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>ENCORE In the magical land of costume design, the costume crew puts together the attire for "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown."

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!VI ASTER PLAN for the future, shown here, includes parking expansion and the construction of more buildings./map courtesy of University Physical Resources Planning Committee THE CAMPUS

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Copy Editor Cynthia Furse held up a white coiled cord - an aircraft wiring harness cannibalized from the guts of a Navy airplane - and pointed to the red rubber insulation that should have been protecting the end of it, where a nickel-sized hole exposed dozens of wires. "Does this give you confidence about flying in an airplane?" she asked. Furse, an assistant professor in the

Utah State University President George H. Emert is saying the amount of campus parking needs to be more than doubled to accommodate all its sn1dents. "Parking demand for a campus with a 26,000 full-time equivalent [student) enrollment will require an increase from the current supply of 6,900 parking spaces to a future supply of nearly 13,000 spaces," Emert said. In order to do this, Eme1t said additional parking terraces will have to be built. "Given that parking demand will grow in any event, the plan recommends the incremental development of parking terraces to s:onserve property for academic and other uses," he said. The plan illustrates several strategic parking terrace locations to ensure geographic distribution among campus precincts, Emert said. The primary terrace location will be near the Spectrum and the stadimn, where traditional commuter lots are. "The loc.:ationand terrain allow for large and relatively efficient terrace structures that will enhance the continued use of the existing shuttle system," Emert said. In addition, he said it will provide superior pedestrian linkage to the 900 East corridor, the stadium and the Spectrum. Emert also said the new terrace will be on the edges of Central Campus, providing convenient access. "The advantage of parking terraces is that you can maximize your amount of spaces available without using a lot of land;'' said Ben Riley,

electrical and computer engineering department, is leading a team of nine Utah State University engineering students in a project that will help solve one of the airline industry's most serious safety problems faulty wiring. Airplanes are built to last a decade, maybe a little longer, Furse said. But technological development in the structure of airplanes has more or less plateaued, so airlines have been replacing worn parts and updating instruments and letting planes fly with the same wiring that was

installed as long as 30 years ago. "Wiring hasn't been an issue, and they're realizing now this is a problem," Furse said. Wires have in the past been inspected by hand, but small problems can be hard to detect, and handling wires can create more problems. Furse and her team have been working for three years to create what they have dubbed a "smart connector" - an automated testing system that will eventually be em bedded right inside wiring systems. The con-

Associated Smdents of USU president. The down side, Rilev said, is expense. USU Parking ·is not free because USU has limited space, he said, and it has to keep up the maintenance of its parking grounds. In addition, he said, it's not free because it has to plan for fun1re construction and cost of additional terraces. "It's not that Parking's trying to stiff us," Riley said. "It's simply that parking is expensive, and land is expensive and parking lots are expensive." Riley said it's got to come out of student and faculty pockets because the state of Utah will not provide funding for parking . · "You've really got to look into the costs of parking and plan ahead, because if we don't plan ahead we're going to be caught with some pretty big bills that are going to be tough to pay," Riley said. He said the reason for this is the expense of asphalt, building maintenance, road cleaning and painting of the terraces, all of which are mandatory. Riley said the proposed terrace locations are just temporary. He said one terrace is proposed to be built on the current heating plant location, which plant will be rebuilt near the Spectrum. "At USU 30 years ago, it wasn't a problem," Riley said. "Now it is." Riley also said educational costs, like n1ition, books, housing and day-to-day living costs get to be a lot without an additional $200 in parking fees, like University of Utah students have to pay. " 1-Ve'refortunate that parking is pretty reasonable here, and we hope that it stays that way," Riley said.

nector will electronically detect problems and immediately communicate them to the cockpit, giving the pilot time to act before a major problem in the wiring creates a disaster for the plane. Recent airline crashes like SwissAir 111 and TWA 800 have been attributed to faulty wiring, Furse said. As a result, the Federal Aviation Administration, National Air and ► SEE AIRPLANES

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The Val R. Christensen Service Center has logged in over 15,000 service hours this semester, compared to 25,000 hours for all of last year. . Alecia Fredrickson, student director of the Center, explained that at the beginning of the semester, the directors set a goal to pass up last year's total. If volunteers continue to put in as many hours in the spring as they have this semester, the center wi11pass up the goal, Fredrickson said. But the center's suc cess isn't that of the volunteers alone. It also takes dedicatf'd directors, who "are so committed that they inspire the volunteers," she said. Student Rachelle Goodrich said s·he voluntee,rs in the center because it

>AGGIENEWS NUGGETS The Children's Theatre productions, sponsored by the Theatre Department, introduce more than 6,000 children to the arts each year. Children are engaged in a complete theatrical experience with creative sets, colorful costumes and special effects.

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Today and Saturday will be partly cloudy with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Sunday's forecast calls for rain and snow with a high of 28 and a low of 8. Expect rain, snow and lots of clouds throughout finals week. Highs will be in the 20s and lows in the 10s all week.

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On Dec. 8, 1980, British pop star John Lennon was shot and killed. Lennon caused outrage when he declared that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Love and peace were Lennon's central themes; love came with Yoko Ono, but peace was shattered when he was shot while leaving his apartment building in New York City. His assailant, Mark Chapman, was convicted and sent to jail. Bereaved fans kept a vigil in front of the entrance to his home for an entire week.

"It gives the sense of something larger than yourself. It makes you grateful for what you have," Goodrich said. Goodrich was one of several students who helped wrap presents on Nov. 5 for the center's "Adopt an Angel" Tree. Volunteers collected about 9 5 presents to distribute to senior citizens and needy children in Cache Valley. Fredrickson said she was impressed with what "poor college students" were able to give. "They went above and beyond what was needed," she said. This holiday season, volunteers have aiso participated in programs like a food drive that collected 3,250 pounds ►SEE SERVICE Page 14

The Sports Academy & Racquet Club in North Logan hopes to replace the proposed Student Recreation Center with its own expanded facility. Keith Larsen, general manager of the Sports Academy, met with Ben Riley, ASUSU president, and other representatives Monday night to discuss the proposal. If approved, Utah State University would be the only university in the country to contract with an outside entity for recreation facilities. It's not done anywhere else, and so we have to be careful in looking at it, and under standing why no one else does it," Riley said."! would assume there would be some reasons involved." The Sports Academy's plan included a $3.5 million expanSERVICE CENTER volunteers Bart Giles, right, and Randall

Raymond help wrap gifts donated from the Angel Tree. Gifts were given through PALS, a youth mentor group./Liz Maudsley photo

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decades of forced exclusion under Soviet rule. "This great process constitutes the reunification of Europe," said European Commission President Romano Prodi. "It's our responsibility to ensure we adopt all the reforms needed ... to expand the EU and make a common European home for us all," Prodi said at a news conference. Eastern leaders implored the EU not to risk postponing the expansion which, if it stays on .track, could see Poland, Hungary and other leading contenders join the Union by 2004. "The Europe of today has to take the opportunity offered by the courageous changes in Eastern Europe to unite the continent," said Jacek SaryuszWolski, Poland's minister for European affairs. But the atmosphere in Nice was hardly one of unity. As dawn broke over the city, some 4,000 protesters gathered, hoping to march to the convention center. Police and barricades blocked the way. The protesters' demands ranged from more social justice in Europe to increased rights for refugees. They chanted "Europe is not for sale" and "No, No, No to a federal Europe. Yes, Yes, Yes to a social Europe." Many also criticized the Charter for Fundamental Rights, which EU leaders adopted Thursday as a standalone document that has no force of law. "I am absolutely against the charter. It is a charter for the powerful and against the workers," said Katerina Mollura, a 66-year-old Italian from Turin. Later, as the European leaders made their way to the convention center, hundreds of flag-waving protesters threw stones and bottles at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Two blocks from the convention center, a bank was set ablaze, and protesters, :mme masked, attacked the fire engine that came to extinguish the flames. But the blaze was quickly put out. Protesters then turned on a real estate agency, smashing windows as terrified staff fled to an inner courtyard.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. California edged toward an unprecedented energy crisis Thursday as hundreds of companies were ordered to cut back on electricity use and officials warned of the possibility of rolling blackouts. "We are really hurting today. The state is scrambling to find usethis $50 COUPon TOWards energy," said Pat Dorinson, Any ICONTreadmllIn stock!!• · spokesman for the California Independent System Operator, a state power agency. The power crunch- which hit before winter had even begun - has been blamed on cold weather in the Northwest, the shutdown of some power plants for repairs, and the effects of utility deregulation in California. With supplies of electricity running perilously low, California officials declared a Stage Two emergency at 4 a.m. Thursday. It was the fourth such declaration in as many days and the eighth in three weeks. Under the Stage 'Rvo emergency, hundreds of companies

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California's deregulated electricity system. The phased-in deregulation of California's $20 billion electrical power industry was supposed to lower prices by creating greater competition. But demand for electricity has outstripped supply, in part because of a growing population and a booming high-tech economy. Electricity is also in short supply because energy companies held off building new power plants while deregulation was in the planning stages. In addition, deregulation has forced utilities to sell off their power-generating assets, such as dams and plants, and import electricity from neighboring states, where power demand is high right now because of a cold snap. Earlier this week, energy companies and state officials asked Californians to delay turning Cintheir Christmas lights until well after nightfall and to keep thermostats set at 68 degrees. After lighting the Christmas tree at the state Capitol, Gov. Gray Davis quickly pulled the plug to conserve energy.

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·USU Greek .systent revolves around service, ntentbers say

CHI OMEGA SORORITY AND SIGMA NU FRATERNITY are two of the Greek groups tnat are locat-

ed next to campus. Sigma Nu, along with other greek organizations has gone out of its way to help the community this semester with service projects. Chi Omega donated $1,455 to the Disability Resource Center./ Joe Rowley photo Tiffany Evans, associate director of student activities, said this semester has been outstanding for service. She said service is part of the commitment to the Greek organization. She said The Greek community is not only a strong money has also been donated to the to the social group, but also one that raises money, Women's Center by Alpha Chi Omega and time donates time and gives back to the community. donated through service projects by Sigma Nu. A good example of this is the donation of "I am proud and pleased just with this semes$1,455 by Chi Omega to the Disability Resource ter," Evans said. Center . The DRC has been struggLlng financialNot only are members now giving to the ly this year, and the proceeds from a Chi Omega-sponsored concert combining the talents community, but alumni are, too. Sigma Phi Epsilon, a fraternity that was dissolved two years of local bands in Utah were presented to the ago, donated $100,000 to the university for DRC on Wednesday. scholarships, with the sale of the house. Another Lana Walters, president of Chi Omega, said $100,000 was donated to Sunshine Terrace. as ~ national organization, they believe the welE. Morty Jenkins, a member of the alumni fare of others is important. board of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said they decided to "We need to give back to those who give to sell and donate the house when efforts to us," Walters said. reestablish the organization failed. He said they Jamie Blomquist, rush chairman for Chi wanted to do something that would help put a Omega, said they plan on doing another concert more positive light on the Greek organization. next semester because of the good turnout. They aren't the "rabblerousin"' troublemakDelta Sigma Phi is nationally associated with ers they are typically seen as,Jenkins said. The the March of Dimes. Chad Linville, president, Greek system has a positive effect on the comsaid each year they set up walk-a-thon locally in munity and the university. the spring and participate in Adopt a Highway, Another portion of the money was set aside cleaning up a section of Logan Canyon regularto be used to start a new chapter of the fraternily. "That's part of why we all join - for the phil- ty. Jenkins said the majority of the alumni had good associations with the university and hope anthropic part," Linville said. that a new chapter could be reestablished. He said hours of community service are part Sigma Alpha Epsilon, another fraternity no of the criteria and goals they must meet to be longer on campus, has been giving out scholarcalled a fraternity. ships at sporting events and for descendants of Justin Albrecht , president of Sigma Chi, said SAE alumni. in 1992 the national organization teamed up Carlos Smith, executive director of the with Children's Miracle Network. Last year, the Alumni Association, said they decide.clto give 226 chapters raised $600,000, with USU's chapscholarships of $500 to two randomly selected ter raising $4,200. students. During the football season, $4,000 was "It's important to stick to what fraternities giv~p in sch,olarships, For descen_dantsof alumni, and sbr6ritles were founded ott and give a hand ' ,,. 25 schQlarships of$1,000 willbe awarded. 1 back to ..llie eotr\trlunitv;'' Albfetht sllict.1 ' r f ,. I JESSICA WARREN

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Students who need copies from the computer lab but are out of money on their card mav soon be able to take their copies and pay later. The Stater's Council made up of representatives from Associated Students of Utah State University and university administration leaders, including President George H. Emert - met \Vednesday morning to discuss campus issues. They decided to allow students who can't pay for copies to charge fees to a lab card and pay the fees in the Card Office in the Taggart Student Center later. The council also discussed, but did not resolve, issues from tuition to campus lighting. Bradley Bishop, ASUSU student advocate vice president, proposed USU adopt a new payment plan allowing a few monthly payments of equal amounts during the tenn, with no fee, to help students who need financial aid but don't qualify. The university counts on tuition money and starts using it at the very beginning

of the semester, Emert said. The money pays for labs and other costs. \\'hat is left is invested and collects interest for scholarships. This doesn't mean there can be no compromise; Emert said. In addition, lighting was addressed. Last year ,1dministration resolved campus lighting inadequacies would cost nearly $1.5 million. More than $150,000 has been spent on new lights, and Phvsical Plant is continuing efforts to light up campus. The drop policy was also addressed. Drops between the fifth and 30th days of class have increased. The administration is concerned small classes, especially labs, fill up and then decrease in number because of drops. Mid-semester is too late for other students to add, said Jim Stephenson, academic VP for ASUSU. He made one suggestion to allow professors to drop students who don 't attend the first or second days of class and another to move the superdrop deadlin,e from day 30 to day 10 of the semester or implement a $20 fee per drop after the 10th day of class.

