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The role physical attractiveness plays in the outcome of sexual harassment cases is the focus of John Seiter's, an associate professor, research. Seiter, who works in speech communication, started the project last fall with a friend who studies sexual harassment. Coupled with his expertise in deception detection. he said the topic allowed them to work together, and it seemed an area of significance. Seiter said sexual harassment cases have doubled between 1991 and 1997, and up to 92 percent of working women will experience sexual harassment. The idea, he said, was spun from the common perception that a woman who has been raped was "asking for it" because of the way she dressed, Seiter said. Seiter said he doesn't believe that, but the stereotypes may hold true with other people. "vVe really need to understand factors of people's perceptions of sexual harassment," Seiter said. The project has several phases. The first phase used one model made up in three different ways: one with no make-up and straight hair; one with what Seiter called a "wholesome, pristine" look with moderate make-up and swept back hair. In the third

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>ALMANAC On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated Montgomery bus, and the African-American civil-rights movement began.The Montgomery Bus Boycott, organized by Martin Luther King, Jr., followed Park's historic act of civil disobedience. The actions led to the 1963 March on Washington, which set the stage for President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

picture she appeared more "glamorous" Seiter said, with exaggerated make-up and "poofier" hair. Seiter made three case files with the same case details, but attached one of the three different photographs as the defendant. He said he expected people woul<ln't believe the first girl, they would believe the second girl, and the third would come in the middle. He \.Vasonly partly right, however. The data showed the group disbelieving the first girl, but believing both the second and third. He also looked at whether attractiveness related to the perception of the probability of being sexually harassed. Seiter found that if a w0man was unattractive she was thought to not be sexually harassed, while both attractive women were thought to be more likely to be harassed. "It's kind of a catch-22 for the unattractive girl," Seiter said. She was not thought of as someone likely to be sexually harassed, and she wasn't believed when she claimed to be a victim, he said. This part of the research will be published next spring in Communication Research Reports. Seiter said this goes along with other research showing the social advantages of being attractive, such as lesser court sentences and being less likely to get a speeding ticket when pulled over.

The second phase of the research involves videos. The project took real lawyers making arguments on the cases. The defendant uses three different lines of defense: denial, making an excuse and justification. Seiter said the excuse could be admitting to have asked the woman out, but only because she flirted first. The justification defense would involve something like he was just being friendly and the woman misinterpreted it, Seiter said. There were nine videos made, each defense partnered with each of the three photographs of the woman. The analysis of this data .will begin next fall. The project will continue for the next three or four years, as there is a lot of data that needs to be looked at. "It's looking at several different aspects of the same problem," Seiter said. Seiter said there wasn't enough money to include data on the attractiveness of the defendant, so to take that variable out, the videos showed only the back of his head. He said he will mention this as an area for further research in his final report. Seiter plans to use the resulting data for years to come with other things such as jury anaiysis. He also said he hopes the results of this research will help to alleviate juror biases and the social problems sexual harassment cases involve.

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For the past five years, the Utah State University Marching Band has held. class in the B parking lot across from the Nutrition and Food Science Building. Thomas Rhorer, the marching band director, said the parking lot is the assigned classroom for the 110 students to attend class. "I think most people have the impression that the marching band is not a class, but it is," he said. "A class has to have a place to meet, and the parking lot is our assigned classroom." From the time school starts to the last home football game, the marching band practices in the parking lot, which has been measured, painted and lined off to look like a football fie Id. Stacy Simper, parking services office assistant, said that an average of about two to three cars were ·towed everyday for the past three months. Many students are upset when they have to pay a $50 tow charge before they can pick up their cars at the tow yard, she said. Yellow tow zone signs warning people that their vehicle may be towed if not removed before those hours are posted at the lot's entrances.

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Mil1!illePond Complexgives students hands-onexperience MATTHEW Furro:-1

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The Milville Pond Complex, a research facility for Utah State University, allows graduate students to conduct experiments related to fish and wetlands. The facility ·currently has eight ponds and an artificial wetland. "The artificial wetland absorbs the water drained from the ponds. That way if the fish have a disease, it doesn't drain into a waterway. It's a closed system," said Deanna Vinson, a research associate in the College of Natural Resources. The June sucker, an endangered fish found only in Utah Lake, has been the

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subject of recent experiments conducted neers in Utah. Vinson said the artificial plants at the complex. Vinson said experiare needed hecause the natural plants in the lake have been killed ments conducted by ~ ==~*=~·--~ Heather Thompson by pollution. Until recently, the ponds held at the facility showed the sucker sucker for the Division of Oncewe have had a higher rate of fish, it's very hard Wildlife resources. Vinson said survival if artificial to put them back." fish either came from eggs fertilized in the USU bb or were macrophytes (seaweed-like plants) -Deanna Vmson taken as babies from the Provo were introduced USU River where the sucker goes to into their environspawn. The sucker go up the Provo ment. This will help the sucker to hide River to spawn," she said. "The babies then go back into Utah Lake and from white bass, a predator introduced into Utah Lake after the arrival of piothe white hass gobble them all up."

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After they grow to 8 inches, the sucker are reintroduced into Utah Lake. Vinson said at that length they're now big enough to avoid predation by the white bass. Vinson said the June sucker's reintroduction to Utah Lake is an exception. "Once we have a fish, it's very hard to put them back because of all the permits needed," she said. Instead, the fish are kept at the facility for future research experiments by graduate students. Krista Davis- Butts, a graduate stu► SEE MILVILLE POND

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USUprofessorrelates democraticmeaningof Dickinson'spoetry DAVID BOYLE

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>AGGIENEWS NUGGETS Enthusiastic business students are enrolling in record numbers in the new ecommerce program. Business students ranked in the 95th percentile nationwide on a standardized business exam.

T~~ POETRY. OF EMILY DICKINSON was investigated by USU English professor Paul Crumbley. He found that Dickinson's wntmg expressed democratic views through the use of dashes and other concepts./Zak Larsen photo Illustration

Paul Crumbley, acting director of American studies at Utah State University, investigates voice inflections and democratic inferences in the poetry of Emily Dickinson in his book, "Inflections of the Pen - Dash and Voice in Emily Dickinson." "I was interested in the way that her writing requires reader participation," Crumbley said. "[My book] looks at the way that dashes function in her poems ... if you look at her poems, you'll see that that's the primary form of punctuation." The dash - a mark in writing that notes a break or stop in a sentence infers different methods of voice inflection within Dickinson's poetry, Crumbley said. In addition, Crumbley said a dash helps sustain "the resistance to structural resolution." This has to do with Dickinson's democratic views, he said. The fact that she didn't title her poems is also evidence of her democratic views, Crumbley said. He said Dickinson put no titles on her poems to provide "resistance" to structured interpretation stereotypes that are usually norms of society. Crumbley said in his hook he also looks at the way Dickinson wrote her poems to allow the reader's own voice inflection to interpret the poem. In >SEE

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DETROIT (AP) - Job prospects haven't been this good for liberal arts graduates in years. Liber_alarts graduates can expect to be more fervently sought after this year and to be offered better salaries, accordina to the 30th annual recruiting tren?s survey con_ducted by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University. Among the reasons: The earlier-than-predicted retirements of the oldes~ baby b~omers h~ve created job openings of all kinds. Als?,w1t!1the high-tech mdustry booming, Terri LaMarco, as~oc1_ate <l1r~ctorfor empl?yer relations at the University of Michigan, said employers m recent years have changed their attitudes about liberal arts majors. "I think what 0ey are seeing is that lihen1I arts majors can fill some of the positions that used to be considered technic,11," L~arco sai~. For example, they can be trained to do programming, she said. A total of 380 employers, primarily in the manufacturing and pr?fess1onal ~ervices sectors, responded to the survey, released Fnday. Cont:1m11nga four-year period of frenzied arowth the job market f.or students re_ceivingundergraduate or a<l~anceu'degrees of. any kind in 2001 will expand 6 percent to IO percent compared with the year before, the survey found. It gave no breakdown for those with liber~I arts degrees. I

