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Sexual assault on the rise 4By Maile Burnett
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Twice as many sexual assault offenses were reported in 2012 than in 2011, according to the Crime Awareness and Campus and Fire Safety Report. Sexual Assault and Anti-Violence Information program coordinator Jenny Erazo said it’s hard to say why the statistic spiked. “Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes,” Erazo said. “Maybe the circumstances were just right and people reported it.” Captain Steve Milne of the USU Police Department said there are many reasons why people are reluctant to report a rape or sexual assault to the police. They might have been drinking and were underage. Maybe they don’t want their parents finding out. It’s a very personal and emotional matter, he said. He said a victim is sometimes reluctant to report the issue because they personally know their attacker. “A lot of people’s vision of rape is a stranger that breaks into their apartment and sexually assaults them,” Milne said. “This is a guy they went on a date with.” According to Milne, more people are willing to go to SAAVI to report the incident than the police. SAAVI works with the survivor to report to the police when a violation occurred. “None of the confidential or case specific information is shared, just that there was a rape or sexual assault on campus,” Erazo said. Milne said a lot of survivors struggle with believing it’s their fault, and what a friend says may validate that belief. Erazo hopes to change the tendency to blame the survivor. “Our culture is a lot of blaming, and there’s a lot of guilt associated with being a victim of rape or sexual assault,” Erazo said. “If your daughter died in a car accident, people aren’t going to say, ‘That’s
Movement gives USU diversity in religion 4By Taylor Underwood
staff writer Students and faculty sat in the Walnut Room of the Marketplace in the Taggart Student Center to listen to Dr. Runell Hall, a visiting professor from New York University, who spoke to the audience about starting an interfaith movement. Hall helped start an interfaith movement at NYU and is the internal director of the Center for Spiritual Life at NYU. She also developed a faith zone training modeled after the LGBT “safe zone” training to celebrate and understand religious diversity on college campuses. “We have the opportunity to make history here, to be seen as an inclusive place for religious dialogue,” Hall said. She laid out a 10-step outline to start a program at USU and issued a challenge to the audience. “If this is something that speaks to you, what are two things you could do when you leave here tonight for this semester, for the year?” Hall said. “Is there a class you could take,
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Nicole Stacy photo “THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT — FIGHTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN” was held in the TSC International Lounge on Oct. 14. sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender. It was created to give a voice tho those affected by sexual assault. Women express their emotions by writing on a T-shirt and displaying it.
her fault for not taking the bus,’ but in a relationship, when they feel the with rape and sexual assault, that’s effects. With others, the emotions what’s happening, and that’s just are close to the surface. silly.” “Everybody responds to trauma When a rape or sexual assault is differently,” she said. reported to the police, the victim Occasionally students will turn is in control. They can report it to drugs, alcohol or develop eatand request ing disorders, no action be but in general, taken, they Erazo said she can request the sees people police make come through Follow us on the suspect it strong. Twitter aware his or “I was so imher actions are @UtahStatesman pressed by the wrong or they strength that can pursue I saw, and I criminal charges, Milne said. thought, ‘I can do this, I can help “I’m here to help, but these deci- make a change,’” she said. sions are yours,” Erazo said. “Come Erazo would like to make students when you feel ready. Please know and faculty more aware of SAAVI that we’re here as a resource.” and what it does. Erazo said some students detach “I’d like to get in with the advisers, themselves from the situation and people who work with students diit isn’t until later, when something rectly,” she said. happens to remind them or they’re SAAVI is also working to involve
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men in a positive way. “People tend to think that it is just a woman’s issue, but there are so many ways that men can get involved and be positive role models to other guys on how to treat women,” Erazo said. Another resource on campus is the Rape, Aggression Defense class taught by Joe Huish, the defensive tactics instructor for campus police. It’s a full semester class taught twice a week. “I teach girls how to fight dirty,” Huish said. Milne said a good way to stay safe is to set boundaries and tell a person “no.” If someone is in a situation where a person is not listening, get out. The SAAVI office is in the Student Health and Wellness Center in room 119.w – mburnett@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @BurnettMaile
