Week of November 20, 2018
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NEWS | USUSA Referendum
STUDENT LIFE | HackUSU
SPORTS | MBB win over UVU
Both amendments to USUSA’s constitution were passed.
USU students compete to build the best apps and websites at 24 hour event.
Utah State off to 4-0 start for third time in past six years.
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‘Cranksgiving’ event donates to Cache Community Food Pantry By Alek Nelson STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Slushy conditions didn’t
stop students and community
members from cycling around Logan with backpacks full of
canned vegetables, Saturday.
Cranksgiving, a bike race put on
by Aggie Blue Bikes, is the first
of its kind in Utah, according to
Meg McCarthy, Aggie Blue Bikes director. McCarthy got the idea to bring the race to Utah after
seeing it done in Seattle, where she used to live.
About 10 racers arrived at Aggie
Blue Bikes Saturday morning in coats, jackets and hats after an
overnight snow. Before the race
began, participants were given a manifesto listing grocery stores and checkpoints around Logan
to stop at, as is common in most alley cat races.
Cranksgiving races have a unique
feature, however: racers purchase
food and carry it with them to
Because Aggie Blue Bikes is
donate to a local food bank.
a part of the Center for Civic
purchasing canned foods, frozen
is a focus of the organization, said
Cyclists could earn points by
turkeys and potatoes. After
stopping by the checkpoints
required, the cyclists met at the
Cache Community Food Pantry to weigh their donations and tally
points. Points were earned based
on the number of stops visited and
Engagement, community service
program director Meg McCarthy.
Because of this, service is a focus of Aggie Blue Bikes’ activities.
“I think Cranksgiving just fits in
beautifully with that and ties bikes into it,” she said.
Cranksgiving races, like the one
the amount of food purchased.
in Logan, began in 1999 in New
210 pounds of food to the pantry.
locations throughout the country.
In total, the race donated over
Prizes were donated by Joy Ride bike shop.
Jake Gammill, a local resident,
won the award for heaviest
York City, and have expanded to
features, each one is independently organized and run.
When asked if the event would
become an annual event, McCarthy
strapped to the back of his bike.
year and make it a cornerstone of
Meanwhile, Dayton Crites, another
Logan resident, won the award
for most points accumulated by stopping by multiple specialty grocery stores in Logan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF Utah State Today
Even though the races have similar
donation with 64 pounds of food,
including a 25-pound bag of flour
Utah State names new Title IX coordinator
responded, “I hope to do it every Aggie Blue Bikes.”
@nelsonalek
Utah State University named
Hilary Renshaw as the new Title IX coordinator on Thursday.
The appointment is part of the
reorganization process in the Title
—alek.nelson@aggiemail.usu.edu
By Naomi Ward NEWS STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY Alek Nelson About 10 racers arrived at Aggie Blue Bikes Saturday morning for “Cranksgiving.” In total, the race donated over 210 pounds of food to the Cache Community Food pantry.
IX and Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity offices.
Renshaw replaced Scott Bodily,
who served as interim coordinator after Stacy Sturgeon was removed from the position last spring
following an investigation that found
discrimination and misconduct in the university’s piano program had been
dismissed for years. Scott Bodily will return to his position as an AAEO specialist.
Renshaw has been working as
a Title IX investigation manager in the AAEO office since Oct. 1.
Renshaw has worked as a middle
school teacher in Utah and Louisiana, volunteered in crisis centers and a domestic violence shelter, and
also earned a master’s degree in
educational leadership. Most recently, she graduated magna cum laude with a juris doctor degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.
Amanda DeRito, the university’s
sexual misconduct and outreach
coordinator, said in a press release on Friday that Renshaw has
proved her ability to appropriately
respond to trauma and to be an
effective administrator. The press release states that Renshaw plans to help students feel comfortable in reporting to Title IX, ensuring
faculty and staff have the resources necessary to support students in
reporting, and sustaining a process that is “fair and equitable for both
the complainant and the respondent.” DeRito said that the university is
planning opportunities for students to get to know the new director. Because it can be intimidating
for students to talk to someone in
Renshaw’s position, said DeRito, the university wants students to feel
comfortable and be familiar with her. “Renshaw’s background working
with people in crisis and her
experience in law set her apart from the other candidates,” DeRito said. Utah State University announced
plans to add five new positions
to Title IX, Student Affairs, and
Sexual Assault and Anti-Violence
Information offices last September. The AAEO director, which was
previously combined with Renshaw’s new position, has yet to be named. DeRito said the university is
currently in the interviewing process. Dale Andersen currently serves as the interim AAEO director.
—naomiyokoward@aggiemail.usu.edu
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018
NEWS
Students discuss public lands issues at documentary screening
Amendments in the USUSA constitution passed By Alison Berg NEWS SENIOR WRITER
By Naomi Ward NEWS STAFF WRITER
With public input on Bears Ears closed and
Grand Staircase-Escalante’s public comment deadline approaching, Rylee Jensen wanted to create an easy way for students to learn more about Utah’s public lands and get involved.
