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>SPORTS The volley· ball team continues its w!nning streak by beating Weber State University in three games.

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>ALMANAC On Sept. 20, 1946, the first Cannes Film Festival opened on the French Riviera. The festival intend• ed to make its debut in 1939, but the outbreak of World War 11 delayed the premier. It has remained an annu• al event ever since 1946.

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Plans for a new recreation center at Utah State University are currently on hold. Last semester USU students voted to increase student fees to build a $12. S million recreational facility on campus. In June, the Board of Trustees met arrd passed the proposal in a S-4 vote. Because of the closeness of the trustees' vote and lobbying from the community against the proposal, supporters of the recreation center decided to consider their options. Ben Riley, Associated Students of USU president, said there was concern that the Board of Regents which would have voted on the proposal next - would question the validity of the proposal and think the concerns of the community had not been listened to. Riley said an open meeting in February 2000 gave concerned community members and business owners the opportunity to voice their concerns about the recreation center proposal. Only one person attended that meeting. Objections from the private community began to come forward after students had voted on the proposal, Riley said. 'We decided after the Board of Trustees (voted) to go back to the

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community in an effort to be entirely fair," he said. A Request For Information process will begin in a few days and last for 30 days, Riley said. During this time, a committee will be accepting ideas for alternative options to the current recreation center proposal. The committee will either accept one of these proposals or stay with the proposal already voted on by students. Possible options include student vouchers for local health dubs )such as the Sports Academy), building a health club adjacent to campus or providing a shuttle to transport students to a local health club and discounting rates for the shuttle and facility. Riley said the committee to review proposals has not yet been formed, but he plans to include proponents and opponents to the recreation center proposai as well as ambivalent members. The committee willmost hkely be made up of six to eight members. It is important for a facility to be accessible to students regardless of which option is adopted, Riley said. "It needs to be somewhere they can go for an hour, exercise and then leave," he said. Riley said he is trying to be openminded about the options, but said there is a def mite need for a facility. "The facilities are dilapidated; poor and outdated by 30 years," he said. "The need for it is there, I don't think anyone can disputCJ-that." If the recreation center were to be

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>AGGIBNEWS NUGGETS Construction of the new Eccles Science Learning Center is moving ahead and should be ready for dedication 1 this spring. The facility will house a large auditorium where faculty will be able to use multi•media tools in their lectures and students will have com• puter access from each desk, allowing them to download and save the professor's overheads and notes, search for information and share it with others in the class. The center will also house college administrative offices and student computer literacy labs.

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Moneybrings technology ASUSUto voice support to USUBusiness students for USU-ownedbookstore Staff Writer

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The Eccles Foundation has awarded a $780,000 grant to the College of Business for technology upgrades in classrooms. Eighteen rooms will be upgraded over the next two years with projectors, VCR TECHNOLOGY in the College of Business will soon and DVD players, become more common and more advanced, thanks to a Internet connections, $780,000 grant for classroom upgrades./ Joe Rowley photo projector screens, docu'We haven't had adequate technolment cameras and white boards , said ogy in class to access and demonstrate Steve Hanks, associate dean for colsoftware," Callister said. "We can now lege development and international require students to become familiar programs in the College of Business. with technology." Classrooms on campus and at Hanks said last year the College of other schools will be looked at before Business received three major softfinalizing the design and purchasing ware gifts but hasn 't used them the equipment, said Ronda Callister, because technology in the classrooms an assistant professor in the College was insufficient. of Business. "It is pretty hard to teach software 'We tried to think of everything and applications without being able to we could possibly need," Callister put them on screen," Hanks said. said. Callister said she first mentioned The college petitioned for the something when an elevator broke grant in January, and the Eccles down, making it more difficult to Foundation approved it Sept. 1, carry a projector upstairs to her class. Callister said. It is also difficult to get equipment 'We tried to communicate the from Audio Visual Services at the end need to the foundation," said David of the semester, she said. Olsen, assistant business information "There were correct complaints of systems professor. a lack of technology in classrooms," "I think our big deal was to get all Olsen said, "and we started to make classrooms at a basic level," he said. those thoughts known." "The gift is really important for Olsen said with the improved techthe College of Business and other nology; students will increase their professors who teach in the Business earning potential after graduation . Building," Hanks said. "Currently, ''You need to teach students how only three classrooms have the techthey'll learn, and students are used to nology in them." multimedia," Olsen said. The way business is done is being "Students will be able to utilize the transformed by technology; Hanks computer systems their employers said. Callister said the grant provides have," Hanks said. a tremendous opportunity for stuAccording to Hanks, upgrading dents to become familiar with current technology in all classrooms is a camtechnology . pus-wide effort. 'We've been getting by but are "This stuff is needed all over camexcited to be able to walk in and use pus," Hanks said. technology," Hanks said.

At Tuesday's As5\'.lciatedStudents of Utah State University Executive Council meeting, ASUSU members officially took a stance on the Bookstore privatization issue. The option to privatize the bookstore will be decided by the Utah State University administration Oct. 15. A study is being conducted at USU that is debating the advantages and disadvantages of turning the USU Bookstore into a privately-owned business. ASUSU changed its position on the issue after much discussion about its concerns. It now supports keeping the Bookstore in-house, and will express its position to Vice President for Administrative Services Fred. R. Hunsaker. The concerns ASUSU has are book buy back, used books, general merchandise pricing and customer service, and it feels the Bookstore has addressed many of these in the Bookstore Business Plan. Jim Stephenson, Academics vice president, said that there have been noticeable improvements in customer service this fall. The pricing of general merchandise in the Bookstore still needs to be addressed for ASUSU. The council said that it hopes the issue can be looked at as a way to create customer satisfaction, which would most likely offset the cost. The council is planning on remaining active throughout the process with the Bookstore Advisory Committee, and hope sto move forward to accomplish the goals in the Bookstore Business Plan . If the admipistration approves leasing to a company, the universityowned bookstore could be changed into the hands of an organization such as Barnes and Noble, Follett or Wallace. 'We feel this is a critical time right now to make the best decision possible

based upon the needs of this institution," said Paul Sampson, director of Auxiliaries and Service Enterprises. According to Sampson, the decision to lease the Bookstore was moved to October in order to have enough time to take into consideration all sides of this issue. 'We're very anxious that all the various interests and needs are met," Sampson said. The administrative staff has held numerous meetings with USU faculty, staff and students for input on leasing the Bookstore. "Faculty adopts the books and students buy the books, so we're interested in both of their concerns," Sampson said. Those affiliated with the Bookstore recognize that there are several pros and cons to privatizing. An advantage to being leased to a large company is that the Bookstore will become part of a large chain of stores. Wayne Carter, director of textbooks at Idaho State University, said the ISU Bookstore was recently leased to Follett. "By privatizing our bookstore, we have gained the strength of 600 stores across the nation, so now when we need more of some books we can email the other stores to see if they have them," Carter said in April. Other advantages that Carter said he has seen since Follett took over the Bookstore include a wider selection in merchandise, a more structured man agement group and a Web site that allows books to be ordered online. Some disadvantages to privatizing the Bookstore are the donations it currently gives - such as the annual Bookstore scholarship banquet would disappear and the company might also end up downsizing the number of its employees. Even though the university's Request for Proposal requires that all current employees be allowed to keep ► SEE BOOKSTORE

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for the gubernatorialdebate SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Education Association has rejected Democratic candidate Bill Orton's suggestion for a gubernatorial debate on public schools at the Utah Education Association's annual convention next month. "We have no intention of politicizing our convention," said Pat Rusk, vice president of the 19,000-member union. The union has endorsed Republican Gov. Mike Leavitt for reelection. "The two candidates are sparring about the debate schedule, and that's fine," added Rusk. "But that's not what the UEA convention is about." Orton proposed an hourlong debate exclusively devoted to education. At the opening gubernatorial debate on Thursday, Leavitt responded, "Will do." On Friday, Orton's campaign publicized a letter in which the candidate said he asked the UEA to include the debate, considering the governor is already scheduled to speak.. Marla Kennedy, the Democrat's campaign manager, criticized the union and the governor for shying away from a debate at the Oct. 5-6 conference. "I don't understand what the problem is if education is their top issue," she said. "Something sounds funny to me."