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Al Gore's lawyers battled for his political survival in the Florida and U.S. supreme courts Thursday, pleading against delaying fresh vote recounts "even one day" as a half-million ballots sped by rental trnck to Tallahassee. GOP lawmakers jockeyed in the state capital to award the presidency to George \-V.Bush in case the judges wouldn't. "When the counting stops, we want to be prepared to lead this nation," Bush said in Texas between transition meetings with Colin Powell - the star of his Cabinetin-the-making. In Florida, the GOP-dominated state Legislature drew a step closer to appointing its own slate of presidential electors as a committee urged leaders to call a special session. Democrats called that "a brazen power play," while they worked elsewhere to keep Gore in the game. Bush, whose brother is governor of the state, raised no objection to the Legislature's actions, saying "it's time to get some finality" for the election. Hundreds of miles away in Florida, Lt. Jim Kersey's squad car headed up the ballot brigade as it passed a handmade sign reading "No chad zone." Also Disney World. "Oh my God," he said. "The whole world is watching." And what sights to see: Lawmakers cussed and fumed in a legislative commit- · tee room; the two could-be presidents plotted their transitions to power; legal briefs ricocheted between the nation's courts; and the banana-yellow rental truck - swarmetl by police and media vehicles on Ronald Reagan Turnpike - carried contested ballots to Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls' court. The recount convoy was captured by TV cameras in helicopters, giving Americans a birds-eye view all the way from Palm Beach to Tallahassee. Sauls could need the ballots in case he ~ides wjth Gore after a hearing Saturday on the merits of'recoun~ in tlffq ijf llPt;"The, vic;i;,wt~iqen1is try-

VICE PRESl?ENT_ AL GORE shakes hands with Florida A&M University student gover_norearlier this year. In supreme courts Thursday, Gore's lawyers pleaded against delaying fresh vote recounts. / photo by Bill Sears/Tallahassee Democrat

ing to overturn the official results of Flori<la'selection, which give Bush a 537vote lead and the 25 electoral votes neede<lto claim the \Vhite House. Gore's advisers believe he needs a court victory and a speedy reduction of Bush's lead to keep public patience with a 23-day standoff that the vice president said could linger until the Electoral College meets Dec. 18. His iawyers filed an urgent plea with the Florida Supreme Court askina the seven justices, all with Democratic ties, to start hand-counting ballots while Sauls decides whether the recounts could be added to Gore's totals. "There is no reason to delay counting ballots even one day," the brie( read. Summing up Gore's urgency, both legally and politically, his lawyers told the court: "\Ve're getting close to the end." The "ice president's allies were just as emphatic about a Florida legislative committee's recommendation that·a -special session be called to choose a slate of elecr'

tors, presumably Bush supporters. "\Vhat the hell is going on here'" Senate Democratic leader Tom Rossin asked in frustration. Bush's brother, Florida Gov.Jeb Bush, said lawmakers need to intercede if the results are sti! uncertain Dec. 12, the day states must choose their electors. "Clearly, the U.S. Constitution delegates the authority of the selection of the electors to the Legislature," he said. "That is as clear as can be." Not so, said Gore's lawyers. They filed papers with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Legislan1re would be on shaky ground if it appointed its own slate. Both sides were submitting briefs in advance of Friday's Supreme Court hearing in \-Vashington. Gore's running mate Joseph Lieberman, accusedJeb Bush of'

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SALT LAKE (AP) - Uta~ teachers will stage a one-day wa(kout on _Dec. ) to pr?test perceived shortcomings in state educanon fundmg, the states main teachers union announced Thursday.Utah Education Association President Phyllis Sorensen l said teachers would use the day to educate parents and lawmakers ' about the urgent needs in Utah schools. Utah spends less per student than any other state in the nation, and the teachers unipn w~nts that to change.Among their complaints are tattered and agmg textbooks, overcrowded classrooms and low salaries. Sorense1;1said th~ strike was motivated by the lack of a long~er~ funding plan in recommendations made Thursday to a legislative committee overseeing education spending. It's not yet clear ho:,v many of the s?tes ~ 1 ~ch<;10I districts will participate in the strike. In the Grarute D1stnct, m South Salt Lake, teachers said they ;vould not_participate. Sorensen said teachers are giving parents , days n?t:Jce ~o they can _makechild-care arrangements. Teachers e~rher this 1;11onth sa1_dthey w?uld stage a job action of ;,ome sort 1f the Public Educaaon Funding Task Force failed to develop an acceptable long-term plan for education funding. On Tuesday, the task force recommended $30.6 million for textbooks $10 million a year to help build schools and other incentives foi; ' poorer school districts to raise property taxes. ' l< ,

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for its organization. other words, he said, a recluAlthough Christmas Tree Lane has been a sive and soft-spoken reader tradition for years, Crane said this is the first would read and pause at <lashes year there has been a contest for the mostin a much quieter and lighter liked Christmas tree. tone than would a less recluSHARALVN ffARlWELL Crane said she hopes that sive and loud reader. Staff Writer through the votes more students will For example , in the poem '\ get involved and enjoy the Christmas that begins "Much madness ..." The Sunburst Lounge in the Taggart trees. a soft-spoken reader would Student Center will house Christmas Tree The Organizations and find a more calm, sad look at Lane - 40 Christmas trees decorated by Traditions Committee decided to try the "mad" world. A more campus clubs and organizations - Monday something else this year to spread angry, violent view of such a through Dec. 8. more Christmas spirit , she said. world would come from a After Friday, the trees will be taken to For the first time, ASUSU loud-spoken reader. Each the Sub-for-Santa headquarters, where is also sponsoring a Campus would emphasize and inflect needy families will be able to choose one differently at the various dash Christmas Tree this year. to take home for the holidays. placements. The Sunburst Singers In addition, Crumbley said, "The whole purpose is the service and the Church of Jesus the book looks at Dickinson's of bringing trees to needy families," Christ of Latter-day interest in democratic society. said Chelsie Crane, Associated Saints Institute Choirs "[Dickinson] still wrote very Students of USU Organizations will perform at the much with the aim of engaging vice president. lighting Monday at 8 people more directly in the Any club or organization can p.m. on the Quad. politics of life," he said. participate in the Christmas Tree President Though Dickinson was Lane event. ASUSU purchases George H. Emert reclusive throughout most of the trees and attaches the club will light the tree her life, she was exposed to or organization's name to it. and talk about many different literary writers Each club is responsible for Christmas spirit and views. decorating its trees so it repreon campus. "Even though she's lived in sents its organization and There will also the confines of her house, she can be enjoyed by a family be caroling and , was still very much part of the throughout the Christmas free hot chocolarger world and knew what seasbn, Crane said. late, Crane said. people were writing," Students who wander the "It will hopeCrumbley said. lane can vote on their fully be a tradition Dickinson came from an favorite Christmas trees. that will be intellectually-motivated, ambiThe club that receives the THE ANGEL TREE stands alone right now, but more continued," tious family involved with most votes will receive $75 will be added by Monday./Liz Maudsley photo Crane said. Amherst College in her home-

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can only drop up to eight classes during undergraduate work. Beyond eight, a form must Utah State University stube filled out with the instrucdents might not have the comtor~ signature, academic adviser fort of a 30-day drop policy signature, dean signature and anymore. The superdrop policy turned into the registration is under discussion by the suboffice. committee of the University In the fall of 1996 USU Educational Policies commitrecorded 6,021 drops between tee. the sixth and 30th day of classes The committee is made up of the quaner, according to the of representatives from each Office of Planning and college, some faculty and Analysis. In 1998 the school administrative repi:esentatives recorded 5,561 drops between as well as one student representhe sixth and the 30th days of tative. classes of the semester. The The superdrop policy curnumber~ rose between 1998 rently allows students to drop , a~d 2000 ,to §.,Q32,clrop.s• • an unlimited number of classes Jim Stephenson, academic ' through the fifth day of the > SEE SUPERDROP semester. From the sixth through the 13th day, students Page 13 JESSICAWARREN

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The parking lot has a sign about 10 to 12 feet high clearly indicating the hours that vehicles may not park in the lot. ''Everyone has a threshold of how big a sign needs to be," Rhorer said. "It is hard for the band members to learn their formations when a car is parked in the middle of the road." Rhorer said that the real issue is whether or not people choose co read the signs. The assigned classroom is nonnegotiable, but the choice to park in the lot is. "Most other lots on campus are opening up around two or three in the afternoon," he said. "It's an issue of convenience, yet a small sacrifice co make."