Jensen, a Utah State University student
currently enrolled in the honors think tank
class on public lands, said she wanted to find
a way to condense the things she had learned
in class into one concise presentation or event for students. Upon hearing about “Battle Over Bears Ears,” a new documentary premiered
by KUED on Monday, Jensen got permission
from the station to show the documentary on campus. She collaborated with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the National
Park Conservation Association to put on the event Wednesday night.
Professor of the think tank Keri Holt
compared the Bears Ears controversy
to another public land debate about the
Colorado River Storage Project in Dinosaur National Monument decades ago.
“Back then there was a lot of public outrage
and yet no mechanisms for the public to
weigh in, so people went to the media,” said Holt. “Now, the public has that opportunity,
but it’s difficult. There are a lot of documents to go through.”
The documentary explored opinions for and
against the Bears Ears designation from San
Juan county locals, indigenous tribes in Utah, local politicians, archeologists and outdoor recreationists. Proponents for the national monument, argue that the designation
is necessary to preserve the cultural and
ecological value of the landscape while those arguing against, interpret the designation to be federal overreach, restricting access for locals.
Utahns had mixed but strong reactions to
former President Barack Obama’s designation in 2016 and public reactions resurfaced in 2017 when President Donald Trump
announced plans to reduce the national
monuments. The Trump Administration officially reduced the monuments in
December of 2017, shrinking Bears Ears by
85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante by about half.
Now, the Bureau of Land Management
is gathering public input to prepare plans
Utah State University
for land use and management. Though the submission deadline for comments about
students voted on two
Grand Staircase-Escalante can be submitted
Student Association
amendments to the USU
Bears Ears ended Thursday, comments about
constitution last week — both
through Nov. 30.
changes were passed by the
Cory McNulty, the associate director of
student body, according to a
the National Park Conservation Association,
press release sent by USUSA.
said there is a large focus on oil and gas
The first amendment, which
development.
recieved 95 percent approval
“This administration is focused on energy
dominance and speeding up the process of
selling oil and gas leases,” McNulty said. “The reason why we’ve been really interested in
in the votes, added the USU
Blanding campus as a “USUSA Service Region” within
Regional Campus Student
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante is because the original designation connected all this land.”
The Grand Staircase-Escalante monument
connects to Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Glen Canyon.
McNulty expressed concern that industrial
use of oil, gas, coal, and even the possibility for renewable energy projects, create a
potential for pollution and “a myriad of other
activities not compatible with national parks.”
Government. This means the
in office towards USUSA
presides over the campus, but
addition to authorizing the
USU main campus president
the Blanding campus will still elect other representatives. The other, which passed
Academic Senate officers in USUSA hearing board to hear such cases.”
The bills were passed in the
with 80 percent approval,
USUSA Executive Council
USUSA Academic Senate to
to be approved by the student
granted more power to the
several months ago, but had
govern and make decisions
body before they can take
within its body.
effect.
The Academic Senate
These changes will go into
change specifically allowed
the group to fill vacancies of
elected and appointed officers as well as “levy charges of
misconduct and incompetence
effect as soon as possible, the press release stated.
—alisonberg28@gmail.com
@alison__berg
Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan had ‘loved Afghan people’
In the discussion following the screening,
members of the audience brought up an
argument made by Interior Secretary Ryan
Zinke in the documentary – that Bears Ears really isn’t about oil and gas because the agency’s report states that there is little potential for drilling in the area.
McNulty said not only is the BLM’s proposed
plan less restrictive to energy development,
but the rush to sell leases for oil, gas and coal leaves millions of acres already leased and not developed.
“Companies can come and buy land for
mere dollars an acre in some places and then, whether they develop it or not, they have 10
years that they’re holding that land,” McNulty
said. “It creates uncertainty in the landscape.” Whatever their opinion, Jensen said the
goal of the event was to encourage people to
Utah Wilderness Alliance, said it’s important
PHOTO BY Matt Herp/Standard-Examiner, Utah National Guard Honor Guard carry a casket containing the remains of Maj. Brent R. Taylor at the National Guard base Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. in Salt Lake City. The remains of a Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan were returned to his home state on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, as hundreds of soldiers saluted while his casket covered in an American flag was carried across a tarmac and into a hearse.
concerning public lands like Bears Ears and
By The Associated Press
participate in the public commenting process. Kaden McArthur, an intern for the Southern
for Utahns to be actively involved in issues Grand Staircase.
“Management decisions affect the land
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor killed
near us and people that care about that land should take the time to use their voice,” McArthur said.
—naomiyokoward@aggiemail.usu.edu
@naomiyokoward
while serving in the National Guard in
Afghanistan had "loved the Afghan people"
and was a man of conviction, confidence and compassion, family and military leaders said at a public funeral Saturday.
Brent Taylor, 39, was a deeply patriotic man
who was committed to training commandos
as part of an effort to build the capacity of the Afghan national army, Utah Army National
Guard Maj. Gen. Jefferson Burton said at the
service inside an events center in the northern Utah city of Ogden.