EDUCATING CHILDREN is a goal, as Vice President Al Gore shakes hands with students outside Westhaven Elementary school in Evanston, Ill. Gore visited with students during a political swing through the Midwest. / Knight-Ridder photo

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Gore, Lieberman softeo tooe against Hollywood violence Democrats claim they will nudge, but never censor media TERRENCE HUNT

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A week after threatening Hollywood with sanctions for marketing violence to kids, Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Joseph Lieberman softened their tone by telling leaders of the entertainment ind111strythat, "We wjll nudge y~u but we will never become censors." The assurance was delivered by Lieberman to applause at a star-studded Beverly Hills fund-raiser with Gore where they collected $4.2 million Monday night for the Democratic National Committee. Gore said he was heartened by the industry's response to the criticism. "I know of lot of you will be standing with us," the vice president said. Midway through a three-day trip to California, Gore was-to help Democrats raise more money Tuesday night at a Silicon Valley fund-raiser. The Democratic presidential nominee also planned to discuss measures to protect the privacy of medical records and give patients a right to sue when confidential information is misused. . Guests paid $10,000 to mingle with actors Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hanks, composer Quincy Jones, come dians Paul Reiser and Gary Shandling, singer Don Henley, novelist Judith Krantz, producers, directors and leaders of the business community. The fund-raiser was held at the

sprawling mansion of supermarket mogul Ron Burkle, who donated $1 million to underwrite last month's Democratic National Convention. Director Rob Reiner, an organizer of the dinner, said Hollywood is "a big community with a very big heart" and is motivated by morethan' movies. "We care about the same things that all Americans care about," he said, mentioning education, health care, Social Security, Medicare, preserving abortion rights, protecting the environment and restricting guns. Republicans have accused Gore and Lieberman of hypocrisy for criticizing the entertainment industry's conduct and then accepting campaign cash from Hollywood. Last week, Gore raised $6.5 million at a celebrity fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Dick Cheney, the Republican vice presidential nominee, said Tuesday that at that event, Gore "raised millions of dollars from the same media moguls who are corrupting our children." Cheney added, "He enjoys himself so much that he went to another enter·tainment industry fund-raiser just last night and pocketed millions more." A report last week by the Federal Trade Commission accused the industry of aggressively marhting violent films, music and video games to young children. Gore seized on the findings to urge sanctions on the entertainment industry

unless it stops marketing violence to kids within six months. Praising the industry for its response, Gore said, "I was not surprised when so many stepped forward and said, 'Yes, of course, that's right. It is wrong to market inappropriate materials to children.' "Joe and I believe in this very deeply," Gore said, "and if I am entrusted with the presidency we are going to fight to change that. And I know a lot of you will be standing with us." Lieberman has been a leading critic of Hollywood but he seemed to go out of his way to smooth relations. He seemed more at ease than Gore, cracking jokes and winning laughs. "I hope that the closest George W. Bush ever gets to the vVest Wing is his remote control," Lieberman said. "Al and I have tremendous regard for this industry," Lieberman said. "vVe're both fans of the products that come out of the entertainment industry - not all of them but a lot of them." He said the entertainment industry had entertained and inspired and educated Americans for years. "And it's true," Lieherman said, "from time to time we will have been and will be - critics or nudges . But I promise you this, that we will never, never put the government in the position of telling you by law, through law, what to make. "We will nudge you but we will never become censors," the senator said.

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MILNOR, N.D. (AP)-A 3-year-old boy's arms were severed by a farm machine, and he was in critical condition Tuesday after surgery to reattach both limbs. Parker Sebens was in surgery from Monday afternoon, just a few hours after the accident, until 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, said his grandmother Pat Freese. Doctors at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minn._,could not immediately say if the operation was successful, she said. Parker's arms were caught in a grain auger, a machine used to transfer grain into trucks or storage bins. The boy's father, Mitch Sebens, was using the auger to move grain from a bin into his pickup, Sargent County Deputy Scott Buckhouse said. Sebens went to turn off the auger so they could go to dinner, and Parker may have stumbled and fallen into the auger's intake. Sebens "felt something and looked back and saw his boy was caught," said Buckhouse, who lives nearby in the area some miles from Fargo. Ambulance workers applied pressure to the boy's wounds and found his arms, which had been carried through the auger into the pickup. "He was a very strong little guy," Buckhouse said. "He was conscious through the whole thing."

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Teenwho killed friendsentenced to fiveyearsto life in prison SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A boy who fatally stabbed his friend 39 times during a January sleepover was sentenced Monday to five years to life in Utah State Prison. Third District Judge Roger Livingston also ordered Brookes Shumway, 16, to serve a one-to-15 year concurrent prison sentenced for tampering with evidence. "I just want to say I'm sorry for all of this," said Shumway, who did not take the stand during his trial. Christopher Ray, 14, died Jan. 23 after being stabbed in the head, torso and legs with two kitchen knives. Shumway, who was 15 at the time, gave police varying accounts of what happened, including that he acted in self defense and Ray fell on the knife. He also claimed Ray's mother, Debbie Robb, took part in the stabbing. A jury found him guilty of firstdegree murder and second-degree evidence tampering on Aug. 11. Robb said she was disappointed with the sentence. "It's not long enough," she said. "I hope he never gets out. He's not sorry. He's sorry he got caught. He has no remorse." Defense attorney Randall Lund said Brookes was very sorry. "This is a horrible, tragic thing," the attorney said. The Adult Probation & Parole report recommended Shumway spend 19 years behind bars, although the Board of Pardons will have the final say. · Robb said that sending Shumway to prison is the closest thing to justice for her son.

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Cheneyvisits Idaho ROBERT GEHRKE

AssociatedPress IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)- Hailed as a Westerner who would fight for Western values, Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney vowed an all-out campaign blitz in the seven weeks before the Nov. 7 election. He told a crowd of about 600 supporters that there are "fundamental philosophical differences" between his running mate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and Democratic candidate Al Gore on taxes, social security and education during a 40minute stopover. "I will guarantee you, if you will elect George Bush and me ... we will restore honor and integrity to the Oval Office," said Cher.ey, reiterating a frequent campaign theme. Later Monday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew caricatured Cheney and Bush during a sternwinding 10-minute pep talk to a few dozen party loyalists on the Statehouse steps in Boise. "Dick Cheney dropped into Idaho here today on his golden parachute," Andrew said. "I think that a lot of people across America are convinced that while they may have a very diverse ticket on the Republican side they have two rich men who were CEOs of different oil companies on their ticket they recognize that these are not the people that are goinR to stand up and fight for us.

Cheney, secretary of defense under Bush's father during the Persian Gulf War, is the first major-party presidential or vice presidential candidate to visit the Republican stronghold of Idaho since Dan Quayle in

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1992. He met for about 20 minutes with Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and members of Idaho 's congressional delegation, discussing topics such as wildfire prevention and salmon population management. "The people in the West have been very frustrated with the federal practices of land management, " said Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho. "They know it's important to get someone from the West who understands the issue." Cheney was born in Nebraska and raised in Wyoming, and served I 0 years as the state's lone congressman. He has lived in Texas since l 995'but kept a home in Jackson Hole, Wyo ., and registered to vote there before being nominated as vice president to meet constitutional requirements. He is a former oil executive and has been criticized by conservationists for having a voting record that was hostile to the environment . As a congressman, Cheney voted against requiring oil companies to report on toxic emissions and against the Clean Water Act. Cheney did not answer questions before boarding the campaign plane and heading to Washington and Oregon - two states where Gore has erased a Bush lead.

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UNION PACIFIC employee Rod Draper screws a light back on to a railroad crossing barrier near 400 West on Highway 89/91. Draper performs monthly maintenance and safety checks on about 37 crossings in the Ogden, Brigham City and Cache County areas./ Joe Rowley photo

Small fires blaze in Logan Canyon LEAH

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News Editor Two small wildland fires that started Monday in Loga~ Canyon near the Wind Caves trail were completely contained and controlled by area firefighters Tuesday afternoon. The fires, which totaled about one acre, were reported to the U. S Forest Service at 2 p.m . Monday. They were on Forest Service land. Logan, Smithfield, North

Logan and Forest Service firefighters responded to the fires, which were two-and-ahalf miles up Logan Canyon. Logan Fire Chief Paul Dextras said the cause of the fires is unknown, but there has been a lot of lightning activity in the area, which could be the cause. A helicopter was used in extinguishing the fires and unique canyon winds aided in controlling the fire Monday, Dextras said. The winds blew

the fire into already burned areas, which slowed the fire's activity. Dextras said it is important for people to realize fire danger is still high in the area and they should be cautious. "All agencies are encouraging people to realize that there is a tremendous amount of combustible material (in the wildland areas~ " he said. "They should be cautious of anything that could cause fire."