Rhorer said the show requires about 100 yards, and even the lot doesn't provide the full amount of space, but it is the best facility for their situation. He also said their is no other place for them to go. The suggestion has been made that they practice in the Athletic Center, but he said the problem with this area is simply a direct time conflict with other athletic groups and members of the band. Like USU, Ohio State University also has an assigned parking lot for its marching band to practice. Rhorer could not think of any universities that do not provide a place on campus for their marching band to practice.

town. Her education included a year at Holy Oak College and was rare for women in the 19th century, Crumbley said. Dickinson thought the main function of democracy was to balance revolutionary democratic thinking, Crumbley said. In other words, he said, Dickinson felt people should desire to dream big. Democratic citizens often don't recognize all of such similar forces that we are surrounded by in society, Crumbley said. She recognized democratic forces surrounding people, because she was looking from the outside in . She composed almost 1,800 poems in secret because it was considered immodest for women to publish, Crumbley said. "I feel very fortunate to have chosen someone like Dickinson," he said. "[The scholarly community ] is really interested in looking at Dickinson as an artist, which is one ofthe things that inter ested me.'; Crumbley has received a contract on another book about Dickinson to be completed in September 2003 . By then, Crumbley will have researched Dickinson for about 13 to 14 years of his life, he said.

Rhorer also said parking services has been the umpire of the situation because it enforces the rules. "I think most people look at parking services as the o..:d guys," he said, "but they have been very helpful in maintaining the integrity of our classroom for that block of time." He said the parking lot is a good location for class because there is no shoveling that needs to be done in the later part of the semester. The only disadvantage he said was the heat during half of the season. Right now, there is no other place on campus for the marching band to go, but Rhorer said the university is doing some things to come up with a solution.

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dent is starting a research project to see if the June sucker can be introduced to Mona Reservoir as a refuge for the fish. She will put fish in cages in the reservoir to see how they respond to conditions and see if it's similar enough to Utah Lake. Davis-Butts estimated that there are only 200 to 300 fish left in the lake, with two or 'three refuge populations in Utah. "The problems with Utah Lake are so huge that restora tion is pretty far into the future," she said. Other projects at the pond complex have studied how animals react to disturbances of

wetland habitat and the pike minnow, a native of the Green River. Vinson said that future plans would add a fisheries raceway and an experimental stream . Right now the complex only has the facilities for lake and pond fish. "We would like to expand research to include fish that spend their lives in streams," she said. Other plans for the future include two storage reservoirs, some lab buildings and an interpretive area for the public. "But that's a long way in the future," she said. "There's not a lot of money."

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Secondround of diversity panelto be held President Ge o rge H. Emert will host ~ "Opportunities for Diversity in Utah, Pnrt II: Religious ::)iversity " in the Eccles C onferenc e Center Audi tori um Tues<lay from IO a.m. until noon . The panel will include USU professors and religious leaders from Ca che Valley and Salt Lake City. The program is free and open to the public. The diversity forums are part of Utah State Uni\ ·ersity's continuing commitment to diversity through discussion. For more information or to request accommodations for people with disabilities, call the Equal Opportunity Office at 797-1266 by today.

Destre~sbefore finalsat campus getaway The Counseling Center is sponsoring a finals getaway day to help students free their minds from the stress of finals. The getaway will include a number of activities, such as an animal petting booth, free massages, relaxation exercises and a drawing for a discount on airfare sponsored by Sunrise Travel. The event will be held Tuesday in the Sunburst Lounge in the Taggan Student Center from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

USU reception plannedto say farewell to Emert Utah State University will host a farewell reception for President George H . Emert and First Lady Billie Emert on Tuesday from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. in the Sunburst Lounge in the Taggart Student Center. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.

Correction Wednesday Jim Stephenson, Associated Students of Utah State University academic vice president, was quoted as saying that the only place money can be added to the Aggie Express Card is at the Card Office. The alternative method of using a credit card via the Internet is also an option that was not printed in the article. Compiled by

THE USU MARCHING BAND practices for a football game in a central campus parking lot. Many are upset that the lot cannot be used for parking during the band's daytime practice hours./Sylvia Turner photo

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Hollywood began prepping us for the holiday movie season with the November 17 release of "The Grinch" and continued to up the ante with the Thanksgiving release of "Unbreakable" and "102 Dalmatians." As we move ci<;>ser to December, the quality an<l frequency of new films will increase almost faster than the tacky, out-of-date Brady Bunch lights on people's houses. The logic is crafty, yet simple: Because of the hoLidays, people are getting together with their relatives or spending more time at home with their kids and spouse, realizing how annoying every uncle, aunt, grandpa, mom, dad, brother, sister, son, daughter, wife, husband and pet fish can be when they have yuletide cheer and mistletoe coming out of every orifice. Most folks need a break, or the possibility of torching the Christmas tree in a mad rage or sending a steel-toed boot through the television <luring "Nester the Long-eared Donkey" becomes inevitably larger with each passing day. \Vhat better way to escape than at the movies? Here is what's hitting theaters.

"Dungeons and Dragons" (Dec. 8) Based on the trailer for this movie, it appears as if the executives from New Line Cinema got together an<lsaid, "OK, let's make a really stupid movie with cheesy effects and mind-numbing dialogue, and let's all pray that it flops. Sound good? Super ." The result is "Dungeons and Dragons." It stars Jeremy Irons ("The Man in the Iron Mask"), Thora Birch ("American Beauty") and Marlon Wayans ("Scary Movie"). If you want to see hordes of dudes with long hair and Metallica Tshirts shouting, "I've got a level four ax and war mallet," then pay the $6 to see this sure-fire bomb.

IThe verdict is still out on this flick. Russell Crowe has been a spectacular actor, shining in films Like"LA Confidential," "The Insider" and "Gladiator," but from what the trailer feeds the viewer, I'm not entirely sure this role is a stretch for Crowe. He portrays a hostage negotiator who is hired to help Meg Ryan get-her ~usband back from South American terrorists. Either the movie is superficial and one-dimensiona I, based on the trailer, or the filmmakers are holding something back. I'm guessing the latter, but if "Dungeons and Dragons" does better than this flick, I'll eat this paper.

provide the voices in this Disney animated fcanire . If you've ~een the preview, you know that Spade's char;icter is turned into a llama and Goodman's character helps him and they trade funny little barbs of sarcasm. I'm guessing it will do well, because (a) it comes from Uncle \Valt and (b) kids just love llamas, right? \\'e'll see.

"What Women Want" (Dec. 15)

Caine ("The Cider House Rules"), \\~lliam Shatner ("Star Trek") and Candice Bergen (''.:\lurphy Brown"). "The Family Man" (Dec. 21) I've seen this trailer one too many times, so I'm not sure I'll be able to view this film until, oh,

I can answer this question in n.vo words - Mel Gibson. Yeah, he's older and more wrinkled, but he's still Mel and he's still tough and, yes, chicks still want his action. In this romantic comedy, Gibson is cursed (yes, it would be a curse) with the ability to hear what women are thinking and lie begins seeing a psychiatrist for help with his problem . Fortunately, for Gibson, the doctor is Helen Hunt and I'm guessing on this one - they fall in love. If you take your date to see "Vertical Limit," I would bet the farm you'll have to take her to see this as reimbursement for your outing of manliness and adrenaline.

"Thirteen Days" (Dec. 20) This film dealing with the Cuban missile crisis is another attempt by Kevin Costner to place his career back into the fast lane. Forninately, this might be the vehicle to erase the lingering pain of "Vlaterworld," "The Postman" and "Message in a Bottle." Costner is one of John F. Kennedy's advisers and the crisis of October, 1962, is seen from his point-of-view. I'm betting this tlick will be good.

maybe April. ).Tevertheless, it stars i\1icholas Cage as a Scrooge-type character who is given the chance to see what his life could have been had he not taken the greedy, route in life. Thus, he is reunited with his old girlfriend from college, they have kids and he is a tire salesman. It could be cheesv, or it could be heartwarming and poignant.