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018
‘Tis the season: overnight parking in Logan
PHOTO BY Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune Newly elected Senator Mitt Romney, center, attends funeral services for Maj. Brent R. Taylor, alongside Sen. Mike Lee and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox at Weber State University’s Dee Event Center in Ogden, Utah on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Taylor, 39, the mayor of North Ogden, died Nov. 3, 2018, while serving in Afghanistan.
FILE PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen The city does not allow cars parked next to sidewalks between midnight and 6 a.m., from Nov. 15 to March 15.Parking officials have been giving cars in violation of the ordinance “Warning notices” since Nov. 15, but will now be ticketing until the middle of March. By Alison Berg NEWS SENIOR WRITER
Editor’s note: This article originally ran
on Dec. 1, 2017 and it has been updated for factual clarity.
Although there is currently no snow on the
PHOTO BY Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune Major General Jefferson S. Burton speaks about service during Maj. Brent R. Taylor’s funeral services at Weber State University’s Dee Event Center in Ogden, Utah on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Taylor, 39, the mayor of North Ogden, died Nov. 3, 2018, while serving in Afghanistan.
ground, parking on city streets overnight will still result in a fine.
“The whole reason for that is the
snowplows are trying to get the snow off the road as fast as they can,” said Logan City
Police Lt. Jeff Simmons, who oversees the
department’s administrative division, which includes parking.
If cars are in the way, city snowplows
cannot fully plow the road. The city does not allow cars parked next to sidewalks between midnight and 6 a.m., from Nov. 15 to March 15.
Parking officials have been giving cars in
violation of the ordinance “Warning notices”
since Nov. 15, but will now be ticketing until the middle of March.
Simmons empathized with off-campus
students whose landlords do not provide adequate parking.
Oftentimes landlords do not provide enough
parking for residents, Simmons added. PHOTO BY Spenser Heaps/ Deseret News Tammy Taylor, mother of Maj. Brent Taylor, takes a moment beside his casket at the end of his interment at the Ben Lomond Cemetery in North Ogden on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.
“You’re just leaving these poor students out
on the road and then we’re having to take
action because we have to clear the roads,” he said.
,“Mayor” FROM PAGE 2 , e Taylor was killed Nov. 3 in an attack by one o .of the Afghan commandos he was training,
military officials said.
"He was completely committed to going and
doing this job," Burton said. "He truly loved
the Afghan people and wanted to help them so they could build capacity in themselves and as a nation to be able to stand on their own."
Taylor's casket was draped in an American
flag and sat in front of a stage where his
father, a local leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led the services.
The choir sang "America the Beautiful" as the
opening hymn and "Born to be a Soldier" to
close in a nod to the service's focus on Taylor's love of country and commitment to sacrifice. His wife, Jennie, didn't speak but has
previously said the family felt "heartache but
no regret" because Taylor was trying to bring freedom to others.
Besides his wife, Taylor leaves behind their
seven children, ranging from 11 months to 13 years old.
The memorial service capped off several days
of events to honor Taylor.
Hundreds of soldiers saluted Taylor's flag-
covered casket Wednesday as his remains returned to a National Guard base in Salt
Lake City. A couple hundred motorcycle riders carrying American flags followed the hearse
north to Taylor's hometown of North Ogden in a procession.
On Friday, a National Guard member stood
guard over his casket during an all-night vigil at a mortuary.
Taylor had taken yearlong leave of absence
as the mayor of North Ogden to go on
his second tour to Afghanistan. Taylor, a
military intelligence officer with Joint Force Headquarters, also had served two tours in Iraq.
Younger brother Derek Taylor said Brent
had a knack for bridging gaps and finding resolutions among people with different
views — a talent he developed at the family home where fights and disagreements were frequent. He said his brother always ended their phone conversations with "Love ya, Derek."
He said his brother was blessed with
"three Cs," — commitment, confidence and compassion — and those were the driving force behind everything he accomplished. "As a brother, Brent was as good as they
come," Derek Taylor said. "He was the best of all of us."
Toby Mileski, a friend and former mayor
of Pleasant View, a town neighboring North Ogden, remembered Taylor for his love of
eating, his penchant for always running late and his good sense of humor.
"We were always laughing — always — and
that's one thing I'm really going to miss,"
Mileski said, later adding, "Jennie, kids, your dad was a warrior, a patriot and a super
person. I am honored and blessed have been able to call him my best friend."
Although many landlords provide
residential parking permits, these do not
exempt residents from the parking rules.
Those who violate this parking ordinance
will receive a $25 ticket, which will increase if unpaid within 10 days. A violator has the
option to appeal their ticket to a board made
up of city residents. If the person receives six
unpaid tickets, the city can either tow their car or file a claim in municipal small claims court.
The appeals board has the option to reduce,
dismiss or leave a citation the way it is, Simmons said.
Although the city collects revenue from
parking tickets it isn’t a main revenue generator.
“It’s barely a drop in the bucket compared
to the city budget,” Simmons said.
The current city budget is about $149
million, according to the Logan city’s website.
“The point is just to get [vehicles] off the
road so we can clear it for everybody,” Simmons said.
The city has also used its social media
to promote the timely ordinance, and has included information in its utility billing flyer.
“There’s a lot of people who either
don’t know or just don’t want to comply,” Simmons said.
