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One week into America's election limbo, Florida's Republican secretary of state certified George W. Bush's narrow lead Tuesday night, even as thousands of disputed ballots were counted into the night at Al Gore's behest. "When is it going to end?" asked Bush aide James A. Baker ill. There was no answer in sight. Baker floated a proposal to cease the ballot-by-ballot fight for Florida's 2 5 electoral votes and the White House, but Democrats said he offered nothing new - and dismissed it outright. With lawyers and judges front and center in the presidential election, nerves began to fray and adjectives failed to serve. "It's like the seventh day of being held hostage," stammered Jeb Bush, governor of Florida and the harried brother of the GOP presidential hopeful. Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a Bush
>-ALMANAC After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress, sitting in its temporary capital of York, Penn., agreed to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union on Nov. 15, 1777. In 1968, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, in its day the largest ocean liner ever built, ended its last voyage as a passenger carrier. In 1984, Baby Fae, a month-old infant who received a baboon's heart to replace her congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California.
supporter, announced Tuesday night that the Texas governor had a 300vote lead - with overseas absentee ballots and ongoing recount totals pending. An unofficial AP tally had Bush ahead by 286 votes out of 6 million votes cast. Her announcement came almost three hours after a 5 p.m. vote-counting deadline, upheld earlier by state Judge Terry Lewis. He turned aside Gore's arguments to lift the deadline, but gave Harris the authority to accept or reject follow-up manual recount totals afterward. Lewis' decision was a setback for the vice president, who wanted a clear order lifting the Tuesday deadline, but his lawyers found solace in ruling language urging Harris to consider "all appropriate facts and circumstances" when recount totals are fued. Harris said she will require counties filing late recount numbers to explain in writing by 2 p.m. Wednesday why new vote totals should be accepted.
"Unless I determine, in the exercise of my discretion, that these facts and circumstances ... justify an amendment to today's official returns" the totals will stand, she said. Gore decided to hold off an appeal of Lewis' ruling and press forward with recounts in four Democratic-leaning counties. Gore's advisers hope Harris will approve the hand-counted ballots though they expect the worst - and are prepared to appeal if she does not. Officials in Volusia County pledged an appeal, saying they needed more time to complete their hand recount. "If the secretary of state arbitrarily refuses to accept the amended returns based on the recount and violates what this court has ruled ... which is to accept those results unless she has good reason not to, then we will be back in court," said a new member of Gore's massive legal team, David ► SEE STILL NO PRES
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IVY KORMAN, Director of Special Projects for the Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, shows the proper procedure for evaluating ballots Tuesday. / Jeffrey Boan photo, Miami Herald
Hallwill have a house to come home to CILa requirementfor most JAMES JENKINS
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Utah State University's president-elect, Kermit L. Hall, will be receiving a new house along with his new position. Ground was broken for the new presidential house in September, and it will be completed in late Spring 2001. According to a Utah State Board of Regents policy, every higher education institution must provide a residence for the university president and his or her fam- THIS IS THE SITE where the new USU president's house will be built. The lot is located at approximately 1400 N . 1350 East. The ily on or near the campus. house will be completed in late Spring 2001./;"aul Jackman photo The home is being built at approximately 1400 N. have approximately 3,600 quarters . 13 50 East. square feet on the main floor The house was designed A committee including and 2,920 square feet on the to fit into the surrounding representatives from the uni- second floor. The first floor . neighborhood with an earthversity, Board of Regents, will be used for large gathertoned brick exterior, canBoard of Trustees and the ings. crete sills and asphalt comcommunity chose the site. Frequently, the president posite shingle roof. The 5.8-acre lot was purhosts many receptions, dinThe current house wasn't chased in 1994 for$ 140,000. ners and other official ftmcbuilt to accommodate large T.he regents plan on selling tions for influential visitors, gatherings, said Fred four acres as residential lecturers, performers, potenHunsaker, vice president of home sites to help pay the tial donors and others, said administrative affairs . cost of the presidential James MacMahon, vice presPresident George H. house . ident for advancement. Emert said many times he Other funds come from Such areas will be approhas had to move furniture donor revenues, investment priately furnished with out to the garage to host earnings from the sale of Elizabeth Rogers, a faculty activities at his house. former President Cazier's member in the department When the Emerts have house and the future sale of of Human Environments, hosted visitors, parking has the current presidential helping the committee with caused an inconvenience to house. No legislative funds the interior design. neighbors. Often guests have will be used in the project. The Halls will furnish the had to walk long distances The $800,000 home will second floor for their living after parking.
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>AGGIBNEWS NUGGETS Soil scientist Phil Rasmussen was selected as the country's first specialist under NASA's Geospacial Extension program, which uses satellite images to help farmers and ranchers minimize environmental impacts while maximizing production, and helps natural resource managers make decisions for the planet's future.
ASUSU supports funding for journals in libraries JESSICA WARREN
Senior Writer
The Associated Students of Utah State University Executive Council voted on and passed the bill to recommend lobbying for the restoration of funding for higher education libraries. The Utah Council of Student Body Presidents has a student lobbyist to take issues to the state legislature dealing with higher education. James Maynard, this year's lobbyist, does general lobby-
ing for money to minimize the need for tuition increases . Last year the Utah State Legislature elected not to provide special funding for journals to libraries of higher education. Jim Stephenson, Academics vice president, said it is important to have this funding because library resources are important for research . The bill states USU was forced to cancel 160 subscriptions to journals because of the lack of funding. Sandra Keil, College of
Natural Resources senator, said many classes have no text books because information is changing all the time . She, along with Katie Collett, College of Agriculture senator, said students rely on information in journals . Eric Worthen, Graduate Studies vice president, said graduate students particularly rely on journal resources for conducting research and writing theses. · The bill also made point ►SEE ASUSU
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All undergraduate students attending Utah State University under the semester system are required to fulfill the Computer and Information Literacy (CIL) requirement as mandated by University Studies. All colleges and universities in Utah have the same requirement as part of their general education . "The biggest problem we have is students do not know about [the Computer and Information Literacy requirement}," said Stacie Gomm, director of the CIL ·program. "They are going to find out about it when they are trying to graduate." The USU program requires students who enrolled for or after Fall Semester 1998 (except transfer students who meet the requirement at another institution) to pass six tests in the areas of electronic mail, computer ethics, information resources, operating systems, document processing and spreadsheets. Although the tests are required for graduation, "there is no letter grade, score or college credit associated with passing any of the examinations," according to the CIL Web site cilserver.ser.usu.edu. After taking a test, students are notified by e-mail as to whether or not they have passed. Once a student has completed all six of the tests, he or she must fill out a form to get the information recorded on their transcript. Some students feel the requirement meets an important need . "Any career you have , even if you do something outdoors, will require you to know how to use computers," said Robby Stapleton, a USU student . "It's good motivation for people to acquire computer skills," said USU student
Rich Rasmussen. But other students are confused about the requirement and concerned about the fee process . "I didn't even know I was supposed to take them , and I have to have to them done by next semester because I'll [have more than 37 credits], " said USU student Mat Binggeh . Incoming freshmen are automatically assessed a $30 fee for the exams, and are expected to pass them before earning 37 credits from USU. Students with more than 37 credits are charged an additional $15 to reactivate their CIL accounts. The credit count begins when a student enters USU and does not include AP, C LEP or transfer credits . Students who were not automatically charged the $30 must fill out the CIL registration form over the Internet and pay the fee at the USU cashier 's office. CIL staff members are currently working on a project to send an e-mail to students who are close to graduation and still need to fulfill the requirement , Gomm said. The CIL staff offers online tutorials and short courses on Thursday nigh ts to help students who need to update or refresh their skills. Students who don 't know much about computers can enroll in one of several classes that integrate CIL skills into the curriculum. The newest is USU 1000, a pass/fail course that gives class members deadlines to pass each of the exams. Other classes are INST 1000, BISE 1400, CS 1010 and ENGR 1010. The CIL exams must be taken in the Science and Engin eering Research building computer lab, Room 108. Lab hours, skill requirements and answers to other questions can be found on the CIL Web site at cilserver.ser.usu.edu
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Rally calls for resignation of Philippine President Estrada
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MANILA, Philippines - Thousands of workers and students staged a rally late Tuesday near the palace of President Joseph Estrada, pressing their demand that he step down without waiting for the outcome of an impeachment trial on corruption charges. Many demonstrators stayed into the night, some burning effigies of Estrada and carrying signs calling for and end to his two-year-old presidency. One large banner read "Mr. Estrada, give the Filipi~o people a merry Christmas, resign
now." The rally came at the end of a day of protests and a general strike by an unusual alliance of left-wing workers and conservative business groups that forced the closure of offices and many schools in several cities nationwide. On Monday, the House of Representatives sent impeachment charges to the Senate against Estrada, who is accused of taking illegal gambling payoffs. But the protesters fear a prolonged impeachment process would extend the country's political crisis and further damage its economy. Estrada reiterated that he will not resign and looks forward to defending himself against the allegations in the impeachment trial, Press Secretary Ricardo Puno said. "He finds it unfortunate because ... he has already made it very clear that he is not going to resign and that he will go through the impeachment process," Puno said. A provincial governor testified last month that he had given . .. the president more than · •• ,_: _•,-, !~~~ii!i;;~;~~?al ., · and tobacco taxes, • ':. __' ., tri15geringc~lls for ·"' his res1gnat:1on. AFP photo/Joel Nito Estrada is the
first Philippine president to be impeached, although motions were raised against four others, including former dictator Ferdinand Marcus. The scandal have caused the country's currency, the peso, and its stock market to. plunge, although both rose slightly Tuesday on bargain hunting and hopes that a trial will restore political stability. At the stock exchange in Manila, brokers wearing black arm bands walked off the trading floor, clapping their hands and chanting, "Erap resign," using the president's popular nickname. Outside, they briefly joined activists in a street protest against Estrada. "If he does not resign, the market will continue to go down," said Romer Tan, one of about 100 stockbrokers who joined the hourlong walkout. "It's about time we drive home the message to the president." In metropolitan Manila's Ortigas business district, hundreds of business owners and employees, many in business suits, joined a rally led by pro-democracy activists. They used a laptop computer to send an e-mail message asking Estrada to step down. "We urge you to make the supreme sacrifice that will get the country back,on the road to recovery," the e-mail re1fd. About 30,000 people joined protests in the central city of Bacolod, organizers said. Streets were empty in Davao, a bustling southern port city, as many office workers chose to stay home. There was no formal vote on impeachment Monday by the full House, and it was unclear whether the process fulfilled the legal requirements for impeachment. At least one lawmaker said the Senate might reject the complaint because of procedural flaws.