QUADprogrameasy as 1-2-3 number. The pin number is initially set up as the student's birthday, he said, but can be Students can avoid long changed later on. lines by paying Spring On a touch-tone phone, Semester fees online on the calling 797-8888 will direct QUAD program or by touchstudents through payment tone phone. These have been instructions, Jen sen said. available for a couple of years, Connecting to the QUAD but haven't been well known, system will also guide stusaid Bill Jensen, cashier super - dents through the process. visor at Utah State University. Jensen said some other ''We really want to encouruniversities have stopped payage it," Jensen said. "Standing ment in person all together in line doesn't make much and only take payment over sense." the phone or online, but USU Parents can pay student chose not to. He said the goal fees more conveniently was to alleviate stress and through online and touchmake paying more convetone phone services, Jensen nient. said. All parents or students The deadline for online or need is the student's social touch-tone registration is security number, pin number Dec. 19 the same day as for and credit card or debit ea¥&- · -per~ent. -""''"'"' '-" W•• ; .. SHARALYN HARTWELL

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When Marc Nielsen, the only undergraduate student on the project, wrote the first software program to control the FDR, it took a regular-sized PC to run it. Now in its third generation, the FDR itself is about half the size of a playing card, and the computer that controls it is about the size of an Andes mint. In two years, the FDR and computer will together weigh less than an ounce and be small enough to fit inside a toothpaste cap. This is important because to test every wire in a plane, anywhere from 800 to 1,500 connectors will have to be installed, and the weight will add up. "It's all about making it cheap and light," Furse said . Making such a complex system cheap and light takes thousands of hours of trial-anderror testing. The Navy and other interested organizations are pushing the team to have a smart connector ready for testing in two years. After that it will take anywhere from five to 10 years to get the connector to its smallest, simplest and most efficient size. "If you've got a mile to run, you can't run it all at once," Furse said. "So you just take it one step at a time."

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Danielle Gardner, College of Family Life senator and student representative, said students at Utah State University receive discounts at the USU Children's House. "This year we gave $13,529 , to the Children's House for their operating budget," she said. "So it's the Associated Students of USU providing student services to the students ofµSU." She said this is a way to reach out to smaller groups on campus who need the help of student services. "As a student, you get a discounted price in enrolling your children because student services is helping make up the differences," she said. Linda Ebersole Gilgen, director of the Children's House, said parents must be full-time students to qualify for

the student rate. Gilgen said the full-day rate for the children of USU students is $2.50 less than the rate for faculty and staff and $4.75 less than the rate for the outside communitv. In addition, ·she said, the half-day rate is $1 less than the rate for faculty and staff and $2 less than the rate for the community. "Tuition costs are to be paid in advance of services rendered and can be paid in full at the start of the semester or in four monthly payments," Gilgen said. Funding is important and needs to be established for the house to be a success, she said. "[The Children's House] is a real accomplishment, as far as being able to provide high quality education for children because it is the best quality education in Cache Valley that you can receive for a child," she said.

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The number of students who use the Counseling Center has not increased during the last few weeks of the semester. During the semester students who use the center has been constant said Maren Seamons, staff assistant at the center. "We've had a waiting list for a while," said Seamons. "If someone just wants a one-time visit we'll try to fit them in, but if they want to meet with a therapist weekly, there's a three to four week waiting list." Seamons said a lot of students are too busy studying for finals or writing papers to make it to the center. "We've definitely had more appointments canceled this week due to finals," said Seamons. Another reason there may not be increased numbers at the center is that Christmas is still a few weeks away.

The Utah State Universitv \Vomen's Center Advisory Board is sponsoring the annual Mitten Tree now throu~h \Vednesdav. Tree locations are set up at Arkana Hair, Caffe Ibis, Inkley's, J.C.Penney , the Sport Academy, the Carousel in the Taggart Student Center and various other locations throughout Cache Valley. New winter clothing items, such as mittens, hats, coats and socks , can be donated at any of the above or additional locations. All donations will benefit the Bear River. Headstart Program.

Foreignexchange deadlinethe 15th The priority deadline for students wishing to participate in the the International Student Exchange Program is Dec. 15. The deadline is for exchanges during Fall and Spring Semesters of next year. The program includes semester and year-long exchanges to the Netherlands, Sweden, Costa Rica, Argentina, Kenya and many other countries. The scholarship deadline for students studying abroad through ISEP is also Dec. 15. Scholarships will be awarded for the 2001 -2002 academic year. For more information, contact the Student Abroad Office in the Taggart Student Center, Room 304. The office can be reached by phone at 797-0601. More information is also available over the Web at www.usu.edu/stdyabrd

The Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency (CAPSA) is looking for volunteers as crisis line attendants, weekend shelter managers, a children's group coordinator and to make up the victim advocate mobile crisis team . Training sessions during the Spring Semester will be held through January and February. Extensive training is necessary and a year-long commitment is required. For more information, contact Erin, Jenny or Heather at 753-2500.

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From Page 1 Space Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the White House are very interested in fixing the problem, and have been tracking Furse's team's progress. The system they're creating has two parts: a computer and a Frequency Domain Reflector (FDR). The computer does what any computer does and runs sofovare. The FDR produces high frequency sin waves, like a single musical tone with a pitch far too high to hear, at the computer's command, and when the sin waves finish their trip to the end of the wire and back, the computer program reads how long they took. If they come back too early, it means they didn't hit the enJ of the wire, they hit a break in the wire. That's a problem -- the kind of problem that causes electrical fires, Furse said. The project is still in the developing stage, but within two years, Furse expects to have smart connectors small enough to embed in individual wires and sensitive enough to detect small frays in wires. The students hired as research assistants on the project have brought the connector a long way in three years, Furse said.

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From Page 1 sion of its current facilities and would include an 8,000 square foot student-only weight room, a rock climbing wall, an additional basketball court, an indoor tennis facility and an indoor track. Current Rec. Center plans would cost $12.5 million and would include a climbing wall, cardiovascular equipment, a weight training area, an indoor track, multi-purpose areas and a juice bar. The weight room would include a row of televisions all connected to headsets to allow students to watch and listen to what they want while exercismg. The Sports Academy proposed either a $15 fee for all students with an extra fee of $63 per semester for students electing to use the facility, or a $28 fee, which would allow all students access. The current

Rec. Center plans would charge $11.50 per student per semester until the facility is built, then it would be $63 per semester. Currently, a little more than 900 students exercise at the Sports Academy. Its current membership price is $39 per month. Riley said while there were many advantages to the plan, a major drawback to the proposal is the fact that USU would never own it. "Say they didn't have the student area stocked with equipment that we liked, and say we have qualms with that," he said. "We take that up with them and they say, 'Tough, that's all we can give you,' then we can have a lot of those kinds of consternations or problems. So that's a concern." Students voted last April to fund the building of a new recreation facility.

Avoidlineswith SpringSemester book reservation The Utah State University Bookstore will be reserving books for Spring Semester now through Dec. 22. By reserving spring books ahead of time, students will have a better chance at getting all of their books, will avoid the rush at the beginning of the term and will receive first priority on used books. Book reservation forms can be picked up at the Bookstore. For more information contact the USU Bookstore at 797-1666 or visit the store's Web site at www.bookstore.usu.edu

Correction In Wednesday's paper, Chris Machen, wife of University of Utah President J. Bernard Machen, was identified as Utah State University First Lady Billie Emert. Compiled

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Melinda Kay McDermott struggles with the key. The door is locked tight, and even with the right key she has to turn the handle just so to get it open. She jiggles the knob, and with a pop the door swings open to a world of pink taffeta, golden masks and a few Canadian mountie uniforms. "This is our playground," the 21-year-old costume design major says with a grin . "Costume Storage Land." The room is packed from ceiling to floor, a height of more than 10 feet - with 1970s disco dresses, mobster pinstriped suits and black lace bodices. Show after show and year after year the Utah State University Theatre department squeezes more floral print dresses, more floorlength leather jackets and more bellbottoms into the already-overcrowded storage room. "It is so anal-retentive organized, you couldn't fit a

fly between the garments," McDermott says as she points toward the back of the room to a door buried in a corner. She walks over to the corner - her eyes light up like a kid watching a trapeze artist as she unlocks the second door. "It's acnrnllv 'the wool room' or 'the stinky room,"' ivlcDermott says of the walkin-closet-sized room. "But I call it the Candyland room because it makes me happy." Masks, hats and furs line the built-in shelves and clothing racks. The sun god, with golden flames erupting from his papier mache helmet , is perched on the highest shelf. The mask was one of six McDermott created for USU's 1999 production of "Ming Lee and the Magic · Tree.'' In addition to the sun god, she brought the rain god to life with a mask of sparkling paint, and allowed the mountain god to become real with Mount Fuji painted across his masked face.

Although McDermott says the gods allowed her creative side to really get going, the fun part and the "biggest pain in the butt" was creating the masks and make-up for the animal characters. The actors transformed into the beasts McDermott created with make-up and fur. "It was so much fun to make them come alive," McDermott said of her ereations. "[One actor) would scratch the fur on her head, and it was so delightful to look at." The animal masks were composed of mostly pa pier mache, face paint and fur, which McDermott glued to the masks in chunks, she said. "I would walk home with clumps of fur stuck to me," she said. "I got a lot of funny looks."

Less to less But the Brigham Citybred and Salt Lake-born theatre arts major didn't jump into college life thinking she would build costumes for the Charles Schultz-inspired play, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ." McDermott graduated from Box Elder High School in 1997 and began her freshman year as an art major at

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Although she planned to get out of Utah , she stuck close to home because she couldn't afford the hi~h tuition costs of out-of-state schools. McDermott's father thought his daughter was making a bad decision when she said she was going to major in art. \Nhen she told him she

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switched to costume design, he thought she was really stepping down. "Like going from less to less," McDermott says. But McDermott's dad was just concerned about his daughter's welfare - would she be able to provide for herself? \Vould she be happy? "Ile just didn't want me to be a bum," she said . Regardless of what her dad thought ahout her career choice, McDermott knew she wanted to get into the costume design husiness after she took a make-up class and a sewing class. "By sheer luck and accident I happened across such a great theater department," McDermott said.

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"It's a lot of baptism by fire," she said. "If you're weak of soul, you're not gonna make it. " McDermott said her friends can't believe how much time she spends in the costume design shop, Room 229 of the Chase Fine Arts Building. But she loves what she does, especially when she can see results of her nine-hour ► SEE COSTUMES

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Utah Symphony brings holiday concert series "Here Comes Santa Claus" will be performed Dec. 16 at 11 a.111. and 12:30 p.m ., combining music The holidays are here, and the and a chance to sit on Santa's lap Utah Symphony will present a for the kids. Santa will even be in the lobby handful of concerts full of holiday cheer. · waiting to greet the little ones. The music is upbeat and filled The first of the concerts will be with high spirits. "A Broadway Yuletide," performed Randall Craig Fleischer will by ~ravo Broadway. It will take place Dec. 15 and 16 conduct and Heidi Joyce will narat 8 p.m. at Abravanel Hall in Salt rate. Lake City. The last of these shows will be a New Year's celebraBravo tion. It will he Dec. Broadway will ~ 30 at 8 p.m. feature Michael It will encomMaguire,Jan pass many different Horvath and dances, including Doug LaBrecque, > 'A Broadway Yuletide,' waltzes, polkas and who have previone in a series of Utah ously starred in marches. Symphony holiday concerts This concert Broadway prowill he directed hy ductions like > Friday, Dec. 15, and "The Phantom of Kory Katseanes Saturday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. the Opera" and and will feature "Les Miserables." singers George > Ticket information at Dryer and Lindsay Guest conductor Killian. Randall Craig (801) 533-6683. "When this Fleisher will concert is on New direct the archesYear's Eve, there is tra. a countdown," Ireland said. "It is The Bravo Broadway has been quite festive ." in Utah before. However, the countdown to Maguire had a part in the New midnight won't be included this Year's celebration for the millenniyear because New Year's Eve falls um the Symphony held in Salt on a Sunday and Utahns don't typiLake Citv last year. cally turn out in large numbers at The group has performed not Sunday events. only on Broadway, but also in variAs a result, the concert will be ous countries all over the world, held Saturday, instead. said Steven Ireland, marketing On the plus side, people who manager. want to go to Salt Lake City's First Now the show prepares to hit Night celebration and the concert Utah. And Ireland said the concert can now go to both if they choose is the kind just about everyone will or just stay in on New Year's Eve, love. "It is a family show ," Ireland Ireland said. Tickets for these shows range said. "With Christmas carols, it is from $6 to $40, depending on the something that the whole family show. can enjoy." Show-specific information is "A Broadway Yuletide" is typiavailable by calling the Utah cally a big a hit - the two shows Symphony hotline at (801) 533usually sell out or at least come 6683. close, Ireland said. JULIE SULUNGA