The Curiosity rover discovered water in soil samples on Mars, according to NASA . Tonya Triplet, a senior lecturer in the physics department, said the discovery is both exciting and disappointing. “We have many reasons to believe that water might be the best indicator that life could exist on a world,” Triplet said. Searching for water is most often the primary focus of space explorations because life has a connection with water. “Searching for water has the goal of al- TRIPLET most every exploration ever sent, particularly to Mars, but everywhere else as well,” she said. However, it is important to remember that the presence of water does not necessarily mean life exists, Triplet said. “We seek water for the possibility for the existence of life as opposed to evidence that life exists,” she said. When searching for an environment that could possibly support life, the first thing to look for is surface liquid water similar to what we have on Earth like rivers, lakes and oceans. Nothing like this has been discovered on Mars as of yet, Triplet said. “It’s not because it’s too Tonya Triplet cold,” she said. “It’s because the physics lecturer air pressure is too low. You can’t have surface liquid water.” The second factor researchers search for is subsurface liquid water, similar to Earth’s aquifers. The surface of Mars has features that indicate a good possibility of subsurface water, Triplet said. One prime example of this is the existence of ‘squishy craters,’ Triplet said. When a projectile strikes a surface where water exists, the material ejected exhibits itself as mud and a squishy crater is the result. The question is then what state the subsurface water was in when it was hit. “If it was frozen like permafrost, it is much less probably to support life than liquid water in an aquifer of some kind,” Triplet said. The first photo evidence that subsurface water exists on Mars was discovered by accident in 2005 when the Mars Global Surveyor outlived its expected lifespan and started over its programming sequence, Triplet said. “The repeat photo showed water had flowed in a crater in the time between photos,” she said.
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Nerds assemble at Logan comic store 4By Maile Burnett staff writer
When Nick Wan moved to Logan, he was disappointed to find there was no community science program. He responded by starting Logan Nerd Night. Every third Friday of the month, science enthusiasts gather at Death Ray Comics to share research. A Ph.D. student in psychology, Wan started the science outreach program based on similar events in San Francisco, where he used to live. He had to find a venue first. After listening to suggestions and asking around, Trent Hunsacker, the owner of Death Ray Comics, offered to host his idea. “Trent was very welcoming to the idea of hosting us here,” Wan said. “He’s a bit of a nerd himself. It seemed like the perfect fit.” The $3 donation for admission goes toward paying rent for the venue. Wan hopes as Nerd Night grows in popularity, he can use the extra funds for other science programs. “In Logan, you have to tell people,” he said. “You have to work hard to get the word out.” Wan tries to bring in graduate student speakers from departments through email campaigns. He said they had 11 attendees the first night. At the second event
Randy Golding photo NICK WAN STARTED Logan Nerd Night when he moved to Cache Valley from San Francisco, Calif. The group gathers once a month to share and talk about research. Wan invites speakers from a variety of USU departments.
last Friday, there were about a dozen. Wan hopes to reach 20. Wan said he thinks the talks are a great opportunity to practice presenting research. In a conference or interview, a reputation and career is at stake, but it’s OK to mess up here, he said. Each night features two talks based in science. Last Friday’s talks were on the zombie apocalypse and historical disasters. Brady DeHart, also a Ph.D. in the psychology department,
presented a data analysis of the game Humans vs. Zombies as a model for the zombie apocalypse. “Let us begin with the facts,” he said. “A zombie apocalypse is inevitable.” Humans vs. Zombies is played at USU and on campuses around the country. DeHart graphed data from the game of more than 45,000 participants, created an exponential decay model to fit the data, and concluded the rate
of decay was too quick for the government to ever respond. He also found the numbers eventually leveled off. “Basically, if you can make it five days, you’re good to go,” he said. “But we have no hope if our government can’t pass a budget.” The best keys to survival are stocking up on food, ammo and calculus, he said. DeHart was happy to present his findings when Wan asked
him to speak at Nerd Night. “I had this zombie data set and didn’t know what to do with it,” DeHart said. Dr. Leslie Williams from the anthropology department discussed two of her case studies on historical disasters. Williams looks at how disasters shape human history through skeletal, historical and archeological data. She analyzed the effects of climate change and humanity’s ability to adapt. Williams also looked at the Johnstown flood in 1889. More than 2,000 people were killed when a dam broke, the majority of whom were women and children. Her studies focused on why women and children were more vulnerable during disasters than men. She said the long skirts and fashions of the day hamper swimming abilities and may have contributed to the higher death toll. Williams said she agreed to speak when Wan asked her because she believes outreach is important. It makes science more available to the community, other students and anyone interested in science. “It’s nice that you get to see what people are doing in other departments,” she said. – mburnett@aggiemail.usu.edu
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In brief The Police Blotter Campus & Community
Friday, Oct. 11
Special election for USU students At the ASUSU public meeting on Oct. 15, executive officers finalized changes on the constitution and President Doug Fiefia called a special election. The election involves changing ASUSU to USU Student Association, Casey Saxton’s title to Public Relations and Marketing Director and Matt Anderson’s title to Academic Senate Pro Tempore. The election is open Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 22 and 23. Officers will be available for questions at the info booth on the first floor of the Taggart Student Center. They will also provide mechanisms for students to vote.
