Those 3 letters have come to historically symbolize the application of the mob mentality to oppress and discriminate, to engage in murder by lynching and to employ intimidaLETTERS tion and harassment tactics to silence the legitimate aspirations of African-Americans, Jews, gays/fesbians Lengthshouldbe and other minority groups. +imjtedto 350 words. J find it extremely hypocritical to claim in the Circle ~en. mayhe~hoft- K Pledge to "foster compassion and good will toward en.e,f,editedor rejected others through service and leadership," yet associate for reasonsofgood taste, your good name, even in an allegedly humorous way, redundancyor volume with a known group of white supremacists, segregaof similarletters. tionists and terrorists. Is this legacy of hatred and racism one which you really want your good name associated? No anonymousletters I would have expected more from the student leaderwill be published. ship of Circle K International.

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relations lessons from our friends in Parking and Transportation Services. Yes, Parking and Transportation Services,the bane of my existencefor all the years I have attended this institution. I saw them as a gang of street thugs roaming campus, forcing me to buy into their protection racket, all sharing the collective heart of a guillotine operator. I could have sworn that one more episode of getting blocked in and having a ticket tossed at me through my open window was going to send me on a graffiti-painting spree across campus. Fortunately, that idea has already been taken, and after seeing what happens when ignorance meets spray paint, I now know what a really stupid idea it would have been. I chose insteadto study my enemy and learn its ways. I got online, followed their link and discovered a kinder, gentler parking office. On their site, you can learn things like where to park, how much it will cost and what to do when you choose (like I usually do) to disobey parking rules. There are also interesting statistics on the total number of parking spaces available (7,754) and how many tickets were issued last year (21,063).

Why isn't there more student parking? Here's their answer: "The location of parking areas is determined by the Campus Planning Department, and the use of each area is recommended by the Parking Advisory Committee and . approved by the Administration. Any additional student parking areas would need to be approved by the Committee." Ah-ha! Huh? The explanation barely makes sense and is full of

The fountains of ~ my youth INTHEHEADUGt-ffS / BrycePetersen '

\'.:old, c I e a r w at er . T h e re ' s not h i n g m o r e beautiful than water w h e n you're in the middle of Kansas with no air conditioning in July. A water fountain, crusted over with barnacles that you (and the snot-nosed sneezing brat before you) have to suck on till your cheeks hurt, can take on mystical, angelic status AndyDilley under the right circumstances. My parents have owned a Ford van as long as I can remember. It's purpose was to take the whole Mormon (huge) family on long, hot, summer vacations. These were not custom vans with cushy seatsand intangibles, but so is my writing. I still individual air conditioners. believe their heart is in the right These were pack-em-in-likeplace. I'm just glad to see this much prisoners vans complete with vilified organization is seeking to win an iron grate. But whether our people like me over with informa- destination was Nauvoo or tion, reason and what seems to be New Orleans, the Big Blue Van (no relation to the mascot) or sound policy-making. Why am I rambling about athletics the Big Black Oven (no relation and parking? Because I believe they to Big Black, the band) could belong together. Our athletic depart- be counted on to get us there. Charred from the heat and ment needs help and parking is the key. It's one of the most sporting scarred from the blood red finactivities on campus and its potential gernails of sisters, we would as entertainment is virtually arrive haggard and grateful untapped. Nothing is more exciting after an eternity on the road. than beating your opponent to that The van would be filled alterlast good stall, or ducking out before nately with sounds of joyous "Joe Ticket-writer" can catch up to song and the horrible screechyou on his four-wheeler. No feeling ing (whether from the ecstatic can compare with the elation of get- joy of seeing a lamb or a Texas ting out of your car and stepping onto license plate, or from the agothe pavement of your hard-won park- nizing pain of a kick to the ing spot. shins after an ecstatic shriek I propose that the athletics depart- pierced a big brother's soul, ment, in conjunction with the new rendering him devoid of any public relations-savvy folks at conscience) of younger sisters. Never content with a Parking and Transportation Services, consider adding a varsity parking moment of peace, my sisters team to their current curriculum. always had something to say. Give football a rest. Replace that For instance, "That's my seat, I expensive-to-maintain grass with called it," or "Get your foot out some nice black asphalt. Turn that of my nose." I'll never forget the time the big, fat training facility into a garage. Put a few stalls inside the stadium Big Black Oven was absorbing and watch us go at each other. We all the heat from the 95 degree don't even need scholarships to play day while Dad ran the heater - just some gas money and a free full blast to cool off the overheating engine. At least when parking pass. (Coach Dennehy, I await your we were all in little melted puddles on the floor there were reply) no fights and no endless songs. TravisCall'scolumnappearsevery In fact, barring the occasional Fridayin the Statesman. Comments soft moan there was no sound canbe sent to at all. During the periodic subdennal@hotmail.com. breaks to let the steam and