Although the city has given about
150 warnings thus far, Simmons said he expects citation numbers to drop throughout the season.
“Once we do these citations, numbers
fade,” he said. “They start to learn, they find other ways.”
Although city ordinances mandate
landlords in the campus residential zone
provide a parking space for every resident, not all comply.
“Sometimes the parking is not thought of
primarily when they’re renting, and it leaves some of these students without parking,” Simmons said.
Students with questions or concerns about
parking rules may contact the Logan City Police Department at 435-716-9300. —alisonberg28@gmail.com
@alison__berg
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018
STUDENT LIFE
Stuff-A-Bus with SNAC for the food pantry By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Utah State University’s largest month-long
food drive, Stuff-A-Bus, continues this week with volunteers from the Student Nutrition Access Center, the Cache Community Food Pantry and Aggie Shuttle.
Every Monday night in November, volunteers
go to local neighborhoods, pick up food
donations from community members and then take it to the food bank.
“We start planning in September,” said SNAC
co-director Sierra Allen. “The SNAC pantry
has taken over running this event for the last several years. We get plastic bag donations
from grocery stores, scout out neighborhoods to go to, make maps and recruit volunteers.”
The event was started 22 years ago by Alden
Erickson, the current director of Parking and Transportation Services. Erickson started by going to grocery stores to get donations of
food and supplies like hygiene items to give to families in need.
“It’s been evolving over the years,” Allen
said, “but SNAC took over several years ago
and it’s become a fun tradition. We take out
Aggie Shuttles filled with Aggies around the community to pick up donated food and it’s
always a lot of fun and a great way to get to know our community better.”
The Aggie Shuttles start at Maverick Stadium
on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. and go around town
leaving grocery bags on doors. The group then
meets again on Monday at 7:00 p.m. and travels to North Logan, River Heights, Logan City and Providence to collect food from residents.
“Everyone is welcome to come help. We love
having groups come too,” Allen said. “Lots of
campus clubs or organizations as well as church groups come and help and we love that.”
Anyone with questions
regarding the event can go to the Aggie Sync event page of to the
service center in the
Taggart Student Center. Volunteer Bryce
Johnston said he helps with the Stuff-A-Bus event every year.
“I’ve been helping
with the donation
pickup, bringing hot
chocolate for all of the volunteers when they get off the bus and
helping unload at the
food pantry,” Johnston said. “I’ve helped with
SNAC before but that’s what I’ve mainly been doing this month.”
Each year, large groups
of students volunteer, sometimes over 100.
PHOTO BY Holley Stringham Stuff-a-Bus is a food drive put on by the Service Center at USU where buses full of students drive to different areas of the community to collect food donations.
They are asked to be
respectful and “jolly” as they visit the homes. “In some ways hunger really is a hidden
epidemic,” Johnston said. “It’s important work, being able to get food to the pantries because it’s vital to combat the hunger for those in
need, especially in Cache Valley where there really isn’t a large support base for it.” He continued.
“SNAC always has tons of opportunities
for volunteering throughout the whole year. I feel the holiday spirit at its core is really
about making it a good holiday for those that really need it. Service is the best present you can give to your community. It doesn’t cost
anything and goes so much further than what
you put in.”
opportunity where they can get to know their
after volunteering for SNAC throughout the year.
neighborhoods that most students would never
Cassie Ivie said she got involved with the event “It’s easy for Utah State students to live
separately from Logan residents. As a
group effort, this makes us into a unified
community. We become mutually supportive and more capable as a whole,’ Ivie said.
Matt Whitaker is the director of the food
pantry and said the organization really
emphasizes volunteer work from January to October because during the holiday season
people are always showing up to help but they lose interest the rest of the year.
“What I really want from this event is to
provide students with a meaningful service
community better,” Allen said. “We go to
go to otherwise and being able to interact
with community members is really important and helps create a sense of connection for many students.”
Allen said she isn’t focused on how much the
organization is donating, though she admits the more the better.
“To me, numbers are great, but seeing people
grow and learn is more important to me,” Allen said.
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HackUSU hosts annual Hackathon By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Imagine a room full of hundreds, maybe
thousands, of people attending a conference or symposium.
The keynote speaker is at the front of the
room. They are a prestigious individual
with very valuable time. They are ready to conduct a questions and answer session.
There are volunteers walking the aisles of the audience, mics in hand, ready to give
the audience member their moment to ask this question.
A volunteer races from the first audience
member all the way to the back fo the room
where another question is waiting. There’s
the host’s mic is connected to,” Nguyen said.
the next question. The mic in hand, the
developing their idea at the Hackathon
an awkward silence as the audience awaits audience member speaks and the mic fails.
Could this tedious process be a lot simpler? A solution for this problem was proposed
at Utah State University’s annual HackUSU.
The duo said they didn’t get very far
on Nov. 16 and 17, but that they learned valuable skills that might eventually put their idea on the market.
“We’ve been here since four o’clock
Software developing students Bruce
on Friday and just submitted our idea,”
University, were at the student hackathon to
wanted to get experience on the teamwork
Nguyen and Alastair Nicdal of Weber State make their solution a reality.