Democrat says new voice is needed JENNIFER BRENNAN

Wire Editor Making schools safer, improving education funds and working towar,d higher edµca,tj~l}-,progi;amswer~, 1rnJ the issues addressed Tuesday by Democrat Kathleen McConkie Collinwood, who is running against Rep. Jim Hansen, R-Utah, for his seat in Utah's l st District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hansen has been in Congress for 20 years, and a new outlook and new ideas are something needed in the Congress, Collinwood said. The problems that need to be solved lie in the handling of Utah's education and the lack of funding that Utah is receiving toward education programs, she said. 'We n'eed all voices and alternate voices. We need to be inclusive and not exclusive (in expressing political issues)," Collinwood said. Education funding was Collinwood's main focus. Working in a partnership with state officials could benefit the need for receiving more funds for Utah's education program. "I think that almost every democratic candidate's number one concern is education. Education should remain in local hands, K through 12. I think we have a problem with education funding," Collinwood said . Children's safety at school is a primary concern after numerous sweeps of violent acts in schools across the country.

Registerto vote Students can now register to vote on campus. Locations include the first floor of the TSC, Old Main and other buildings across campus. Rex Hansen, ASUSU Executive vice president, has organized the registration effort. To help students get registered by the Oct. 17 deadline, some campus organizations will be working with Hansen to run these registration tables. For additional information about registration, contact Hansen at 797-1727 or rexh@cc.usu.edu.

UVSC degreeto be reevaluated DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for Utah's First District in the House

of Representatives, Kathleen McConkie Collinwood, was on campus Tuesday to speak to students./Liz Maudsley photo

"Vie need to feel safe in our societies. It is important that our children feel safe in school," Collinwood said. Higher education deals with loans, grants and scholarships and directly affects college students. Working to make better higher education is Collinwood's goal. Children's influence from media violence and sexual content is another growing issue. 'We need to be sure that we balance a person's right vs. society's rights," Collinwood said.

Regulating laws or addressing tax incentives are possible ideas that could help the impact of the media on children, Collinwood said. Education was addressed as needing improvement on both state and local levels. "Democrats are interested in issues that affect people," Collinwood said . Watching the news, surfing Web sites and keeping up with interviews are all necessary components in making sure college students utilize their right to vote, she said.

► BOOKSTORE From Page 1 their jobs if leased to a company, the USU Bookstore might eventually see a reduction in the number of employees. At ISU, Carter said they have lost almost all of their original student employees because of their privatization . Carter said the students couldn't make the new block-scheduling work with their schedules, and the company has not hired anyone new to replace them. 'We have gone from 10 full-time employees and about 20 part-time students to seven

In Monday's Statesman, the dates for Homecoming week were incorrect. Homecoming Week will begin Monday with a barbecue at 5 p.m. on the Quad. At 11 p.m., 700 North will be closed for street painting. Organizations can register for street space in the TSC, Room 326. Tuesday, the Canyon Cleanup will begin at J p.m. Volunteers should meet on the QUAD and bring a rake. The Mr. USU contest will be held in the TSC Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 will be Aggie Spirit Day. There will be activities on the TSC Patio and booths all around campus from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. A hypnotist will present two shows, at 7 and 9 p.m., in the TSC Ballroom. Alumni will serve Aggie ice cream during lunch in the International Lounge Sept. 27. The Thursday Moonlight and Music performance will feature Julie Hill and Aaron Ashton at 7:JOp.m. in the Amphitheater. A golf tournament will be held Sept. 28 at Blake Logan Golf Course. Those interested in participating can contact the Alumni House. The Homecoming dance will start at 9 p.m. A SK Fun Run will begin at 9:45' a.m. Sept . 29. The football game against the University of Utah will start at 3:05 p.m.

full-time workers and only five part-time student employees," Carter said. Job responsibilities were cut with the switch over to Follett, too, Carter said. For example, there used to be at least three people working in the trade department where they analyzed what books the store needed more of, and this department would have to order them. Now, these tasks are the responsibility of the company's headquarters in another state. ISU no longer has a choice of

what books to order; Follett decides for them. Another disadvantage to leasing is the buy-back system the Bookstore currently has might diminish. Carter said the main difference between a universityowned bookstore and a privately-owned one is that the focus changes. "Follett is definitely in it to make money, and a universityowned bookstore should be in it for the service to the students, not to make a buck," Carter said.

► RECREATION From Page 1 while it is being built. Once it opens, the fee would rise to $63 per student . This plan helps spread the financial burden, with a relatively balanced portion falling on students who will never be able to use the facilities, Riley said. The facility would be completed in 2004. The proposed recreation center may not be the best option, Riley said, and the best option won't be known until all the proposals have come m. Regardless of what plan is accepted, facilities are needed and will benefit the student body in many ways. Riley said a new facility will: 1. Add variety to an academic and social environment. 2. Provide students with additional athletic programs to add convenience to various ways-of-life (~xample: con-

venience for rock climbers as well as basketball players) 3. Utilize collective student fees to make room for a more diversified culture. 4. Improve the HPER's facilities that are outdated and half the national average university size. 5'. Relieve tension to frequently jam-packed basketball and weight rooms and classvs.-recreation schedules therein. 6. Save USU face by not having to say that our current facility is smaller than those of area high schools. 7. Cost each student about one-fifth the annual fee for most health club facilities. "I can't emphasize enough the importance of the voice of the students. We're concerned with what students think. Your voice can still be heard, " Riley said. E-mail him at aspres@cc.usu.edu.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - During its meeting last week at Snow College, the state Board of Regents voted to defer approval of a fouryear earth-science degree at Utah Valley State College. The regents want UVSC President Kerry Romesburg to comment on how much of the school's budget he plans to dedicate to the governor's engineering-computer initiative and how that · might affect new programs. Early last week, Leavitt promised higher education some extra funding during the next five years, possibly $8 million to $12 million annually, to beef up certifi~ation _and~egreeJrograms m engmeenng an computer science. The funding would be split among the state's nine public institutions. Regents said Friday that their reluctance to approve the earth-sciences program was not a reflection of its merit or quality. UVSC already offers several courses in earth science, but school officials want to expand the program into a four-year degree to better prepare students for careers in environmental science, geologic hazards and oil and mineral exploration. Regents likely will reevaluate UVSC's program at the board's Oct. 27 meeting at Weber State University

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Cheaters f1nd new friend in online research resources Staff Writer

It is as easy as surfingsurfing the Web that is. Plagiarism has always been the lazy man's way out of research and writing, but with the expansion of online resources plagiarism can be as easy as point-and-dick. For the purposes of this

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article, I looked up Hamlet in a search engine and about 30 seconds later I had a three- or four-page essay, complete · with works cited page. The Internet may make finding the resources to cheat from easier, but it can also make getting caught easier. English professor Nancy Warren related an incident which occurred teaching at another college. A student turned in an obviously plagiarized paper. She got online and with a couple of keywords quickly found the student's sources. The penalties for plagiarism and other forms of cheating range from a warning or grade adjustment to expulsion or rev-

ocation of degrees, according to USU's Academic Policies and Procedures manual. A professor at George Mason University told the WashingtonPostshe catches at least one student a semester. "It's [cheating is] usually deadly obvious. The introduction will be written in broken English; then it will have this flawlesslywritten, almost doctoral-quality body; then a conclusion that goes back to broken English," she said. Before she attended USU one smdent said she used the Internet to plagiarize a paper once. ► SEE CHEATS

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Utah State University's .instructional technology depart;;ment will offer new on line courses based on educational events. They will be presented in partnership with Apple's QuickTime TV Learning Site and WebCT. The first, the 12th Annual Instructional Technology Institute, was Aug. 29 through Sept. 1 and was directed by Dr. David Merrill of the IT department. The conference was recorded on video and will be shown using Apple's streaming technology. Discussion forums, text and voice chats and virtual conference[roceedings in the form of database discussion archive~ will be available through WebCT's e-Learning hub. . "Utah Sl:_?teis on the cutting edge of lthis ~ne$l·Q:f¢d territory," said t;teph~rsen, a graduate teaching JssistantJ the instructional technology department. This online convention will serve as the basis for a three-credit graduate course. The course will cost $508.22, and students can register through the University Extension program. . "The Jive and on line versions of the Instructional Technology Institute will obviou~y b~ different kinds of learning experiences," Merrill said. "But we are confident that the essential features of our on-campus gathering will still be present for the people who participate online." Tom Nickel, a new ln;,tri.ictional Techn_ologydepartment faculty member, is heading this project. Since the department now has indefinite space on the Apple and WebCT sites, Nickels hopes to facilitate other"departments that' want to place

Some Utah State University graduates earned their degree without stepping on~e into j a classroom m i Logan . They studied through USU's distance education i' program. J "Distance education is a way for off-campus students to obtain their degrees through satellites and off campus locations," said Vince Lafferty , director of 1ndeper:ident -Study • '\ ~M I!Jist'-ai'le • ' ., Ed<ltation ~t USU. "This semester the;e are 3,000 students fin distance education)." There are 55 distance education sites and 150 classrooms in every county in the state with the Salt Lake City site being the largest and the Uintah Basin second-largest, Lafferty said. Other classrooms are located in Las Vegas, Nev. and Twin Falls, Idaho. He said distance education students earn the same credit as on-campus students, and the classes show up the same on their transcripts.