TaxandbudgetdecisionspostponeduntilDecember CURT ANDERSON
AssociatedPress
WASHINGTON - Congress sent Ptesi'd'ent' Clinton legislation Tuesday to stave off a potentially damaging transAtlantic trade war by replacing a U.S. exfort tax system that was judged an illega subsidy by the World Trade Organization. With the presidential race unresolved, lawmakers decided to postpone other major tax and budget decisions until December. But if the tax bill languishes beyond Friday, the. European Union is prepared to begin imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. "The clock is ticking, and only by acting now can we avoid a destructive trans-Atlantic trade war," said Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "There will be no winners in such a war." The bill, which cleared the Senate unanimously earlier this month, passed the House bv 316- 72. President Clinton is expected to sign it in time to meet the Friday deadline. The Senate also approved by voice vote a temporary spending measure to keep government programs running
through Dec. 5, rather than attempting to finish budget negotiations this week with the \,Vhite House for the fiscal year that 9egan Oct. 1. Lawmakers said rhere was too much1uncertainty and distraction surrounding the Florida presidential recount. Although Congress won't be in session, some negotiations will continue while the election is settled. "We will continue to meet on the issues that are outstanding," said Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. Later Tuesday, the House and Senate passed on voice vote a measure providing $445 million in federal payments for the District of Columbia's 2001 budget. The bill initially faced a veto threat over language limiting needle exchanges for drug addicts and banning tobacco possession by minors, but those items were removed and Clinton is expected to sign it. Also Tuesday, the White House asked Congress to provide an additional $750 million this year in mostly military aid for Israel, Egypt and Jordan as the Middle East struggles through a period of renewed violence. That would come on top of more than $3 billion already provided to the three countries. The trade tax bill, costing $4.5 billion
over 10 years, would replace the current U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation tax system that the EU successfully challenged in the WTO. The legislation would rewrite the law in an attempt to meet WTO guidelines but preserve in a new form tax breaks used by more than 6,000 U.S. companies to remain competitive globally. "The strong bipartisan support to pass the FSC repeal and replacement legislation demonstrates the United States' commitment to abide by its WTO obligations," said U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky. "The legislation fully addresses the WTO panel's findings and should put an end to this matter." European Union officials, however, have indicated they are likely to challenge this new system with the WTO as well. The United States had previously missed Oct. 1 and Nov. 1 deadlines to meet the WTO obligations, but the EU agreed to hold off on sanctions temporarily. Some House Democrats objected to the tax breaks because they apply to
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Smokedetectorviolationkills 7 ROCKY_MOUNf, N.C. (AP) - In the past two years, there have been rune fires and 24 smoke detector violations at houses owned by a single landlord, including a weekend blaze that killed seven people, authorities said Tuesday. Fire Chief Ken Mullen said Saturday's fire was likely caused by a ga_sh_eaterthat ignited papers and clothing. There were 17 people ms1de the home. The victims included six children. T?e ca~e ?f the fire has been listed as accidental pending further mvest:1gat:1on. No smoke detector was found in the rubble, although landlord Farouk Hamad said he had installed one. R~cords indicate the home was declared dilapidated in 1997 after mspectors found 106 building code violations. The house was ~!eared in 1998 after Hamadmade repairs. F1refighters have responded to nine blazes - eight residential and one commercial - at Hamad properties since 1998. Hamad said he owned bet;ween 40 and 50 houses, but city records show the number closer to 70. The causes of the earlier fires ranged from faulty wiring to children playing with matches. Two houses were burned severely enough that they were demolished. Since January, inspectors have found 24 smoke detector violations at Hamad's properties, Mullen said.
Proposed rule would increase speed of rear crash tests WASHINGTON (AP) -Automobiles would have to pass two higher-speed crash tests to be sold in the United States under rules proposed hy Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater that are designed to reduce post-crash vehicle fires. Although vehicle fires only occur in about 1 percent of crashes, 4 percent of the people killed inside a vehicle in 1998 were in a crash involving fire, according the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Joan Claybrook, president of consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said her group has been pushing for the higher-speed test for years. She said at today's higher speed limits rear-end collisions can puncture the back of the gas tank and easily start a fire. "T?is is long overdue and I'm pleased they are moving on it," she said. Instead of the current rear crash using a flat, rigid barrier at 30 mph, the proposed test would use a barrier more representative of a typical vehicle's front end at a speed of 50 mph. The side impact fuel system integrity test would be upgraded from 20 mph using the rigid barrier to 33.5 mph using the new less rigid barrier. NHTSA estimates up to 7 million new vehicles would be affected by the proposal at a cost of $5 or less per vehicle. The estimate of benefits ranges from 8 to 21 lives saved annually. The proposal would give manufacturers three years to meet the new rear impact requirements and one year to comply with the side impact requirements. It would apply to all cars, light trucks, SUVs and buses weighing less than 10,000 pounds.
Federalinvestigatorsto examine plane crashthat killed rancher HA1'TKSVILLE, Utah (AP) - Federal investigators traveled here Monday to investigate a plane crash that killed a local rancher. Arthur Ekker, owner of the historic Robbers Roost Ranch, was trying to locate stray cattle from the air when his plane crashed Saturday, killing him and injuring his two passengers. The crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. in a wilderness study area southeast of Hanksville. Ekker died as he was flown to a Grand Junction, Colo., hospital. Ryan Johnson, 26, Marje Durrell, 70, both suffered multiple fractures and cuts and were listed in fair condition Monday, a hospital spokesman said. Robbers Roost Ranch was started by Arthur Ekker's grandfather in 1908 in what is still some of the most remote country in the West. In 1975, Arthur Ekker led Robert Redford and a team of celebrities along the Robbers Roost portion of the Outlaw Trail, which legendary criminal Butch Cassidy and his gang, the Wild Bunch, used as a home and hideaway.
Juryawardsparaplegicman millions for defectiveseat belt CAMDEN, N.J. (AP)- General Motors must pay $5.5 million to a handyman who was paralyzed in a car crash because of a defective seat belt, a jury has decided. Harold Tucker, 69, of Salem, will receive $2.5 million for future medical care and $3 million for the pain he suffered, said his lawyer Andrew Rossetti. Tucker had asked for, but was not granted, an additional $1 million in interest. The eight-person jury came to its decision Monday after a monthlong trial and was expected to deliberate Wednesday on possible punitive damages. Tucker was riding in the passenger seat of a 1989 Buick Regal on Nov. 28, 1995, when he leaned forward to try to retrieve a cigarette lighter, leaving a foot of slack in the shoulder belt. When the car crashed into another vehicle, "his body essentially moved as if it was unrestrained," said Rossetti. GM lawyers had argued that Tucker was not wearing his belt, which they claimed was in proper working order. The belt, used on GM models from 1976-90, was never subject to a recall, Rossetti said. While Tucker has regained partial use of his left leg and some movement in his arms, he will need a wheelchair for the rest of his life, Rossetti said. GM said through a spokeswoman that it would not comment until after the trial.