"Castaway" (Dec. 12) \Vith Tom Hanks as the star in this film, how could it not be anything short of marvelous? Hanks portrays Chuck :Noland, an overworked FedEx employee who becomes stranded on a deserted island when his plane goes down in a fierce storm. From the tagline "at the edge of the world, his journey begins" - it is clear that Hanks' character undergoes some type of emotional and physical change that makes him a better person in the long run. This could be an Oscar contender, and I'm not joking this · time. "All the Pretty

Horses" (Dec. 25)

Starring Matt Damon ("The Legend of Bagger Vance") and Penelope Cruz ("\Voman on Top"), this film, directed by Billy Bob Thorton ("Slingblade"), could be destined for Oscar greatness, too. It follows the novel written by Cormac McCarthy, which tells the story of a Texas drifter who travels to Mexico looking for a better life but finds nothing but hardship, adventure and love.

"Miss Congeniality" (Dec. 22) Sandra Bullock is one of 111y favorite actresses because she is funny, beautiful and can hold her own with the top Hollywood vixens. In this film, she portrays a manly FBI agent assigned to go undercover at the Miss New Jersey beauty pageant, with the hope of preventing a terrorist attack on the function. Turning her from a beer-swilling wannabe Dirty Harry into a beauty queen is where the fun begins. The film also stars Benjamin Bratt ("Lawand Order''), Michael

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If you have seen the preview for this flick, you know it will be high action, However, with the casting of Chris O'Donnell, you might wonder if there is more oxygen atop Mount Everest than a healthy plot and story in this movie. The premise involves O'Donnell having to rescue his sister and her group of millionaire trekkers, after an avalanche consumes them while journeying to Kl, one of the Himalayas' highest peaks. It stars Robin Tunney ("End of Days") and Scott Glenn ("Backdraft").

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"Dude, Where's My Car?" (Dec. 15) This is an Oscar contender. :Not. You're hard up and a freshman if you see this. Get a life.

"The Emperor's New Groove" (Dec. 15)

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David Spade ("Tommy Boy") and John Goodma.n ("The Big Lebowski")

Kesling, choral director for Utah State University. The "Messiah" includes some of the most performed Christmas music in the Christian world, Kesling said. Snidents who attend the performance "may gain a few

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Can anyone but Lucy say something bad about Charlie Brown? I don't think so. I also can't say anything bad about Utah State University Theatre's production of the musical, "You're .\ Good Man, Charlie Brown." In honor of the 50th anniversary of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, Utah State Theatre is staging the original version of Clark Gesner's 1967 musical, under the direction of Kevin Doyle, associate professor of acting and directing. You will open your eyes to a delightful set complete with that famous red doghouse letting you know before the lights even come up all the way who that boy in the yellow shirt is, along with all his friends, even the white dog. Everyone's hearts are sure to warm as they watch the adventures of Charlie Brown and his friends, including Snoopy. From Charlie Brown's dreams of flying his kite, to Lucy's booth where she gives psychiatric help for 5 cents to little league baseball games and glee club practice, there is sure to he something that sparks the memories of childhood in every audience member. The strongest performance by far is from Amber Tuttle as Lucy. The cast includes Cory Castillo as Schroder, Eric Van Tielen as Linus, Philip Lowe as Charlie Brown, Katie Ackerman as Snoopy and Lillith Fields as Peppermint Patti. Add to this a wonderful set designed by Tina Lambard and costumes by

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you want my advice? That's what I thought. Instead of boring you with tales of never studying and missing class and falling asleep during videos of mitosis in Biology 1010, I'll leave you with one last morsel of wisdom. Let's talk about driving. I promised myself I'd never do a column on driving because it's too easy and has been discussed repeatedly by editorial ists, humor writers and opinion columnists. However, after driving more than 800 miles throughout the Thanksgiving weekend, I really need to vent. Bear with me, please. Oh, and don't forget to buckle up. Living almost my entire existence in Logan, Utah, I have long maintained that Idaho motorists are at fault for all of Utah's auto mishaps. I now realize I was shifting the blame to my docile, redneckish brethren to the North, because, frankly, I couldn't handle the truth. It's time to come clean. The truth is this: We live

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The film builds In "Unbreakable," David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is on his way slowly, pauses to reflect, plods a little, home from New York, when his train finally delivers some very tense and derails, leaving all passengers dead, except gratifying moments and finishes with him. He seems oblivious to the apparent a surprise (although poorly executed) miracle and goes to work the next daY.with ending. There are no flashy colors the train wreck put aside. However, after no "paws" or "bangs." In fact, the attending a funeral for the victims of the AndyMorgan/GradeB+ whole film is intentionally shot in subtrain disaster, Dunn finds a note on his dued lighting using everyday browns windshield that reads, "How many days of Travis Call /Grade Ayour life have you been sick?" This leads and grays. David Dunne's (Bruce Willis) superDunn to query his employer and his wife, hero costume consists of normal cloth Audrey (Robin Wright Penn), and he evening and his stadium security guard tually realizes that fie cannot remember the The Statesman's hcst guess last ti me he was i 11. poncho. He has superpowers, but they about who would like this film are suppressed by his own sense of The writer of the mysterious note is Elijah and who wouldn't. self-loathing and doubts about choices Price (Samuel L. Jackson); the proprietor of he has macfe in the past. a comic book store, where he considers the ~ If you want to see Bruce He is all but estranged from his merchandise "art" and not "toys." His Willis shoot some European wife, Audrey (Robin Wright Penn), entire life has been the opposite side of terrorists who still lives with him, but sleeps in Dunn 's, having a rare bone disorder that her own room. Director M. Night makes his skefeton brittle. We come to ~ If you have attention deficit Shyamalan takes great pains to dislearn that Price has suffered 54 various syndrome play the chilly emptiness of their relabreaks throughout his life, drives in a tionship - beginning with a brilliant padded car and was called Mr. Glass by his ~ If you want to feel better opening scene that reveals Dunne's childhood peers. When he discovers that about your own life lack of commitment to his waning Dunn is the only survivor of the train crash, relationship. The scene is shot on a he believes he has found the "unbreakable" train from the perspective of a child man - a superhero , if you will, for our watching the conversation between "mediocre" day and age. the seats. When an attractive woman sits next to him, Of course, despite the insistence of Price and the hope of Dunn 's son, Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark), Dunn refuses to Dunne removes his wedding ring and tries to engage her in conversation. She replies that she is married and accept Price's claim that he is in fact invincible and is some leaves. type of comic book hero. Thus, the movie revolves around This style of film-making is typical of Shyamalan's Dunn's lack of faith in himself, in his life, child and wife and genius and attention to detail. Not only do the viewers Price's incessant drive to find a sparring partner, someone on understand exactly who Dunne is in a relatively short the "other end of the spectrum." period of time, but are actually made to feel some guilt as Bruce Willis is perfect as the "everyday Joe" character and they watch the conversation unfold from the perspective his sulkin g and somber mood throughout the film truly gives a of an eavesdropper. resonance to the type of character he is playing. Do we expect The story is often supplemented with critical bits of anything less from Willis? Probably not. He is clearly one of , information that are revealed only by careful attention to Hollywood 's leading men and it's nice to see him making wise the detailed camerawork. I particularly enjoyed a scene professional decisions when, for the past decade or more he where an astonished doctor is explaining that Dunne is has had a roller-coaster career, one that has taken him from hits · one of two survivors of a train crash. It shows not only like the "Die Hard" series, "Pulp Fiction," "The Sixth Sense" , and "Armageddon" to the doldrums of "Hudson Hawk," "Billy the conversation, but includes in the frame the body of the other survivor who is clearly not Bathgate" and "The Color of Night." Of course, Samuel L. Jackson 1s going to survive. Tfiese and other details make tremendous as the creepy and merci what would have otherwise been a lessly intelligent Price. Based on his mediocre film a good one. 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is-good. Real good. You'd have to be a moron from Mars or another country to not know the story of Dr. Seuss', "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and Opie, I mean Ron Howard, does a nice job of sticking to the story. What's even better is that Howard is able to relate a moral or lesson without being overpowered by Carrey's antics and humor. It's a nice fit - one that generates hordes of laughs. The artisans and designers of the film have constructed a beautiful an<l whimsical re-creation of Whoville. I'm sure if Seuss were alive today, he would agree that it fits what he had in mind and what all of us have in our imaginations. The Whos are a tad bit annoying, but their exuberance plays into the overall theme of celebrating Christmas for the wrong reasons and that makes them bearable. Getting back to Carrey, people usually agree - you either love him or you hate him, there is no middle ground . People find him annoying, others can't stop laughing. What gives? I'm positive that the hot or cold effect Jim Carrey has is a bonus to his acting. It means he doesn't compromise; it means he will place his true personality on the screen and if you love it, great, if not, well, alrighty then, that's life. "The Grinch" is extremely funny, heartwarming and magical. It teaches lessons about the overabundance of holiday commercialism, greed and an