It's December, and people every- · from commercial airline pilots. They have reindeer, Santa, a manger where are preparing for Christmas. Except for· me. scene with a star and the voice of Casey Kasem doing the narrative. I tend to wait until old Saint The snow melts on Chubby is fueJing up the yards of these houshi~ reindeer before I es and wolves bay at drag myself to the sight of them. nearest store and The next type is the brave the feeding Trend Follower. There frenzy cal led Holiday is always a new thing Shopping. Brvce on the market each My wife, on the Casselman year to gouge the pockother hand, has to ets of the Christmas have her Christmas consumer: Throughout shopping done by the the years there have Fourth of July. " been moving lights, Then there is the which change their patChristmas decorating. You can find anything you'd tern and direction, lights that flash while they play music and lights that ever want to spice up yourself or dang le off the roof like icicles. your house for Christmas in stores The latest kind of lights for 2000 these days. is the ever-popular butterfly-ballot There are Christmas dishes , I ghts, made by manufactures in Christmas candles, Christmas ,lorida. wreaths, Christmas toilet paper, The butterily-ballot lights come Christmas jewelry, Christmas with poor instructions, a warranty sweaters and Christmas socks , which that allows you to send it back if the person who wears always seems your claims reach the U.S. Supreme to bring up in conversation and then Court pnd a guarantee that it will gross you out by exposing winterbring any major decision-making in white, pasty legs. your household to a screeching halt. But my all-time favorite is thP The final type is the Artist. These way people decorate the ot1tside of are thP kinds of houses that everytheir houses for Christmas. I have one 00hs and ahhs at as they drive decided that there are four kinds of past the house. people who do this. They have the perfect balance of First is the Uncommitted. These form and light. people want to put up Christmas lights, but can't bear to spend any They spend hours in the cold , wrapping each individual twig money on it and will never finish on their bushes so that it illuminates what they start. the souls of all who see. Houses that are decorated by the Me? Well, I'm an Uncommitted Uncommitted will have lights on Trend Follower. three-fourths of the roof and then nothing; or they will have lights that I'll probabl> ' just strap a stay on all of the time , except for the couple of wise men up in my trees last 5 feet of the roof line, where the and outline the face of Al Gore on my roof. lights blink on and off. I will, of course, hand count The second type is the Vegaseach Iight I use to do so. Strip kind. Yes, you know what I' m talking about. Bryce Casselman's column runs every These are the houses that keep two weeks in the Encore section. the power company in business the E-mail him with comments at rest of the year. yanobi@hotmail.com They receiv~ formal complaints

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gift of enlightening enjoyment. I really only had two major gripes with it. First, "Carol of the Bells" wasn't included. Second, the recording doesn't really do justice' to the carolers' live performances. The thing that sets the CD and the carolers themselvPs apart is the unique blending of their voices. The slight discord evident in many of the <;ongsgave me chills. · It has the perfect blend of music that is complex enough to be appreciated by a musician, yet simple enough to please any listener . My favorite tracks on the album were the 98 Degreesstyle "The Little [)rummer

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A look back at a semester of movie -memories

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European crooks who have somehow figured out how to operate above the law in America. Let's face it; the only scary thing about most European men is that they seem to be completely comfortable wearing things like blouses and huarache sandals. Sequel that had to suck

Simple. It's "Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows." What made the original so good was its unique, grainy look and camping-trip-from-hell format. Polish it up, add a few more sassycollege kids and what have you got? Another tedious "I Know What You Did Last Summer.''

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I applaud any romantic movie that can go from start to finish without retreating back to the obligatory briefnudity love scene. I held my breath waiting for the charming story of "Return to Me" to downshift into a thighs-andcleavage lovemaking climax complete with candles and voyeuristic camera angles. It never came. Bonnie Hunt (the writer and director of this film) is a prima clonna; but I have to give her credit for her work in ''Return to Me." It's most . certainly destined for a place on the classic films rack. Most disappointing underachiever

"Gone in 60 Seconds" had some great chases; but much like my friend Mary's Saab, it just wasn't put together very well. It also made the mistake of recycling character types thc1tarc boring and out of date. I'm tired of watching movies populated with oily

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'' Almost Famous" was pure quality - especially if you like music. Nearly everyone I've talked to about this film spoke of it as the rare kind of movie that hits the viewer on a very personal level. "Almost Famous" tells a story about real life and the basic goodness of most people - even rock stars. It is engrossing and emotional while remaining lighthearted throughout. Worst movie of the fall/summer

The title pretty much says if all: "Coyote Ugly." If Hollywood were a factory, this film would be the toxic discharge that gets dumped into the river. I'm pretty sure if you played this movie in a lab full of frogs they would mutate into something terrible. "Coyote Ugly" was such a depressing mess that I couldn't even stay interested by all the women. A close second would be "Highlander Endgame," which proves once again that Hollywood exe.cs know that fans of fantasy and science fiction will watch ahything. If you don't believe this is true, wait for "Dungeons and Dragons" to come out.

Best Actor

If the Academy Awards were tomorrow, I'd be split between Billy Crudup for his role as rocker RusselI Hammond in "Almost Famous" and Ben Stiller for his role as Gaylord Focker in "Meet the Pc1rents." Crudup has made it a habit to pick only the best roles and is able to shine as the "everyman," and Stil er embodies the geek that is present in every one of us. Just split the gold statue between the two of them, because, man, they're good. 1

Worst Actor

I racked my brain to think of the worst actor, and I was almost ready to pick Arnold Schwarzenegger for his role in "The Sixth Day," but I remembered the putrid, numbing, neutering feeling I suffered when I saw "Highlander: Endgame" and decided to give this awc1rd - which is an aluminum statue of a fat, half-naked guy in boxer shorts and slippers - to Adrian Paul and Christopher Lambert. Most theatergoers understand completely that Lambert has never been good, nor shall he ever be, and folks are beginning to realize that Adrian Paul's ability will make him the replacement for Lorenzo Lamas on the TV show "Renegade." Honorable Mention: Richard Gere for his work in "Autumn in New York" and "Dr. T and the Women." Best Actress

Kate Hudson, in a heartbeat. Goldie Hawn's daughter is not only incredibly attractive and remarkably sexy, but she emits an honesty - a sincerity - that makes her characters come to life with c1vibrancy that resembles real life and not some sugar-coated wad of

celluloid . Her performance 1n "Almost Famous" will probably be the best of her career, but, then again, she's got a lot of life to live and she may ju~t surprise us with her a~ility. Worst Actress

This is ec1sv.It's Puff Daddy's woman, his ho or whc1tevcr_you want to call her. Oh , veah, Jennifer 1 Lopez. When she acts, I feel queasy, like I just ate an entire bag of marshmallows and spent the entire afternoon cleaning a litterbox. ,'\ot onlv was "The Cell" disturbing and sickening even without her paltry attempt at acting, but also I don't think she's a good singer. Plastic comes to mind, and I don't mean surgery. Although I'd bet those, um, assets aren' t all real. Honorable Mention: Winona Rider for "Autumn in New York" and "Lost Souls." Best Movie Line

"Almost Famous" wins again with this clever statement made by rock journalist Lester Bangs (Phillip Seymour Hoffman): "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Honorable Mention: Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) in "Meet the Parents," questioning his soon-to-be sonin-law, Greg rocker: "I have nipples, Greg. Would you milk me?" Worst Movie Line

Again, a toss-up, but I'd say the entire script for "Bless the Child" and the entire screenplay for "Red Planet" suck the sweat off my gym socks. However, feast on this

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gem from "Highlander: Endgame." I can't really give you a context, because there was none in the entire film. So, just picture a white male with a ponytail trying to sound Scottish, but sounding like a gay Sean Connery: "There can be only one - and you aren't it'" Gag me, please. Biggest Disappointment

This is easy - "Pay It Forward." How can a movie with Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment reek to high heaven? The story was dumb and depressing. It seemed like they tried to shove a wannabe feel-good flick down our throats without coating the movie in a single ounce of honesty. I really do like most movies, but I have a hard time enjoying them when they pretend to be something they are not. Filmmaking and life are a lot the same - honesty is the best policy. Best Movie

Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" is the best movie of the year - to this point. It is full of clever, smart dialogue, believable characters and a tremendous story1i ne. Best of all, it's a feelgood movie and leaves you wanting to sing Elton john's "Tiny Dancer" the entire way home.

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Gary Morris, a former "Les Miserables" cast member and nationally touring singer, will be performing "A Gary Morris Christmas" with his son Matthew Saturday at 8 p.rn. at Utah State University's Ellen Eccles Theatre . vVendi Hassan, director of communications for the Capitol Arts Alliance, said Gary Morris is on an annual tour. He has performed this concert in a

variety of locations, including Los Angeles and Dallas. Lisette Miles, executive director of the Capitol Arts Alliance, said Gary Morris was the first American to play Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables." Gary Morris has won awards for his original rendition of "vVind Beneath My Wings," Miles said. He has also performed on Broadway in "La Boheme" with Linda Ronstadt. From 1991 to 1994, Matthew ..v1orriswas a member of the New Mickey Mouse

Club , Hassan said. He recorded an album for Disney with six other club members. Gary and Matthew Morris first appeared together when Matthew 1'--lorriswas 7, Hassan said. Gary Morris was performing with Kenny Rogers, and Matthew Morris wanted to appear on stage. Matthew Morris sang "Your Momma Don't Dance and Daddy Don't Rock 'n' Roll," and quickly ran off the stage. The audience "was on their feet." Since then, Gary Morris has

helped promote Matthew .;\rlorris' career, Hassan said. He also helps him get gigs. Hassan said in 1998 Garv released the album "My Son, Your Christmas." Ga1y and .;\r1atthewi\lorris have written a song together called "Shine." Matthew Morris spent a year in the Peace Corps , Hassan said. He recently released a bilingual album. Tickets to the show cost between $16 and $22, Miles said. For ticket information, call 752-0026.

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major Melinda Kay McDermott drew these for USU Theatre's 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.' /Marcie Young photo daily shifts . "I'd rather make die sacrifice and do my work than be a business major and have time to hang out," she said as she clipped around the pattern of Lucy's short dress. Although McDermott said she has spent more than 100 hours on the comic-stripinspired show, she was wor ried about the amount of freedom she was going to have in creating the characters through their attire. "I thought, 'This will suck,"' McDermott said. But that was befor e she starting thinking about how she could cr eate human quali ties without being too cartoon y and cheesy. Director Kevin Doyle didn't want Charlie , Snoopy, Lucy and the other characters to be too artsy and seemingly drawn. Instead, he wanted McDermott to create cos mmes that would allow the audience to see the qualities of the famous cartoon chi!. dren. "They all look a little bit fm1zy," McD e rmott said. "It's cheesy, hut not like 'Star Tr ek' Convention cheesy."

Double-edged sword \,Vith all the time she puts into a show, McDermott said it's hard to step back and not take too much credit. When costume artists look for that type of recognition, they are looking for their work to stand out among all the other work put into the play. The direction, the acting, the scenery and the lighting all need to complement each other, she says, because if they don't, the show won't seem real. "It's a double-edged sword," McDermott said. "People don 't realize what the costumes mean to a show, but if they do, they realize it is just a show and not real." When all of the pieces don't fit together, McDermott said a show becomes "chaos on stage."

Death and rebirth "\Ve have all this stuff," NlcD ermott said, pointing to random pieces of mismatched fabri c, hair bows, shoes and multipurpose glue. The glue, she said, is what costume designers refer to as "ambiguous glue" because it is

used for everything, and not one specific thing, in rhe design shop. "We hate hot glue because we hate getting burned," she said. "\i\Te're picky." It's stuff like the glue, hard work and dedication of the costume design students and professors that allow rooms like "Costume Storage Land" to stay well packed. During a show, each costume brings a character to life for a couple of weeks. But with the show's close, the character dies, said Brandy Jenks, another cosmme-design stude11t, as she too puts finishing touches on a light pink bonnet. However, Nancy Hills , the costume design faculty supervisor, quickly suggests another, more hopeful idea. "[The characters] live in other people's memories," she said. Jenks agreed. She restated her previous comment, realiz ing the costumes, acting, directing and script can give audiences a personal and sometimes lifelong connec tion with characters. "They live and die and live again," she said.