Parking: the new sport at USU

The other day I was browsing the new USU Web site and I found two things that really started tdito,@ me thinking. stJJtesman.usu.Ldu The first was last year's football stats,the second a link to Parking and Transportation Services. STAFF Perusing our football team's EorrOR-IN-CHIEP. record for the 1999 season got me JaredSierur feeling all nostalgic about the couple NE'MEDITOR: of games I actually attended. Those VickyCmnpbfll games left me feeling the same way f£ATIJR£5 EDITOR: you do when you find your car stereo ]us/in Berry stolen, or discover your girlfriend has SfoRTSEDITOR: run off with a guy named Harley to Cnsl'!fHo/Json "find herself." · PHOTOEDITOII: Each new season seems to generUz Mnudsley ate more criticism and speculation COPl'EDITOR: on who 's to blame for USU's poor HeatherFrednclvm performance on the gridiron. Is it the W1REEDITOR: players? I doubt it. Is it because the i.JlumBellnmy athletic program is nothing more EDITORIAL BOW>: than a club for President Emert and JnredSimer his band of local deep-pockets to Hfnflll'T Fredric/c;(,11 exploit for their own gain? Hearsay, DougSmeath I'm sure. unh Culler Is it that Utah State seems to be some kind of temporary layover spot Established in 1902. for coaches on their way to better The UtahStatesman jobs? Maybe. All of this questioning is published Monday, is ultimately followed by the Wednesday and inevitable, "Why do we pay for all of Friday and is the this football when we perform so official student poorly year after year?" newspaper of Utah If this kind of thinking is as prevaState University. lent as it seems to be, our athletic The Utah Statesman department has a serious public relais printed on tions problem. All they have to do to recycled newsprint. solve that problem is win. Until then, maybe they could take a few public utters can he ltnnd deliveredor maifrdto TheS!nlesm,min the TSC 319, or am he e-mailedat

the bookstore. When I talked to Dave Hansen, the director of the bookstore, he let me know exactly what changes might occur if a corporation bought the bookstore. The first of many changes would be a remodeling, which the store needs. The second would be a change in the management. Some other changes would be the prices of textbooks. Instead of dropping, they would rise. As an employee of the store for nearly two years, I'm pretty fond of my job. If a private company buys the bookstore the chances of losing my job increase greatly. For students, that means the environment provided by friends would be replaced by an environment of workers who could care less about what the price of textbooks are because they've a Iready gone to school and got a job. In short, if the bookstore is bought, prices will rise, services will drop and students will get shafted. Students of Snow College buy their books at BYU because their privately owned store asks for outrageous prices on textbooks. Also, if the bookstore is privatized many s~rvices like employe~ spouse and famil~ disc~u~ts_might vanish. Another; ir~?rie~v/_~e that might d,m,nish would be textbook ouyback. I know some students don't like buyback now but what would happen if that service was virtually non-existent? I think students need to let the administration know that privatization is not a good idea. Talk to Dave Hansen in the bookstore or to Brad Bishop, the student advocate or Jim Stephenson, the ASUSU Academic Vice President or to Matt Malouf or Emily Croshaw. The latter two are on the committee to decide what would be in the best interest for the students concerning this privatization. Let these people know what you want, whatever it may be, for your bookstore. Don't let a private company who could care less about your education buy your bookstore just so they can make an extra buck at your expense.