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USU professor studies effects of global w-arming WILL BETTMANN
Staff Writer
Professor Emeritus Frederic Wagner from the College of Natural Resources is coordinating a study on the effects of global warming in the Rocky Mountain/Great Basin region, which includes land in eight states including Utah. The study is part of a national effort, mandated by Congress, to prepare for the projected results of global warming. Across the United States, 18 separate regions are participating in the study. The region Wagner is coordinating includes land in Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana and Oregon. The study is using the most recent and complex climatic models to project the changes global warming could produce in the next century. "Climatologists believe that carbon dioxide concentration in the air will increase by one percent each year in the 21st century; so it will double by the end of the next century," Wagner said. "Based on that model, we're doing a 'what if' exercise. We're trying to determine what could happen in this region in the next 100 years." Not only will temperature increase, but precipitation could be as
much as double its current amount in the Rocky Mountain/Great Basin region. This could have positive effects for agriculture in the region, but it could produce negative side effects. For example, streams in the region may not be able to handle that much extra water, which would lead to widespread flooding. Another negative consequence would be the impact on the ski industry; Wagner said. "The rise in temperature could cause the snow pack in the mountains to melt, and this would obviously impact the industry," Wagner said. Although the Rocky Mountain region wouldn't be directly impacted by a rise in sea level, climatologists believe that a 2 to 6 degree temperature change would cause a 3 to 6 foot rise in sea level. This is worrisome for cities like New Orleans that are at or below sea level and are already losing ground to the rising ocean. Another side effect of increased precipitation is that vegetation growth could increase, which in turn could lead to bigger and more frequent forest fires. Wagner received a grant of $250,00 to work on this project. He said he has mostly worked with professors and natural resource profes-
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shows an ambient temperature of 82 degrees. Some worry that global warming will cause flooding, higher ocean levels and less snowpack, meaning that eventually it may not be just greenhouses that are this warm in November./ Joe Rowley photo
sionals from within the region. When he is done with his report, he will submit it to a coordinating office in Washington, D .C., which will present reports from all 18 regions to
Congress. 'We need to alert people that this might be coming," Wagner said. "That way, people can begin to prepare and make adjustments."
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► STILLNO PRES end? I ask you, when is it going to end?" "It truly was not aproposal," sniffed Gore campaign chairman William Daley during a visit to Capitol Hill to calm Democrats leaders. "It was strictly, in my opinion, an inaccurate description of the laws of Florida. The laws of Florida will be determined by the courts." If any Democrats were jittery about the course Gore was steering for the party, they appeared to benefit from handholding on Tuesday by Daley. "The support of the caucus is solid, " said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, even as Democrats said privately they would reassess after final overseas ballots are counted Friday. Bush's team has heard some complaints from Republicans who want him to be more aggressive in courts and in the media. "There's a sense of helplessness, that we're watching an American presidential election being stolen right out from under our nose and nothing's being done to stop it, " said Rusty Pau~ former Georgia GOP chairman. Both Bush and Gore were lying low. Gore called for calm on Monday but declined to field reporters' questions. Bush monitored the legal fight from his ranch in Texas for a third straight day and expected to talk to journalists Wednesday. The presidents-in-waiting are trying to strike a balance between their desire to be seen as prepared - and a fear that
they will appear overeager. Gore leads in the nationwide popular vote by just 200,000 votes out of 100 million cast, but the Electoral College tally is so close that whoever takes Florida almost certainly will win the White House . Only three times in the nation's history has a candidate won the popular vote but lost the presidential race, the last time in 1888. Not counting Florida, Bush carried 29 states for 246 electoral votes. Gore counted 19 states plus the District of Columbia for 262 electoral votes, with 270 needed for victory. Gore led in New Mexico but the state remained too close to call. Republicans have talked about challenging Gore's victories in close-voting states other than Florida, but the tactic would be a long shot. A new poll Tuesday said voters believe the results of the recount in Florida should determine the next president. The Bush campaign has said for days it would accept the results of absentee ballots and those certified by Tuesday. Baker threw in the manual counts in a further effort to portray Bush as the only candidate who wanted the issue resolved quickly. He saiJ Bush was taking a risk because manual counts could erode his lead. But Republicans have closely monitored the recount process and knew there was little chance that Gore could overtake the Texan by Tuesday night .
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from other parts of the state, as Logan is only a small part of the legislature . The state Board of Regents has some power in allocating funds, but money is still needed from the legislature in order to meet needs in higher education , Riley said.
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From Page 1 Boies. The race tumbled to the courts a&er a statewide machine recount trimmed Bush's lead from I, 784 votes to a few hundred, prompting Gore to push for painstalong manual recounts and Bush to fight them in courts of law and public opinion. Officials in two counties tabulated ballots by hand Tuesday; with action in two other jurisdictions pending. Shoving matches and shouting fits punctuated the action inside and outside Florida's courtrooms. Jeb Bush said things were gettmg "nerveracking" throughout his state. "I can't even walk around outside now," he said at a town hall meeting 60 miles northwest of Tallahassee. President Clinton weighed in from Air Force One, telling AP reporters he hopes the dispute doesn't lead to a presidency crippled by controversy. "I iliink it's too soon to say that bitterness and partisanship will paralyze the next president," Clinton said as he flew from Hawaii to Brunei. "We don't know that." With the razor-thin lead in ballots counted so far, Baker said presidential candidate Busli would accept the results of manual recounts collected by close of business Tuesday and the overseas absentee ballots due in Friday. Both sides would also drop their dueling lawsuits, Baker said. "It would give us some degree of finality," Baker told reporters. "When is it going to
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will exceed 100,000 before 2015, and in order to accommodate the growth the county needs to adequately plan for the future, according to Bobbie Coray, president of the Cache County Chamber of Commerce . In a speech last week to a communications class, Coray said the Cache County Chamber of Commerce is the economic development information source of the valley. There are currently several technology-based companies that call Cache County home, Coray noted . She said these companies - and those like them - are attracted to the valley because of its environment and the quality of life. "But, in a recent survey given to the 70 top local businessmen in the valley, the number one concern expressed concerning growth was the decrease in the quality of life, " Coray said. "Many businessmen feel that the environment is being degraded by the growth and they think the county is not properly planning for the growth. As a result, the chamber is hoping to assist in that process." She said the Chamber has initiated what is referred to as The Cache Valley Initiative, an examination of the issues of growth and sprawl. "It is not a no-growth initiative," she said. "It is a planned-growth initiative." Currently, to drive from the Salt Lake City Airport to Cache Valley, Coray said, takes one hour and 15 minutes. With possible construction of subdivisions and "strip malls" along Hwy. 89 south of Logan, she said travel time could increase to two hours or more . She said the Chamber of Commerce is working hard to fight against connecting driveways to the highway because it will increase the time it takes
to travel in and out of Cache valley. This could be detrimental to the economic development of the valley because companies need quick access to the airport, she explained. 'We are facilitating strategies to give to county and city officials," Coray said. "We want to give them enough information so they can tell their friends that putting a driveway to a major road would be disastrous." Businesses in Cache County are here because of the quality of life it possesses, Coray said. However the growth may drive these businesses to move to Salt Lake because land is just as cheap and it is closer to the airport. Coray also said the Chamber of Commerce is supporting plans to expand the Logan-Cache Airport to keep technology-based companies here. Currently, she said, there are l 9 corporate jets that are housed at the airport. She said good air transporation, along with good FedEx and UPS air services are essential to these companies. If the valley does not plan now, businesses will have to move to a country that can accomodate them, Coray said. "There is really a lot more involved in these structural problems," Coray said. "We are facilitating solutions to these problems, because if we don't, who will?" The Chamber of Commerce is working on getting a redundant system for telecommunications lines into the valley. 'We have one good line into the valley, " Coray said, "but if it is cut, everything goes down." Coray said she believes the economic future for the valley is promising . She said with proper planning, the valley could withstand the growth and continue prospering. "But if we don't talk about these problems, it's over," Coray said.
The Bear River Health Department received a shipment of 4,000 doses of the influenza vaccine Tuesday. With this much of the serum on hand, the Health Department has decided to open its flu shots to anyone who wants one, but emphasis is still going to several high-risk categories. These high-risk categories include people over 50, residents of long-term facilities housing people with chronic medical conditions, anyone with serious Ion-term health problems and women who will be past the third month of pregnancy during the flu season. Although the Health Department's clinic wasn't scheduled to open until 9 a.m. Monday, people started arriving at 7:30 a.m. to get their flu shots. Between 8 a.m. and noon, 380 people received the influenza vaccine. For information on when and where these vaccines are available, call 7523730.