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The last 16 seconds might have felt like an eternity for many USU fans, but it wasn't long enough for Utah to get in the shot it needed Wednesday night. . Utah's Kevin Bradley missed a desperate leaner, and both Jeff Johnsen and Mike Puzey's shots would not go down to give the Aggies a dramatic come-frombehind win over the No. 22ranked Utes. "I thought that last one was going to go down," said USU head coach Stew Morrill. "Your life flashes before your eyes." "It was a good effort to crash the boards," said acting Utah head coach Dick Hunsaker, filling in for head coach Rick Majerus who did not make the ~i_pbecause of a severe knee miury. "If it goes in, were the happy team dancing on the floor," he said. But instead, it was USU fans cheering on the floor of the Spectrum Wednesday night. "This was the time of my life," said USU center Jeremy Vague. "It was just awesome. The fans were great." Vague, a JC transfer junior, got some significant minutes filling in for the banged-up and struggling DimitriJor ep. Vague only scored three points but helped to neutralize the Ute size advantage and grabbed five importan~ rebounds. "My No. 1 priority was to rebound," he said. Tony Brown's top priority was to score points - he succeeded, leading all scorers with 18 points on 4-of-7 from the field. H~ -also hit all eight of his free throws, something many USU fans wish Curtis Bobb could have done late in th~ game. .. After Nate AJthoff made one of two free throws to cut the lead to one, 58-57, Utah had a chance to move ahead. But Travis Spivey's three-pointer was wide and Bobb scooped the rebound and called USU's final time out as he was falling out of bounce. Bobb was fouled on the inbounds pass, but missed both free throws, giving the Utes one more chance. "This game we didn't capitalize," Morrill said, "but we still got away with the win." The Aggies did get off to a good start though, as a sold-out crowd of 10,270 watched USU jump to a 7-0 lead. The Utes ► SEE SURVIVAL

"Organization of the Year." It was the first time a club -level organization had been so honored. ~though_ hockey has always been a passion of h,s, Sally Crossley said, it took a back seat <luring his teenage years. "\,VhenCrossley was a sophomore in high school his familv moved to Smithfield. As a s~dent at SkyView High School, he was a two -sport star in football and baseball. Several years later, Crossley further displayed his all-around athleticism winning five gold medals in speedskating at the Utah \\~nter Games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. "He's just a great all-around athlete," Tammy Crossley said.

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When people think of the Utah Jazz, the names John Stockton and Karl Malone are usually the first things to pop into one's mind. Is this all that makes up the team that many Utahns have grown to love? On Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors, power forward Karl Malone became the second leading all-time scorer in NBA history as he passed Hal I of Farner Wilt Chamberlain, ending the game with 1 31,443 career points. Fittingly, the assist on the play came from longtime teammate John Stockton. "I wouldn't have had it any other way," Malone told a crowd of reporters who surrounded him following the game. Although the highlight of the night focused on the eight points Malone needed to pass Chamberlain and his other 23 points of the game, it was sti 11 a team effort to defeat the Raptors, 98-64. Just,like it was a team effort to defeat the Raf:>tors, every game for the Jazz is played as a team,, In his post-game interview with "Hot Rod" Hundley, Malone told fans he thought the Jazz were one of the only true teams left in basketball. He's right. Although the Jazz have added some new faces to this year's team, they are still the same team overall that they have always been - a group of hardworking men who love to play the game. That's what really matters, right? Playing for the love of the game, not the hundreds of thousands of dollars that can come along with it. Looking at the roster for the Utah Jazz, money does not seem to be an issue. Malone and Stockton have played in Utah for 16 and 1 7 years, respectively. At the caliber these two players have played, they could have moved to many other teams in the NBA that would have paid them more money. It's not just that they come out and play once in a while, either. Stockton is tied with A.C. Green for the most seasons in which he has played all 62 games, with nine. Although they are not a big -market team, the Jazz have been able to bring a few big name players to Utah. Prior to his retirement, guard Jeff Hornacek had played with the Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers before finding a home in Utah. He played in the 1992 All-Star Game and is the eighth-best free throw shooter in NBA history. To replace Hornacek, the Jazz were able to bring former New York Knick John Starks to Utah. Starks played in the 1994 NBA All-Star game and helped lead the

After what seemed like an eternity, the referees returned the verdict: An intentional personal foul on Bradley and technical fouls on both coaches. Neither Morrill nor Ute assistant coach Dick Hunsaker would give a straight answer when asked what choice words were exchanged between the benches during the time out. "We were arguing about who was going to buy the soda," joked Morrill. But he added, "I feel bad about the [technicals], bu_t that's life." After the foul, Bradley couldn't touch the ball without the crowd booing him. ► SEE

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Crossley leads USU hockey club -w-ith toughness n't have an indoor arena for them to play,m. . . . Toughness, commitment and dediI hat <le<l1cat1on and commitment cation _ these are three intangibles has carried overt? his experience as th e..coa<;h at,US'C. that separate the successful from the . . mediocre in the sporting world. I thmk Ive unly_see_nh1111 miss one When USU ...----------------, practtce 1~ my four hockey head coach ' years playmg at Utah Jerry Crossiey was a State," sai? ~TSU_assisyoung kid growing tant captain De r)k up in Spruce Anderson. Grove, AJberta, ™''' '·' ' •.• ,. ' d ..❖ :. \\'hile this might not Canada, a towh just • Weekend Hockey seem like a. big <le~!to outside of Preview: Page 11 many, consider this: Edmonton, he Crossky works 50 showed his tough....._ __________ __, hours a week for Jack B. ness and dedication for the sport when . Parsons Cons~ruction! he and his Little League team prache has a family and he doe~n t get paid riced outdoors in sub~zero temperato coach the Aggies - only the 'travel tures. His mother, Sally Crossley, said costs and ho_tel accommodations for they played outdoors because they didlong road tnps are taken care of. "\Vhen he makes a commitment, he JASON ~URNER

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goes at it foll bore," said Tammy Crossley, CrossleY'.swife. "Jerry is very much a perfecttomst. Ile wants to do the best job he_can." And what a JOb he and the hockey team have <lone. Over the past five years, USU has qualified for the American Collegiate ~ocke_y As_sociation(ACHA) Division II National Tournament every year, finishing fifth in 2000, 12th in 1999, fourth in I 998, seventh in 1997 and 12th in 1996. Last year, the Aggies lost a 3~2 heartbreaker to the eventual champion, University of ~1iami, Ohio, on a goal with 2 .2 seconds remaining in the game hefore winning it'>next two games to finish fifth. To cap off its successful season USU won 19 straight games during one stretch - the team was the recipiem of the 2000 Robins Award for

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The Utah Statesman •Fri<lav,Dec. 8, 2000

Loud crowd cheers Aggies to victory REUBE:\ WADSWORTH

AssistantSpotts Editor The decibel le,·el in the Spectrnm hit I JOa couple of times in the Aggies' victory over the Utes \Vednesday night. "It's too bad we don't have this good of attendance all the time," said Scott Didericksen, a senior marketing major from Ephraim . "It's the best crowd we've had all season." "That was awesome," said Ticey Gibbs, a junior from 7'1issoula, :\1ont., majoring in archaeology. "That was even better than the football Homecoming game." One fan said a large crowd positively affects the players' performances. . "I think the players play better the louder the crowd is," said Daniel ,\liller, a Master's student in business information systems from Richmond. Another fan thought the

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From Page 8 Both teams said the crowd was one of the major reasons that the Aggies were able to

capture the win. "The fans are just right on top of you," said Ute Phil Cullen. "It's hard to commu. " nicate. uSU forward Curtis Bobb said that it is unbelievable to have 10,000 or 11,000 fans cheering for you and that the crowd helped the Aggies get fired up and into the game. "Everyone [in the crowd ] was standing up just about the whole game," said Aggie Shawn Daniels. "\Vhen you're down a little bit, they pick you up. If the crowd was like that every game, I think we would win every home game." "Th e crowd was like it was two years ago; it was as loud

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Hockey hosts Robert Morris, Weber State JASON TURNER

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With Christmas looming, the USU men's hockey team is looking to give itself an early present - Ii1omentum for the second half of the season with victories over Robert Morris College an<l vVeber State University. The Aggies will close out the first half of their season with two home game~ at the Weber County Ice Sheet, facing off against Robert Morris Thurs<lay at 8:45 p.m. and nemesis WSU Satur<lay at 8:30 p.m. USU will then take a month break, resuming the second half of its season on Jan. 12 in Missoula, Mont., against the University of Montana. Though the Aggies are happy with the

level of play and discipline they showed in their 8-2 thumping of the University of Utah, USU Assistant Captain Aaron Burrell said now is not the time to celebrate because the games will continue to get bigger. "I think the biggest game of the season is going to be Saturday night ,1gainst \Veber State," Burrell said. · It <loesn't mean the victory over the Utes wasn't a huge one. Both Burrell and forward Deryk Anderson said it was the teat11's biggest victory of the year, especia_llysince the Utes owned the top spot in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Hockey Association (R.\iCHA). The game ~vas also played in Murray on Utah's home ice. "fa·eryone was relieved and excited to

play the way they did," Anderson said. "It just felt good to play a good team and come out on top." \.Vhen asked about WSU, Burrell said the Aggies will have to play the same way they did against the Utes. The \.iVildcats are a lot like Utah, Burrell said, in the sense they try to get in the players' heads. "They'll try to get in our heads and take us off of our game," he said. On the other hand, the team doesn't know much about Robert Morris, Anderson said. He said upon looking at its Vleb site, he determined the team is young, but promising. Teams from the Eastern United States are generally solid, Burrell said. "They come from the East, and the East always has good players," he said.

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1994. The Jazz even have the capability to draw back old faces. Playing his first five seJsons in the NBA with the Jazz, forward David Benoit left the Jazz as a free agent in 1996 and signed with the New Jersey Nets. Benoit was then traded to the Orlando Magic and also played a short stint ! overseas before coming back to the Jazz this season. Another old face is guard John Crotty. Looking to help Starks fill the void left by Hornacek and to give Stockton a rest, the Jazz reacquired Crotty after he spent the 1999-2000 season with the Detroit Pistons . Crotty began his NBA career with the Jazz in 1992. Along with the old faces and famous names, the Jazz have always had strong players such as Bryon Russell and Greg Ostertag. Besides the players, the most important men who have been with the Jazz for a long time are owner Larry H. Miller, coach jerry Sloan, and assistant coach Phil Johnson. These three men have more than 40 years of experience with the Utah Jazz between them and they are

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Karl Malone passing Wilt Chamberla in on the all-time scoring list was an important event that gave a small-market team Ii ke the Jazz the national spotlight for a moment. It isn't going to change the Jazz , though. "We are the same team, it just put us on the map," Malone said.

Julie Ann Grosshans is a sports writer for the Statesman. She can be reached at juag @cc.usu.edu

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alumnus. The 10,270-seat arena has hosted two first-round NCAA tournaments as well as two :1\TJTfirst-round games. In 30 years of use, the Spectrum has treated the basketball team well - it has won 80 percent of its games played in the arena. The current USU team has an 11-game

winning streak after \.Vednesday's victory over the University of Utah. Counting that game, there have been 22 sell-outs in Aggie basketball history. The facility is also home to USU's gymnastics an<l volleyball teams and is used for commencement, church and community meetings and concerts.

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From Page 10 crowd," Didericksen said. Didericksen wasn't surprised by the outcome of the game Wednesday. He said before the contest that he had pre<licted the Aggies would win hv two. Gibbs, on the other ha~d, was surprised. "I didn't think it would be so close," she said. Gibbs thought one team or the other would run away with it. "I thought we got jacked by the refs," she said. "Even I · could have called better tonight." Each fan came to the con• sensus that USU will he in good shape this year - hut they, along with Morrill, think the team will be hard pressed to

go undefeated in Big \.Vest Conference play again. "I don't think we'll go undefeated [in conference] again, but we'll do pretty well," Didericksen said. "The players have gotten smarter. Rock and Ray have improved their games." "I don't know if we'll go undefeated, hut we'll win because wf've got a good coach and players that know how to win," ?\1iller said. "I th .ink that they'll do just as good [as last year] because they only had one guy leave," Bischoff said. "Thev'll make it one step further in the ~CAA tournament, if not more." "Jf they are able to put it all together at the clinch times,

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From Page 8 in its first year of existence and just trying to win support. Crossley was asked to be the head coach but was worried that his already busy schedule wouldn't allow him to be as committed as he wanted to be, Tammy Crossley said. As a result, he spent the first two years as an assistant under Matt Anderson before taking on the head job. The rest is history. Gone are the days when the cluh was just trying to get its feet off the ground. Not only has USU been successful, it has a pretty big fan base. USU consistently draws more than 1,000 fans at its home games at

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they'll he able to do as good, if not better [than last vear]," Gibbs said. . Miller, though complimentary about most aspect~ of the team's game this season, also sees room for improvement. "I think that the second unit lacks experience," he said. "It kind of hurts them a little bit, but they'll come together." "Even though they won tonight, they didn't score a single point in the last two minutes," he said. ''Last year's team finished strong." Basketball team aside, Didericksen had good things to say about another mainstay at USU games. "Onr cheerleading sqmd has improved its looks," he said.