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Computer lab moves floors The Industrial Science building has moved their open access PC Lab from the basement to room 119. The new lab contains 40 computers for student and faculty use.
Compiled from staff and media reports The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find in error, please contact the editor at 797-1742, statesman@aggiemail.usu.edu or come in to TSC 311.
• The USU Student Health and Wellness Center contacted USU Police and requested a check on a student who missed an appointment. Contact was made with the individual — he slept in.
Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911
individual left the building and was suspected of drinking. Police searched the area and found him, learned that he was 19 and intoxicated, and cited him for being a minor in possession of alcohol. Sunday, Oct. 13
• USU Police responded to a noise complaint between the Logan LDS Institute and the Taggart Student Center. Individuals were skateboarding and doing tricks. The complaintant said they were disrupting students in the TSC computer lab. When police arrived, the skateboarders had disappeared.
• USU Police assisted Logan City Police near 800 North and 800 East on a report of a noise complaint. Two fraternity houses were singing their theme songs. There were no altercations.
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• USU Police responded to the Fine Arts building because a female had a bloody nose. She was transported to the SHWC for treatment.
• USU Police responded to the Mountain View Tower at the request of a resident assistant. A male
Mars From Page 1 The latest water discovery by the Curiosity rover was different than any of the previous findings in that it is not liquid water. “This water is chemically bound in structures within the soil,” Triplet said. Triplet said what most people think of when they hear of water in soil is mud. This does not accurately describe the discovery made on Mars. “We are not talking about moist soil,” she said. “Instead what we are talking about is water that is bound in the chemistry of the soil.” Triplet said the hydrates in the soil may or may not matter, depending on what a specific individual deems to be important and what they are looking for. When applied to the search for water to mean a possibility for life, this discovery may be a setback. “Water chemically bound into structures can be released with extraordinary amounts of energy, usually in the form of heat,” Triplet said. “What living thing has enough energy to obtain its water
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through those mechanisms?” The good news is there is a possibility for water to be evaporated out of the soil for use by human exploration of Mars in the future, Triplet said. “This is where all the excitement about this discovery comes from,” she said. “The challenge now becomes supplying the energy required to accomplish this. It’s not going to be free.” The discrepancy between these two goals is the basis for the controversy over the bound water in the soil. “It is good for future explorers, but it is really bad for finding life,” she said. Although the technology exists to do it, Triplet believes human Martian exploration is still a long way out, primarily because of what most people value as important. “We are scientifically able to do this,” she said. “What we don’t have is a commitment to it.” At the present, people are very focused on things closer to home such as Social Security, Medicare and healthcare, Triplet said. “We are choosing to spend our money on very human things,” she said. “I don’t question their viability, I’m just noting that we can’t do both.”
Wednesday, Oct. 16
• USU Police responded to a bird stuck in the Stan Laub building. Officers coerced the bird to leave the building.
• USU Police assisted Logan Police with a lost child who was four or five years old. They entertained the child until the father was contacted and responded. Thursday, Oct. 17
• USU Police assisted North Park Police with a stray horse running down the road. A Cache County Deputy who had access to grain and a halter caught the horse. The owner was contacted and responded.
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Interfaith From Page 1 a person you could take out for lunch or talk to further? Is there a person you could reach out to over social media to ask some questions or connect with? Is there a book you could read, a web site you could visit? What are two things you could do?” David Tauber, a sophomore dual-majoring in religious studies and anthropology and a resident at the InterFaith House in the Living Learning Community, believes the 10 steps outlined by Hall will be a useful guideline to starting the movement. “I think they are extremely useful,” Tauber said. “We’ll definitely be making use of all 10 in working through this movement that we are hoping to start.” As one of the leaders of the interfaith movement, Tauber announced one of the main goals of the organization is to have it ready for the student population by the end of the semester. “I think that the university as a whole could benefit from a
Joshua Larisch photo STUDENTS AND FACULTY gathered in the Aggie Marketplace to listen to New York University professor Runell Hall. She spoke about how to start an interfaith movement on a college campus and gave students step-by-step instructions.
broader understanding of people with other faiths,” said Yoshi Kawa, a freshman studying electrical engineering. Students who wish to learn more about the Interfaith program are encouraged to contact Dr. Bonnie Glass-Coffin, an anthropology professor who is working closely with the group, at bonnie.glasscoffin@usu.edu.