The average classroom size in the state of Utah for a distance education class is 47, Lafferty said. Distance education students' average age is early 30s, and most are female. Eighty percent of the students work full time. Distance education students come from all different backgrounds. Some of them are taking classes just for the training, others are completing their general education and some do it so they can finish their degrees from home. According to the Independent and Distance Education manual, classes are offered in many , ~-.. " t\npl.rases, many 'fith full degrees . A full listing of degrees offered can be • found in the manual. "Each site has a representative who then reports to the Associated Students of Utah State University. ASUSU represents the off-campus students," Lafferty said. He said most distance education students order their books through USU. A program called Express-A-Book allows students to order books through an 800 number and have them shipped directly to their door, Lafferty said. ► SEE DISTANCE Page 7

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Students rely on 'techno. gadgets' to further education DOUG SMEATH

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Nathan Baker is a music composition major at Utah State University, but he doesn't use a piano. In fact, Baker doesn't usually use anything that is traditionally considered a musical instrument. Baker uses his laptop computer. Baker said he uses his laptop for most of his classroom and homework needs everything from raking notes in class to composing music and planning extra cur-

ricular activities. And he's not alone. A growing number of students are using technological gadgets - everything from laptop computers to laser pointers - in class and out of class to improve their class work and keep track of the information with which they would otherwise feel overwhelmed and overloaded. Joanne Bentley, a professor in USU's instruction-

al technology department, said she sees students in her classes using all sorts of gadgets. She said students use DVD players for some presentations, remote-controlled computer mice for others. She said there is even an attachment students put on white board pens that allows them to store in their laptop computers a copy of whatever they are writing or drawing on the white board. And Bentley said she can see technological gadgets becoming more and more important to students - and more prevalent in the classroom - in the future, though she doesn't see a drastic change happenmg. "I don't think it's going to spread like . wildfire," she · said. Bently said technology can be expensive, and students rarely have surplus money to spend. She also said some students may find things about technology they don't like, but as students find ways to work around the negatives they can use new technology to their advantage .

Still, Bentley says not to expect any revolution. "I don't think pen and paper are ever going to go away," she said. Another concern for some professors is that new technology in the classroom the clicking of a keyboard, the distraction of an Internet connection - can interfere with a classroom setting. That shouldn't be a huge concern, Bentley said. "It can be a Iittle distracting [to have smdents using gadgets in class), especially if the person has long fingernails [and is typing notes in a laptop)," Bentley said. She said the clicking of a keyboard isn't bad, but the clicking of fingernails can be. Other times, use of technology is a distraction for students and teachers because the gadgets "look really cool ," Bentley said. She said she recently watched a student unfold a keyboard to attach to his Palm Pilot electronic organizer and lost her train of thought. Bentley said cellular telephones and pagers are much more distracting. And as long as professors allow it, many students say they plan to use technology in class in the fumre.

Baker said he prefers taking notes on his laptop because it's easier and more efficient than writing them by hand. "My typing is much faster and more legible than my handwriting," he said. He uses it to keep track of "e-communications" while in class, using the free data ports offered by many classrooms. He said it's convenient, especially for classes like his course on the science of sound, which posts most information about homework and class work on USU's WebCT server. Baker said he composes music using computer software and his laptop's sound card and speakers. He even uses it to plan and keep track of the happenings of the USU Fantasy Literature and Gaming Guild, of which he is vice president. "I take my laptop to our Friday evening meetings, thereby having notes, membership lists and character creation/campaign management software readily available," Baker said. It's that constant availability that is giving portable technology a powerful new presence in the classroom.

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As smdents nationwide trundle back to class, they're taking their seats in schools more wired than ever before and huddling around desktop computers in small groups more often. Then they are tapping into the Internet to complete their assignments. Fully 95 percent of the nation's public schools are now connected to the Internet. By comparison, less than half the nation's households are. The wiring of America's ► SEE INTERNET

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Educators raise concerns· over firms providing schools with equipment get training in skills that are vital in the new economy; The WashingtonPost schools get a cutting-edge Chris Kozlowski, 16, has technology education proalways enjoyed tinkering on gram at minimal expense; and his computer, so when he the tech businesses stand to heard that Prince William gain workers at a time when County, Va., was opening a the industry has hundreds of high school this fall that thousands of job openings. would offer classes in how to But some educators are build, design and maintain wary of the trend, saying that computer networks, he decidnarrow, employer-designed ed to transfer there. courses might be inconsistent The new high school, with a high school's mission to Forest Park, is the county's provide students with a balanced curriculum. first to specialize in information technology. Forest Park "The students may be students will work toward a , trained in the technology of standard high school diploma • the company. But what hapand be required to take j\lst as pens if the technology many courses in traditional changes, or if they don't fit subjects as their counterparts into the company, or the comin other Prince William pany is sold?" said Harvard schools. But they also will University education professor and author Howard E. havethe opportunity to take Gardner. "The students may cla~s in comruter networking and digita media-classes have a skill or a knowledge set designed not by county eduthat is way too specific and cators but by technology combecomes outmoded or irrelepanies such as Cisco Systems vant shortly." Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Paul Hill, research profesIf they complete the trainsor of public affairs and direcing program, the students will tor of the Center on Reinventing Public Education · receive industry certification. Kozlowski is a student in the at the University of Washington in Seattle, said he school's Cisco Academy and hopes to graduate as a "Cisco believes technology compacertified network associate." nies must become more Forest Park is the latest involved in education. But example of how large tech they must strive to give stucompanies are forging bonds dents a broad foundation that will prepare them for a wide with schools that go far beyond donating computers ran~e of tech jobs, Hill said. and showing up on Career 'It is a movement in the right direction," he said. "My Day. Increasingly, companies are taking an aggressive role concern about it is that a lot in creating a curriculum, of this sruff is pretty microtraining teachers and developscopic - this widget here and ing materials that school this widget there. And the administrators can take to challenge is to get these things their school boards to get the assembled into whole modules courses approved for credit. so the kids can learn ... a way The companies say that of thinking in an integrated everyone benefits. Students way."

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New York will double its online course offerings this fall, to 14, while planning its first undergraduate e-degree program, said Jeff Olson, who oversees distance learning as the school's associate vice president for planning. Distance learning "looms large on the education landscape," said Paul Edelson, Stony Brook's dean of School of Professional Development, who for several years has taught graduate-level courses online. Benefits over the physical classroom, he said, include elearning's superior ability to engage students in must-participate discussions and media-rich resource materials over the Net. It also gives time-constrained or remotely located part-time students access to college level instruction they might otherwise never have. "It fulfills the dream for higher education of improving performance of writing and thinking skills," Edelson said. But even as established universities race ahead with online programs - spurred, in part, by perceived financial gains among newly sprouted private-sector e-learning insti-

tutions - many are urging caution. Critics point out that dropout rates for e-classes are significantly higher than for face-to-face classes, in some cases exceeding 40 percent. Professors say online courses can require considerably more preparation work and student interaction, a factor that can limit online classes to 20 student5. Students also say online courses can require lots more time - and lots more discipline - suggesting extensive undergraduate programs may be premature. Some are concerned that rushing Internet course work to the undergrad- . uate level could rob students of critical socialization. David Pomeranz, associate provost at Stony Brook who is studying Internet-based elearning to help determine the university's future participation, said budgetary concerns of smaller classes, legal issues of course ownership and the relatively crude level of the technology are all concerns, but the quality of teaching remains paramount. "It's not the kind of instant give-and-take of a live audience," he said.