“We are trying to make a website similar
to Kahoot that allows audience members
to speak into their smartphone and their
questions are played on the host’s phone,
which is connected to the same audio output
Nguyen said at noon on Saturday. “We
aspect of programming as well as wanted
to speak with people with similar interests and passions.”
Nicdal said he was just starting out with
programming and this was an event that helped him gain a lot of knowledge on the subject.
“It’s a great event and it is exciting to see
it grow every year,” said Andrew Aposhian, the event coordinator. “It can be hard
raising the funds to feed 300 attendees for 24 hours but we have a great team putting this together.”
Aposhian said 51 projects were submitted
and the winner either received $1,000 or the chance to make their idea a reality.
“Tech is good for the universe. It helps
people and this event helps people,” Aposhian said.
He added that coordinating everything and
being a student on campus was one of the hardest parts.
The event was sponsored by USU Student
Media and websites like Aggie Cribs presented their sites for face-lifts.
“Aggie Cribs is looking for an upgrade
because they can’t really access any of their files and they have to pay somebody to edit their content,” said Thane Stevens who worked with his group on the issue.
“It’s just not cost effective to operate this
way and it’s a rough looking website so we went in and got there source code and we just spruced it up a bit,” Stevens said.
If Aggie Cribs is interested, they will then
contract Stevens’ group to continue editing their site.
Jeremiah Christensen is the leader of
Stevens’ group and said he focused on the back side of the website making the logic
while Stevens designed the front, including the look of the site.
“We were tempted to use Wordpress but
Avenue was easier to speed up the process,”
Christensen said. “This is the first event that has really gotten our group involved in the community and it has just been fun to see what everyone can create.”
—erickwood97@gmail.com Time for raffles at the annual HackUSU Hackathon on November 16-17, 2018. Hackathon is a competition on who can create the best app or website.
PHOTO BY Jason Rimando
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018
USU hosts first university funded drag show By Brianne Sorensen STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
The Utah State University Housing Resident
Assistants hosted the first-ever USU Drag Show Wednesday in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom to raise support and
awareness for the LGBTQ+ community in Logan, especially on the USU campus.
“We decided to put on this drag show to
include minorities and give them a voice in
a safe space on campus, but there ended up being so many other benefits,” said Nathan Taylor, the USU Housing resident assistant
who organized and planned the show. “Our research has shown us that drag shows
can give participants 60-70 percent more
confidence. If we can help them achieve that, we will have done our job.”
The ballroom was outfitted with 500 seats,
but students, faculty and other community members filled all of the seats within
10 minutes of the doors opening and an
additional 150 people stood in the back to watch the performance.
“After tonight, we have seen this is what
Logan wants, needs and supports,” said
Hannah McDonald, who organized the event. Jared Gheen is a volunteer for SAVVI, the
PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen
The Kings and Queens of the evening answer questions from the audience about Drag and LGBTQ+ community on Nov. 14, 2018 in Logan, Utah.
Christmas sweaters sewn together,” Raygun said.
know how we identify, or what pronouns we
tries to erase us,” Bacon said.
active in the LGBTQ+ community. He attended
act, playing an original song acoustically.
help you understand.”
end of his performance that garnered a loud
friends and boss, performer Macy Keith.
members to pull out flashlights and sway
Access and Diversity Center and QSA, and the show to support his fraternity brother,
“I am so excited this event is happening,
I think it helps make USU campus a more
Performer Kellin performed a non-traditional
Their performance prompted several audience along with the music.
Cache Valley has historically been a
inviting place for people from all walks of
conservative area with very little outreach and
notice the queer community since it has been
to the Cache Pride Center. However, several
life,” Gheen said. “I want our community to in the dark for so long.”
The show was sponsored by USU’s Center
for Women and Gender, The Access and
Diversity Center, CAPS, Sexual Assault and
Anti-Violence Information and the Cache and
support of the LGBTQ+ community, according
n
who has made appearances all across the
country. Other performers were USU students performing in drag for the first time.
“I have been performing drag for about three
years, but a chill still goes down my spine
each time I step out onto the stage,” said Betty O’, a queen who performed at the show.
A drag show consists of drag artists of several
different gender identities performing a wide
range of entertaining acts. These acts most often feature drag queens and kings lip-synching to songs while dancing or pantomiming.
The queens and kings who perform at
drag shows often wear elaborate costumes
“I often feel scared when I am in drag
feel uncomfortable standing in front of the for me to use,” said performing queen Anya Bacon, a Logan native. “But with help from
Nancy Raygun, who has been participating in
drag since June 2018, performed a Christmas
—brianne.sorensen@aggiemail.usu.edu
@SorensenBrianne
Bacon held up posters depicting President
Trump and Kim Jong Un, which received cheers and shrieks from the audience.
“I’m here to make a statement, the statement
that we will not be erased, no matter who
me that everyone is so much more similar
than we actually think. On the flip side, we should celebrate our differences to promote equality on campus,” O’Loughlin said.
O’Loughlin said this drag show is the first
that was planned and funded by a university in the state of Utah.
Susan Grayzel, a history professor at USU
opened the show with a speech to encourage context to the drag movement.