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Nutrition program educates students on a budget Lecture 4By Clayton Leuba
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Most students are all too familiar with the scenario where one is forced to scrape by on yet another pack of ramen noodles or box of macaroni and cheese, biding the time until payday. Food Sense, a national program aimed toward the education of low-income individuals on sound practices for healthy and affordable eating, is working to help students and residents of Cache Valley combat poor nutrition through USU’s Cooperative Extension. Food Sense was established under the United States’ Food and Nutrition Services to aid those relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — formerly known as food stamps. “Food Sense is really to educate people who are on food stamps, or SNAPS,” said Tayla Lambright, a nutrition educator assistant at Cache Valley’s Food Sense and USU dietetics student. “Our program is to educate people who are on a budget to make affordable and nutritious recipes at home.” Though the program was created for utilization by SNAPS recipients, Lambright said the class, which is held twice each month, is free to anyone interested in participating. She said the class is especially beneficial for students and parents of young families who often must maintain a tight budget of their grocery expenses. “Whether you are 18 or 45, you can always improve on your budgeting skills as far as food goes,” Lambright said. Topics of discussion at some recent Food Sense classes have included “slashing your grocery bill” in August and cooking tips for pressure cookers in September, Lambright said. “October is all about grains,” she said. Focusing on the benefits of consuming primarily whole foods — both financial and nutritional — Lambright said the skills taught in the classes may be used to greatly
Nicole Stacy photo THE CACHE VALLEY CHAPTER OF FOOD SENSE teaches community members how to combat poor nutrition and learn how to eat healthy food while on a budget.
improve nutrition while also saving money on food. “People think they have to spend a lot of money to eat well, but they don’t,” she said. “Eating well does not have to break your budget.” Meryann Taylor, who frequently attends Food Sense classes at USU Extension’s Juab County Center, said she has learned many things through the classes that have helped her in shopping for and preparing food for her husband and two children. “I like going down to learn different recipes and different foods because it gets boring to cook the same food all the time,” Taylor said. “I like trying to get new ways to get kids to try food.” Lambright said participants in each class will receive a short informative lecture, followed by a cooking demonstration and an opportunity to sample a particular recipe. “After we are finished presenting, we have cooked up recipes for them to try, so hopefully they are
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more likely to try them at home,” she said. Diana Hansen, who attends classes at the Utah County Center each month with the Community Careers special needs group, said she has begun implementing the money saving practices she has learned through the program as well as adopting new recipes. “I’ve learned to make a grocery list and make sure I have food to last me for the whole month,” Hansen said. Food Sense classes are held
each month at the Cache County USU Extension Office, located at 179 North Main St. in Logan. The classes are offered as one “daytime class” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and one “nighttime class” from 7-8:30 p.m. each month, Lambright said. The remaining October daytime class, discussing the use of grains including quinoa and kamut, will be on Oct. 24. In November, classes will cover holiday cooking tips in a daytime class on Nov. 7 and a nighttime class on Nov. 19. Lambright said those interested in attending a Food Sense class should call 435-752-6236 at least 24 hours before the class so the group’s leaders may prepare for an appropriate number of participants. Additional information on the program may be found at www. extension.usu.edu/foodsense. – c.m.leuba@gmail.com
and abolitionist reports. A few notable former slaves such as Frederick Douglass wrote autobiographies, but they were often very exceptional individuals. It is difficult to reconstruct how slaves lived, what they thought and how they felt with so few sources from them at our disposal.” Raboteau will explain the way slaves lived their everyday lives and whom they worshiped. Bulthuis said Raboteau helped create a new way of discovering slave experiences. Raboteau’s mentor and adviser, John Blassingame, was one of the first people to understand the relationships and influences between African culture and the African-American slaves. Raboteau followed in his footsteps and brought even deeper understanding to this topic, especially in the area of religion. Bulthuis said religion was “essential to slave experience.” Raboteau also studied under Sydney Ahlstrom, a leading scholar of American religion. With these impressive credentials, Raboteau’s insight and experience on the topic should an interesting and worthwhile lecture, Bulthuis said. “The black church has deep roots, ones that go back into the slave experience,” Bulthuis said. “A historical look shows slave religions go back to traditional religions that honored the land and ancesSierra Osmun tors, and that fought evil spirits, history enthusiast and even included connections to Islam, a very different world religion. Raboteau was able to uncover many of those connections.” Dr. Raboteau