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Passing notes used to be complicated. A furtive glance across home room. The quick, deliberate movement that thrusts a folded piece of paper into the hands of another. Now, thanks to new wireless gadgets aimed at the preteen set, old-fashioned notepassing has gone high tech. A wave of wireless communications devices aimed at preteens has entered retail stores, allowing children to beam text or voice messages to others carrying similar devices. The hand-held Laser Chat, for example, beams digital voice messages up to 40 feet, and the digital organizer and diary called Get Mail allows children to exchange "secret" text messages through plastic cards inserted into the device. Then there's the Cybiko. Think Game Boy meets Palm Pilot, and throw in a little walkie-talkie with a wireless twist. The device allows kids to electronically chat, send email, organize schedules, or play games with other Cybiko users. "Passing notes is big. We know that - whether you're passing them electronically, or you're beeping someone, or you're sending a note flying through a spitball," said Allison Druin, a professor at the University of Maryland at

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Last year, Weber State University's women's volleyball team defeated Utah State in Logan. Revenge was sweet for the Aggies Tuesday night, as they defeated Weber State on its home court in just three games (15-1, 15-11, 15-1). This win extends the Aggies' winning streak to eight, winning 21 of their last 28 dating back to last year. USU now has an 8-3 record. After the loss, the Wildcats drop to 5-4. "We played very well for almost the entire match, and you can't say that about a lot of matches," said head coach Tom Peterson. "We had a cou-

pie of errors in the second game that kept Weber in the game, but overall I think we did a nic..! job." Once again the Aggies out-blocked the Wildcats, 13-5. In game three, the Aggies had an 8-0 lead before Weber scored a point. The Aggies' hitting percentage was .400 for the match, while holding Weber to a hitting percentage of just .104. The Aggies will face California State University at Fullerton on Friday. This will be the Aggies' first conference match of the season. AJl-time, USU is 9-13 against the Titans. Last year the Aggies defeated Cal State Fullerton in three games. The Aggies will then meet

the University of California at Irvine on Saturday. USU defeated the Anteaters in three games last year. Alltime, the Aggies are 4-15 against UC Irvine. "We now have to get ready for conference play with not a lot of preparation time available before our next match this Friday," Peterson said. "These two matches are matches that we have to win. We cannot afford to start our conference s~ason wi th a loss in TANYA MCARTHUR fades back after a either of these match- hit during the victory over BYU last es." week./Zak Larsen photo

Thoughsometimesunrecognized,offensiveline has an importantjob protectingthe quarterback and senior right tackle Jeff Long, who earned a letter for his backup role last season. Offensive center Matt Jenkins Most fans don't know what and left tackle Steve the offensive line does for a Canidate, both seniors, are football team. also returning lettermen. But center Junior Pututau Considering that these five does. returning linemen weigh in at "To put it in a couple of 300 pounds or more each, it words, we just block for the could be easy to dismiss the quarterback and the running offensive linemen as merely backs," Pututau said. "We just the brutes of the team. help them keep their bones Pututau, however, said that unbroken." while physical strength does play a major part in the success of his job, strategy is just as important. "There's a lot of thinking on the offensive line," Pututau said. "We have to know our blocks. We have to know what they (the opposing team) is doing. It's the most mental position out there, other than the quarterback." The level of intensity OFFENSIVE LINE COACH JEFF HOOVER talks to his troops while the is high on the field, defense is on the field during the SUU game./Casey Hobson photo especially for the lineSHEREEN SAUREY

Senior Sports Writer

The offensive line of a football team consists of two guards, two tackles and a center. These players' primary objective is two-fold. On a passing play, they protect the quarterback from getting sacked. On a running play, their job is to plow the road for the running backs. Returning linemen this year for the Aggies are lettermen starters senior Pututau, junior left guard Jess Schuck

Staff Writer

There must be something in the name "Becca/Beka" that makes for an incredible runner. The top two individuals on the Utah State University women's cross country team this year share this name. Rebecca Thornley has gone by Becca ever since she can remember, and Beka Leffler was born with her name. Thornley said that the first time she met Leffler it was weird.

"I thought, THORNLEY 'that's my name,"' she said. Leffler said she calls Rebecca "Rebecc" to avoid confusion. Confusing or not, this name seems to be working out well. Becca and Beka have placed first and second individually at both of their first two meets this season.

They led the Aggies to a second place finish at the Idaho State Invitational and a first-place finish at last week's Montana State Invitational. Thornley started running in ninth grade. She showed up to a summer practice because her P.E. coach suggested it and has been running ever since. She is the only one of seven children in her family who runs. At Logan High School, Thornl~y ran four years of both cross country and track and-won the regional cross country championship and finished fifth in state her senior year under coach Ron McBride. In 1998 she was redshirted for a knee injury, but last year returned to earn academic all-Big West Conference honors for

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Leffler got started running much the same way. She ran track in junior high, but didn't seriously start running until American Fork High School coach Bruno Hunziker saw talent in her during her sophomore year. Eventually, he convinced her

run for him. At her first high school track meet she ran the 2mile. After she had lapped everyone and was coming into the finish, officials told her that she still had one more lap. They refused to believe that this sophomore they had never heard of could beat the star runners in that race, so they made her run a ninth lap. She ended up finishing fourth place even after running a lap farther than everyone else, Hunziker said. In both 1997 and 1998 Leffler earned all Conference LEFFLER honors for USU. And she is not the only member of her family that runs; her father has completed 10 marathons. Thornley and Leffler are both seniors and have run for USU for four years. Thornley said at first she didn't want to attend USU because Logan is her hometo

Coming into this season, the team had high hopes to achieve success this year. Utah State University's women's volleyball team currently has an 8-3 record. Senior outside hitter Amy Crosbie said that they are satisfied as a team with their current standing, but said there's always room for improvement. "There's a few games in our pre-season we thought we could have won," Crosbie said. "Those would've really boosted us a lot more." Many members of the Aggie team have already reached milestones and have received recognition for outstanding play. Middle blocker Denae Mohlman, senior, has recorded her l ,OOOthkill. This is second only to teammate Crosbie's record of 1,114. Both outside hitter Melissa Schoepf, senior, and Crosbie have been named to

Crosbie was also named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I National Player of the Week on Monday and Big West Conference Player of the Week. The starting line-up for the team is deep with experience. Setter Chelsi Neves was a junior college All-American at Sheridan Junior College before transferring to USU. Outside hitters Crosbie and Schoepf are both returning lettermen. Both Mohlman and Michelle Matheson are returning lettermen starting in the middle blocker position. Junior Heather Olmstead, also a returning letterman, finishes off the starting line-up as defensive specia!ist. In reflecting on the team's success so far in the season, Crosbie said that blocking and passing are two of the ► SEE VOLLEY Page 10

men who are at the heart of the line of scrimmage. "I'm always too intense," Long said. ''You have to be intense to play football." Offensive linemen are often called for such penalties as holding and illegal blocks. Schuck said that staying focused is the key to keeping a lineman's emotions in check. "I just have to visualize what I'm doing," he said. "We all make mistakes. I still get penalties. I just make sure I keep focused on the field and not let my emotions get tome." Pututau said that it is important to keep the team's best interest in mind when dealing with passions on the field. "We just have to remember that there are other players on the team and whatever we do will affect everybody, so we have to be unselfish," he said. Trust between the quarterback and his linemen is essen► SEE LINE

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Two girls with same name pace women's cross country KATRINA CARTWRIGHT

Senior Sports Writer

town, but she won a University Club Scholarship and couldn't turn it down. Now she says it has been a great experience. "\Ve have an awesome coach, and this has been good for me," she said. Leffler said that a mix of things made her decide to come here. She, too, was awarded a scholarship, liked the aonosphere of Logan and said that USU has an excellent program for her animal science major. "I came up here arid fell in love with it," she said. Leffler said that she, like Thornley, likes speed workouts and long trail runs early in the morning. Thornley's favorite course is the conference course in Rockland, California with a trail through a forest. Beka said she enjoys all courses on grass as long as they have a hill here and there and are challenging. Thornley and Leffler like running in college for different reasons. "I love the competition," ► SEE BECCA

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USU'S KATIE SEAMAN avoids defenders during a recent home game. The USU women's soccer team looks to add more wins to its record in Texas this weekend./Justin Miller photo

Women's soccer tra,vels to Texas for tourney JULIE ANN GROSSHA'-IS

Staff Writer

After receiving its first win of the season against Nevada-Reno last Sunday at home, the Utah State women's soccer team travels to El Paso, Texas to participate in the 2000 Miner Classic playing the University of Texas El Paso on Thursday. After winning their first game, the Aggies now have momentum to take on the Miners. "The win was a big weight off our shoulders," said head coach Stacey Enos. Even though the Aggies were able to win the game against the \Yolf Pack, Enos was not completely satisfied. At their upcoming practice, the team will work on its system a little more. "We didn't like our movement of the ball," Enos said. Overall against UTEP, USU holds a 0-1 record, with the last meeting between the teams in 1997 where the Aggies lost, 3-0. Currently, the Miners are 2-5. Splitting last weekend's games, UTEP beat

Oklahoma State in a 2-1 overtime and then lost to Eastern Washington University, 3-2. Leading UTEP in both goals and assists this season with four and three respectively, the Aggies will be challenged by sophomore Kelly Parker. The Aggies have their own firepower to use against UTEP, though. In the win last Sunday, Freshman Ally Clegg earned herself a place in the Utah State record books. She is currently tied for fourth with teammate Jayme Gordy on USU's alltime list for points scored in a game. Scoring her second goal of the season on Sunday, Gordy is ranked first on USU's all-time career goal list with 32. Jessica Ebner, a transfer to USU, played her first regular-season game against the Wolf Pack taking two shots on goal and scoring a goal. Following the game against UTEP, the Aggies will take on the Youngstown State Penguins in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. USU plays at Idaho Sept. 28.