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PINION Everythingelse is numbered; why not number our kids? people the standard line. You know the one - "I can't remember, I never call myself." ~~b•~;:~:~y;,;w;,.~~~:•~:~~~~;~y~::;:;:;::.:::::«~~;:,;; I have five children for whom I can never seem to rattle off a birth year (let alone their Social Security Numbers), an address, two phone numbers, a cell phone number, my work number and the birth dates of 30 family members. (Remembering birthdays is I'm sure you've noticed mandatory in my family. I that my last name has don't even think about changed. (It's not a marriage going home to eat dinner if I thing, OK?) Isn't changing forget to send a card to my our last names when we get · father. And Mom won't talk married or divorced. rather to me, either, because she's redundant? I mean, think spent the last week trying about it. Everyone knows us tirelessly to convince Dad by numbers, anyway. Social that I'm not a total failure as Security, student number a person.) I can't drive with(which in this school is the out my driver's license, same thing), phone number, license plate, registration bank number and on and number and insurance polion. I went to rent a video cy number. And I can't bank the other day and the lady without my account numasked me if I knew my numbers, debit card numbers ber. Yeah, right, like I have and pin access number. the memory capacity to Heaven help me for having remember every ID number two Visas, a library card and I've received for all the a Penny's card, not to menaccounts I've ever owned! tion being a member of Funny thing is I knew it but three book clubs and two couldn't figure out why I · audio, each of which knew it. I sti 11haven't figrequires you to enter your ured out why some numbers account number on the stick with us and others monthly return envelope! don't. A while back I talked to I still remember the a friend whom I hadn't seen phone number I had when I in ages. "Why don't you call was 8. Of course, I can't me?" she asked. remember the phone.numAre you kidding? Then I her of the place I live today, would have to recall her but maybe I'm not putting number! I was so embarin as much effort to memorassed I actually mumbled rize it as I did then. When I something about being busy draw a blank now, I just tell and trying harder Jn the

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future. Is it socially unacceptable to admit that among the many numbers I have to know each day, some just don't come to mind? I wonder if that qualifies as a way to value your friendships? You know, foreach number of their phone number you remember, they get certain points of importance in your life? Maybe I should get one of those phones that lets you program each of your important numbers in and all you have to do is push one button. Much simpler. But then you have to hide the list so no one knows who you gave the No. 1 spot to. After all of this I've come to the conclusion that we are wasting vast amounts of hours contemplating the names of our unborn children. If we would just number them and be done with it, we could pass the information on to the government, which, in turn, would waste less time assigning us social security numbers. Forget about changing your last name when you get married, it wouldn't be necessary. Of course, then when he looks deep into your eyes and whispers your name you'll have to listen closer. He may add an extra number to the end and be talking about a whole different person.

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Beyond tolerance: We should appreciate religious differences mine whether those reasons ilnd let live, eilch in our are good enough evidence own little world. It's certainly true th;it such mature tolfor believing something. It is possible to do this without eration prevents many conbeating anyone.) An open flicts. and critica l discussion But even though tolerameans being willing to realtion is such a GOOD thing, ly examine your beliefs and we can ask whether it is the those of others, being w i ll BEST thing. In particular, we should ask whether the toling to consider arguments eration of religious differagainst your beliefs and ences is the best thing we being willing to help others can hope for on a college to criticize, defend or simcampus like that of Utah ply straighten out their own State University. I think beliefs. In short, it means there is something better we taking beliefs seriously can work toward. I cal I it not just agreeing to tolerate them. How "open and critimight such a discu cal discussion proceed? 6 cussion." We ll, I, for one, ~ ........,••.c,,•.•.••.•.•.••m•>.•c«."•···•'•"•-•.•c•""·"'·'··'··•>.❖.• would like to An open hear the reasons and critical disa Christian has I never see the for be li eving that cussion the Bible is means guy again, it will be inspired by God examintoosoonfor me. I bid and other rel iing variyou a fond fm:ewell. " ous religious texts aren't. gious -Jay Gouge, Or, if the beliefs, provost, USU Christian discoverbelieves that all ing what religious texts they do or do not entail, comparing approach the same truth, I would like to hear how the and contrasting those beliefs with others and apparent contradictions yes, even this - arguing for among the texts are supthose beliefs and against posed to be resolved. I would like to hear an athethem. (By the way, "argu i ng 11does not necessarily ist explain why it is that mean throwing furniture or there is such widespread yelling or beating. An arguagreement among the many ment is a set of reasons for people who report having believing something, and ►SEE RELIGION when we argue, we offer Page 13 reasons and try to deter-

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Recently we have had a discussion on campus about Dee Waltz' columns appear tolerating religious differFridays in the Statesman. ences. I hope no one would Comments may be e-mailed deny that religious intolerto degbert@cc.usu.edu . ance is a bad thing. We • I shouldn't forget that - I ,. "l throughout history people have been impri soned, tortured or killed for having religious views that differed from those who held power. Moreover , there are places in the world today where lifestyles and habits of twins tions for treatment programs (L) . this is still true. In such and adopted children first are becoming increasingly places, nothing better could clear. A UCLA study of herosuggested that addictive develop than the toleration in addicts published this behavior has a hereditary of rel igious differences. But summer showed that a high component. let's examine this a little furErnestP.Noble, percentage of heroin users We began to consider the ther. professor ofpsychiatry and possibility that we might find who respond poorly to tradiWhat does toleration tional addiction treatment root cause of addiction in mean? When we tolerate, director oftheAlcohol ·· the programs have the troubleour genetic makeup. we agree not to disrupt or some A 1 variation of the Research Centerat UCLA's A major breakthrough in interfere. When I tolerate DRD2 gene. understanding the genetics of my neighbor's music, I Neuropsychiatric Institute addiction came in 1990, And a recent study of agree not to interfere with alcoholics showed that when researchers first linked andHospital their enjoyment of it, no patients with the same "pleaa gene called DRD2 - later Special totheLA. matter how much I might sure-seeking" trait responded nicknamed the. "pleasured islike that music myself. In seeking11gene - to severe well to treatment with a nona way, I place an imaginary addictive drug that stimulates alcoholism. Why would a talented and barrier between my neighUCLA studies of brain tisthe dopamine receptors. successfu I actor Ii ke Robert bor and me: I agree not to These findings demand sue showed that individuals Downey Jr. repeatedly risk 11 bother them, and I hope that clinicians rethink tre<:1t" with the A 1 variation" of the his career for the sake of a that later on, when I Iisten ment options for the millions DRD2 gene have significantly drug-induced high? to my music, they won't of drug-users who are genetifewer dopamine receptors in For many addicts like bother me. We agree to live pleasure centers of the brain. cally predisposed to addicDowney, the answer may lie tion. The findings suggest that not in their upbringing or the A simple cheek cell test of many addicts use drugs, company they keep, but in DNA can help differentiate which increase brain their genetic makeup. hard-core, genetic addicts dopamine levels, to compenAnd for drug users whose from those who developed sate for the deficiency in DNA plays a role in their bad habits while socializing their neurological pleasure habit, clinicians need to turn with bad crowds. system. their attention to new treatDrug abusers with a genetSubsequent studies linked ment options that ad dress ic propensity toward addicthe A 1 variation of the DRD2 'the genetics of addiction. tion typically require one of a gene to cocaine, amphetaDowney's very public yet ~ ❖.-C•.• • •·•c•.•C-C-.'e<-.-C•.·c•,•C'.•C•'• '·•·❖.•C•C❖,•C'C-C•C•C•C•C'C-C·.•C growing number of innovamine, heroin and nicotine persona I struggle is a fam i I ia r tive prescription drug theraaddiction. story to millions of pies to beat their habit. What does this all mean? Americans who struggle with Those without the gene It means simply that people addiction. more often respond best to with this genetic trait are A quarter of the U.S. adult Dear Editor: counseling that addresses much more susceptible to population is hooked on environmental factors that addiction. alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, I am 8 years old. Some oi led to their drug abuse. · In addition, they· are more amphetamines or some other my li ttle friends say there is The more we know about likely to fall prey to the most substance. no president of the United why the body craves drugs ,severe forms of addiction. In Through most of the 20th States. Papa says, "If you see and the more we put that fact, data show that while century, we viewed addiction it in the newspaper it's so." knowledge to use, the more only 10 percent of the generlargely as the product of a Please tel I me the truth, is successful we will be in m it ial population in the United flawed upbringing or bad there a president? gating the heavy tol I that States has the A 1 variation of character. drug addiction takes on indithe DRD2 gene, it is found in Addicts deserved punish- Virginia O'Hanlon viduals, families and our about half of addicts. ment, not sympathy. Meanwhile, the implicasociety. Studies comparing the Virginia O'Hanlon, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. How to submit letters to the editor They do not believe except what they see. They • \ Vriters must w;iit 21 d,ivsbefore • Lerrers should be limited to 350 think that nothing can be submitting successiveletters - no words. Lett.:rs to the Editor which is not comprehensible exceptions. • All letters may be shortened, editby their little minds. • Letters representing groups - or ed or rejected for reasons of good All minds, Virginia, more than one individual- must ta9te,redundancy or volume of simiwhether they be men's or have a singu"1rrepresenrnti,·eclearly br letters. children's or, in particular, stated, "ith all necessaryidentifica• No ,monymousletters \\ill be Flori da voters, are little. tion inform,nion. published.\Vritcrs must sign all letDear Editor, In this great country of ters and include ,1 phone number or ours, man is a mere insect. • Letters can be hand delivered or e-mail address and ;i student identifiStew t0orrill is SO an ant, in his intellect as c,ition number. mailed to The Stntm11m1in the TSC, cool! compared with the boundTom Hart

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less world about him, as measured by the intel li gence incapable of grasping the punch-card ballot. Yes, Virginia, there will be a president. He will someday exist as certainly as dimpled chads and butterfly ballots and hand recounts, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be MSNBC if there were no president! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginia. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, no snippiness t9 make tolerable this 'existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight and "The West V\/ing." The external light with which the presidency fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in the president! You might as well not believe in soit money. Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most re,11things in politics are

those that neither children nor Nader voters can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the White House lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the loopholes there are unseen and unseeable in the world. Only lawyers, spin doctors, pundits and Katherine Harris can push aside that voting-booth curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No president! Thank God! He lives and li ves forever. Of course, it may be a thousand years from now , Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, but eventually the appeal process will come to an end and make glad the heart of childhood. To read the original Francis Church editorial from the 1897 New York Sun, please visit the Web site ctnow.com

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► RELIGION From Page 12 religious experiences. I would like to hear mystics explain how they know their mystical experiences are not mere hallucinations. I would like to hear religious people debate about whether they ought to proselytize - and about whether there are right and wrong ways to do it. And, yes, I would like to hear Mormons and non-Mormon Christians explain exactly what beliefs distinguish them from one another. I would like to hear these discussions in rooms filled with believers and non-believers alike, each allowing the others the time to develop their cases and even assisting them in building their cases even when they don't agree with the other person's conclusions. Believe it or not, it is possible to have such open, critical discussion without it leading to immature name-calling, humiliation or hurt feelings. I know, because I have these kinds of discussions with students all the time. (If you doybt that it is possible, you ought to try out a class in philosophy.) What is required is an open mind and-a concern for the truth. When you and I engage in an open, critical discussion, we're not just trying to persuade one another. We are trying to figure out why we believe what we

believe, and whether there might be something else we should believe. We are not trying to FORCE the other person to agree with us. We are simply trying to help one another cultivate an understanding of why we believe what we believe. You might point out that such conversations will never get anywhere - and if by "getting anywhere" you mean "achieving universal agreement", you are right. But there are many types of progress. In such discussions, we come to understand our own views better, and we come to understand other views better. In the end, we may be in as much disagreement as ever, but it will now be a well-informed disagreement, instead of one based on ignorance. That being said, though, there is a danger in such discussions. The danger is that you might run into a series of thoughts which lead you to change your mind. It might be that, when you really examine your beliefs, you find that they don't fit so well together, and that you'll have to modify or even abandon some of them. This danger is called LEARNING. But this is the sort of danger we should rather expect to encounter on college campuses. Learning does hurt sometimes - at times we have to give up

some of our most cherished errors - but it is better to suffer these pains than to go around believing false things. I regard it as a very BAD thing if someone goes to college and is never called upon to examine their beliefs, or to offer reasons for Iheir beliefs to other people who disagree with them. It is also a very BAD thing if you give me reasons for your beliefs and I don't take you seriously enough lo consider your reasons honestly and intelligently and let you know whether I think your reasons are sufficient. Similarly, I think you have done me an injustice if you let me go my merry way when you can see I have made some obvious mistake in my reasoning. Simple respect for one another should urge us not to merely tolerate differences of belief, but to actively help one another to develop as thinking beings. We may not ever agree but open, critical discussions insure that we at least stay in the same world.

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Gore awaits court decision on his fate Napsterhires Sen.OrrinHat~h's adviserfor policydevelopment REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -The embattled music-swapping Internet service Napster announced Thursday it has hired the chief policy adviser to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as its vice president for corporate and policy development. • Manus Cooney will be entrusted to set Napster's strate~ gic course on legislative policy issues. "I am deeply indebted to Chairman Hatch and my colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee," Cooney said. "The experience has been extraordinary. , Now, however, it's time for me to explore new challenges where I can ~elp advance the interests of mrn;ic listeners and artists." Cooney currently serves as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he has worked on issues dealing with intellectual property law such as the American Inventors Protection Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Cooney officially will join Napster in January. Napster continues to defend itself in a copyright infringement suit filed against it by the recording industry. Both sides await an opinion from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a preliminary injunction against Napster that was stayed in July.