TimReynolds to playat USU Guitarist Tim Reynolds will be playing in the TSC Auditorium Thursday at 8 and 10 p .m . Reynolds recently recorded the " Live at Luther College" multiplatinum CD with Dave Matthews. The concert is part of his 2000 Solo Acoustic Tour "On the Road with Tim Reynolds," which kicked off in mid September. Tickets for the performance are $7 for USU students and $10 for non-students. Tickets can be purchased at the USU ticket office.
USUtakespartin 24thSmokeout Thursday, the American Cancer Society will host the 24th annual Great American Smokeout. This day is set aside for smokers to prove to themselves they can quit for one day. The USU Student Health Center and the Wellness Center will be participating in the Smokeout this year. Quit kit packets with information regarding how to quit smoking will be available in the basement of the TSC both today and tomorrow. According to the Student Health Center, more Americans try to quit smoking on the day of the Great American Smokeout than any other day of the year. Last year more than 604,800 adults proved to themselves that they could quite smoking. For information, contact Cynthia Allen at the Student Health Center, 797-1627 .
SchoolofFuture showstechnology The School of the Future will be demonstrating desktop video conferencing during the Tech Expo tomorrow. The Tech Expo will be from noon until 4 p .m. in the Ballroom of the Taggart Student Center. The Tech Expo is a showcase for technology in the classroom and will include presentations and displays from various faculty members and departments. The School of the Future's demonstration will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Sunburst Lounge.
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Troy Williams grew up in dents at marginal institutions interest of major investors. Mystic, Conn., and graduated - had to be so undernourishBut there is a paradox in from a small Chri~tian high ing. this transitional era. While the school with the six other Williams later transferred new image of the university members of the senior class. to Rice University, got a law as a no-frills, high-tech disHis father and older brother degree at Harvard and then penser of skills and informawere plumbers, but sink traps took the risk of starting his tion takes root, the old ideal and pipe wrenches did not own business - sleeping in of college as metaphysical rite appeal to him. He decided to his car and Iivi ng on butter of passagestill thrives. go to college instead. and spaghetti noodles. The Undergraduates of every conHis eventual result ceivable kind-.- single mothchoicewas the ers, laid-off steelworkers, one of the Houstonnewly arrived immigrants ~ few places are choosing higher education based compawilling to ny Questia in many different forms not take him Media Inc., just because it will earn them was King's higher salaries but because JayMathews, TheWashington Post where CEO College in Williams, 28, they have accepted t~e Briarcliff hopes to help American assumption that Manor, N.Y. It was tiny, and future blue-collar kids like college is something that seriso far down the prestige scale himself who want more than ous and responsible people it would eventually disappear a bargain-basement educashould try to do. It is the rare in a merger. While he was tion. He has raised $135 milAmerican parent who does there, courses were limited lion to launch an online not dream of her chi Id crossand the library seemed paring a university stage in a library of textbooks and long black robe. News featial to books published scholarly journals that even before World War II. the most ill-served and isolattures about troubled youth The experience left ed student can use to acquire · have a standard happy ending - somebody gets a scholarhim wondering the academic credentials that · ship to a good school. why college for define success. Higher education is changThat means the portion of people fike ing. The old model of four high school graduates applyhiming to college - about 63 marginyears seeking friendship, percent - is certain to rise, al stu- diversion and occasional enlightenment on a green as college becomes as much a part of the American life grassy campus is giving way to more varied and more cycle as high school is now. focused academic experiMiddle-class parents and stuences. Two-year commudents may fret about college nity colleges are boomapplication stress, but their ing. Online ventures anxiety is the byproduct of a like Williams', laudable social trend:· more although still life choices for more people. small and Will college graduates eventually outnumber the clumsy, have cap- available white-collar jobs? tured That worries some scholars, the but it's a risk worth taking. A university on its best days
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It's no secret that many students are on a tight budget, living from paycheck to paycheck, searching for any means reasonable to cut the bills and stretch the bucks. Students are paying for everything from housing and tuition to photocopies and computer printouts - let alone a little weekend fun. That's hard to fit into any budget, and especially a budget with income coming largely from a job competing for whatever scraps of a student's time aren't spent on schoolwork. But financial advisers say a little planning and dedication can help even students stretch meager budgets to meet a wide range of needs. Melinda Beaman, a financial services representative at the Logan branch of Mountain America Credit Union, said adherence to a number of important dos and don'ts can help a student stay financially fit. "The No. 1 thing I could tell students is don't use your credit card," she said, as students with credit cards often don't realize what they are getting into. "Even $100 makes a big difference." She said credit card companies base payments on interest rates and the time it takes to pay a bill off, and often a credit card user ends up paying high interest. Beaman said if a credit card is necessary, it is best to pay the full balance every month. She said in such a situation a
credit card can be useful when cash or other payment means aren't available. Beaman, who has given seminars on student budgeting in the past, said another tip she gives students is to write out a budget. "Th is is really hard for students to do, but making a budget is a good idea," she said. Though most students have a certain amount of money and feel they can spend it on whatever they want when it comes along and that budgets are for married couples, budgeting helps students now and in the future, Beaman said. "If you learn to save now it's so much easier," she said. Though budgets can be -overwhelming or difficult, Beaman said they don't have to be. In fact, one of the major criteria she sets for a budget is that it should be simple. She also said budgets should come from personal experience, fit specific incomes and situations and be geared toward individual needs. She said a budget doesn't work unless it is stuck to. It can, however, be adjusted if needs be, Beaman said. The key to good budgeting, however, is that people on budgets should re,vard themselves for "being good," Beaman said.
Other tips Beaman suggests for good money management include: • Don't go to the store hungry. Grocery shopping on an empty stomach is dangerous because the temptation for compulsive buying is greater, Beaman said. • Take the bus or carpool to cut down on gasoline costs as well as automobile maintenance costs. • Buy less convenience food, as one-serving convenience foods are often more expensive. • Spend less for certain expenses. Beaman suggested cutting down on cigarettes or buying cheaper c~othing. • Compare pnces. • Look for mark-down items and buy in bulk, when applicable. • Make use of leftovers and find more economical substitutes for ingredients when cooking from scratch.
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The gathered crowd pushes impatiently as each individual vies for a position at the front of the mass with pencil in hand. Practiced eyes scan the wall searching for some sign of a possibility. Students competing in a limited job pool may find being the first to spot an opening on the job board outside the Financial Aid office is the only way to pay for their education. Money for school can come in the form of scholarships, grants, loans and employment. There are both positive and negative aspects to each of these options . "Studies have found that having a job makes you more productive and enhances skills," said Paula Miller, a student employment coordinator. "They also make you more time ---"' effective." Greg Morris, a sophomore at Utah State University, said it is very
because college students are so desperate for work that employers can lower wages. He said he will have to go to a larger city to find a job that pays well enough to support him . For those who choose to work, there are opportunities available in Logan that the average job hunter may not be aware of. According to payroll statistics, 2,934 students currently work on campus. Miller said one of the best opportunities for students to make money is through the work study program. The money students make through work smdy acts like a scholarship in the respect that it doesn't count as wages on financial aid applications, Miller said. This program allows departments to hire students for only 25 percent of their wage. The other 75 per, cent is paid through the financial aid department, Miller said. Miller said work study is awarded based on who applies first and the highest need. It is re-awarded each semester. On-campus jobs don't allow students to work more than 20 hours a week, Miller said.
"Students shouldn't be expected to work more than that, but sometimes it just doesn't cut it," Miller said. In these cases, some students also take a job off-campus, but "it leaves no home life for you," Miller said. For a list of jobs, see the USU Student Employment Web site at www.usu.edu/-studemp/. Miller said this site is updated every day at 8 a.m. Other services that post information through the Employment Office are ICON, Pepperidge Farms, Kelly Services, SOS, Intermountain Staffing and other off-campus companies. "We have the largest amount of off-campus employment opportunities listed, mostly because it's a free service," Miller said. Miller said students should look for a job that will fit into their schedule and has a viable location. If a student doesn't have access to their own vehicle, they may not want to choose a job far from campus. "When considering jobs that pay strictly through commission, Miller warned students not to "get taken." The Employment Office doesn't post these jobs on the board. "I have a hard time with those," Miller said. "Students shouldn't believe everything they hear." But, for some students who are "really outgoing and are willing to go out and find the work," Miller said she has seen success with commission jobs. The Student Employment Office will host a summer job fair Feb . 13 in the Sunburst Lounge at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Representatives from parks, camps, resorts and some government agencies will be present to solicit summer job opportunities. For questions about finding a job, call Miller or Jennifer McGaughey at 7970183.