will be speaking about ideas that will be foreign to most students. Most people have a general understanding of slavery and know religion had an important role in the lives of Black slaves, Bulthuis said, but it is difficult to understand the complex relationship between slave culture and that of the white Americans who existed in the same world. “When we link these two areas — the history of slavery, black experience and American religion — we get a very different picture of both worlds,” Bulthuis said. “Raboteau’s talk promises to help explain how the field of religious studies was transformed when scholars began to look at black religion from a new perspective. By including slave experiences, we came to understand non-slave experiences differently as well.” The lecture will give USU students an opportunity to learn more about parts of American history that weren’t taught in their regular history classes, Bulthuis said. “I know people like Martin Luther King Jr. and others who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement were leaders of black churches, but that’s all we ever really learned,” said Sierra Osmun, a freshman majoring in elementary art education. “I don’t really know about the actual religions or how they have affected American history.” A two-session symposium will be held Friday for students who want to learn more about the topic in rooms 201 and 203 of the Eccles Conference Center. The first session will be held from 9:30-11 a.m and the second session will be from 1-2:30 p.m.
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Glance Aggie Schedules Football Saturday, Nov. 2 USU vs. Hawaii, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 USU at UNLV, TBA
Men’s Basketball Friday, Oct. 25 USU vs. Central Methodist, 7:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 USU vs. Adams State, 7:05 p.m.
Soccer Tuesday, Oct. 22 USU vs. Air Force, 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 USU vs. New Mexico, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 USU vs. SDSU, 1 p.m.
Volleyball Thursday, Oct. 24 USU vs. SDSU, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 USU vs. UNLV, 7 p.m.
Cross-Country Friday, Nov. 1 MWC Championships, All Day
AP Top 25 Football RK TEAM RECORD P TS 1 Alabama (55) 7-0 1495 2 Oregon (3) 7-0 1427 3 Florida State (2) 6-0 1395 4 Ohio State 7-0 1309 5 Missouri 7-0 1197 6 Baylor 6-0 1189 7 Miami (FL) 6-0 1130 8 Stanford 6-1 1118 9 Clemson 6-1 927 10 Texas Tech 7-0 904 11 Auburn 6-1 867 12 UCLA 5-1 832 13 LSU 6-2 739 14 Texas A&M 5-2 683 15 Fresno State 6-0 550 16 Virginia Tech 6-1 509 17 Oklahoma 6-1 501 18 Louisville 6-1 428 19 Oklahoma State 5-1 382 20 South Carolina 5-2 381 21 UCF 5-1 345 22 Wisconsin 5-2 258 23 N. Illinois 7-0 220 24 Michigan 6-1 169 25 Nebraska 5-1 117 Dropped from rankings: Georgia 15, Washington 20, Florida 22 Others receiving votes: Arizona State 108, Notre Dame 82, Oregon State 79, Michigan State 73, Georgia 30, Ole Miss 27, Florida 17, Utah 4, Washington 4, Texas 2, Ball State 1, Brigham Young 1
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Aggies shut out Rams on road 4By Jeffery Dahdah staff writer
The Utah State women’s soccer team won 3-0 Friday against Colorado State in Fort Collins. The win improved the Aggies to 8-5-2 on the season and 4-2 in Mountain West play. The Aggies struck early with a goal in the 24th minute by Jessica Brooksby and assisted by Jessica Hoskin-Killpack. The Aggies continued their pressure when Maris Hamblin found the back of the net in the 40th minute on an assist by Jayne Robinson. Robinson would have a goal of her own in the second half in the 70th minute this time, with Lexie Morgan collecting the assist. “I thought our finishing was fantastic,” said Utah State head coach Heather Cairns. “We created some great opportunities.” Utah State was efficient in it’s shot selection. The Aggies put a shot on goal four times and three of them found their way into the goal. “We were very efficient, but at
times it wasn’t pretty and we got too anxious,” Cairns said. “We need to sharpen things up.” Utah State smothered the Rams on defense, not only keeping them off the board, but Colorado State only had one shot on goal. The game was the second consecutive shutout for the Aggies and their seventh of the year. “Colorado State played fairly well and they had some possession on us; they are better than their record shows,” Cairns said. “We are very happy with the shutout however.” The game almost wasn’t played because of snow in Fort Collins. However just over an hour before the game started it was moved to the Rams practice field where snow had to be bulldozed off the field before the game could start. “Everything was up in the air,” Cairns said. “Colorado State’s administration did a great job.” This marked the final road game for the Aggies as they finish off their season with four straight home game, including
three games this week. “It’s going to be tough, but we were able to rest a lot of players today,” Cairns said. There were 21 different Aggies that saw the field during the game. Cairns said the rest for the players will be a factor for the upcoming week, where they have a game on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. “We are a deep team and we have a great bench, and we do well without a bench,” Cairns said. “We need a good output from our bench this week.” The Aggies kickoff their threegame homestand Tuesday at 3 p.m. against Air Force in a game that was postponed due to the government shutdown. USU will then host New Mexico and San Diego State on Friday and Sunday. All three teams are ahead of or tied with the Aggies in the MWC standings.