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She is, however, determined to play tonight. Although Peterson said it is hard to say if she will be ready, he said injuries often encourage a team to work harder. "\Vhen people get sick, ill or injured, lots of the time you end up playing better. That's what we have to do." The 2000 season statistics show that the Tigers and the Aggies demonstrated strengths in different areas. Offensively, Student tickets USU recorded are $5 for one 1,793 kills this year game and $6 toMU's 1,637, but the Tigers' hitting for the whole percentage was session. For higher than the Aggies', .299 to more info call: ► SEE TOURNEY

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Bengals then ran off five unanswered points to close out the half with a three-point lead. After a few contests of inconsistent bench play, the Aggies got it when they needed it against the Bengals. Reserve forwards Bailey and Brennan Ray provided a much-needed punch from the bench. Ray scored seven points and pulled down four rebounds while Bailey grabbed six rebounds and added four points. "We had to redeem ourselves as a bench," Bailey said. Ray's points came mostly on put-backs after missed shots. "If I can get to that offensive glass, that's where you'll see me," he · said. Morrill said his two big men, Daniels 'and center Dimitri Jorssen, ~SU CENTER DIMITRI JORSSEN (14) chases ISU's Tim Erickson in the first half of Wednesday's missed a lot of easy game at Holt Arena. The win pushed the Aggies' record to 4-1 on the season./Casey Hobson photo shots that they would usually make. Jorssen the open spots in the Bengal defense in first half - he was a dismal 3-9 from was feeling ill during the game and was the first half and found them in the secthe field in the first 20 minutes - but a little banged up, sustaining a black eye he said he was getting better looks at in the contest, and only'contributed five the basket in the second half, and it ► SEE GRIND points and four rebounds. showed. He was 4-6 in the second half. Daniels' shots weren't falling in the Page 9 Daniels said the team was looking for

POCATELLO, Idah~ It was gut check time Wedr,day night in the Holt Arena i1 Pocatello, Idaho, and the '.ah State University basketbal team passed the test. The Aggies, who traile, Idaho State University by three points at the half, car through down the stretch handed the Bengals their tlI straight loss, 59-55. Utah State took controF the game with nearly four mutes remaining in the secon half, thanks in large part to reserves Brennan Ray and Dion Bailey. The two playe1 combined for 11 points and) rebounds. But it was their htle down the stretch that pre vided Utah State with the spark it needed to win the game. "I know that's the only n son I check into the game [down the stretch] is for def ... sive purposes," Ray said. "D, and I love to play in these games. We love coming into games where there's lots of energy and a hostile environ• ment." ' Ray, who finished the garr with four rebounds, helped USU gain the lead and the momentum in the second halt with his aggression both on defense and on the boards. Bailey did the same, pulling down six rebounds to go along with two assists and four points. "Coach always says we go in to pick them up, and hopefully we do," Ray said. "I live for these kinds of games. It's fun to play on the road." ► SEE

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I hate commercials. I was watching yet another Target commercial between Top Plays and Sunday Conversation in the last 15 minutes of SportsCenter MQnday

rrJOrning. (You know that last segment, when they show more ads than leftover hockey highlights.) So instead of watching my brain cells die one by one, being killed by advertisers trying to be cute, I looked for something to read. I picked up the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide for this season I acquired at Saturday's game and started flipping through it. On Page 2 is a story about the history of the conference. It doesn't say it, but the BWC has come foll circle. The Pacific Coast Athletic Association - what the BWC was cal led from 1969 to 1989 - started with California State University at Los Angeles, Fresno State University,

Long Beach State University and San Diego State University. Soon after, the University of the Pacific, San Jose State University and University of California at Santa Barbara jumped ship from the West Coast Athletic Conference to join the PCAA. In 1978, USU joined the conference as the first non-Californian addition. University of Nevada-Las Vegas and New Mexico State University joined in the '80s, causing the name change. And the conference continued to strengthen, adding other schools in Nevada and Idaho. UNL V gave the BWC a lot of press with the Rebels' famous - and infamous - basketball teams under Jerry Tarkanian. But with the break-up of the

Western Athletic "super" Conference, the balance was broken. And the University of Nevada-Reno and Boise State University saw greener pastures in the busted WAC, leaving most other Big West teams to frantically try to find a place to play football. So crazy, in fact, that they would play in the Sun Belt Conference. How does the Big West compensate for the losses? Add strong teams from the Big Sky, or try to lure a scorned WAC team? No - it adds the not-so-big-named schools California State University at Northridge and University of California, Riverside. The Highlanders are in only their second year of Division I basketball. So now with the University of

Idaho as USU's lone non-California partner, the BWC - led by an allCalifornian staff - has drawn that circle all the way back to the old days when USU was California's only addition. It seems obvious that the conference doesn't ever want to play football again; it just wants to be a California basketball bus league. So be it - just don't call it the Big West because it doesn't include the whole West and it certainly isn't big. Aaron Morton, a junior from Kaysville majoring in journalism, is the Sports Editor of the Statesman. He welcomes comments about the column or the section in general at sports@statesman.usu.edu.

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Hockey club hopes to gain respect against CSU, Utah Mountain Collegiate ·Hockey 1 On Nov. 18, the USU Association men's hockey team was able to (RMCHA) this find something in its 13-0 season. USU drubbihg of San Diego State will play the Univetsity that had eluded it Rams Friday at the entire season - they put 8:30 p.m. at together a complete game as a the Weber team. County Ice "I think we started to play Sheet. It will more as a team than we have play the Utes been," said defenseman Danny at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Wilson. "The final score says Murray Ice a lot about the way we came Arena on 5300 together." "For the first time this year, South State Street in we didn't play down to the level of our competition," said Murrav. forward Deryk Anderson. Both The Aggies will quickly 'Nilson and discover whether their victory Anderson said over SDSU will serve as a catthe next couple of weeks USU'S AARON SUTLIFF (19) defends an Arizona State player in a game earlier this alyst for the rest of the season will determine season. USU takes on Colorado State and Utah this weekend./Casey Hobson photo this weekend when they just how good square off against Colorado Aggies are 0-3 against them One of the Aggies' biggest the Aggies are. It's also their State University and the this season. ' problems this season has been University of Utah. CSU is chance tb make a statement to "The most consistent probgetting down on themselves ,regularly ranked high in the rest of the teams in the lem this year is that when our when things aren't going well Division II of the American conference. team gets down on theminstead of maintaining a posi"If we can beat both of Collegiate Hockey selves, we lose," he said. tive attitude, Wilson said. Association. Utah is on the these teams (Utah and CSU), USU hosts two home USU cannot afford to lose its we can show the members (of rise after a mediocre season games next weekend against mental edge against the Rams the RMCHA) that Utah State last year and now owns the Robert Morris and Weber. and Utes, he said, as the isn't washed up," Wilson said. top spot in the Rocky JASON TURNER