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After slowing for most of the 1990s, college tuition increases bumped upwards this year, the College Board announced Monday in its annual survey of college costs. The main Washington lobby for higher education said big increases in energy and health costs were responsible for the shift in tuition trends. Other college groups blamed financial pressures related to academic quality, student comfort and technology. Tuition at four-year public colleges rose an average of 4.4 percent for the 2000 school year, the first time since 1991 that the increase was higher than it had been the year before. Last year, public college tuitions increased 3.4 percent, on average. The latest tuition increases at private colleges averaged 5.2 percent, up from 4.6 percent a year ago. Tuition increases at private institu tions had also been headed down in the 1990s, although
the pattern was less consistent. It was the third time since 1988 that private college tuitions had increased faste: than they had in the previous year. Stanley Ikenberry, president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said colleges experienced a 10 percent increase in health insurance costs in the last year "along with double digit increases in energy prices." Youlanda CopelandMorgan, admissions and student aid director at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif ., said colleges have continued to face consumer pressure from parents to wire dormitories to the Internet and lower faculty-student ratios. "With so many students pursuing educations in technology fields, the cost is higher because of the facilities you need," added Linda Clement, admissions director at the University of MarylandCollege Park, where this year's tuition increase of 3.9 percent was below the nation-
al average. In addition to the uptick in tuition increases, The College Board reported that students this year received a record $68 billion in financial aid, with just over half coming in the form of federal student loans. Nevertheless, tuition increases over the past decade have outpaced the growth in both student aid and family income. In the last decade, a College Board analyst said, financial aid per full-time student has risen 74 percent and family incomes are up 20 percent, adjusted for inflation. But tuition has more than doubled in that period. The survey shows rublic colleges, which enrol twothirds of undergraduate students in four-year programs, are charging an average of $3,510 in tuition this year. At private colleges, the average is $16,332. Overall, the cost of tuition, room and board and fees for students living on campus at public colleges averaged $8,470. At private colleges it was $22,541.
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Education abroad - long a boutique experience for uppermiddle class students with a penchant for foreign languages - is rapidly expanding, bolstered by an increasing number of adventurers who take advantage of going abroad to explore their ethnic roots. More American college students went overseas to study last year than ever before - a 14 percent increase. That marked the third straight year of double-digit growth, according to a survey released Monday by the Institute of International Education.
Several factors drive the trend - a search for ethnic heritage, a wider array of programs, a booming economy that has made the dollar strong, and a growing international job market. Students "increasingly view themselves as connected to the global economy," said Allan E. Goodman, president of the institute. The surging popularity draws -students like Parag Ladhawala, a senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, who found that the management courses he took at Delhi University last year give him an edge in job interviews, especially for jobs overseas. Besides learning Hindi,
Ladhawala, whose family is of Indian descent, said prospective employees see he has become much more resourceful and self-sufficient. Academic leaders continue to worry that the majority of American students - like their parents - remain too insular. The 129,770 American students who got credit for studying abroad last year constitute a record number, but that is still far less than the 514,723 international students who came to America, notes the American Council on Education, a higher education lobbying group. The council released a pair ► SEE TRAVEL Page 6
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There are many opportunities available for the average Utah State University student to enhance his or her social life. One of them is being involved with a campus club or organization. More than 200 clubs on campus, from ECOS (Environmental Coalition of Students) to the Fantasy Gaming Guild, are open to all students. According to the Student Involvement Guide, the opportunities presented through club membership will help students explore and gain leadership skills and career-related experiences, apply understanding of classroom or research material and ?'eet n~w people while making a difference and contributing to the community.
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"They are less likely to be procrastinators," Williams says. "They plan more and are more serious about education. They know when they go to school, they will not be able to afford a new car or spend as much time with their kids." That was me as a graduate student. I was married, just out of the Army, scraping by on government grants and worried about getting a job. I attended every class, did every scrap of homework and learned more in nine months than I did in the four fun-filled undergrad years my parents had paid for. Much of the olci college hoopla will survive. Tne banners and sweat shirts and football cheers do no harm. But the increasing numbers of older, more intense undergraduates will alter the atmosphere. So many American teen-agers feel bad if they are not admitted to the college with the prettiest trees or the richest endowment. It will be good to expose them to students who judge the campus on what it teaches, and who see the Iibrary as a place to build an understanding of the world we live in rather than just a place to find a date for Saturday night.
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of surveys on Monday, one that lamented the continuing decline of college students taking foreign languages, which has dropped to 8 percent today from 16 percent in the 1960s. The other pointed out that nearly half of college freshmen said they plan on studying abroad, but that less than 3 percent of America's 14 million college students actually do so. "Many of our institutions are doing wonderful work in this area," said Stanley 0. Ikenberry, the president of the council. "But the overall level
of international activity- for whatever reason - is disappointing." All told, U.S. students can choose from 5,000 programs to study abroad, scattered around the globe. Some of the growth can be attributed to a prolifera~ tion of shorter-term programs, often limited to a swnmer or a semester. Still, educators have also seen increases students willing to commit to an academic year abroad. Colleges and universities in England remain the top destination for U.S. students.
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With finals looming closer, students at Utah State University may be wondering how to make the most of their study-time, and where they can go for tips and pointers on effective study habits. Some students want to form a method that will help them to sit down and focus. "It's hard to focus on just one subject, and to study one subject," said junior Marcie Hatch. Other students have trouble with procrastination. "I always wish I went through the material sooner," said freshman Jo Hanson. Students often find themselves "cramming" and having late-night or early-morning study sessions to cover information in time for a test. "I'm not getting any sleep," said sophomore Anna Vedina on the brink of an exam. If students are looking for ways to develop/ood study habits, they nee to be aware of the resources available to them, said Noelle Call, director of USU's Academic Resource Center. Students can come to the ARC for individual counseling on time management, how to study for each class and what they need to be doing to prepare for a test, Call said. The ARC also has a Web site at www.usu.edu/-acaserv/center/frames/lcframes.html. Here students will find idea sheets with advice on study habits, a tutor directory, a test anxiety management program and many other helps and hints for smarter studying, Call said. Students serious about learning to study effectively
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can also take a class in study skills, Call said. The classes offered by the ARC brochure include Psychology 1730, Strategies for Academic Success, and Psychology 1750, Comprehension Strategies for College Reading. "There are literally hundreds of strategies in 'StudySkill Land'," Call said. These classes are designed to help students find the method that works best for them, Call said. The Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program provides students with group study sessions that help them review class material and prepare for tests, Call said . "We have Sis for as many general education classes as we can," Call said.
Many students think it is necessary for them to study harder. "It's not studying harder," Call said. "They have to find out what specific strategies will help them become an overall efficient student."
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ketball team as a freshman and sophoAssistantSportsEditor more and was a goalkeeper on the soccer team his senior year. His focus on football in college came He just passed for in part from his older brother Richard, 509 yards laH Saturday, the second most in Utah State his- who was the quarterback at New tory, and surprisingly 11e'sonly Mexico Highlands, a Division II school. been playing football ,ince he \Vhen Richard, who is four years older was a freshman in high school. than Jose, was playing quarterback at Rancho Cucamonga, Fuentes said it QuarterbackJose Fuentes looked like he was having fun so has gone from taking 15-20 snaps during his freshman season Fuentes decided to follow his lead. Fuentes didn't start at quarterback seven years ago at Rancho until halfway through his junior year. Cucamonga High ~:chool in Rancho Cucamonp1, Calif., to He was the starter for all of his senior playing the starting position year. His first start, however, came in a at USU. state semifinal game his sophomore As a child, Fuentes year. His Rancho Cucamonga Cougars never expe:ted to be won that game, but were defeated in the state finals. The team won its league his in the position he is now. Bad: then he sophomore and junior years and had a winning record every year he played. thought he'd be playing baseball the On his recruiting trip to USU during the last week of January in 1997, rest of his life. He Fuentes said it was cold and windy. But played six years of the frigid winter temperatures didn't year-round basedeter him from considering becoming ball from the ages an Aggie. \Vhen he was offered a scholof9-15. He was a arship, he took it. three-year starter "I knew this was a passing school," at first base on his Fuentes said. "The offense suited me." high scnool baseThe predominance of the Church of ball team. He also playec basketball Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in and ;occer. He Utah didn't worry Fuentes. One of his wa ; a forward best friends back home, a former wide receiver on his high school football 0:1 the high school basteam, is LOS, so Fuentes knew what to
expect.· Fuentes redshirted his freshman year at USU and last season only saw limited playing time. He completed only four of 11 passes for 91 yards and two interceptions. At one time in spring practice this year, the USU coaching staff nearly cut Fuentes because the team was overloaded with quarterbacks. "Obviously, that would have been the wrong decision," said offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Bob Cole. Cole has done a great job preparing Fuentes for his starting role this year by watching film and teaching the young quarterback to decide what play would be best in each situation, Fuentes said. "He watches more film than anybody," Cole said. Another reason Fuentes said he has been successful is the new coaching staff under head coach Mick Dennehy. He said he felt right from the start that the coaches believed in him and had confidence in him. "He's extremely intelligent," Cole said. "He's a pretty accurate thrower." Fuentes never expected to throw for 500-plus yards in a game. "I thought I heard him wrong," he said of when he found out his statistics from the last game against Boise State from USU Sports Information Director ►SEE FUENTES
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USU'sZundelqualifiesfor NCAA X-Cmeet KATRINA CARTWRIGHT
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Mitch Zundel is the first Aggie since 1993 to qualify for participation in the NCAA Cross Country Championships. By finishing 14th individually at the NCAA Regional Championships in Ogden on Saturday, Zundel automatically qualified for the champio,iships, which will be held Nov. 20 in Ames, Iowa. At regionals, he finished the }OK race in 31:39.8, about a minute behind Jorge Torres from the University of Colorado, who WO.{l the race with a time of 30:38.6. Head coach Gregg Gensel said before the race he
thougnt Zundel had the capagreat runner this year. He defbility to qualify, but he didn't initely belongs there." know he could do it this year. Last year, Zundel competed "It was kind of in only one race a surprise," Gensel when he finished said. "I think 22nd at the Utah Mitch even surState Invitational, prised himself." the Aggies' only Gensel said home meet. Zundel worked This year, howhard all season, ever, he has greatly and it paid off. improved, winning "At the beginthe same USU ning of the year, Invitational and coach Craig finishing in the top Reeder, Mitch and five individuals four I sat down and MITCH ZUNDEL. times out of six races. talked about the He was USU's top possibilities for Mitch this finisher in four races this seayear," he said. "Coach Reeder son. and I had to convince Mitch Because the team didn't that he belonged in this group. qualify, Zundel had to finish in He has made himself into a the top 38 individuals who
weren't on a <l.> qualifying team in the regional championship. Zundel, a junior from Willard, Utah who ran at Box Elder High School, will fly to Iowa Friday - Gregg Gensel, with his coaches; the race will take head coach, USU cross place Monday. country team Last year Zundel competed in just one event during the year, finishing event. 22nd at the USU Invitational. USU's men's team finished Neither team qualified for ninth, while the women finthe NCAA Championships ished eighth at the regional this year.