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AssistantSportsEditor Golf is on the upswing, said first-year Utah State golf coach Dean Johansen. Although his team is unknown by many USU students, golf is growing fast and more and more people are becoming interested in it, he said. Johansen said Cache Valley residents seem more supportive of the golf team this year because it includes valley natives Kevin and Nate Blotter and Nick Summers. Some members of the golf team say it is a "tierfive" sport in contrast to a tier-one sport like football or basketball. Johansen said that is an accurate observation. The team is a low priority at USU because it doesn't bring in any money like a "tier-one" sport. In fact, the golf team has to raise some of its own money. The squad receives approximately $21,000 from the university and has to raise about $15,000 on its

own to stay afloat, Johansen said. The team raises money by hosting a pro-am format tournament every spring and a few Cache Valley residents donate to the team, he said. Of the 11 team members, seven are on some sort of scholarship, he said. Johansen said he receives 200 to 300 phone calls a year from players interested in trying out for the team. From that list he looks at each player's golf resume and stages invitation-only tryouts to pick his team. Golf is also a unique sport in that it plays a split season. The team competes in tournaments in September and October and then starts again in February with the Big West Conference tournament in Sacramento, Calif. ending the season in April, Johansen said. Of 11 team members, only five get to travel to the weekend tournaments. Every week Johansen said team members try out to see who will travel. He said he likes this format because it

gives each player an equal opportunity to play. Perhaps one of the reasons students are unaware USU has a golf team is because the team does not host a tournament. Instead the team travels to California, Idaho and Colorado for tourneys. Johansen said years ago the team hosted a tournament at Birch Creek Golf Course in Smithfield, but because of Logan's distance to major airports it was inconvenient for opposing teams to attend tournaments here. Johansen said he thinks his team will rise to the competition this year because his team is full of hard workers. "If I've got kids willing to work hard I'm thrilled," he said. The team will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. to participate in a tournament hosted by the Air Force Academy this weekend. The rest of the fall season will include tournaments at Northridge, Calif., Boise, Idaho, and San Diego, Calif.

ago, and Leffler married Doug Leffler about nine months ago. Thornley will graduate this December with a degree in English and math secondary education, with an English as a Second Language endorsement.

Leffler will graduate in May with a degree in Animal Science. Both girls said they expect good things from this year's team. "This team is really fun, and we'll be good," Thornley said.

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uted all of it to my teammates. Because I wouldn't be where I was if my teammates didn't pass like they did, if Chelsi (Neves) didn't set the way she did. It's a team award to me, and I think the team understands that. It's a big honor for all of us. US: The team has won five straight, does it feel like the momentum is building like the streak (of seven straight) last year? AC: Every year is different, and I think we've played pretty decent volleyball. There were some matches in the preseason that I think we should have won. We got some good wins under our belt. So., that helps with confidence, knowing that we can beat any team that comes across the net. We're hard workers and know that we have a long way to go. US: Do you feel like a leader for the first time this season, or were you a leader before? AC: I think the situation that I came in as a freshman and the three of us who stayed, we've been leaders for all four years - in different senses, though. The three of us (Crosbie, Melissa Schoepf and Denae Mehlman) are really a core group. But it's amazing, though, you get six players out there, especially the ones we have now, and we are all leaders. US: Is there anything you want to accomplish this year, personally? AC: Definitely be consistent. I don't think anybody can be a good player unless they are consistent. I definitely have a lot to improve on the other areas of the game. I really want to be up

► LINE From Page 8 rial for a successful offense. Schuck said that even when a quarterback is replaced during a game, the linemen know all the other quarterbacks well enough that the change does not cause a disturbance for the offense. Most offensive linemen on USU's football team are not concerned with their lack of recognition. "Recognition isn't really a big deal for offensive linemen," Long said. "It's not a glory position. We just get out there and do our job."

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there as one of the domiMy dad is a huge competinant players in the Big West tor. I think that's where I (Conference). get my work ethic, is from US: You have been with the him. He's come a long way team during the down years. in his life ... and he's focused What has been the differso much on us three girls. ence between those years He's just fun to be around. and this year? Is it the coach My mom is out of control. or the players? She calls all the time and AC: It's a mixture of both. now that I'm married, she's It's defivery supportive nitely ofJeff and I. 2<U started US: Do you liswith ten to any coach music before vour matches? (Tom) ~~~bie Peterson. AC: (pause) I He's like to listen to Senior brought rap before Oulliide hitter a whole games. It's not Visalia, Calif. one I like to lisnew Redwood HS 5-11 ten to all the approach time. In fact, I to vol• 22killsIS. Wyoming don't listen to leyball • TI1ree 20-pluskillgamesthisyear rap at all except that a lot • all-tioie!!SUkillleader before games. of us I'm a big alterhaven't seen for native girl. But a while. for some reason We get really team-oriented rap just gets me pumped up. and definitely game-like sitUS: Why did you start pfayuations, so we're definitely ing volleyball? ready for the game. As far as AC: Actually, my older sisthe team goes, sometimes ter, who is coaching now, we are more competitive in Shay (Gouldingpractice than in games. It's a Clemensen), played club really big deal when we can and high school ball and be really good friends and ended up playing college ball. I've been tagging along be really competitive. US: Anyone dead or alive, with her since I was 8, so I've been handling the ball who would you invite to since I was 8, but I didn't dinner? AC: My grandpa died when play until I was 13. So she was the biggest influence. I was young, and I would love to talk to him on an US: So it's not a big deal for adult level. Because he was her to be coach. an amazing man, and I AC: No. In fact, she would love to have him back coached me coached me for a little while and just when I was 14 years old. talk to him and get to know She's been here for tw6 years. I've always gone to know more about him. He's her for a little advice.and just so wise, he's just an things. And we have had a amazing guy. gr~t relationship on and off US: Who has been the the court. She's been great. biggest influence in your We've had no problems at life? AC: My mom and my dad. all.

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►VollEY From Page 8 Aggies' strengths. "Blocking almost gets a team more hyped up than a big kill," said Crosbie, "so that's a big strength." The Aggies have outblocked their opponents in every match they have won. Head coach Tom Peterson also credits his team's offense for its success. "Our offense is usually more sophisticated, and for sure faster, than almost anybody else," he said. Peterson would like to see his team commit fewer errors - then they have a better chance to win. "Even though I don't think we played particularly well against University of Wyoming or University of Pittsburgh [this past weekend], I think we were able to beat them because we didn't make as many errors compared to what we sta.rted off with," said Peterson.

The Aggies have been able to decrease their serving errors from approximately 20 per match to between six and 11 per match. , Crosbie said that confidence and consistency are necessary in order to keep their winning record. "There's a big difference between being cocky and being confident," Crosbie said. "With the athletes we have on our team, we have the ability to go out and make a really big presence on the floor being confident." Peterson said that the instate rivals and conference matches are must-wins. The goal as a team is to finish third in the Big West Conference and earn a berth into the NCAA playoffs. "It's a good feeling; we're improving our record,'\ Peterson said. "It's nice to know that we're on the ,yinning side."