“We live in a culture with clear gender
binaries, but it doesn’t have to be that way,”
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Grazel said.
Grayzel pointed out that gender symbols
pink today is commonly known as a symbol
the D.I. My costume tonight is a bunch of old
themselves,” Barton said.
never been at an event like this. It has shown
studying theater education at USU.
“As a student, doing drag can be very taxing
see how these (kings and queens) express
“This is really out of my comfort zone, I have
have changed over time. Before World War I,
on my bank account. I do my best and utilize
“I absolutely love drag, it is so cool to
the show.
medley singing act dressed in camp drag, a
comedy style of drag. Raygun is a sophomore
to make a political statement.
endeavor of equality on campus.
Tyler O’Loughlin, an RA for USU Housing,
the audience to think critically and give
gender and heterosexism.
Lisa Underwood, author of “The Drag Queen
Audience member Brandon Barton attended
the event to show his support for the new
helped organize and run the tech booth at
kings and queens, including camp, faux and
Costumes often reject modern ideals of beauty,
Drag shows have been cited as the beginning
cheer from the audience.
helped make Cache Valley a better, safer place.”
specializing in women’s and gender studies,
glam. Each brings a different look to the stage.
queen Madame LaCrude.
Marlone waved a large LGBTQ+ flag at the
people like this audience tonight, you have
and makeup, sometimes imitating famous
personalities. There are several types of drag
“I don’t do it for the money, but it certainly
helps me look this fabulous,” said performing
Anthology.” Several performers used their act
LGBTQ+ community.
bathrooms, not knowing which one it is okay
One such performer was Emerald Phantom,
to tip performers, traditional for a drag show.
resources to Cache community members in the
the queens and kings at the show. Some
have made several drag show appearances.
throughout the show, students ran to the stage
of several queer movements, according to
created within the past decade to provide
and not in the performance hall. I often
kings and queens were professionals and
Audience participation was encouraged, and
organizations and support groups have been
Logan Pride Centers.
There was a large range of experience of
use, just ask us. We are more than happy to
pink was a symbol for masculinity. However,
for femininity. She hypothesized this change is due to performativity of gender.
“We perform gender, we learn how to do this. Other people tell us
how to perform, and we do it,” she said. However,
performativity and
gender identity may not be the same
for everyone. Many
queens and kings of the night noted the difference during a panel discussion. “Drag is a
performance of gender. Being
transgender is a
gender identity, it is who you are,” said
Marlone, a king who Lizzy McQueen performs at the Utah State University drag show.
PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen
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show. “If you want to
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SPORTS
Utah State sophomore guard John Knight III dunks the ball in Friday’s 65-46 victory over Utah Valley University. The Aggies are now 4-0 on the season, their third time starting perfect through four games in the past six seasons.
PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter
Aggies remain undefeated in young season Utah State defeats Utah Valley in 65-46 slugfest to move to 4-0 By Adam Larson SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The Utah State men’s basketball team de-
feated Utah Valley University 65-46 in a physical battle Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith
Spectrum. The Aggies start the season 4-0 for
the third time in the past six seasons with the win over the Wolverines.
Utah State was led in scoring by junior
guard Sam Merrill with 14 points, while se-
nior forward Quinn Taylor added 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.
The Aggies shot poorly all game, finishing
the game at just 36.2 percent from the field and 18.2 percent from three-point range. Utah State held Utah Valley to just 30.9 per-
cent from the field and 23.1 percent from
noted the game felt like a conference game
with the high-energy atmosphere in the building.
against Saint Mary’s and Wednesday’s game
The Spectrum was rocking,” Smith said.
the MGM Resorts Main Event in Las Vegas,
“What an unbelievable home court tonight.
“We’re working hard to get the magic back. It made a difference. There’s no doubt. The en-
in the Aggies’ win over Utah Valley.
“Crowd was awesome tonight,” Merrill said.
“That was maybe as loud as it’s been since I’ve been here.”
Utah State would out-rebound the Wolverines
50-37 with a career-high 15 boards coming from Taylor. The Aggies would also haul in 17 offensive rebounds in the game.
Taylor said the game was much more physical than
little more ticky-tack,” Taylor said. “It felt like a
open shots that we haven’t been missing.”
The game was point-for-point until about
four minutes left in the first half, when the Aggies went on a 12-0 run to end the half. Utah State led at the break 32-20.
Smith said the game was a tough test for the
team and he thought they played well. He
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Merrill also noted the crowd was a major factor
in the ocean, point-blank shots. We couldn’t
coach Craig Smith. “We missed some wide-
Nevada. Saint Mary’s is 3-0 on the season,
win over New Mexico State on Wednesday.
on the floor.”
he expected, but was glad it turned out that way.
make a point-blank shot,” said USU head
against Arizona State or Mississippi State in
with its most recent game coming in a 73-58
ergy, the passion, the enthusiasm carries over
three-point range.
“There was a stretch they couldn’t throw it
The Aggies look forward to Monday’s game
“It’s early in the year so they usually call it a
conference game or a conferment tournament game with the physicality.”