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Snow is flying early and it's time for the Utah State University ski team to start organizing for the upcoming season. We have a ski team? you ask. Yes, we do. In fact, OSU has had a ski team in one form or another for more than 30 years. In the early years the Aggies even competed in the NCAA. "It used to be a big deal at the university," said Kirk Dahle, USU ski team captain. "Competition was taken very seriously back in those days." Lately the ski team mar not get as much exposure, but it stil takes competition very seriously. It competes against the University of Montana, Montana State University, Rocky Mountain College, Weber State University and Utah Valley State College. The skiers travel as far as Montana to compete in three regular season events and one regional meet. . "We've even had a former Olympian on the team," said Dahle. "Last year we_ had three male membevs and two female members with prior competitive racing experience." Team members admit to taking light winter class loads so they can both practice and compete in the three-day tournaments. They drive themselves to. weekend meets in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. They have competed at Targhee, Bridger Bowl, Big Sky, Snowbasin, Park City, Brundage and Winter Park. Given the former members' road-trip experiences, joining the ski team might sound less like a sport and more like a winter safari. "Sometimes when it's snowing really hard, we end up driving all night at about 20 miles per hour on our way to meets,"
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financially; another said it opened them up to new kinds of skiing, including both the slalom and giant slalom events. "I just like to go fast," said team member Laura Bohn. "I had to quit smoking so I could get into good enough shape to go even faster." \Vhen asked if there were events for snowboarders, Dahle said inquiries had been made but there hasn't been enough interest on a collegiate level. Each year the team holds a fund raiser at the Warren Miller ski movie. The university then matches funds raised. Skiers are still financially responsible for most of their activities, including practice. The ski team is currently recruiting. Anyone interested should contact Kirk Dahle at kirkdahle@hotmail.com. "We only want skiers who want to race," Dahle said. "Strictly recreational skiers need not apply."
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Women's basketball set for season SHEREEN SAUREY
Senior Sports Writer Utah State University is one of only three Division I schools that does not sponsor women's basketball, according to USU women's basketball head coach Kim Peterson. In order to play on the club team, the athletes must look for sponsors to help pay the fees. "In club ball, instead of being paid to play,J.ou pay to play," Peterson sai . Try-outs for the team were held in mid-September. The season has been underway since the beginning of October. Many students may not be aware of the team because it only plays three home games during the season. The Aggies
play mostly junior colleges whose teams are comprised of athletes with scholarships to play basketball. "That's a real disadvantage for us," Peterson said. "We're playing teams that are quicker and more experienced than us." The Aggies' lone win so far this season came during a tournament held in Provo. USU defeated Pima Community College 62-60. Other schools the Aggies will face include Salt Lake Community College, Westminster College, Colorado Northwestern and Utah Valley State College. "Some of the teams we face have bigger guards than our posts," Peterson said. He noted the schools USU compete against are, on average, 6-8
inches taller than the Aggies. "They get discouraged," Peterson said of the team members. "But they've played pretty well." USU will host RicksJunior College on Dec. 1. The team plays its home games in the HPER gym. Peterson said there is a possibility the team may play in the Spectrum. "We're not sure yet. We get bumped around a lot," Peterson said. Despite the unfruitful season, Peterson said the women have a positive attitude and are up-beat . The team does not focus on its record. Instead, it looks to improve with each game. "The girls are having fun," Peterson said. "And that's basically what this team is for."
Utah State signs two high school gymnasts UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Athletic Media Relations Utah State gymnastics coach Ray Com announced the signing of two student-athletes to national letters of intent to compete for the Aggie gymnastics team during the 2001-02 season. The future Agfces include Rebecca Hatfie d out of
Mesquite, Texas, and Katie Rutherford from Chappaqua, N.Y. Hatfield, a senior at Poteet High School, is a Level 10 gymnast for Tom Warrick at Aerial Works Gymnastics. Hatfield is a two-time United States Gymnastics (USAG) national qualifier who most recently placed 18th in the all-
around at the 2000 championships. She is also a five-time state and re~ onal championships qua "fier. Rutherford, a senior at Horace Greenley High School, is a Level IO cast for Sorin and Teodore cepoi at Dynamic Gymnastics. She was the 2000 New York bars, beam and all-around champion.
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told him to stop throwing interceptions - and he did. "He'll do anything you tell him to do," Cole said. According to Cole, Fuentes is a quiet leader. "When the time comes, he'll speak," he said. "I think the kids have rallied around
Nathan Barber and punter Steve Mullins. His favorite music is hip-hop and R&B, his favorite artist is 2 Pac, who is dead - "so they say," Fuentes said. So far this season Fuentes' parents, Richard and Julie have only been able to come to three games - against Southern Utah, Brigham Young University and the University of Idaho. Fuentes said it's hard for them, but they try to come as much as he can. His two younger brothers don't play football but love to read the USU game reports to see how their brother is faring. After reading about their younger brother's performance, the duo usually call him to chat, Fuentes said.
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Chicago. In 121 games, Johnson made just six errors and ended the year with a .992 fielding percentage. Those are just as impressive numbers, especially when considered they came while adjusting midway through the season to a pitching staff he knew little about. And he was in it for the grind. He spent the grueling months of the season behind the plate while Pudge spent them in rehab. "But Casey, Johnson only played 121 games at catcher. That's still not a full season, so why shouldn't Pudge get it?" OK, let's look at Detroit's Brad Ausmus, who caught 150 games this year (Happy? That's as full as it gets for a catcher). Ausmus made just eight errors in those games and finished the season with a .992 fielding percentage. Those are the very
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numbers we estimated Pudge would have finished with. They very same numbers I referred to earlier as "impres sive" and deserving of a Gold Glove. And the most important thing: Ausmus was behind the plate for the Tigers the entire season. These awards are based on season totals, and Pudge was 60 games short. Ausmus pulled the load, and got ripped off. What do you want to bet that these same sportswriters will give the AL MVP to Frank Thomas, the White Sox designated hitter? It would only be par for the course to give it to a guy who doesn't even play the field.