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AssociatedPress Karl Malone isn't all that coqifortable with what he's about to accomplish. ,,Something doesn't seem right about passing Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA's career scoring list so soon after his death. "When you're climbing up the list, those guys are still alive. But he's not with us anymore so it's kind of a different feeling," said Malone, within 48 points of Chamberlain's 31,419 entering the weekend. . "It's really kind of weird. I don't want to use the word bittersweet, but it's kind of like I'm not excited to do it. "It's like certain records, maybe, should stay the way they are." Malone, averaging 23.6 points this season, is on pace to pass Chamberlain early in the game Tuesday night at home against Toronto, becoming the second-leading scorer behind Kareem AbdulJabbar (38,387). Chamberlain, who died in October 1999 at age 63, played for 14 years in the NBA and averaged 30.1 points. He holds the single game scoring record, 100 points. "Wilt is one of those legends - such a legend I almost can't fathom it," said Malone's longtime teammate, John Stockton. "And yet I've watched Karl do it day in and day out for so many years, it's hard to believe that's where he is." The 37-year-old Malone, in his 16th NBA season, recalled his one and only meeting with Chamberlain, in

Cleveland in 1997 when the NBA assembled the 50 greatest players of all time. The two spoke in a hallway at Gund Arena. "I found myself talking to him a lot more than a lot of the other guys, and it was kind of neat to talk to somebody of his stature," Malone said. "He told me something I'll never forget - 'I like the way you play, and don't ever change the way you play no matter what anybody says. Just keep playing like you're playing."' That's exactly what Malone has done, playing night-in and night -out almost without interruption year after year after year. He has missed only seven games in his career three because of injury and four because of suspensions. A two-time MVP and 12time All-Star, Malone is the only player ever to score 2,000 points in a season 12 times. He ranks second in career free throws made (8,100 plus) and defensive rebounds (9,486) and is in the top five in free throws made and field goals made and attempted. "I've had the honor of coaching him through out his entire career, I'm amazed, I really am, at how his career has turned out," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "Karl was a bad free throw shooter when he started, and he changed just about everything about his game. I don't think Wilt ever had to change anything. He could do all those th;ngs to start with he had a great body when he started, a great body when he left - but Karl had to individually work very, very hard to make himself a great play-

er." Malone made up his mind about what kind of player he wanted to be in the spring of 1986 after being summoned to Jazz president Frank Layden's office after his rookie season. With Adrian Dantley sitting out because of injury, Malone averaged 21.8 points in a first-round playoff loss to Dallas. "Frank called me into his office and asked me, 'How good do you want to be?' I said very good, and he said, 'Well, prove it to us. We're going to trade Adrian this summer. So I took that summer off. All the things I loved to do, I didn't do them anymore . I just trained, trained, trained. Didn't go out much, just ate and slept and trained. And all of a sudden, here I an1." Malone seemed most proud that Chamberlain had picked him as the power forward on Chamberlain's all-time best starting five. His memories of Chamberlain include watching him play on the black-andwhite TV he occasionally watched as a youngster in Louisiana. "He made things look real easy. He ran easy, he jumped easy, everything was pretty much easy to him - that's what I remember more than anything," Malone said. Last November, he passed Jordan's career total of 29,277. He has spent the past few seasons moving past Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson and John Havlicek. "Even though a lot of things happen to you, you still don't feel you belong in th3t,."' select group of guys," he·said.

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AssociatedPress DENVER - Denver Broncos rookie running back Mike Anderson won't be intimidated when he steps into the raucous Superdome on Sunday. He has played there before - as a drummer in his high school band. "This will be a lot more fun, playing football," said Anderson, who never played high school football. Anderson was in New Orleans with his band during Mardi Gras in I 991. For four hours straight, two days in a row, he played as the parade wound through the streets of New Orleans and into the Supei;dome. "There were a lot of people inside," he recalled. "I couldn't believe it. We walked in

and they put us up on the big screen right away. You could hear the crowd come alive. It was exciting." Anderson beat on those drums non-stop. "The band would take breaks, but the drummers played all the time, to keep a beat and keep everybody in sync," he said. Asked if that's where he got his endurance, he said, "That's part of it. Those drums get pretty heavy." Anderson, 2 7, now does his beating on opposing defenses. H e' ll tangle with one of the NFL's best in the Saints on Sunday. "They're real good against the run," he said. "We'll see what happens Sunday." With 971 yards rushing, he is poised to go over 1,000 yards in a season that began with him merely being happy about making the team.

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Florida'sfinal solution Matt Flitton

The election in Florida is such a mess that I've given up trying to keep track of it. Florida has been a burden on us for some time. Let's kick it out of the union. I think that it's time for the nation as a whole to analyze this situation. Al I.the other states have been able to conduct an election without too much fuss. Is the problem with the Electoral College and the whole process, or is it with one state? Proven statistics show that 98 percent of all the states have picked a president. Florida has proven to be a problem on other occasions. Remember when tourists were being picked off Ii ke bystanders in a Schwarzenegger film? The whole country suffered because of Florida's inability to ask for money before shooting. Florida was burning a year ago. A lot of our nation's resources went to

putting out the fires. Happily, we did manage to get them out just in time for hurricane. season. Almost annually, money goes to Florida to rebuild the houses of people who have lost their homes (again) to a hurricane. What does it say about the learning curve of people who rebuild houses again and again in the path of storms? I'm certain that there's a passage somewhere in the Bible about people building their houses on unstable foundations. With so many natural disasters in one place, don't you think maybe someone is trying to tell us something about the state? Elian Gonzales and that whole debacle happened in Florida. If we make Florida its own nation, we'll have a buffer zone between the United States and Cuba. Before Janet Reno became the U.S. attorney general, she worked for Florida. If someone would have thought of this 10 years ago, we would have been spared eight years of that woman on television. That alone should make us seriously think about doing this. With the advanced age of the population in Florida, kicking the state out should solve our social security problem as well. Although, it would leave the new state vulnerable to military invasion. I've never

heard of an army being repelled by white knees and shuffleboards. I'm not suggesting that we kick them out permanently, we can let them back into the Union once the entire population shows that it knows how to mark a ballot completely and properly, even if a butterfly ballot is used. If we act quickly, we can get rid of a lot of lawyers and politicians in the process. Of course, we may want to wait until both Bush and Gore are in the state for more sound bites, and then act. This would solve the whole election problem. Leave the Bush brothers and Al Gore to fight over Florida. We can have another election and pick someone who actually shows leadership qualities. I understand that if we did kick them out, it would inconvenience everyone who already has a flag with 50 stars on it. We can let Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia in as a state to keep things even. If they're going to be a separate nation, let's give them a name more fitting to their culture. How about the Other Republic of Chad?

Matt Flitton is a senior majoring in journalism. Comments may be e-mailed to mflitton@cc.usu.edu.

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tht~ hdJTPhP?Why Thanksgiving~ruate not? Do we not picture the "First Thanksgiving" as a setshouldbe ting of "Pilgrims" and "Indians" feasting peacefully lookedat in thanks for "God's bounty?" The history of the season the people is fraught with historically and indifference, prejudice and Dear Editor,

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knowing that most of your attractio!1to those left living was your financial prowess? I have yet to see a depiction of heaven with people concerned about their insurance policies. And if you go to hell? Well, what's a little more suffering on top of the eternal day-to-day brimstone? I'm guessingthat guilt is a mute point by then. There are mixed messages everywhere. The funeral industry claims to be the motel clerk for your final resting place, but it actually encourages the concept of reciprocal guilt. While you are fretting over the inflationary value of your insurance, your loved ones feel guilty if they didn't give you that hand-crafted Martha Stewart decorated casket for your big dirt cruise. Near-death experiences aren't of much comfort when it comes to the.afterlife. They are interesting, but the idea that the afterlife is akin to walking down a tunnel into the light reminds me too much of my recurring nightmare of walking head-on into a speeding SUV in the Zion's National Park tunnel, which, of course, would send me into the afterlife, making this line of reasoning circu lar. Psychicstalking to the dead don't offer much proof. I don't want to talk to them now for $2 a minute, why would I want to communicate with them after I have gone to the other side? Well, I might want to check up on my loved ones to see how they are spending the insurance money.