The Aggies were able to hold Utah Valley’s
leading scorer, junior guard Jake Toolson, to just four points on the night. Toolson had been averaging 17 points per game on the season.
“Jake Toolson is a really, really good player,”
Smith said. “To hold him to four points speaks volumes.”
PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter Utah State freshman guard Tauriawn Knight drives past a UVU defender during Friday’s game. The Aggies held the Wolverines to just 31-percent shooting from the field in the game.
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Aggies’ season concludes with consecutive road losses By Lauren Lomeli SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The Utah State women’s volleyball team fin-
ished out its 2018 regular season over the
weekend with a pair of road matches which both ended in defeat.
The first match of the week-long road trip be-
gan on Tuesday against Boise State. The match ended in a five-set heartbreak as the first four
sets were split down the middle, but the Aggies were beat out by the Broncos in the fifth and
final set. This loss for Utah State put them at
5-23 overall and 3-14 in league play, and set Boise State at 18-10 and 10-7 in conference play. Highlights from the match included senior set-
ter Kassidy Johnson recording 49 assists and 20 digs, making that her 12th double-double of
the season. The attack on Utah State’s end was lead by a trio of teammates who each had douPHOTO BY Megan Albrechtsen Utah State junior cornerback DJ Williams tackles Colorado State’s Izzy Matthews during Saturday’s 29-24 victory over the Rams. With the win, Utah State moves to 10-1 on the season, just the third team in program history to earn 10 wins in a season.
‘Survive and advance’ Aggies escape Fort Collins with victory on wild finish, will now play Boise State for division title
By Daniel Hansen SPORTS STAFF WRITER
Heartbreak, then ecstasy.
An illegal touching penalty wiped out a
touchdown on a Hail Mary for Colorado State, after the receiver stepped out of bounds be-
fore catching the ball, and Utah State escaped
by mere inches with a 29-24 victory over the Rams on Saturday in Fort Collins.
“I’ve never been a part of something like that.
I’ve never seen something like that,” said USU senior linebacker Jontrell Rocquemore. “I
went from an all-time low, thinking the world’s
going to end, to ‘oh my gosh, we just won.’ I don’t know how to explain that.”
The game started slowly, with neither offense
able to enforce its will on the opposing defense. Utah State built a 10-0 lead early in the
second quarter after senior safety Aaron Wade returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown. Colorado State responded with an
8-yard TD run from running back Izzy Mat-
thews to send the teams in the locker rooms with USU up 10-7.
“We started out slow as an offense,” said USU
senior receiver Aaren Vaughns. “We got two drives down in the red zone and we should’ve
scored both of those drives, but we kind of froze up.”
The teams traded several field goals before a
“It’s a great, humbling feeling,” Vaughns said
32-yard interception return for a touchdown
of his score. “I trust my ability and I knew all I
ing into the final frame. The Rams opened the
and get in the end zone for our offense… I was
by Rocquemore put Utah State up 20-10 head-
fourth quarter by finishing a 15-play, 90-yard
drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Collin Hill to Preston Williams to trim USU’s lead to 20-17. Utah State responded with a
third field goal from Dominik Eberle, who went 3-of-3 on field goal attempts in the game, to make it 23-17 with seven minutes remaining. Then all hell broke loose.
Utah State stopped Colorado State, forcing a
punt from the Rams near midfield, but the return was muffed by freshman WR Deven
Thompkins. CSU recovered, and the Rams took the lead two plays later when Hill found
Williams for a 17-yard TD reception to put Colorado State up 24-23.
Facing a fourth quarter deficit for the first
time since playing at Michigan State the first
had to do was make the play, catch the ball, just looking for my teammates to celebrate. I
was happy for me and my teammates to get that score.”
With little time remaining, the Rams quickly
moved the ball past midfield and set up a Hail Mary attempt on the final play of the game.
Hill lofted a pass deep down the right sideline
to Williams, who rose up to catch the ball among several Aggie defenders. Rocquemore
guided Williams out of bounds on his route, however, forcing an illegal touching penalty for being the first player to touch the ball after returning to the field of play. The penalty re-
sulted in a loss of down, and the end of the
game for USU’s first victory at Colorado State since 2012.
“Thrilling, obviously. I don’t have much voice
week of the season, the Aggie offense took
left,” said Utah State head coach Matt Wells. “I
marched the ball into CSU territory as Love
worth. I think it’s a gutsy effort by players on
over with 1:36 remaining, and immediately found senior receiver Ron’quavion Tarver for a 28-yard gain down the left sideline. Three
plays later, Love found Vaughns wide open on the corner route to the left. Vaughns sidestepped a defender, then waltzed into the endzone to put USU up 29-24 with 43 seconds to play.
think everybody that came got their money’s both sides of the ball. They spilled their guts
out there. Both teams played their heart out. What else can you say? It’s going to be a heartbreaker for one of them… Football gods were smiling down on us today.”
Colorado State held the Aggie offense in
check for the majority of the game, as the Rams won the yardage battle by count of 506310. Love finished with 169 yards on 15-of-24
passing with one touchdown. Senior RB Gerold Bright led USU on the ground with 89
yards on 13 carries, including 47 yards in the fourth quarter alone.