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NATIONAL PARK,Calif. .~ Add the Sunday driver to the list of endangered species at Yosemite. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt unveiled a $441 million plan Tuesday to testore Yosemite National Parkto a more natural state over the next two decades by getting rid of many parking spaces, tent cabins and one of the most heavily used roads running through Yosemite Valley. Tourists no longer will , be able to park their cars at the base of Yosemite Falls, North America's tallest waterfall. Instead, manywill have to see Half Dome,El.Capitan•and other sights from shllttle buses mn.ning from three o~tlying parking lots. ''My problem is not too ma.nypeop .le. I.t's. too many cars," Babbitt said. The long-awaited plan, whose pricetag ballooned nearly $ 100million since the draft proposal was released in March, is the result of three decades of · battles ovenhe future of one of the jewels of the National Park system, Wh.ile developers and others who saw the draft plan criticized itfor restricting access-to a public preserve, environmentalists said it doesn't go far enoughto protect
Yosemite. "It sounds wonderful on
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said Joyce Eden of the Sierra Club and Friends of Yosemite Valley. "Is it that? The. indication from the draft and just the blar• ing fact that it's an additional $100 rn.illion makes you wonder if restoration and protection cost that much money." Babbitt said the plan strikes a balance between the two sides. "It-'s taken quite a long time because Yosemite has a worldwide fan club," he said. "For a cenmry; people have been coming here and forging relationships with the park. This plan changes the way people relate to the park. Most for the better." · About 30 sign-carrying protesters stood silently as Babbitt spoke with the snow-dusted Half Dome in the background. One sign said "John Muir vVould Be Crying," referring to the 19th-century naturnlist and Sierra Club founder whose writings first drew attention to Yosemite. "He considered this sacred ground;' protester Chris Kantarjiev said. "The plan we've seen.is about more. development, more hotel room$and more diesel buses." With nearly 4 million vis1tors a year, Yosemite has lost some of its serenity. A hike through the valley's meadows or along the scenic Merced River is often accompanies by the sight and sound -0f cars some 7,000 of them on a typical summer <lay.
From Page 2 tobac~o compa~ies, ~efense contra~tors and pharmaceutical firms mvolved m their own domesuc controversies. Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark, D-Calif., said the money could be better spent on education needs or Medicare. . "All we are d?ing _isgivin~ a tax break, a subsidy, to the nchest corpora~ons m Amenca," Stark complained. But others said the measure meant too much to American businesses, workers and farmers to be set aside. _"On the i~ter~ational playing field, that flag should be flymg for us, said Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee. "As far as I am concerned, the more jobs for America, the better country we have ." The _l~gislation :vas a sweetener in the larger 10-year, $240 b1ll10n tax relief package that now faces an uncertain futur_ewhen Congress rerurns in early December. Before the elecuon, House Republic'.!n leaders refused to pass the trade ~eas~re separately for fear of criticism that they were boostmg big busmess. The main tax bill includes an expansion of contr_ibution limi_tsfor IRAs and 401 (k) plans, tax breaks to spur mvestment m poor areas and business tax cuts to offset a_two-year, ~l increase in the minimum wage. In an interview Lott said t~at larger bill "could be" dead for the year, because Republicans and Democrats might have different priorities depend,ing on whether George W Bush or Al Gore becomes president.
Iran's president insists reforms are unstoppable CAMELIA FARO
AssociatedPress DOHA, Qatar - In a rare interview, Iran's President Mohammad Khatami insisted his reforms are unstoppable despite opposition by powerful Islamic hard-liners. "This is what the nation wants, and its will cannot be stopped," Khatami told The Associated Press. Khatami, who took a huge gamble by reaching out to the United States nearly three years ago, said Washington was still repeating its old mistakes by maintaining sanctions against Iran and that big business would evenrually force a change in U.S. policy. Hugely popular among Iranians but resisted by Islamic hard-liners, Khatami said he still hasn't decided whether to seek re-election in May. "It is too early to talk about the elections," Khatami told the AP in interviews Monday and Tuesday on the sidelines of a summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Looking relaxed and confident despite the pressures on him from hard-liners who have banned every newspaper that supported him and jailed and harassed his allies, Khatami said his assertion in July that he would seek reelection may not be his final decision. "There were many different debates going on about the elections at that time and I saw it fit to make that statement then," said Khatami, who is regarded as a hero by Iranians, the majority of whom want the hard-liners to step down. 'We must wait for the right time, assess the siruation, judge whether the readiness exists in me and in society, and then take the decision on seeking re-election," said Khatami, whose black rurban signifies his descent froin Islam's 7th cenrury prophet, Mohammed. When he was elected in 1997, Khatami ushered in a new era of freedom.
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12 In the face of rapid expansion, natural aspects must be preserved As Utah State rapidly growing student University continues body. to grow, there is no Larger universities C, .......,. ~- - - - .... across the country and way around it: The campus must expand. AStatesman StaffEditorialthroughout the world Parking needs to have managed to find improve, buildings need to be built creative ways to meet student, faculand other facilities need to expand. ty and staff needs - often in urban However, another necessity must centers - while maintaining envialso be taken into consideration: the ronmental beauty. natural beauty of the campus. USU is a beautiful campus, sitting Recent concerns about insuffiat the mouth of a beautiful canyon, cient parking have led to plans for overlooking a beautiful valley. It new parking terraces, including a would be a shame not to take proposed terrace near Old Main advantage of USU's natural gifts and Hill. However, this proposal has led allow brick and pavement to overto concerns about the nearby rock run the USU campus. garden paying the price for better Campus planners have many parking. options to consider, especially if The rock garden was once a focal they think creatively and work with point of the west entrance to the groups that specialize in aesthetic university. In time, it has become campus planning. overshadowed by the Heating Plant The Landscape Architecture and and gone largely unnoticed by stuEnvironmental Planning department dents. is remarkable, full of professors and USU's campus is filled with such students who no doubt could give celebrations of the aesthetic beauty good advice as to how to emphaof Cache Valley. size the campus' natural beauty in The Old Main Amphitheater, the the face of expansion and sprawl. Quad, various courtyards and Ultimately, a nature-use policy flower gardens are among the many similar to the one that requires new ways USU campus planners have works of art to go up when buildtaken special efforts to give students, ings do would be a wonderful idea. faculty and staff a natural respite In the meantime, campus planners from the chaos of academic life. should do all they can to keep such The concern that those things resources as the rock garden and the could give way to expansion and amphitheater thriving. growth is a legitimate one. Campus As USU's needs increase, let's be planners need to strongly consider careful not to, in the words of Joni natural aesthetics and open spaces Mitchell, "pave paradise and put up in their efforts to accommodate a a parking lot."
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Advertising is power. It is so much power that whenever we see a cute or funny add we automatically stop whatever we're doing, even if it's CPR or cardiovascular surgery, and run out to buy whatever it is that's being sold. For instance, if we saw
Bugs Bunny come up and say, "What's up Doc? You know, all us guys at Looney Toons really fove used underwear," we, in unison, would break down every store in sight until we found enough used underwear to circle the globe 100,231,587 times. Even though this power may have had some adverse effects on the general populace - i.e. bankruptcy, credit fraud, slogan worship, etc. advertising has really done some great things for companies like McDonald's (official slogan: "We love to see you smile if you had your break today because somebody said McDonald's") who made a large profit by becoming the official sponsor of air, and
Nike (Official Motto: If our logo's not on it, YOU DON'T NEED IT.) who gave us - via buying their souls - Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Tirell Davis, all people involved with the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, Ph.D., or CIA and Al Gore. In honor of this great power called advertising, today I would like to talk about some of our most beloved advertisement characters and slogans and how I think they could have been improved. The Energizer Bunny: Though it was quite clever to use a bunny to sell batteries by showing that they never stop, I ►SEE ADVERTISING
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It's amazing: The lunacy of politics gets funnier as riou age ~
candidate. That's why Reagan was so popular. Nobody was near his age. Some of these guys who start campaigning in their 40s? Get real. I'm 44 and I still look in the mirror and see the guy who failed his driving test the first time and still forgets his locker combination. Face it, politicians are all nuttier than a squirrel's colon. They are the same people you · thought were geeky as high school class presidents 25 years ago. They just have better suits and haircuts no.w. Bush saying he is going to bring dignity back to the
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You can't truly understand the lunacy of politics until you are old enough to be close to the same age as a presidential
White House is like hookers putting a new coat of paint on the brothel. Politics is and always has been inherently undignified. Most of Gore's supporters are no better. They were frantically trying to sway Nader voters to change camps, not by saying what a great president Gore would make, but implying that Bush would soon make the country look like a black and white movie of Russian bread lines if you didn't vote for your pal Al. Nader ran for president for the Green Party even tho\lgh he was not an official member
of the Green Party. That is how bad politics has become. Even presidential candidates don't want to commit to a party. Didn't Groucho Marx sav it first? "I wouldn't want to be a member of any club that would have me as a member." And, by the way - hey Green Party! Please take down your campaign posters and recycle them. And Buchanan? His Reform Party even made most conservatives a little scared. I'm all for reform, but let's get serious about it. The next time around:
me a valid example of where in nature any two organisms of the same sex are sexually compatible and further, can reproduce their own kind. Homosexuality is a "sin agains t nature." Your "opinion" is read by many, many students and may possibly infect them with your Cliristian-hating disease. Every article you write is an abomination and it is beyond me why the Statesman employs you and would even print this stuff in their paper. This is the last
time I will write in response to the garbage that you choose to print as your opin ion. If the Statesman wants to put your articles in their paper, then I, for one , wi II simply choose not to pick up a copy and waste my time in reading it. There is a real difference between good jour nalism and simply using your employment to further your own personal agenda of degrading and antagonizing others.