~ QEf CENTEI!. Dennis Hinkamp

In reflection of Thanksgiving past, I wanted to voice what this holiday means to me. I do this in the interest of opening hearts and minds beyond the rituals we have become accustomed to through generations. Thanksgiving is more than sitting down to a turkey dinner. Did you know that most

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Many people falsely believe Catholics invented guilt. Though it is true they perfected it, archeological evidence points toward life insurance executives. Tiny stone business cards have been found near the ancient sites of what appear to have been class reunions. In the end it is a matter of faith, but there are all sorts of contradictory indicators that there is life after death. Life• insurance, for one, is based on the concept that guilt in the present can be transferred tb the alleged afterlife. Why else would any sane person put money in to a slot machine that can only pay off when you die? Why else would we fall for sales pitches like, "How would you feel knowing that your grieving spouse might have to sell the house if you died? What if your kids can't afford to go to Harvard law school and your pet cat has to get a job as a mouser on the bad side of town?" For the most part, you won't feel anything because you will be dead. If you did feel something after death, which is preferable?Not having enoµgh life insurance or

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genocide. A few Thanksgiving details not taught in school include the children of those (Pilgrims and Indians) who sat for the first Thanksgiving engaging in one of the bloodiest Native wars in the Northeast - The Pequot War. The second Thanksgiving was celebrated as "the hacked off heads of Natives" were being "kicked through the streets of Manhattan like soccer balls."

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the perm is a bad one. The good ones dissolve, as if by magic, after the first shampoo. I tried a straight cut last time. One of those "cute and sassy" styles. Only mine turned out weird and wacky. Repulsed by memories of my mother's beehives, I have sworn off teasing my hair. When I was a girl my mother used to spend an hour or so, once a week, getting her hair done. I sti 11remember the suffocating waves of the stuff they sprayed on her hair to keep it in place until the next visit. They actually called it "Lacquer ," which makes so much sense. How else could you keep a Do for a whole week without washing it? My sleek coif was made so much sleeker by the way it hugged my head within one hour of completion. Sweet huh? Yeah, like a wet rat type sweet. I then figured that I could try to "fool" my hai r into behaving. Get color put in to add some "texture". You know, that damaged beautiful look. My boyfriend always wanted me to be a blonde. I have never known the wonders of having men flock at my feet due to my hair color so I agreed to sacrifice to find out what it was like. My orange tinged look was definitely not what the guys were swooning over,

~THE D~Mi 4~· Dee Waltz

I've never been one to have a fatalistic view of life. Always a "half full" type of gal, I have I ived most of my fife knowing things usually just work out for the best. This perspective, however, does not apply to my hair. My hair has a mind of its own and functions on the "Murphy's Law" theory. It's as if someone else rules my follicles and has decided this is some kind of sick game. I used to perm my hair regularly. My hair is so straight that barrettes find their way to my arm pits even before I get to the front door. You'd think adding a little permanent body would help, wouldn't you? Ever see a French poodle? And that's the body wave! Then it stays that way for six months! If my hairdresser puts just one curl in the wrong spot my hair will hold that position indefinitely . Hence, in my case, the term "permanent". Ah, but that only applies if

though. I suddenly looked like Cindy Lauper gone citrus. I swore off color for awhile after that. Ten years later I did get it highlighted but I had to take Valium before getting in the chair. I've worn my hair long, but as straight as it is I look like Cher after a rainstorm. I've also worn it as almost buzz short and though I did get a lot of compliments, I figure if every time you walk by a bathroom mirror you stick your tongue out at yourself it doesn't matter how many people like it. If you think you look ugly it just isn't the style for you. I always had the fear of look ing like a huge pear. The closer I cropped my hair the more my head looked like the top of it. Of course I feel like an upside down pear when I get a perm . Somewhere there has to be a delicate balance. There is one good thing about my hair though. I can use it to gauge my day. It detects weather patterns and even predicts the future. For instance, if it looks absolutely stunning that day then I know it 's going to rain . If it's lifeless and can't hold a curl I will be getting pictures taken that day . And if it's curling in all the wrong places then I must be meeting someone new for the first time . I've decided that Murphy must have been a woman.

The Law she came up with probably started one day while looking in the bathroom mirror. Thanks to her I have someone to blame for today. I just finished doing my hair . It looks great. I must be going snow-boarding after all.

Dee Waltz may be reached at degbert@cc.usu.edu

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Barakbacks'phasedagreement' to bringpeace with Palestinians refugees should be resettled where they airport has been closed for more than a now live. Others could live in the month. Associated Press Palestinian state, and a few could return The prime minister said the looming to Israel. election would not change his approach JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Barak is the first Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak declared Thursday he was to peace negotiations, though he trails in to publicly say he would recognize an prepared to recognize an independent the polls, and many analysts say he's independent Palestinian state. However, Palestinian state, but said sensitive issues, unlikely to win re-election unless he can the Palestinian leadership, as well as such as control over Jerusalem, should produce some sort of peace deal. ordinary Palestinians, have shot down be set aside for up to three years. "I never said that I'm going to speed Bara k's previous offers and say the t:wo It was the most detailed description things up in working toward an agreesides are nowhere near a final agreeyet that Barak has given of his peace ment, as a result of the elections," Barak ment . proposals, and it was promptly rejected said in a speech to Israeli journalists in By spelling out his peace plan publicly, Tel Aviv. "I also said we won't reach an by Palestinian leaders, who said it failed Barak seemed to he to address their main concerns agreement close appealing to Isn1eli including control over Jerusalem and the to election time voters rather than fate of millions of Palestinian refugees. that would be launching a major iniTwt>months of violence have derailed different from tiative directed at the peace talks, destroyed Barak's political one reached Palestinians. And in support and placed Israel on the road to without elecsome ways, he new elections, probably in April or May. tions." Barak said peace appeared to be retreatOn Thursday, two Palestinians were Barak spoke of negotiations cannot resume ing from previous killed. One was shot to death by Israeli a "phased agreepositions. forces <luring a riot near a refugee camp, ment" and said until violence subsides. At a July sumaccording to Palestinians. The Israeli he was prepared > Barak is first Israeli mit in the United military said soldiers opened fire on to recognize a States with Palestinian armed Palestinians who shot at an army Palestinian state prime minister to publicy leader Y.1sserArafat patrol. Outside Bethlehem, a Palestinian on land in the say he would recognize an and President Clinton, was shot and killed and three others West Bank and the Israeli leader wounded in a clash with Israeli troops, Gaza Strip. But independent Palestine. appeared willing to witnesses said. after seven years Bloodshed has claimed give the Palestinians Palestinian security officials said a rela- of interim control over parts of tive of a Hamas bomb maker killed a agreements, the nearly 290 lives, most of east Jerusalem. week ago in an explosion in his car has Palestinians are them Palestinians. Barak said confessed to helping Israeli agents carry insisting on a Thursday that a out the assassination. The officials, who final, comprePalestinian state could spoke on condition of anonymity, said hensive deal. be created by connectAlam Bani Odeh, 25, escaped to Israel The Israeli ing islands of land in the West Bank, leader said the emotionally charged after the killing but felt remorse, and his increasing the land under Palestinian question of sovereignty over Jerusalem family arranged his handover to control from about 40 percent to 50 perPalestinian security. Hamas officials said and the return of Palestinian refugees cent. However, Barak reportedly offered they are demanding a death sentence, to should be put off for "one or two or the Palestinians more than 90 percent of be carried out at the spot where the car three years." the West Bank at the July summit. exploded. The proposals got a cool reception In an opinion poll published Thursday, The bloodshed, which has claimed from the Palestinians. Barak trailed one potential election chal"The ideas which Mr. Barak claims nearly 290 lives, most of them lenger, hard-line former prime minister could be a new initiative are not new at Palestinians, has abated in recent days. Benjamin Netanyahu, 51 to 3 7 percent, all," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, the However, Palestinian areas remain tense, according to the Yediot Ahronot newsand previous lulls have been followed by Palestinian minister for information. renewed spasms of violence. "His main interest was and is to save paper. Barak became prime minister after eashimself, not to save the peace process." Barak has said repeatedly that peace ily defeating Netanyahu in May 1999. Israel claims sovereignty over all of negotiations cannot resume until the Barak leads another possible challenger, Jerusalem, but the Palestinians want to violence subsides substantially. the hawkish Ariel Sharon, 44 to 39 per In a goodwill gesture, Israel is allowing establish a capital in traditionally Arab cent, according to the poll, which queseast Jerusalem and have demanded the the Palestinian airport in Gaza to reopen tioned 503 Israelis and had a margin of right of return for Palestinians displaced Friday, said Fayez Zaidan, head of the error of 4.5 percentage points. in Arab-Israeli wars. Israel believes most P~lestinian civil aviation authority. The GREG MYRE