Tomorrow overall IS effort. Earth OPINION Day. People This is waste water, ) the time of year when they waste paper, they everyone picks up waste gas. If each of us 1 trash, makes efforts to were to make a con- j recycle and plants scious effort to only use j trees. It's Mother Earth's what we need, we 5 birthday, and she gets could save so many ,1 lots of presents. valuable resources ,2 Earth Day, and all the each day. The United JI activities and efforts States produces more "' around it, are a won- waste per person than w derful way to improve any other nation - a r ~ nature and quality . of w hopping 4.4 pounds life. But it seems almost every day. Yikes. T futile to devote a mere Reuse. Don't throw 1day to these worth- away those tests and while efforts. quizzes or old home- , Think about it. .. the work assignments. Use ~ tot3I land area of the them as scratch paper. earth is about 57 mil- Use boxes to store 1 lion square miles. Take things and grocery bags into account the oceans to line your garbage and we're looking at can. That saves you nearly 200 million money, too. square miles. And we And recycle. only devote a day? These are only a few Let's make every day suggestions of ways to Earth Day. How? help out Mother Reduce, reuse, recycle. Nature. She do~s1 so , Reduction is obvi- much for us, let's treat ously the first step in the her right.

smoke subside, we would rip out the sliding door and try to flow to a spot of shady grassto recover some semblance of humanity. At one point my dad thought all was lost. His prayersfor endlessrain had not been answered and he was at the point of despair. The hot wind blew out of th~ vents, the sweat flowed freely out of every gland, the ladies fanned fans and fed him grapes like a king to keep his insides from drying up like a raisin. With the patience of Job he persevered and his prayers were answered with a fountain radiating light from the top of the mountain. Honest, right there at the top· of the mountain, just as the climb was to stop, out of nowhere, appeared a spigot gushing clean cold pure water to cool the fizzing and popping engine, bathe us witb its restoring power and send us on our way, happy and free. That reminds me of another glorious fountain. A great family tradition was started one day when my cousin c:ccidentally dropped the lid from his Coke' off the bridge over the Gorge in Twin Falls, Idaho. The four of us watched it drop, silent and slow, catching every wind current, floating free in the wind. "Oops," he said, and soon we (all males) began wondering if it would be possible to touch the stream with our stream. One of us unzipped while the rest watched the steady stream of cars flow by. He couldn't touch it, that attempt and all subsequent attempts over the years have failed. It dropped like a snake, suspendedon both ends, twisting and dancing in the soft breeze, before splashing softly in the huge river so far below. That night, we stopped at my Grandma's house and slept on her lawn rather than wake her at 3 a.m. At 7 a.m. the automatic sprinklers made a perfect alarm clock, and the last glorious fountain rose up like a beacon signaling a perfeet end to this story.

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

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Most Americans WASHINGTON(AP)Most Americans say they want tougher gun controls, including a big majority who favor a law requiring that guns be sold with trigger locks, an Associated Press poll finds. But people are split on the best way to reduce violence: better enforcement of current laws or passage of tougher ones. "We need better enforcement." said Jeff Teasdale, a printing plant supervisor from Baraboo, Wis. "I don't think the laws rigJ.,tnow are being enforced." But he also favored the requirement for trigger locks, saying: "It would keep a lot of kids from getting hurt." Teacher Joyce Bell from Wilmington, Del.. who was with her 11-year-olddaughter near the Washington Monument on Wednesday, said, "I want new gun laws. There shouldn't be any guns, in my opinion." The poll found that 42 percent thought stricter enforcement was more likely to cut gun violence, while 33 percent said enacting tougher gun laws was a better approach. Neither option was best for

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one-fifth of those in the poll conducted for The AP by !CR of Media, Pa. The survey reflected a shift from an AP poll taken immediately after the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo., a year ago Thursday when more people said tougher laws were the answer. The earlier poll showed just over half of Americans said more gun laws would be more effective,while four in 10 picked tougher enforcement. But by late August. people had shifted to thinking stricter enforcement was a better way to reduce violence. Opponents of gun control who are trying to block the enactment of more laws often call for better enforcement of current gun laws. When not asked to make a choice between the two options, six in 10 in the new poll said they supported stricter gun control laws,a number that has remained relatively constant in most polls before and after the Columbine shooting that left 15 dead, including the two student gunmen.