CubFoods'groundbeef causes E. coli outbreakin three states MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number of people sickened by an E. coli outbreak involving ground beef bought at Cub Foods has risen to 30, with cases confirmed in three states. Three of those sickened, including a 16-year-old girl, , remained hospitalized Wednesday, said Buddy Ferguson, , spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health. Four new cases of the food-borne illness were confirmed in the state Wednesday, adding to the 22 confirmed earlier. One person in Iowa and three in \Visconsin also have been sickened. Cub Foods' supplier, American Foods Group Inc., has voluntarily recalled 1.1 million pounds of ground beef prepared at its Green Bay, Wis., plant in early November. American Foods said it has found no evidence the E. coli bacteria entered the ground beef on its premises. Other distributors who honored the recall include Aldi Inc., Kroger Co. and Sysco Corp. States affected by the current American Foods recall include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tenness·ee, Texas, Virginia, \Vest Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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loaded into a TelePrompTer exactly one month ago on election night but never delivered. One optimistic Gore adviser talked of "an unspoken superstition" against putting either a concession or victory speech down on paper. There was a consensus in the Gore camp that no speech would be needed for another day or two, anyway, while Florida's Supreme Court and lower courts deliberated not only Gore's election contest but also two related lawsuits over the handling of absentee bal-

lots. "You know, I'm hQpeful," Sen.Joseph Lieberman, Gore's Democratic running mate, told reporters on Capitol Hill, where he cast two budget votes in the Senate's lame-duck sess10n. The Rev.Jesse Jackson, who prayed with Gore at his home on \Vednestiay night, described him :ls "real stJ<ongand steadfast and focused." ''Vice President Gore believes he won the race by getting the most votes, so his focus is to get them counted," Jackson said in an interview. Jackson, who said he and Gore also spoke about alleged civil rights violations against black voters in Florida, refused to entertain questions about Gore losing and trying again in 2004. "I'm talking about his prospects on Dec. 8, that's what I'm concerned about," the Democratic activist said. But Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, sounded the final bell. "This is coming to an end," he said, urging Gore to concede if Florida's high court denies him the recounts he believes will overcome Bush's certified 537-vote lead in the state. If Gore presses on, looking

for finality from the pending cases about absentee ballots in Seminole and Martin counties, "more and more people will feel ... that it's time to think about the Bush presidency," Durbin warned. Gore himself said nothing about the drama climaxing around him. Journalists outside Cafe Deluxe, where Gore, Lieberman and their wives ate lunch, asked Gore a·bout his spirits. "Hi, how are you,·thank you," he replied. Restaurant workers sent him off with a cheerful, "Good luck!" That morning, watching the televised final court arguments over his election contest was a family-only affair for Gore :ind Lieberman at the vice presidential mansion on Embassy Row. As if to acknowledge the nearing conclusion to this monthlong election, they dispatched their topmost adviser, campaign chaimrnn Bill Daley, to Tallahassee to thank their small army of lawyers. "This entire proceeding has been based on one premise that every vote should count," Daley told reporters on the steps of the Supreme Court building. "'Ve look forward to the decision of the court. We respect them."

.An emotional memorial One-minute silence marks attack on Pearl Harbor 59 years ago ed the services on the memorial that straddles the battleship sunk in the attack, Associated Press a tomb for about 1,000 of its crewmen. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - This and other military bases on Oahu lasted sprawling naval base drew silent for one two hours. The Japanese military sank or minute Thursday to mark the time 59 heavily damaged 21 ships, destroyed or years ago that Japanese planes attacked damaged 323 aircraft, killed 2,388 people the U.S. Pacific fleet and plunged the and wounded 1,178. nation into World War II. "It's very emotional, it truly is," said A soft mist started falling as moment of silence began at 7:55 a.m., creating a . WoodroW-Wilson Derby, an 82-year-old brilliant rainbow over Ford Island. It last- retired math teacher from San Diego who was a petty officer on the USS Nevada. ed until the American flag was raised five "The bad memories have gone out of my minutes later over the gleaming white USS Arizona Memorial during the Navy's mind. I'm just glad to be alive." Douglas Phillips, who lives near annual commemorative ceremony . Annapolis, was a crewman aboard the "Why do we remember Pearl Harbor USS Ramsay and saw the USS Utah roll above and beyond all others?" asked over. , Mm. Dennis Blair, commander of the 1 "We realized at1lhat time it wasn't a U.S. Pacific Command. "In part, because drill. We just stood in awe," he said. we considered it an act of treachery. The service aboard the USS Arizona "But did we think we defined the rules Memorial included prayers, 40 wreath by which others act? Did we think we could never be hit at home? This was one presentations, a "missing man" formation flyover by Hawaii Air National Guard Fof the great lessons of Pearl Harbor to 15 jets, a 21-gun salute and echo taps. Americans." On Wednesday, three Japanese pilots About 240 survivors, veterans, digniwho flew in the attack and a dozen taries, military officials and guests attendJAYMES SONG

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Of 39 goals for his tenure, Emert has accomplished 38 LEAH L. CULLER N ews Editor

trict in Utah promote university initiatives during the legislative session. There are more than Utah State University has 100 districts in Utah. come a l()ng way in the eight"\Ve have had most of our an<l-a-half years George H. initiatives passed in the last two Emert has heen its president. years," Smith sai<l."It's been a Emert said he can't pick out major undertaking." one thing to call his greatest Smith said alumni chapters accomplishment, hut he is prou<l have helped alumni of all the to feel they have improvements ownership in thei,r that have been association. made during "We're looking his time at to the future under USU. our new president While to move onward Emert himself and upward," may not conSmith said. "But we sider one have a great base achievement that we've built greater than on. " another, others An increase in will remember 'CONCENTRIC ARCS' are scholarships is two important located near the Engineering another accomplishaccomplishClassroom ./ Case:i,llobson ment for which ments in conEmert has been recognized. junction with Emert's time at In 112 years, $30 million have USU: the creation of alumni been raised for scholarships at chapters and an increase in USU. At least $24 million of scholarship dollars. that has been raised in Emert's When Emert arrived at USU, eight-and-a-half years. he came with a vision to create a "Everybody's worked hard to new alumni association based on raise scholarship money and constituents in different chapter we've done it big time," Emert areas. At that time, there were said. no alumni chapters associated When Emert came to USU, with the university, said Carlos he had a list of 34 things he Smith, executive director of the wanted to accomplish. In his Alumni Aw>ciation. Today, there time at USU, he added five goals 'FOUR WITHOUT,' a sculpture near the Natural Resources Building, · are 48. to the list and all but one of the is one of several new sculptures on campus./Casey Hobson photo "He empowered the alumni total 39 will be completed when staff to move forward," Smith he leaves. That goal, the planEmert said the faculty discussed versity." said. "He provided us with his ning of a new capital campaign, what they thought the general Nationally, if a university has total support." is something Emert has been education array of courses fewer than 20 to 25 percent of Emert inaugurated the sus"working hard on," but has not should accomplish for the stuits students housed on campus, it taining membership program for yet accomdents and revised loses the flavor of a residential the Alumni Association and creplished, said them accordingcampus, Emert said. Only 12 ated the legacy wall and the John DeVilbiss, ly. percent of USU students live on alumni travel program. He director of The addition campus. played an important role in Media Relations of Snow Hall "That's one challenge I didn't increasing major events like and Marketing and married-stuquite complete," Emert said. "I Founder's Day and the Senior for USU. dent housing is wish we could house one out of Sendoff, Smith said. Among the another achievefive on campus." Smith said the best thing, in goals completment Emert conOne reason for the decrease his opinion, is the County ed, Emert considers significant. in on-campus housing is the Aggies - an alumni organizasiders the revi"USU is pergreat proportion of non-tradition that provides immediate sion of the core '<?RBWRAP' is near the Merrill ceived as a resitional students who account for L1brary./Casey Hobson photo d . I ,, assistance to USU. curriculum a enna campus, ► SEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS At least two alumni volun"very significant effort in the Emert said. "If we lost that, we teers from every legislative disPage 12 history of our institution." would be a totally different uni-

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"\Vell, and you'll notice it's going Copy Editor to be a working sabbatical." For the first time in 30 years, During his Utah State University President year away from George H. Emert is taking a the university, break. Sort of. Emert will visit The self-proclaimed workasix institutions holic looks at the conclusion of his presidency not as a closing of across the country to help in his a chapter, but as just one more design of a page in his life's work - a work Regents that hasn't been concluded yet, Teaching BILLIE AND GEORGE EMERT say goodbye to Utah he said. Academy. The State University for one year, after which they will He'll leave on a year's sabbatical after handing USU over to a idea is to create an return. Emert plans on teaching. /President's office institution where he'll also return to his role as an new president, but he's not planprofessors from all nine public instructor of biochemistn· at ning any leisure time. By the universities and colleges in Utah USU. · clock, with an accumulated 23 will learn from colleagues how to Though administration was years of teaching and eight-andbecome better educators. never something he aspired to, one-half years serving as presiAt the end of the year he'll he did enjoy being president, he dent of USU, Emert could have present his plan before the Board said. gone on sabbatical four times. of Regents, which will decide "I think being in this leader"Probably the reason I whether to present it before the ship position ha; been a grand haven't asked for one before is legislature. experience," he said. "I love lisbecause I love to work," he said. Three years tening to p~ople's aspirations and ago, Emert fordreams and helping them reach mutated the idea those dreams." ...... for the academy He'll shed the title easilv to after observing slip back into his role•as an· eduinstructors fresh cator, he said. from graduate "A title is just like a degree," school in the Emert said. "It can get you classroom. He through a door, but only with hopes the acadeideas, energy and hard work will my will help new you achieve success." instructors, and The announcement didn't experienced come until after graduation last instructors who spring - he didn't want to disneed brushing up, tract from the atmosphere, he improve in all said - but Emert knew last areas of teaching, January his contributions had including class taken USU as far as they could planning, teachand the school was ready for new ing and forming leadership. relationships with He is proud of the progress students. USU has made since he bec.1111e This is returnpresident, but it can all be even ing to his roots, better, Emert said. Emert said. All he "There was a need when I ever wanted to do arrived, and I think the needs EMERT PAINTS AN 'A' on the Romney Stadium foot- was teach - and right now are different," Emert ball field. Although he's leaving as president, he'll when he returns said. "I think the timing is return as an Aggie in a year./ Statesman file photo from sabbatical, right." "

LARA GALE

... and will he succeed?

A ferret is a small creature With snout, fur and spirit. Ferreting is seeking That hiding from view. To go forth is to start out, For reasons personal and proud, But to go fourth is to be in line After first, second, and third. To have sight is to be able To see clowns cavort To have a site is to possess, A place to do or be. Even more complex is a miss That results in lost opportunity, And a miss, comely and true, Unmarried and aspiring to be. To hood the hood or the hood, To bridge tthe gap with a bridge, To horse around the horse, Or be mule-headed

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mule. Ford the stream in a Ford, Read the book and it's read, Bob can bob for apples, Sally can bob red hair. Bob can bob while bare, But should watch out for hear. Can is able, tin or dance, And ten is more th;m nine. -

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H. Emert

Nov. 2, 1991

Yes! He will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) - Dr. Seuss

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Gorg, er, George

THE YEARS

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\\71at should a child who was born on the dirt floor of an eastern Tennessee home, sometnne in December never knowing exactly what dav or vear exi)ect to be when he or she gro\\"S up? 62. Perhaps the In fact, if president of a Aunt Lizzy public univerhad her w~y, sin ·. Eilla.Ji2Z::lli USU's presi. That's GEORGE H, EMERT AND MOTHER dent would be where Utah named Gorg State Cniversitv President - that's how she spelled his George H . Em~rt began life name on the birth certificate. a qui;t entrance obse~ved only "My first order of business by his mother, father, grandas a child was to survive," Emert n;other and aunt Lizz,~. said. The second was "to do the The son of a tena~t farmer, best I could." young Emert spent his first And so he worked his way years in a home with no runthrough high school and coining water, and he had no birth- lege, eventually ending up at dav. USU, a school he said he loves · That's because no one at the for the "extraordinary work

ethic" of faculty, staff, students be when he grew up. He said he and Utahns in general. tried on, as most children do, It is also a school he will no everything from cowboy to longer lead at the encl of the lawyer, truck driver to cash regsemester after eight-and-a-half ister operator. Even in high school, an aptiyears as its president. Being president is a far cry tude test mat was supposed to from his humble help school counselors beginniqgs, but Emert said even when advise him on his life's h~ was young he was seen as someone with path left a head on his shoulhim unclear. M1 mind moves ders - a "well-balThe couna lotJaster than my selors told anced-person" who body.As a child,I him he avoided impulse. was-considered,in could be "My mind moves the phraseologyof a lot faster than mv anyming he 111:.Y family, tlie little body," Emert said." wanted. ofd man - even "That "As a child, I was considered, in the was hugely when I was 5 years frustrating phraseology of my old." for me" family, the little old Emert 'said. man - even when I - George Emert, president, USU was 5 years old." But That little old mroughout man - who would high school, leave home at age 12 Emert took hard subjects, including chemand live on a 6-foot square landing between the first and istry, biology and geometry. He second floors of a newspaper ► SEE GORG office through high school never knew what he wanted to Page 10

First Lady Emert volunteers time, en~rgy to community, USU NATALIE L\RSO'\

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home knew what date it was, or even what year. Aunt Lizzy had one guess; Grandma had another. Mom and Dad were sure it was another clay altogether . So they settled on· a date somewhere reasonably in the mi~ldle and assumed it was 1938, making Emert now almost

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As Utah State Universitv's first la<lv,Billie Emert "has· been an· asset to not just the universitv, but the communitv as a whoie," said Jill A.nderso~ with Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abu;e. · "I would be honored if people would remember I was here," Emert said. Janet Osborne, director of USU's Women's Center, said Emert is not just a passive member, but a real doer whose positive influence O!l behalf of the universitv has been felt throughout the community. "She takes a sincere interest in people and what they're

doing," Osborne said. "Everyone comes away feeling that Emert is their best friend even if they don't see her very often. That's a real gift for an individual to have." Emert said originally she and her husband never had aspirations to be in a university presidency, but "it's been a great run." "If you follow your path . from the inside, it leads you to more exciting places than you could imagine yourself," she said. "It's part of living to know when it's time to change." "A friend told us that you shouldn't fall in love with your school," she said. "You can't be here and not fall in love with it."