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SYDNEY, Australia For grudge matches at the Olympics, it would be hard to top the United States against Australia in softball. More specifically,Lisa Fernandez against Australia. The American women are the defending gold medalists, losers of just one game in the 1996 Olympics. And it wasn't just any old game, either. Fernandez had a perfect game with two out in the 10th inning when Joanne Brown, an ex-teammate at UCLA, convened the courtesy runner softball teams are allowed in extra innings by hitting a two-run homer to beat her in an early-round game at Atlanta. It was just the second defeat in 117 games for the U.S. team. Then, some time later, someone sent Fernandez a picture postcard of the Australians celebrating the victory, a little reminder of an unpleasant moment that

did not sit well with the American star. "It was motivation to keep improving," she said, "not something to laugh about." Things got worse before they got better. Fernandez was burned again in 1998 when her throwing error allowed the winning run to score in Australia's 2-1 victory over the United States at the world championships, ending a 42-game U.S. winning streak. In the finals, she exacted some revenge with a 1-0 win, hitting a home run and throwing a one-hitter that gave the Americans their founh world title in a row. Take that, mate . Since then, the teams have played often with the Americans losing three games but winning the last five before the Olympics. Fernandez was set to scan against the Australians in the latest rematch (\1/ednesday night EDT) after the Americans had a 112-game winning streak ended by

Japan. The game between Australia and the United States will by shown by MSNBC on Thursday along with rowing semifinals, <)'cling track finals and ten-

nis. !\TBCwillshow women's individual all-around finals in gymnastics, swimming finals in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, men's 200 backstroke, women's 100 freestyle and mens 200 individual medley relay, as well as swimming and a U.S. beach volleyball match in the morning and late night coverage of the U.S . men against Lithuania and volleyball between the U.S. men and Yugoslavia. CNBC has boxing and men's basketball. Fernandez geared up for the Olympics with five consecutive perfect games, striking out 162 batters in 67 innings. She won 10 straight games and compiled an earned run average of 0.03. Not even Nolan Ryan was ever that unhittable.

On the way to Sydney, Fernandez threw another perfect game against the University of Hawaii, in which she struck out all 16 batters before the game was called by bad weather, probably saving the hitters funher embarrassment. So how does Fernandez do it? Stan with a herky-jerky ,vindmill motion that leaves hitters rubbery-legged wondering what's coming next. Riser? Sinker? Swerve? Curve? She throws at about 68 mph but from the softball distance of 40 feet - more like 37 when the ball is released - hitting her can be confounding. Even for major leaguers. Fernandez has thrown in charity settings against twotime National League MVP Dale Murphy, David Justice and Bobby Bonilla. Justice was not amused at some windmill pitcher, a woman wearing shorts, trying to get him out. "This isn't softball," he said. "This is professional baseball."

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SYDNEY, Australia - Imagine being Lance Armstrong's teammate. You give a news conference and nobody even asks you a question - unless it's about Lance. But that's what happens nowadays when The Lance Show rolls into town. Armstrong is back at the Olympics, for the third time. But this time, things are oh so different. In the intervening four years, he has become a star - one of those stars whose fame transcends their sport. Four years ago in Atlanta, the Texan cyclist finished way out of medal contention. Known as a good rider, but not necessarily a great one, he left Atlanta not knowing that he was ill - very ill.

T.vo months later, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. Doctors gave him about a 50 percent chance of surviving. The story of Armstrong's recovery was stunning enough. Then there was his remarkable victory in the 1999 Tour de France, one of the most grueling events in all sports. And then, as if to show it was no fluke, he repeated that victory this year. At a news conference Tuesday, the trappings that go along with Armstrong 's newfound fame were evident to all. Though it was billed as a news conference for the U.S. team, virtually every question went to Armstrong. Finally teammate George Hincapie got a ch;mce: What, the questioner wanted to know, was it like being on a team

where one person gets all the attention? We're used to it, Hincapie replied. Armstrong proclaimed himself ready to ride in Sydney and almost fully recovered from a broken neck venebra, suffered in a hair-raising training crash last month in the winding roads near his home in Nice, France. The 29-year-old ,viii compete in the Sept. 27 road race and the Sept. 30 time trial, an event that has become his specialty, and one he's tailored his training to fit. "The neck is a slight problem," Armstrong said. "It's probably about 90 percent right now. I can still ride. I can still train, and I ,viii be able to race. Sitting on a time trial bike is not a problem.... The scary part is trying to avoid another crash on the injury."

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they don't necessarily have to listen to us, and in many cases they don't. In my opinion, the "one-party system" for African Americans has been our curse. When I saw Vice President Al Gore pander• ing to the NAACP crowd, even emulating the stereo· typical oratory of African American preachers, my stomach turned. He and his liberal Democratic cronies assumed that if they played the music right, we'd dance to their tune. · I was insulted by his presumption and disappointed by our gullibility . I wonder if Lee Alcorn, who resigned as president of the Dallas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after making anti -Semitic remarks about Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, would have been denounced as he was if Lieberman had been a Republican. Yet while the majority of African American lead• ers have career commitments to the Democrats, there is a small but growing number of black urban prof ession als ("buppies") who are reconsidering the long - and short-term bene-

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For as long as I can remember, both sides of my family have been regis• tered voters with the Democratic Party and unquestionably - and ' often without thinking voted the Democratic tick • et. But when Ronald Reagan was running for president in 1980 - pri • 1 marily because of his ' emphasis on moral and 1 ethical integrity, and his ,1 conspicuous embrace of l conservative concerns · regarding faith in God and . the church, I changed par• ties and voted Republican. I I have done so ever since. : For the first several 1 years after changing party affiliations, I was a "closet , Republican," pr(marily ; be~ause Republicans and · their party pl atform have : been considered the enemy · of Afri can Am ericans and other minorities . The ~ Democratic leadership · knows that, for the most part, they have our vole, so

fits of our carte blanche commitment to the party's liberal agenda. Within the African American community, there are some defi nite conservative instincts and inclinations. To those people, I would say: It's all right to be black and Republican. African ·Americans are making more money, seizing more opportunities and accessing more power and influence than ever before . We've never before realized the powerful advantages of a capitalistic society. But after decades of strong, forceful and consis tent civil rights activism and the continuing influence of the powerful and prophetic dreams of Martin Luther King Jr., African Americans - particularly the baby boom generation - are beginning to experience different options and political dispositions. Some high -profile African American commentators have denounced the Republican Party's attempt to include minorities in their convention, accusing them of "tokenistic" motives and of "air•brush • ► SEE REPUBLICAN

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The National Security Agency museum has no address. Neither the exact number of employees nor budget of the National Security Agency (NSA) is public knowledge. However, the budget for 1998 was estimated at about $27 billion. That's about $100 per year for every man, woman and child in the United States. I think they can afford to have a free museum and hand out free decoder rings while they' re at it. If you happen to be driving somewhere between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore and you see the sign, pull over and check it out. Be warned, I'm pretty sure they are scanning the DNA of every person who enters the place and any day now the authorities are going to get me for that little college political incident I was involved in back in

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1976. I can also warn you not to refer•to it as a "spy" museum to any of the per• sonnel. Even though the place is loaded with satellite photos, old decoding machines and relics of the Cold War, there are officially no spies. "We're not a spy museum, we're the national Cryptographic museum," they told when I visited a while ago. "Oh," I said. It doesn't matter what you call it, the Cold War has given us all sorts of coolly scary stuff. You can go to Wal-Mart and buy a GPS locator for $99 that works on the same technology designed to pinpoint nuclear missile attacks accurate enough to hit Castro's cigar. Despite what Vice President Al Gore says, the Internet has military underpinnings. And, of course, anyone with enough cash can buy a Hum-Veer, which was designed both to preserve democracy and make you the baddest SUV on the road. You can also go on line now and download formerly classified spy satellite photos that are accurate enough to tell if you cut your lawn or not last week. It makes you think about that time when you were doing that slightly

illegal thing in what you thought was the privacy of your backyard. You'd better not run for that city council office after all. The Cold War is full of historical highlights, and they are all blithely outlined at the there-are-no-spies museum. Find out how the hand-crafted gift that the Russian children gave to the U .5. ambassador to the Soviet Union actually contained a hidden microphone. Learn how we denied that there were U2 (not the band) spy planes until one was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. Gary Power, who survived being shot down and imprisoned by the USSRfor flying the U2 spy mission, but died in 1977 when his LA traffic helicopter ran out of gas and plunged to the ground, would say otherwise. If you are really brave, go to the NSA Web page and submit a request for informdtion on your own name www.nsa.gov/docs/ efoia/index.html. Like they are really going to tell you unless you are an alien and I mean from another world, not another country. According to NSA statistics the most requested files involve formerly classified documents on UFO investigations.