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McKenna, Litsinger have ‘OK’ pre-nats races Lundstrom 4By Tiffany Farfan staff writer
USU’s cross-country team participated in the NCAA Pre-National Meet at the LaVern Gibson Championship Crosscountry Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The USU men finished 33rd of 52 teams while the women finished 43rd of 49 teams. Senior Kyle McKenna led the men’s team with an 84th-place finish in a 359-competitor field, finishing with a time of 24:29.83 seconds in the men’s eight kilometer Blue Run race. Joining him in the top-100 was junior Eric Shellhorn, who finished 95th with a time of 24:32.68. “I think I had an OK performance. I think the people who usually do a good job weren’t where they wanted to be at the end,” McKenna said. Senior Alex Litsinger finished 122nd
out of 340 runners in the six kilometer Women’s Blue Run race with a time of 21:38.15. Freshman Tori Parkinson joined her in the top-150 with a time of 21:43.47, earning her the 137th spot. “Basically, it was an OK performance,” Litsinger said. “I really wish I could’ve run better. I got set back a couple of weeks ago when I got sick and I couldn’t shake it off. For the next few weeks I want to practice harder and run better to be prepared.” The overall challenge was the new environment most of the runners were exposed too. It was a different course with several uphill and downhill portions. Runners found it difficult competing with each other when it was easy to get lost in the crowd. “We ran at the pace we wanted,” McKenna said. “There were so many runners, and we went out at the pace we should have been and where we were hoping to be and ran as a team, but when
Bounce From Page 5 The Aggies climbed back to .500 with the win, moving to 4-4 this season and 3-1 in Mountain West Conference play. USU remained tied with Boise State for the top spot in the Mountain Division of the conference with four games to play.
Showcase From Page 5 Morrill said he’d like to see a more balanced scoring effort. “For us to be good in the Mountain West, we have to turn down some shots,” Morrill said. “We’ve got a lot of guys that are used to scoring. We’ve got to turn down some shots and have some balance. We can’t have one guy average 25 (points per game) … When we won championships in the WAC, we
the other runners slowed down, a lot of us slowed down with them. Had we ran with the faster pack, I think we could have done better. It was challenging.” Head coach Gregg Gensel said he is proud of the team’s performance and believes this meet was a valuable learning experience for the team. “The thing we want to do at this point in the season is have them compete in large competitions so the team understands how hard it is or that this is the biggest level of competition,” Gensel said. “You know to finish at the middle of the pack in the west is a good place to be at. ” The women dropped one spot to No. 9 in the Mountain West Conference region poll and the men are still ranked at No. 11. The MWC Championships will be hosted by the Air Force Academy on Friday, Nov. 1 in Colorado Springs.