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Her roles as the first lady of Utah State University are purely voluntary, she said. She's a hostess, a community service volunteer and a support for the president. Emert said, "I have the neat job; [USU President George H. Emert] has the challenging job. I get to meet the people. People are the best part of me job. But he gets paid more than I do." The couple entertained guests for the university frequently to "make friends for USU." Picking a favorite is like "picking your favorite child," she said. One of the most interesting people they hosted was Billy Mills, Emert said. Mills works

wim Steven Hawkings on research about the outer regions of the galaxy. She has been involved in many organizations and boards during her time at USU, including the Women's Center, Sunshine Terrace, the Community Abuse Prevention · Services Agency and the museum. Though the school doesn't hold the prestige of a larger university, usu is wormy of respect, she said. "Students, don't underestimate the caliber of the school you're attending," she said. "It might be an agricultural school ► SEE BILLIE

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Emert parties, eats, Iives with students

Geek He's big and burly, And not a little curly. He's always in a fog, As he walks the dog. But he is called on his beeper, When needed by his keeper. When time to use his bean, Or appropriate to be seen.

ABOVE: EMERT JOINS A CONGA LINE as part of RHSA's activities

last year during his stay in on-campus housing. RIGHT: EMERT FILLS HIS DRINK at the Junction where he ate while living on campus last year./ Cory Hill photos MARCIE

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Utah State University President George H. Emert made a home in Bullen Hall for a few days last spring. Although some students saw the move as a publicity stunt, Ben Riley, president of Associated Students of USU, said it was the probably the greatest and most publicized event the university's 13th president took on. Although Aggie Television showed up with Emert when he first moved on campus, John De Vilbiss, director of Public Relations and Marketing, said it wasn't a strategy to make Emert

seem more open. "I'm not aware of any plan where someone sat down and said, 'What can we do to make the president more approachable?"' DeVilbiss said. Regardless of the intention of the night in the residence hall, the students Emert lived with were apprehensive when Housing and Food Services told them they would have a new roommate the day before Emert moved in. "I was nervous because I didn't know him," roommate Nick Aiello said. That nervousness ended, however, when Emert moved in

And there is no sonic boom, As he stomps into the room. Each may cringe and frown, As he shows to be a clown.

with a gift of goodies for his three new roommates - Aiello, James Jenkins and Ryan Lewis. Aiello said he knew Emert really cared about meeting students and getting to know their opinions and thoughts about

life at USU. What impressed Aiello even more was when

Emert approached him and his 1 girlfriend, Jessica Bentsch, at Ag Day this semester, Aiello said. "He remembered us," Aiello said, "which I thought was pret► SEE ROOMMATE

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Emert was just one of the guys in ou·r apartment

JamesJenkins Last year my roommates, Ryan Lewis and Nick Aiello, and I had the opportunity to live with Utah State University President George H. Emert for three days. We found out about the event when our resident assistant came to tell us about room

checks. Upon finding out that our room only had the three of us, he told us that we were going to be hosting President Emert. Nick, who hadn't been home for the news, thought it was an April Fool's joke. Living with him, I really had the occasion to understand more about the university and its functions. I never knew what the president did, and this gave me the chance to ask those questions. We talked to him about the school's prestige, academics, our relation-

ships with our professors and our relationships in the workforce. We were also able to clarify all of the rumors that had been floating around, such as "the table." He stayed up with us until midnight both nights and was really just one of the guys. . We did benefit from living with him. Housing cleaned our bathroom and donated three 12-packs of soda in case President Emert got thirsty. Upon his arrival, he gave us a house-warming gift of pop-

corn, licorice, Snickers and other junk food. The final night Emert was with us, we sang "You've Lost that Loving' Feeling" at the Depot, and we all received matching USU hats. I really enjoyed my experience living with Emert, and I hope that President Kermit Hall will have the chance to participate in such an activity. I felt I understood better the university's functions, and I know similar activities in the future will benefit others as wel I.

But he always does his part, For he has a great, big heart. Be careful not to demean, Those who must be seen. Some must carry the load, And some must be a toad. Don't too hastily critique, If one happens to see a geek.

George H. Emert Oct. 29, 1991

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Athletics thrives, even with a tight budget AARON MORTON

given the department more funding from the Emert said. Sports Editor university since he has been at USU - it has However, USU's · membership in a conference stood on its own, Emert said. A new softball field, a new indoor practice is on shaky ground. The Big West Conference "He has made everyone aware Athletics is as facility, 5,000 seats added to the football stadium ·finished its final season Nov. 18. All BWC footimportant as any other department," Pugmire and a new soccer field on the way - Utah State ball playing schools but USU have left the con· said. University President George H. Emert is proud ference for either the Sun Belt-Conference or the And despite the small budget - USU ranks of what the Athletics department has done in his Western Athletic Conference. 105th in athletics funding out of 8.5 years - especiatly because Although USU is still a memit's all been done on a balanced 108 Division I schools - USU ber of the BWC in other managed to increase revenue and budget. sports, football will have to private funding every year Emert play as an independent. That "The level of competition, ~ .......... ,......•,............ ,.......... ,..,....,.,., has been here while balancing its the budget and facilities have will likely hurt the _depart)e> Emert has not given budget, currently at $6.4 million. improved," Emert said. m~nt in the long run because the Athletics department "We're very proud of that," During Emert's tenure, USU independent' teams spend more university funding has added women's soccer, Pugmire said. more for travel than others since he came to USU. This football season, USU broke and have a much harder time women's volleyball has gone ),> The Athletics budget, the season ticket record and is on from a 0-30 season in 1995 to a qualifying for a bowl game. currently $6.4 million, has track to break basketball's record, top-25 program and the hasketThe, university has come been balanced all eight as well. Emert sent a mandate hall team has gone to the under criticism for not years of Emert's NCAA Tcmrnament twice and requiring Pugmire to increase getting a bid into the presidency. sales. Athletics is important, Emert the National Invitational WAC or the ),> Athletics accounts for said. It brings in more than 60 per· Tournament once. Mountain more than 60 percent of cent · o f the university's publicity. "He's had a tremendously West tl1e university's publicity. With the addition of women's positive effect," said Athletic~ Conference, Director Rance Pugmire, in his soccer, USU now sponsors 10 where the sports, including football, volleysecond year as the fourth per· University ball, cross country, tennis, track and field, softson to hold that office during Emert's administraof Utah and ball, basketball, gymnastics and golf. Most of tion. Brigham them are at or near the top of the Big West While USU's Athletics department has grown ► SEE SPORTS Conference. and gotten better, Emert emphasized that he has Page 12 "We get an ii'nmense bang for our buck," not focused too much on sports. He has not

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Former footbal I coach sues for breach of contract SHEREEN SAUREY

Senior Writer Utah State University has been served with the official copy of the complaint filed by former head football coach Dave Arslanian, according to Robert Barclay of the Utah Attorney General's Office. The Oct. 5 lawsuit, filed by . Arslanian in the 3rd District Court, names as defendants USU President George H. Emert, Athletic Director Rance Pugmire, Vice President of Administrative Affairs Fred Hunsaker, USU and the Board of Regents. The lawsuit charges all parties with breach of contract . and breach of good faith and fair dealing. Arslanian is seeking the full value of his four-year contract, approximately $310,504, plus attorney's fees. The complaint singles out Emert, charging him with intentional interference with prospec-

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tive economic relations. The lawsuit claims Arslanian's reputation and career have been "severely and irreparably damaged." Emert maintains that coaches lose their jobs every year because it is a high-profile and high-paying profession. A coach's performance is subject to scrutiny. "We're satisfying his contract," Emert said. ArsLmian led the Aggie football team to a 7-15 record in two seasons. Barclay said the law does not require a complaint to be as extensive as Arslanian's lawsuit. To be officially served, one party needs only to file a notice to the other party informing them of why they are suing. Arslanian's complaint is a fact pleading, meaning all parties are named in detail and many allegations are cited. Barclay added that a case like Arslanian's is often tried in the

media before ever going to <;:ourt. "This is not a criticism, but if you're a reporter, three lines doesn't make· for much of a story," he said. "So [Arslanian] will give you a 17-page complaint." The Utah Attorney General's Office is cur!"ently in the process of preparing the answer - the pleading that will be filed as a response to Arslanian's allegations in his complaint. Anything denied in the answer becomes an "issue." The next step is discovery, in which both parties will request documents from each other to build a case. "That's where the facts develop," Barclay said. The lawsuit was originally being handled by USU attorney Craig Simper. By legislation, however, the attorney general must represent USU in litigation. The attorney general also represents the Utah Department of Transportation, all

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other Utah colleges and universities and other governme11t-sponsored organizations. Approximately nine divisions exist within the attorney general's office. Barclay is the Education Division lawyer. "I'm the coordinator for this case," Barclay said. "I'm not in the driver's seat." Barclay said the attorney general's office has met with Emert, Hunsaker and Pugmire to ensure the answer is prepared properly. The answer must be filed within 20 days of the official service.

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EMERT AND SPORTS: EIGHT UP-AND-DOWN YEARS • 1992 Charlie Weatherbie is hired as head football coach, one of four head coaches during Emert's administration. • Chuck Bell is hired as Athletics director. • The Aggie gymnastics team wins its first of three Big West Championships. • 1993 The USU football team wins the Big West with a 5-1 record and goes on to win its only bowl game - a 42-33 win over Ball State in the Las Vegas Bowl. • Softball team ties for first in the Big West - the only time in the '90s. • The men's and women's track and field team wins its first of 12 conference championships in the next seven years. • 1994 In his second year, head basketball coach Larry Eustachy leads USU to an National Invitational Tournament berth. • 1995 John L. Smith is hired as head football coach. In his three years, his teams tie for first in the Big West twice. • The volleyball team finishes the season 0-30. • 1996 Women's soccer debuts at USU. • 1997 The last Big West Championship football team in Emert's administration. Cincinnati beats USU 35-19 in the Humanitarian Bowl. • 1998 The USU basketball team qualifies for its first NCAA Tournament since 1988. • Emert hires Bruce Van De Velde as Athletics director. He is at USU for only 13 months, replaced by current Athletics Director Rance Pugmire in 1999. • 1999 Mick Dennehy is hired as head coach just

hours after Dave Arslanian is fired as football head coach. Arslanian later files a lawsuit against the university that is currently pending. · • 2000 The Aggie basketball team has its greatest season ever in Stew Morrill's second year, going 190 in Big West play and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament. • Second-year volleyball coach Tom Peterson leads USU to its first NCAA Tournament and advances to the second round.

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In accordance with the Board of Regents policy to provide housing for all university presidents, Utah State University was in need of an adequate facility. The process led to criticism and concern from students as well as the community because of cost and potential degradation of historic university land. A committee of representatives from USU, the Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees, as well as members of the community, looked at various sites before deciding on one at approximately 1400 E. and 1350 North in Logan. The selection committee originally looked at a site on Old Main Hill, just east of Old Âˇ Main. "There was concern about the green space being taken up by Old Main Hill," said Cecelia H. Foxley, commissioner of higher education for the Board of Regents. James MacMahon, vice president for University Advancement, said there are historical attachments to Old Main Hill for the community and the campus. "People revere Old Main," MacMahon said.