Seven in 10 women favor tougher gun control laws. while half the men said they felt that way in the AP poll of 829 people taken Friday through Tuesday. It had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Just over half of those polled said background checks for gun purchases help reduce the number of crimes committed with guns, while four in 10 said they do not. More than four of five women support requiring trigger locks, while two-thirds of men said they favored the idea. Seven of 10 gun owners in the poll said they backed trigger locks. but gun owners were split on the overall question of more gun control laws. Maryland earlier this month became the first state to enact a law requiring that all guns sold in the state must have external trigger locks, starting in October. After 2002, new handguns will have to be equipped with built-in locks. Even as gun legislation has been stymied on Capitol Hill, the trigger lock movement has been gaining momentum nationally and President

Clinton has been encouraging a growing move in the states to deal with firearms safety questions. In March. New York's Republican governor. George Pataki, called for mandatory trigger locks for all guns. Days later, Smith & Wesson - the nation·s largest gun manufacturer - agreed to provide external safety locks on all its handguns within 60 days and internal locks within two years. Both Al Gore and George W. Bush. the likely Democratic and Republican presidential nominees. respectively,support requiring that trigger locks be sold with guns. The gun debate was something of a mystery for a young man from London, visiting Washington this week. "When we read about Columbine and other shootings,"said sound engineer Chris Burdon, "we didn't understand the massive pressure to maintain this freedom to own guns."

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Children wanting asylum face tall hurdles WASHINGTON(AP)Six-year-oldElian Gonzalez facessubstantial hurdles in trying to persuade courts to let him seek asylum in this country - especiallyif it is against his father's wishes. A child his age "doesn't reallyhave the life experience and maturity ...to understand enough about which political systemhe professesallegiance to,"said Bernard Perlmutter, director of the Universityof Miami'sChildren and Youth LawClinic."The fact that Elian signed this application does not at all convinceme that he knew what he was signing." A federal appeals court Wednesdaybarred Elian's return to Cuba until it determines whether he must be given a hearing to seek asylum. Miami relativeswant to keep the young shipwreck survivor in this country,but his father, Juan Miguel

Gonzalez,wants to take him home to Cuba. The boy was found clinging to an inner tube off the Floridacoast last Thanksgivingafter his mother and other Cubans drowned when their boat capsizedwhile trying to reach the United States. Children ordinarilydo not seek asylum against their parent's wishes.But the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealssaid Elian may be entitled to seek asylum on his own, and chided U.S.immigration officials for failingto interviewhim. "Not only does it appear that (Elian)might be entitled to apply personallyfor asylum, it appears that he did so" by signingan asylum application,the appeals court said. Federallaw says "any alien" in the United States can seek asylum - the right to stay here to avoid persecu-

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lawyer MichaelMaggiosaid Thursday he has been practicing immigration law for 22 years and "I've never even heard of a 6-year-oldpressing an asylum case before."In any immigration case, he added, "The fact that you don't want to go to your country has absolutely no weight." The 11th Circuit Court's ruling referred to the 1985 case of a Sovietyouth who did not want to return to his home country with his parents. In that case,a federal appeals court said a 12-yearold was "presumably near the lower end of an age range" of maturity to assert rights separate from his parents. However,several legal experts said there are instances in which a much younger child could be allowed to pursue an asylum claim - for example, a girl

Elian'sfather urges letter writing campaign to Clinton Speaking in Spanish, Gonzalez Attorney General Janet Reno on his WASHINGTON{AP}- An made his plea a day after a threebehalf. anguished Juan Miguel Gonzalez, judge panel of the 11th U,S.Circuit Reno has vowed to take steps to impatient after a two-week wait on Court of Appeals said Elian must reunite Elian with his father and spent U.S.soil without seeing his 6-year-old Thursday conferring with Justice son Elian.calledon the American peo- remain in the United States until the Department aides on the case,.but court decideswhether he should get ple Thursday to contact President there wasno immediate word on what an asylum hearing: Clinton and urge immediate action to "I really wish to be with myson," action she might take next. reunite father and son. "It hurts me a lot to see what they Gonzalez said through a translator, "Don't let them continue to abuse speaking outside the Cuban diplomat's are doing to my son;· Gonzalez said, my son," Gonzalez said, referringto declining to be more specific in his home where he has been staying, "He the Miami relatives who have been belongs with me." brief appearance. AfteJWard,he ta.l<ing care of Eliansince hewas returned to his temporary residence He said the American people found in late November floatingoff without answering questions. the Florida coast, a shipwred survivor. should contact both Clinton and

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