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WASillNGTON - The U.N. World Food Program is seeking more than 800,000 tons of food to feed 8 million North Koreans and compen sate for crop shortfalls caused by droughts and typhoons, the organization said Thursday . A crop and food assessment by the WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization found that North Korea's rice production was down 31 percent this year and that com output fell 235,000 tons from 1999. "The; country will need to import 1.87 million tons of cereal between November 2000 and October 2001 to cover the gap between what it has and what it needs to feed its 22 million people," according to a WFP update of the situation in North Korea. Other U.N . agencies issued a simultaneous worldwide appeal for $68 million in nonemergency aid for North Korea projects in such areas as water purification and health. The "cycle of severe hunger" will continue in North Korea unless problems such as water contamination are dealt with, said Abigail Spring, a WFP spokeswoman. A majority of North Koreans drink fouled water, she said. The United States has been by far the most generous contributor to WFP appeals to help North Korea, providing 67 percent of the total in response to a series of requests since 1995, Spring said. Another major contributor is South Korea. A State D epartment official said the United States is aware of the new WFP request and is studying it. The Clinton administration says its donations to North Korea over the years answered WFP requests and were unrelated to political considera tions. In general, however, the United States has responded more quickly and more generously to WFP appeals for North Korea than it has for other countries, reflecting the importance the administration attaches to improving relations

with Pyongyang. Andrew Natsios, a Bush administration disaster relief official who has studied North Korea's food problems, said the Clinton administration withheld food aid during 1996-97 for political reasons. During that period, 2.5 million North Koreans died of starvation, said Natsios. He described as "total nonsense" administration claims that food disbursements were not linked to political goals. Since 1995, the United States has provided 1.2 million metric tons of food worth $425 million to North Korea. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited North Korea in October in an attempt to obtain curbs on its missile program. President Clinton has said he may go there before leaving office. To ensure the . food reaches its intended recipients, the WFP has 43 officials monitoring food distribution in 191 counties, Spring said. The North has declared 50 counties off limits for security reasons, she said. WFP access to the interior of the country has increased sharply in recent years. The less restrictive environment was reflected in recent days with the visit of Rep. Tony Hall, D-Ohio, who traveled to the eastern industri al town of Chongjin as well as rural areas hard hit by years of bad weather and economic mismanagement. Famine pre vailed in much of North Korea in the mid- l 990s, and drought has return ed this year after good growing seasons in 19981999. Hall reported that he found severe shorta ges of food and power in the hard-hit rural areas. "You need to travel outside the capital and into the countryside, and you'll discover that things are very bleak and very cold," Hall said. The most recent WFP appeal for North Korea was inJuly 1999, when it sought donations to feed 8. million people . About 5.5 million tons were target ed for children under 18. In 1998, a number of international agencies collaborated on a nutri tional survey in North Korea. It found that 78 percent of the population suffered from acute or chronic malnutrition.

>SUPERDROP From Page 3 vice president of the Associated Students of USU, said the policy was designed to curb the total number of drops per semester, but it isn't working. From a faculty perspective , Jeff Walters, a research assistant professor in Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences and the chair of the subcommittee, said the further into the semester, the less f>OSsible it is to fill the spaces of studen ts who drop . A faculty concern are small labs with limited spaces and high demand for enrollment . The committee is discussing alternatives to the current policy, but right now have no definite plans or recommendations. One alternative in discussion is allowing instruc tors at their discretion to drop a student if they aren't present the first two days of class. Another possible alternative is to attach a $20 fee after the fifth day or shortening the drop deadline to the 10th day. There is no date set to have a new pohcy in place. Data from the Planning and Analysis office is being looked at showing past years' drop statistics after the first week, and drops have increased. Stephenson said more information needs to be looked at

before a decision can be made. He said another look needs to be taken to see what types of classes being dropped. "Before we really jump the gun, we ou~ht to take a little bit more time, Stephenson said. On one side, students ought to think more carefully when they are registering. On the other side, Stephenson said, there are problems like conflicting work schedu les. He also said there is a correlation berween an increase in drops and plateau tuition, designed to encourage faster completion of a degree. Deanna Winn, associate dean of Teacher Education and Certification, sits on the committee as an administrative representative . She said the problem with drops in high-demand classes is it forces people to be at USU longer than necessary 'We don 't want you to pay the fee," she said. "We want you to drop the class before the

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Friday, December 1 *USU Women's Volleyball USU vs Missouri, 5 p.m., BYU Smith Fieldhouse. * USU Women's Basketball Club 7 p.m. Spectrum

*Utah State Theatre, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," by Clark Gesner. 7:30 p.m., Morgan Theatre, FAC.

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Morgan Theatre, FAC. * USU 1v1usic Department, Choral Society & USU Chorale present Handel's "Messiah." 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall, FAC. USU srudents w/ID free.

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•Spring semester fee payment deadline Dec. 12(mail) or Dec. 19 in person. Avoid lines and use the Quad system or touchtnnc system to pay. • Do you l,,ive a quarter? Operation Smile is selling Christmas links in the basement of the TSC for 2 weeks. This will go to benefit children in developing commies w/facial clefonnities. Only 25 cenrs. •United Campus Volunteers "Change Someone's Christmas" 1lelp the elderly have a better Chrisonas, donate your change in the Hub. •Institute activity for International Students. Trip to Salt Lake City, Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Cost is $5. Activities include: Tour of temple square, "The Testaments," lunch pro,id ed. Plan on{our own dinner. See Chrisonas lights. •Elite Hal Dance, Dec . 2, lessons 7 to 8 p.m. $1. •Seminar: BriJn Child, South Luangwa National Park Z1111bia,"Saving African Wildlife," Dec. 4, 7 i).m., NR, Room 105 • President's Diversity Forum, "Opportunities for Diversity in Utah - Part II: Religious Diversity." Dec . 5, 10 a.m. to noon, ECC Auditorium. •Free l\,fassages by profes.sionals,pet animals, n,1pm,1ts and relaxation exercises, vou could also be the winner of a tmvel discount on your next get.1wayfrom Sunrise Travel. Dec. 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. lntemational Lounge TSC. Sponsored by Counseling Center.

•Art exhibition (eatunng the works of Diane Terry and Jerry Fuhriman Dec. 8, 6 tO 9 p.m. at Furhiman's Fnunma-, 75 South Main, downtown Logan. ' •USU Sno"mobile Club meeting. Dec. 7, 7 p.m. Sunburst Lounge. Come help plan this year activities. For more info. jsnoorda@cc.usu.edu or 787-8169. •Make a child's Chrisonas Merry. Support the Mortar Board Children's Literacy bookdrive. Donate used or new books to storytellers at the Cache Valley ;\foll until Dec. 7 •To wann hands, feet and hearts, Valley residents Jre encouraged to give to the Minen Tree sponsored by the USU Women's Center Advisory Board. Donations of l\'E\ V mittens, hats, and socks, for Cache Valley infants and children are welcomed. Items may be donated through Dec. 13 on campus TSC Carousel Square. More info. 797-1728. •The USU Marriage & Family Thempy Clinic pro\'icles individual, marital, and family therapy. Therapy is individualized to meet the unique needs and situations of clients. Therapy is provided by graduate students completing their M.S. degrees under supervision of clinical faculty on a sliding fee scale basis. For more infonnarion or to make an appoinonent, please call 797-7430. •The needlework of the Hmongs will be for sale during The Benefit Chrisonas Market sponsored by Soroptimist International of Logan. On sale at the \Vhittier conununiry Center, 290 N. 400 East. December 8 and 9. Opened each day from noon to 6 p.m.

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