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Legalize drugs? Sure, why not murder too? Dear Editor, The article by Rich Timothy inspired me. I don't know about anybody else, but I think he is right on. What I got from his article is that if something is illegal and someone does it we should just legalize it. Take murder, a lot of people get killed everyday by someone else. If we legalize it then those that kill someone for their shoes, car or wallet don't have to feel guilty cause it is legal. We are a society that doesn't like to see someone suffer are we not? So now, no one else has to feel guilty that we lock people up in prison for something so many other people are doing. Thus saving money on psychiatric help, and just think this would totally eliminate the need for the death penalty. Wow, we would be solving so many problems already by legalizing just one heinous act. We'll also just ignore those obvious reasons why we shouldn't even consider legalizing murder/drug use, like it ruins people's lives or, with drug use, it destroys the body and mind. Also this means we can give up on the tired fight against murder/drugs. I know it was the right thing to do, but fighting a losing battle even if it's the right thing to do just becomes old after a while. And we can then spend the money saved on the fight against murder in more impor tant ways like teaching kids how to murder someone so that they can get what they want. In conclusion, I really think that by legalizing murder no one will want to do it because they can and that will save a lot of lives, I mean alcohol doesn't cause any one to get hurt or anything does it? Also if Amsterdam has legalized drugs, shouldn't we? P.S.Saying that if someone brings drugs to school, then they need to bring some for every• one is vile and repulsive. If you don't have better things to write then you need to get out of journalism, cause that is not writing.

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Clean up your acts, scuzballs Dear Editor, I am fortunate to have the opportunity to gain an intimate view of this beautiful Valley that we live in by either riding a bicycle or spending a few hours on some trail. Upon the return of a recent excursion I was prompted to look up the words "scuzball" and "dirtbag." I thought that since both words were interchangeable, they would be easy to find. In spite of my best efforts, they were not to be found in my dictionary . Not to be discouraged, however, I came up with my own definition for those of you who may want to look them up later. The definition goes as follows:

Scuzball- (phonetic spelling), n. American slang. 1. Homo Sapiens of various shapes, sizes, and colors. Scuzballs are easily identified by observing their thoughtless defecation of the landscape. The tell tale signs of a Scuzball are beer containers, empty cigarette packs, trash and paper floating down the highway, and/or any other form of discarded material that turns an otherwise beautiful landscape into a garbage dump.

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I am hopeful that these definitions will be useful to those people who might be searching for them. With regards to those individuals whose behavior categorizes them as a Scuzball, please act out of character and refrain from throwing this in the street after you have finished reading it.

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Preventative fire strategy need serious renovation to keep natural fires small ~

~~S_IQ!!T BruceBabbitt, U.S.Secretary ofInterior Special toL.A.Times Earlier this month, as

30,000 firefighters began to demobilize, President Clinton proposed a new national fire management program. Congress should act on this proposal before adjourning in October. The president's program includes recovery assistance for forest communities and funds to rehabilitate and replant fire-scarred landscapes. It will assist state programs to upgrade community fire departments, improve building codes and expand fire safety education. The president also proposes a major new initiative to restore western forests to ecological health, making them more resistant to large, destructive fires. Most of our western forests evolved with frequent, low-intensity ground fires that thinned out the underbrush, consumed

ground fuel and maintained a healthy forest structure. After 100 years of intense fire suppression, these forests, once open and sunlit, are now dense with clusters of small doghair pine and white fir. Firefighters call these small trees "gasoline rags" because of the explosive way they carry ground fires up into uncontrollable crown fires involving the taller trees. To restore forest health and reduce the risk of large, uncontrollable fires, we must take steps to return to the natural cycle of low-intensity ground fires. The challenge is that many forests are so dangerously explosive that in some areas, particularly in the suburban fringes, we must begin by thinning the forest before applying prescribed fire. The Interior and Agriculture departments have sponsored successful demonstration projects using this mix of thinning and prescribed fire to reduce fire risk in Flagstaff, Ariz., and in communities along the Rocky Mountain front. It is time to scale up. President Clinton has asked Congress to appropriate nearly $1.6

billion to accelerate fire preparedness and fuel reduction projects throughout the West. Some critics are taking aim at this initiative because they are unfamiliar with the recent advances in fire science and forestry that underlie the proposal. Most of the criticism is coming from the timber industry, which wants to renew the old battle about whether to have more or less logging on public lands. Logging and thinning, however, are two very different concepts. Logging is about taking more big, old-growth trees that are not fire hazards and that are badly depleted in many forests. Thinning is about weeding out the unnatural accumulations of small-diameter trees that create explosive fire conditions. The timber companies are stepping forward, proposing to do the thinning in the traditional manner of logging: The Forest Service advertises a bid, the winning company pays the bid price and goes to work. But the timber companies won't bid to cut anything unless they can cut enough big trees to meet their profit goals.

Environmentalists fear that the Forest Service would eventually give in to timber company demands, and they may well be right. Why? Because under an old law called KnutsenVandenberg, the Forest Service budget is financed by receipts from timber contracts. In this sweetheart system, there's no money for the budget unless the logging contracts are on terms acceptable to the timber companies. This incentiveto-log system ought to be abolished. Meanwhile, there is no place for KnutsenVandenberg timber contracts in forest restoration programs. Besides, there is a better way. The work of thinning shouldn't be done by either timber companies or by the federal government. It is best done by community agencies, creating jobs in the woods for local residents on the old Civilian Conservation Corps model. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and I will be meeting with western governors and local communities in coming weeks to formulate guidelines for such a program.

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he would dismantle the national intelligence system and call for general elections in which he would not run. Friday, national television broadcast a video in which chief spy Montesinos appears to be bribing a congressman to support Fujimori. The video, which shows Montesinos in his office counting the money before handing it over, seems to confirm charges in the independent Peruvian press that Montesinos was at the pinnacle of widespread government corruption. The public's demand for Montesinos' ouster was immediate, but few expected Fujimori also to call it quits. As a terse statement from the Organization of American States suggests, Fujimori must have "judged that continuing as head of

state could mean uncertainenough to demand an indeties and represent an obstapendent investigation. Fujimori must leave office cle for the normal develcpment of the democratic constitutionally, after arranging a public referendum to process." Peru's modern history includes free elections decide how and when to punctuated by military rule. hold a special election. The same referendum could also Fujimori himself won his reform the courts and electhird term as president this toral agency, adding badly year after getting lawmakers needed credibility to Peru's to change the constitution so electoral process. The he could run again. Fujimori Organization of American has not regained the respect States, which has been of his Latin American peers, encouraging reform of Peru's and relations with the United electoral institutions, should States remain shaky. stay closely involved. Now, Fujimori has to keep Peru is at a, pivota~ moment~ all of his promises, starting ~jimori's battered and dividwith complete deactivation ed opposition must rouse of the abusive intelligence itself as a democratic force. system. There were disputed And Washington should send reports Monday that a very clear message to the Montesinos had been arrestPeruvian armed forces that a ed, amid general fears about military coup would have how the army might react. serious consequences in relaIn any case, the charges tions with the United States. against him are grave

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to start somewhere. How could there be more minorities on the floor until there are minorities on the stage with whom they can identify? It is far more effective to address African American concerns from within the party than from outside it. Gen. Colin Powell had much greater impact and influence on issues such as affirmative action and broadening the appeal to minority concerns during the Republican convention in Philadelphia than he

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MIAMI - A sea plane taking off from Cuba was hijacked Tuesday and went down in rough international waters off Key West with at least 14 people aboard, authorities said. The fate of those on board was not known, and it was not clear if the plane, which is able to land on water, had crashed. The Russian-made Antonov AN-2 Colt took off from Pinar de! Rio, Cuba, and went down about 90 miles southwest of Key West and 75 miles northwest of Havana, U.S . officials said. The area is southwest of the Marquesas, a group of rocky, uninhabited islands stretching 15 to 20 miles west of Key West, Petty Officer Steven Carriere said at the

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out of Key West, was expected to be first on scene. The plane disappeared from U.S. radar shortly before 11 a.m., Stover said. The loss of radar contact didn't mean the plane had crashed. The long-range single-engine bush plane is equipped with pontoons for taking off and landing on water. It is used for passenger flights, cropdusting and forest fire suppression. Air traffic control in Havana notified the air traffic control center in Miami at 8:45 a.m. that an aircraft was being hijacked and flying northwest out of Cuba, said Kathleen Bergen, an A spokeswoman in Atlanta. The FAA had no voice or radar contact with the aircraft, Bergen said. Jose Zavala, a supervisor at Cuba's Institute of Civil Aeronautics in Havana, said by telephone the plane was used for agricultural work. He declined to provide any other details.

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