• You cannot run for a government office on the platform of reducing government. A vegetarian cannot be a good butcher, Stevie Wonder cannot be a good driving instructor. If you want to reduce government, stay home and stay out of the way. • You cannot spend half a million dollars on campaign advertisements that promote campaign fund-raising reform. • Eliminate the "straight party ticket" button in the voting booth. Come on, you don't even like everyone in your own family, how can you like every-
one in either of the two major parties? Voting straight party is the easy way out. For the most part, if they didn't have the (D) or (R) after their names you would have no idea who most candidates represented. Quick, who has the donkey and who has the elephant? See what I mean. • If you want to reduce government spending and really encourage campaign reform , give all the candidates a staple gun and a $250 account at Kinkos in all the major U.S. cities and let them go at it with the zeal of :i garage band try -
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Article opens wound Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Rich Timothy's article titled "What's the big deal with the 'gay issue?' Let's
get over it." Isn't it ironic that he says "let's get over it" when he's the one bringing it up? Anne Burgess
Column just degrades Christianity,religion Dear Editor, I feel I must again write a letter in response to Rich Timothy and his article "What's the bid deal with the gay issue." I do indeed feel sorry for Mr. Timothy. My best guess is that he was bullied in kindergarten by a Christian and so has developed a complex, which influences him to attack and ridicule Christians and their beliefs. I have noticed a pattern in Mr. Timothy's articles, which consists of degrading Christians and/or Jesus Christ in one way or another. Every article he writes is nothing but wholesale anti religion propaganda. I ask, do you believe in anything at all Mr. Timothy? If you don't believe in religion, then you don't believe in Satan, either.
I guess to you he just doesn't exist, right? I guess then that you would have no idea that your opinion is a direct result of his influence. I guess, then that to you there is nbt right and wrong. You seem confused and utterly ignorant of these two basic fundamental principles of life. Mr. Timothy stated in his article that hornosexuality has been around since the creation. Where in the Bible did he read that information? He also states that homosexuals are" a part of nature." Last time I checked, gays and lesbians were not capable of reproducing. I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Timothy, but homosexuals have not been around since the cre ation, and they are not a part of nature. I chal lenge you to give
Brian Groves
Homosexualshave rights, but so should heterosexuals Dear Editor, My thoughts are directed to Rich Timothy's article, "What's the big deal with the 'gay issue'? Let's get over it." I appreciate the "favor" Rich did for all of us by fervently proclaiming gay rights and putting to rest the issue that homosexuals have the right to express themselves. Ironically, as he spouted the ideals of freedom to certain rights for one group, he smothered those same rights of another group. Just as gays have freedom to express their thoughts, others have that right as well. The
real issue to "get over" is that every individual, group and institution is different. There will always be opposition to issues, there will always be discussion, and there will always be someone who wants to share t~eir point of view . Is this bad? This is what democracy is about. No individual should tell another individual to stop discussing issues that are important to them. "I'm happy" to see peo ple, whatever the issues are, standing up for what is important to them. Jeremiah Duersch
Homosexuality not a natural thing Dear Editor: First off, I was curious if you took my advice and had Rich Timothy enroll in a writing class yet. Although his weekly col umn contains fewer errors than it did earlier this semester , it is consistently poorly written, full of grammatical errors and otherw ise. Secondly, I would like to comment on a couple topics Timothy touched on in Monday 's column, "What ' s the big deal with the 'gay issue'? Let's get over it." Timothy stated that homosexuals are "a part of nature ." I agree that those who profess to be homosexuals were created after the way nature intended, mean-
ing the sexual union of a male and a female. In the heterosexual expression of love , the male 's sperm, in the b iological sense, seek out the female ' s egg. · However, the expression of homosexual "love " hardly seems like somethin g nature created or intended. Sperm that are traveling up the large intestine will not be able to find the egg , because the egg is not contained there. Homosexuals cannot reproduce with each other , and that seems contradictory to the nature of any species . Timothy also told his ►SEE LETIERS
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►LETIERS From Page 13 readers to "not try and go off on all the petty biblical reference about homosexuality because those who are Christian believe in the same God you do." As for myself, I believe in God and Jesus Christ, and I believe their words and the words of their prophets contained in both the Old and
New Testaments. In his column, Timothy seems to portray the Old Testament as less significant than the New Testament (probably due to the number of verses denouncing homosexuality). With this in mind, I would like to share a verse out of the New Testament, which is 1 Corinthians 11 :11, which
reads, "Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord." Nowhere does it say "the man without the man," or "the woman without her lesbian lover."
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From Page 12 think it would have made a lot more sense to use cockroaches. THEY never stop. You could cut off their heads, gut them, tear their legs off and make them watch Britney Spearssing during the presidential debates, and THEY would still keep going and going, whereas all you have to do is shoot the darn bunny and, voila, rabbit casserole with small chunks of AAA batteries in it. Some other great ideas I had were the Energizer Sloth, the Energizer Llama and the Energizer Escargot(French, meaning "inedible slime"). The Budweiser Frogs/Lizards:Budweiser made a huge mistake when it opted to go with the Frogs/Lizards.I don't know what these characters have to do with beer, but that doesn't make much difference, because I figure if you're going to do something pointless, then do it REALLYpointless. It could have made a much better impression on the public if it had gone with Dung Beetles (official forest predator: the mongoose). The Budweiser Dung Beetles would have had so much more popular appeal. The public would just fall in love with cute little insects spelling
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cute little phrases using cow dung and desiccated animal parts (in South America and Africa they could use bat guano). Another great idea would be the Budweiser Elvis Impersonators. Though not a commonly known fact, Elvis Impersonators, like the Neanderthals, actually belong to a sub-species of Homo Sapiens that haven't died out yet. They could get up on a commercial and use their large hips to spell certain great advertisements like "This Bud's for you" or "Nobody better lay a finger on my Budweiser" or "Drink Budweiser because no one has a better mix of rotten barley and fungus than us." (Note: This writer does NOT advocate drinking alcoholic beverages. This messagehas been brought to you by Delta [Official Advertisement: We have LOTS of really cool planes]). The Big Apple (Official Word of Choice:%!#@$): Who would give a nickname like "The Big Apple" to a city like New York? I don't know about you, but when I think of big apples, I think of big worms, specifically big worms like they had on "Tremors." Like most sane people out
there, I don't want to be walking around New York having to worry about mugging, stabbing, the high probability of New York being destroyed by an act of God AND the possibility of being eaten by large predatorial worms. Why couldn't they have opted with a name that invited less public fear, like "The Large Papaya" or "The Huge Grapefruit," or perhaps "The Rotund Marshmallow"? I, for one, would feel much more confident going somewhere with a cute, fluffy name like "The Rotund Marshmallow" than "The Big Worm-Infested Apple." I hope that someday soon people everywhere will be able to wake up, turn to their wives and say, "Marge, I think we need a trip. Let's pack up the car and head to 'The Rotund Marshmallow'." But until that day, I give you my word that I will not stop striving to come up with new and better ways to sell every last part of my used underwear collection.
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nooner, Turkey Bowl, Sunburst Lounge. noon. Free food. ♦Tim Reynolds Concert, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., TSC Auditorium. Tickets $7 w/USU ID, $10 w/o.
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•Mandatory Special Olympics Volunteers meeting. Nov. 15, 6 p.m. Sunburst Lounge. Everyone welcome we need your help' • Help save our National Forests, Utah Wilderness, get USU recycling, and more! Ecological Coalition of Students meeting, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Sunburst Lounge. • If you are interested in studying abroad join the French Club Nov. 15,Main, Room 121. Refreshments and information on different places throughout the world to study. •Seminar "GasPhase Molecular Recognition" Prof. David Dearden , BYU. Nov. 15,4 p.m. W.dstoe, Room
007. •Cycling Club Opening Social, Nov . 16, 7:30 p.m. TSC, Room 335. Recreational and racing riders welcome. •Seminar "Citizen Control of National Forests: The Quincy Library Group" by Linda Blwn. Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m . ECC, Room 20 I. •The Philosophy Club is screening the Jin1Carey film "The Truman Show" with analysis by Dr. Charles Johnson. Nov. 16, 6 p.m. Widstoe, Room 007. •Amatua series "South Americans, 1535 - Pizarro and the Incas" Nov. 16, 7 p .m. ECC, Room 207. • Holiday Brown Bag Luncheons for USU Employees willbe held in the MS building 217, noon to 1 p.m. Lowcal treats and beverage provided. Nov. 16 "Holiday Blues" Dave Bush USU Counseling. The series will be repeated
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