USU has a bye this week and will return to action at 3 p.m. on Nov. 2 when the Aggies host Hawaii. “Every win is big. It is hard to win games in Division I football,” Wells said. “I always say that you can’t go down to Walmart in row 8, third shelf up and pick up a bunch of wins. It’s hard to win and it’s hard to win on the road. Every win is special.” – curtislundstrom@gmail.com Twitter: @CurtSport07 had six or seven guys average between eight and four. I’d love to see that kind of balance again.” Other new faces include freshman Jalen Moore — a Cache Valley native who posted a modest 12 points in the scrimmage and had a pair of steals that led to easy transition baskets — JoJo McGlaston, Viko Noma’aea, Carson Shanks and James Croasdell. USU’s season tips off at 7 p.m. Friday as the Aggies host Central Methodist in the first of two exhibition games. – curtislundstrom@gmail.com Twitter: @CurtSport07
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well be playing with all the rules now regarding safety. According to Dave Cutaia, a former Division I football official, in the first month of the season — 271 games — there were 26 targeting fouls called. Six of those were overturned. That’s one call for every 9.5 games played, and 23 percent of those calls the NCAA overturned, essentially saying, “No foul, but we’re calling it anyway.” On Saturday, there were three in the first five games, none of which had the ejections overturned. Georgia’s Ray Drew was ejected for targeting against Vanderbilt’s quarterback in what was the most ridiculous targeting call yet. These guys are playing physical, hard-nosed, smash-mouth football. That’s what it’s supposed to be. To the players, if you don’t want to get hurt, don’t play. To the NCAA Rules Committee, take the stick out of your butt and realize that it’s a physical sport and you can’t baby the players. The rule is in its infancy, so the matter is going to continue to get worse. The NCAA can’t wait until offseason to tweak the rule, but they will because they’re idiots. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for keeping people safe, but this is football. Guys voluntarily put their bodies on the line and risk injuries every play of every game — emphasis on the word “voluntarily.” If these guys weren’t willing to get hit and/or injured, they wouldn’t be playing the game. It’s not the job of the league or the officials to protect these players. Let them play. If players are that afraid of getting hurt, find a new sport. – Curtis Lundstrom is a junior in journalism and communication with high sports journalism aspirations. A life-long Aggie, he’s an avid sports card-collector that wants to officiate college sports at some point in life, as well as bowl a perfect 300. Follow him on Twitter @CurtSport07, and send any comments to curtislundstrom@gmail.com.
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Beer and football go hand in hand I’m usually not one for us in a cool contest. Taylor Underwood The only thing that makes going to college sporting events, mainly due to the fact us cooler than BYU is the fact The that when I watch sports, that we can have facial hair Oregon I’m usually the guy standing and don’t have to pray before outlook up yelling at the officials or class. Don’t get me wrong, at my TV. However, getting I hate BYU and don’t really worked up and emotional at want to take a class on how to ball games are a natural part raise a barn by a guy named of the event that should be Ezekiel, but there comes a encouraged. time in every person’s life There are some things in when they need to just go life that should just go together; Laurel and wild and relax — yell at a referee for making Hardy, peanut butter and jelly and beer and a bad call, shout profanity at the opposing football. team for sacking our quarterback, even yell at Although I’m not a big fan of beer myself our quarterback for being a moron and makand certainly never drink to get drunk, I do ing a bad throw. feel USU would greatly benefit in both spir- Serving beer at our games would not only it and in merely opening the closed eyes of make the university a boatload more money, many students by grabbing a beer or two but it would greatly increase fan morale and during a ball game. excitement at games. Instead of being in a I remember going to an Oregon State vs. student section surrounded by toddlers and Washington basketball game when I was golf claps, maybe I would be surrounded by younger. The fans were passionate full of other students who are actually passionate hope and optimism. The stadium was full of about their school, willing to loosen up and Oregon State fans yelling at the top of their forget about the pleasantries of living in Utah. lungs, cheering when a basket was made for For your own sakes USU, drink a beer rethe home team and screaming threats when sponsibly and lighten up at a ball game. After the refs made a bad call or when Washington all, the bishop doesn’t have to know till Sunscored. day. This extreme joy and excitement came about not only due to the love of the game – Taylor Underwood is a sophomore douand school spirit, but also due to the booze ble majoring in cultural anthropology and flowing through their livers. western history. He is currently publishing a When I went to the USU vs. Boise State study on the board game subculture at USU. game, I was sadly disappointed to see the Send any comments to tunderwoodUW21@ general feel of the game matched that of my gmail.com. high school football games, in which everyone was being supportive of everyone else The Deep End • Tyson Cole and not even yelling. Compared to the shouting, profanity and intensity of other arenas, Romney Stadium was full of golf claps when our defense made a big play. Where are the frat boys with A-G-G-I-E-S painted on their chests one letter at a time? Where is the tailgating? Where are the fights between fans and the intensity and passion? I was sitting in the student section, yet all behind me and to my right and left there were complete families with small kids. The kids were even more vocal than the parents. We attend a university with an FBS football team, for crying out loud — there is an expectation of excitement, anger and passion that is severely lacking at our football games. Compared to other state universities, we’re like the geeky kid who has to wear a colored shirt and bow tie to school while everyone else has on jeans and a designer shirt. Hell, the Academy of the Amish will probably beat