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Foxley said the Alumni House north of Old Main was originally the presidential residence. Another house, used by former USU President Stanford Cazier, was east of campus and was purchased by the Caziers for their personal residence. Foxley said the house currently occupied by USU President George H. Emert and his :wifewas bought by the university with the promise the Emerts could purchase the home after his time as president. The house is not ideal for the responsibilities th'at come with being president, like entertain-

_n t ing guests. Foxley said inadequate parking crowds the neighborhood, and the location is not accessible. All institutions, including two-year schools in Utah, provide presidential residences because it is mandated by the Regents' policy. There clearly needs to be one, Foxley said. The house will belong to the state of Utah, MacMahon said, and will be an important asset to the university. According to a Board of Regents press release, the house will serve as part of the compensation package for a new president. The committee takes into account the type of institution, living standards and cost of housing in the surrounding area and the ability of the house to meet the necessary requirements. Because compensation isn't as high in Utah as in other states, the house is part of an expected package, Foxley said. Foxley said the Board of Regents hopes this house will serve as-the presidential residence for the long haul, perhaps for 100 years to come. "This will not only house the family, but will be appropriate for the hosting," Foxley said.

Controversial table fills newspapers JESSICA WARREN

My heart beats wildly My mind heavy with burden. A sense of dread rides its horse Upon me, my family, my dreams.

Senior Writer

With every top position comes perceived controversy between administrators and those affected by that administration. Notable controversial events occurred during Utah State University President George H. Emert's time here when the cost of a conference table in Old Main was released. The final bill was $26,920 for the oak-veneer table that sits in Champ Hall on the first floor of Old Main. The bids for the table ran from $16,000 up to $40,000, said John De Vilbiss, director of Media Relations and Marketing on campus. When the table was chosen, the price was included in the original budget of the remodeling of Old Main in

1997. De Vilbiss said the table was needed because the table there was too small and was inadequate to serve its purpose. It is used by the president for cabinet meetings, administrative council meetings, receptions and other meetings with potential donors and other dignitaries, he said. "Very important things transpire there," DeVilbiss said. The room is already at capacity with more people than seats around the table, he said. DeVilbiss said the table was specifically chosen because it was

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THE OPINION SECTION OF THE STATESMAN was flooded with editorial cartoons and letters to the editor responding to the new conference table. / Statesman cartoon 1997

the best product for the money. The less-expensive tables didn't offer what was needed as far as size and design. Students didn't see it that way. The buzz was all over campus, prompting letters to the editor in the Statesmanand administrators being questioned. Tiffany Dahl wrote a letter to the editor asking where the priorities of the university really are, citing both the dance and horse program being cut for lack of funds. "This agriculturally based university doesn't even have

___ Editor's note: The following are letters to the editor from 1997 when the "table issue" was in full swing.

Letter: "Last word on the table" Regarding a letter concerning "the table," it is suggested that we ask any banker in Logan about using income on self-gratify-

Kowoon

ing desires. May I point out that "any bank in Logan" has some rather pricey furnishings, which seem to attract customers quite well. Also, he asked why someone didn't donate the table. As I recall, the table was purchased with donated funds.

facilities for the rodeo team to practice in," wrote Dahl. De Vilbiss said the controversy came as a surprise. He said it's interesting that something as simple as a table can turn into something much more complicated. The 20-by-8-foot table, which can seat 20 people, was meant to blend in with the new furnishings and be an asset to Champ Hall - a heavily used facility. De Vilbiss said the controversy occurred as a result of miscommunication and mixed sig-

nals. "It became an emotional issue," DeVilbiss said. He said because the administration was quiet, it appeared there was something to hide and money was being misappropriat1 ed. DeVilbiss said the table is fully justified. The board room table at Kennecott, for example, cost $40,000. "What is extravagant to one isn't to another," De Vilbiss said. He said the table is a beautiful piece of art and will be an heirloom for the university.

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I don't know President Emert personally, but would hesitate to call him incompetent just because of this table issue.

Pain causes tears from deep inside Inability immobilizes me Heart and mind wonder, what next? Where is comfort? Where to go? Nature sends messages of survival Provides men of great spirit Leaders to guide us through dark places To our rightful place in the plan of living.

A priest names Kowoon to help us To feed and clothe our family. A way to educate our children. Kowoon gives us hope.

to the editor

I am writing in regards to the considerable amount of interest shown . As a possible solution to the current controversy, I would like to make the following suggestion. Anita Kingdon I believe that much of the debate centers Letter: "Conference around a concern that table should be rented the new table will not out" impact students' lives

enough to justify the amount of money spent on it. In order to minimize these concerns, and to increase student support, I would suggest that the new table be rented out for 15-20 minute time slots on A-Day

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Kowoon is our place of comfort, The energy to feed our spirit. We are the clouds rushing here and there. Kowoon the mountain where we may rest.

- George H. Emert

Aug.22,2000

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► ROOMMATE From Page 5 ty cool." Bentsch said Emert joked with them about the time her grandmother called at midnight and woke him up. "He joked about it and said he always tells people that story," Bentsch said. Even with his three days and two nights living on campus, Emert has gained a reputation across campus of being unapproachable.

Many students, faculty and staff, however, say he is actually a very open leader. · "I could call up and get on his agenda anytime, and I think any student could," Riley said. Patricia Terrell, vice president of Student Services, said Emert has been very approachable from an administrative point of view. She said Emert would call her about a USU student he met or would ask her to help a student out. "He never advertised it," Terrell

said of Emert's involvement. Terrell said she is surprised students don't find Emert approachable, because that is never the side she saw of him. Terrell said Emert has been involved with the deaf community, helped ASUSU with plans for the new Student Recreation Center and supported USU's branch campuses - ~nd those are just a few examples of his involvement in student life. DeVilbiss said Em-~rt has dol\e more than just academic things to

b_ecome more approachable. DeVilbiss said he walked into Emert's office one afternoon and found the president sitting with his guitar. "He was going to have a jam session with some faculty," DeVilbiss said. Although DeVilbiss said Emert was a little embarrassed about the situation in his office, he said Emert has a "Southern dignity," which keeps him from being open with such casual situations.

► GoRG From Page 4 always did well in them, so he kept taking them in college. When he finally had to declare a major, he chose zoology, "but only because I liked the outdoors," he said. He said there were

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majors he could have chosen, based on the classes he had taken. College was a last-minute decision for Emert, who said he never anticipated going whpe in high school. But a group of teachers, who saw potential in him, formed a teachers' association to raise the $2 50 needed to get him in. "Their encouragement to me said, 'Hey, maybe I should go to college,"' he said. So he hitched a ride to the University of Colorado. When he was 17, he moved to Denver, where he made saddles, chaps, bridles and other similar products. Emert would leave the West and spend 20 years in the South. But he said coming to Utah was an easy decision for him. "I, of course, am a Rocky Mountain person," he said. "Being back amongst these mountains after being in Arkansas and Virginia for 20 years brought a great deal of relief." · A Methodist in a state full of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day . Saints, Emert said religion has never been a problem. He said early LDS presidents Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were both Methodists before becoming LDS, so he

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said Methodists and Latter-day Saints share similar values. He said he never faced any "critical aspects related to religion" as president. He also never worried about his safety or the ,liafetyof his family. A sort;of celebrity in Cache Valley and som(itimes an unpopular one Emert salq.he faced everything from insults to Bomb threats, but because he sees himself as well-balanced and an expert at survival, he never felt threatened. When students go home for the winter break, they will have seen the end of Emert's years as president of USU but not of his time as an educator or an Aggie. He said he plans to take a year-long sabbatical, during which he expects to design what he calls the Regents' Teaching Academy. He will visit six educational institutions where faculty study ways to better teach college students. What he learns there he will use to design workshops for faculty at Utah's nine colleges and universities, teaching them how to write good tests, create an efficient and helpful syllabus and encourage classroom dialogue, among other things. "Kind of the nitty-gritty dos and don'ts/ Emert said. "Certainly there's a Jot to be said about on-the-job training," but there's also a lot to be learned from the "teaching masters." After his sabbatical, Emert said he plans to return to USU to teach microbiology, biochemistry or whatever related classes need new teachers. •

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From Page 4 in Logan, Utah, but it really is world-class. You won't get a better education anyplace else. I want you to be aware this is a special place with old-fashioned values for working hard and learning. It's so refreshing." Emert said she'd like to see the character of the students remain the same. "They are hard-working students and really want to learn. I want to see the dedication of teachers not to change. I have never found teachers that care as much as these," she said. She'd like to see better funding and the endowment continue to build. "The one thing I would change would be that I would have the scholarship endowment be so big that no students would have to borrow money," she said. Emert said USU does more substantial work with less money than any other

From Page 9 would love Logan.' He was school in the United States. "It has to do with the work right," she said. ethic of the culture. We're Emert said she loves chilproud to have been associated dren and plans on "going back to writing and back to my with it," she said. "I want it grandbabies." to continue to blossom." Emert said, "Whoever The invented chilEmerts are dren had a planning to leave for at Whoeverinvented wicked sense of humor, but wholeast a year to childrenhad a ever invented give the new wickedsenseof president grandchildren humor,but whoever was brilliant." room, Emert inventedgrandchilsaid, and She said her they're happy goals have been drenwas/Jrilliant. " to let the new to support her - Billie Emert husband, support couple take over. her family and "I wouldn't "do the best by the university we know how give any advice to the new president's wife," she said. "I'd to do." Emert grew up in just tell them they are so forWyoming and met George tunate to have this opportuniEmert in Okinawa when her ty." She said she loves Logan, father arranged a picnic date for her. She has a bachelor's and "this is not an ordinary degree from the University of place." "My uncle said, 'You Wyoming.

and Homecoming. Not only would this give a whole new meaning to the phrase "True Aggie," but any money collected could be used to finance other symbols of our university's prestige, such as the football team. Perhaps they could even sell T-shirts with slogans like "Presidential Aggie," or, for the slightly more daring, "I Laid It On The Table." I would encourage the Âˇ administration to consider this solution to both future economic concerns, and the more pressing problem of student morale. Yours in the hope of future prestigious economic development,

Shannon Duerden

Letter: "$26,000 table is a poor choice by Emert" As I sat in my Education class and participated in a discussion on how education

is financed, I was shocked to find that the president of Uta;h State University is spe[)ding $26,000 on a conference table. Through my classes and the low balance in my checkbook, I know that we, the students of.this great university, pay for projects like this. Where are our priorities? The dance program is being cut because of lack of funds. The horse program has been discontinued. This "agriculturally" based university doesn't even have facilities for the rodeo team to practice in, yet there's enough money in the budget to spend $26,000 on a table! Do the students of th is university get money to build special desks to sit in? No! We pay $800 to sit in a good old-fashioned wooden one!

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>SPORTS From Page 6 Young University reside. Other USU may have to add BWC schools, the University women's basketball; only The of Nevada-Reno and Boise Citadel, the Virginia Military State University, have accepted Institute and USU don't have bids to the WAC. women's basketball teams. Emert deflects those criti"There will be a necessity t cisms, pointing out that the have women's basketball," WAC's latest additions were Emert said. based on On Nevada havthe plus side, ing a baseUSU's attenball program dance has or Boise been going State having up, and the a bowl game two biggest or the programs WAC's need football. and to have volleyball more seem to be schools in on the way Louisiana to up as the balance out Aggie foot- George H. Emert the conferball team surence geoprised many graphically. by taking sec "How can you overcome ond in the conference. things like that?" Emert said. Two other major sports, "We have made a mighty volleyball and gymnastics, effort." draw crowds of around 2,000 Emert said for USU to get . - comparable to other school into a stronger conference, it in the region. has to get bigger donations If USU does get a bid, it and have more attendance for will not be until the spring or football games. summer because most schools BYU, an MWC member, are focusing on the football or averages more than 60,000 basketball seasons, Pugmire fans to a home game while said. Utah averages more than The responsibility for find39,000. USU has averaged ing a new conference will fall between 14,000 and 20,000 on Pugmire and the new uniover the past five years. versity president, Kermit Hall "Why would they want us - with whom Pugmire said he in their league?" Emert asked. is looking forward to working.

[Eventually} therewill be a necessity_ to have women's basketball. "

FORMER FOOTBALL COACH DAVE ARSLANIAN is suing George Emert, USU, the Board of Regents and others for breach of contract after he was fired a year ago./ Statesman file photo

Light through the heart fills our minds Orange, gray, red, pink Sun you are our engme. You cause water to flow, flowers to grow. Tides follow your orders the moon your path. Your heavenly home you share with us Making nests cozy, warm for creatures many. Our plights not defined multicolored, varied You light our paths without arrows to guide. The end is yet unseen one knows it is there With the sun as guide, it in time will be revealed.

George H. Emert Nov. 9, 1999

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the majority of the ·enrollment increase. These students typically don't live in on-campus housing. ButJohn Ringle, associate director for Housing and Food Services, said it is due to Emert's vision and insistence that so many residents are housed on

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campus. "[On-campus housing] is more academics-oriented and more conducive to developing a better student," Ringle said. Emert also had a part in the transition from linear to plateau tuition several years ago.

"It's encouraged students to take more hours and graduate sooner," Emert said. During Emert's time at USU the university has been recognized as a Carnegie I Research Institution - one of 88 nationwide.

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Emert also considers an increase in teaching effectiveness to be an important accomplishment. At any given time, $150 million in construction is being done on USU facilities. Projects during Emert's time include the

renovation of Old Main, the replacement ofWidtsoe Hall, renovation and addition of residence halls, tunnels under the highway, the addition of research space, the NASA building and funding for an expansion at Edith Bowen.