All But Dead • sarah.a@aggiemail.usu.edu
While it’s great to give the hunters here at USU an extra day to catch their dinner, unfortunately it screws most of us over. Fall break itself is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it would be glorious if we could have a week long fall break like the University of Utah. It would be nice for those who need a vacation, but it’s most needed by those of us who have a constant stream of homework piles to have a chance to catch up and breathe right in the middle of the semester. Start the semester four days earlier or even cut in to our Christmas break if you have to. In my opinion, it is extremely worth it. But sticking with one day? This does most people absolutely no good. That isn’t the heart of the issue though. My main complaint about fall break is that instead of logically giving us a break from class, it pushes Friday’s classes up to Thursday. I still have the same amount of homework, but half the time. Fall break will merely give me a chance to
recuperate from my homework binge on Wednesday night. Oh, and another thing: Fall break cuts out any classes that are on Thursdays. I work for USU Distance Education and I facilitate for a teacher who has Thursday-only class, which means an entire week is gone for them. This is fine for the weeklong break argument, but is inconsistent if we’re only going to have a one-day break. She was frustrated at the scenario and asked me if there was any way to get around it. There isn’t, at least not this year. My far-fetched hope is that in future years, we can do one of three things: have a week long break, have Friday class cancelled with Thursday class normal or have no break whatsoever. Emphatically, I vote for the first option. I believe it would make the most people happy and solve the problems I’ve brought up. I realize I’m probably not the first to have this complaint or suggest these resolutions, but we’ve been breaking badly for a while, and it’s got to stop. Please consider my thoughts USU, and thanks at least for the many things you do right. Sincerely, – Nathan Booth
You can decide USU Constitution changes The student government doesn’t call a special election every day. Or every semester. Or even every year. That means the next 48 hours are important for USU students. The ASUSU Constitution isn’t the property of the student government. It’s owned by the entire student population and it’s about to be changed. A lot. The changes are proAn Editorial Opinion vided on the website — including the one that changes ASUSU to USU Student Association. When first proposed, the idea was welcome by most, but questioned by others. And rightly so. Doug Fiefia’s bill inspired the plethora of changes approved by the executive officers. The biggest concern involves money. It costs money to change a name on letterheads and official documents. Students should care about this because it affects them directly not just through expenses, but because it’s their constitution that’s being amended. Voting is simple and easy. Officers will be available on the first floor of the TSC to answer questions and provide a mechanism for students to vote. The website, vote.usu.edu, will also be open 24 hours. Be responsible and care. If that doesn’t happen, there’s absolutely no reason to complain about anything the student government does.
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• Course withdrawals show as a W on transcript • Classes Added by Petition Only (Charged $100 late fee) • Annual Graduate Art Exhibition, Chase Fine Arts Center 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Acquisitions 2013 art exhibit, Chase Fine Arts Center 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Beef Taste Test, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Group Meditation, TSC 335 3-4 p.m. • Provosts Series on Instructional Excellence, LIB 154 • 3rd Annual Cache Conjurers Magic Competition, 7-8:30 p.m.
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• Classes Added by Petition Only (Charged $100 late fee) • Blind Hollow Yurt Reservations, ORP All Day • Annual Graduate Art Exhibition, Chase Fine Arts Center 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Fall Career Fair, TSC Ballroom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • 2013-14 Tanner Talks: Information and Access by Peter Binfield, Library 101 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. • Alison Thompson “Volunteerism: Everyone is Needed,” TSC Auditorium 12-1 p.m. • Understanding Emotions, TSC 310B 1:30-3 p.m. • NAMI USU Club, Old Main 201 6-7 p.m. • ‘Elevation A Backcountry Film’ by the Powderwhores, TSC Auditorium 7-9 p.m.
• Course withdrawals show as a W on transcript • Classes Added by Petition Only (Charged $100 late fee) • Blind Hollow Yurt Reservations, ORP 9 a.m. • Book Signing: “Lessons in Courage” by Dr. Bonnie Glass-Coffin, TSC Bookstore 10-11:30 a.m. • Beef Taste Test, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. • The Joy of Depressions, TSC 310 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. • LAEP Speaker Series Presents Mark van der Zalm, Library 101 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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