Hill led Colorado State with 296 yards on 24-
of-37 passing, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Matthews finished with 100 yards on 20 carries for the Rams.
ble-digit kills. Sophomore middle blocker Bailey Downing had 15 kills and sophomore outside hitter Gabbi Shumway recorded 12, while
freshman outside Whitney Solosabal racked up 14 kills of her own. Freshman middle Preslee
Johnson led her team with six blocks, and a career-high of three solo blocks. Senior libero Tai-
sa Taylor shined with her career-high 28 digs during this match.
In the beginning of the first set, Utah State
was able to overcome the Broncos’ 9-6 lead and
tied the set at 12-12. The Aggies were able to
go off on a five-point run after a kill by Solosa-
bal, and ended with a kill by Downing to set the score at 17-12. Boise went on a five-point run of their own to tie again at 17-17, and ended up
taking the lead again at 21-18. USU went on to win the frame 25-23.
The second set was bleak, ending at 25-11 in
favor of BSU.
Utah State then came out aggressively in the
third set by taking an early 7-3 lead. USU maintained the lead until late in the set, 20-15, until
Boise went on a seven-point run of their own to take the lead 22-20. After a 22-22 tie, the Broncos gave the final push and took the set 25-23.
The fourth set was another blur for the Aggies,
because once a 5-5 tie was broken the team took off and showed no mercy by winning 25-14.
Both BSU and USU came into the fifth set
looking for a win and ready to fight for it. After working up to another deadlock at 4-4, Boise State broke free and went on a seven-point rampage to land them at 11-4. The set was given to them 15-9, along with the match.
The final match of the season took place on
Saturday against Air Force. This was the first
time USU has lost to Air Force in a three-set match. Air Force began the first set of the match with a 13-3 run, and kept the momentum going
to win 25-13. The Falcons continued the beat down in the second set by taking that one 25-12. The final set of the season started in a two-
point advantage for Utah State, before Air Force took control once again with a 7-5 lead.
The Falcons went on a 6-1 run afterwards to
give themselves a comfortable eight point gap at 18-10, before going on to win the set, 25-17.
The Aggies ended their regular season at 5-24
overall, and 3-15 in the Mountain West. @lomeli_lauren
“I feel like our defense really stepped up to
the challenge,” Rocquemore said. “Games like this where the offense is struggling a bit, it takes a good defense to rally behind them... I
don’t want to pat our defense on the back, be-
cause there’s a lot of things we can clean up and a lot of things we have to go back and fix
to prepare for the next week. But we got the job done.”
The victory sets up a winner-takes-all match-
up for the Mountain Division crown next week between Utah State and Boise State. The win-
ner will also host the Mountain West title game. “We know we have to go back to the drawing
board and really have a great week of practice, because that’s the only way we get the job
is going to bring it, so we have to be ready for it.”
At 10-1, USU has already tied the sec-
ond-most wins in a season in program history.
“I’ve coached for 22 years and we’ve got a
special season going. We’re going to cele-
brate,” Wells said. “This game’s too hard…
We’ve won games different ways. Not every
one of them is going to be the same, but I
think that’s the essence of a team. That’s the
essence of camaraderie and the Aggie brotherhood and the teamwork that goes into it.”
Utah State takes on Boise State on Saturday
at 8:15 p.m. The game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN.
done,” Rocquemore said. “Now we have to bring our level of intensity up, our focus, evPHOTO BY Megan Albrechtsen Utah State sophomore wide receiver Savon Scarver returns a kickoff against Colorado State. The Aggies will next face Boise State Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in a game which will determine the Mountain Division champion.
erything. Our technique is going to be amplified for this next week, because I know Boise
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OPINION
Stan Lee taught the world to ‘geek out’ By Erick Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Editor’s Note: To submit a response to this
column, or submit a letter to the editor on a
new topic, email your submission to opinion@ usustatesman.com
Just over a week ago the world lost one of the
most influential voices in pop culture. Stanley
Lieber - better known as Stan Lee the primary creative leader for Marvel Comics - passed away on November 12.
The world has undoubtedly been moved by
the loss.
Lee, who was 95 at the time of his passing,
was familiar to most as the man who made cameos in every Marvel movie, but Stan Lee was so much more than that. To say
that he was the driving force behind much of the aesthetic for fandom in 2018 would
be an understatement. Lee created a shared multiverse of characters from the brains of
various collaborators such as Jack Kirby and
Steve Ditko. Lee is commemorated for helping create characters like the X-Men, Iron Man,
Thor, and Spider-Man in a career that spanned almost 80 years.
Now, not everyone is as affected by Lee’s work
as his hardcore fans are, but most may also
not realize in what ways Lee has shaped the culture that we all live in.
See, I am a nerd. I geek out over a variety
PHOTO BY AP Photo/Matt Sayles FILE - In this April 11, 2012, file photo,Stan Lee arrives at the premiere of “The Avengers” in Los Angeles. Comic book genius Lee, the architect of the contemporary comic book, has died. He was 95. The creative dynamo who revolutionized the comics by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk, was declared dead Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Kirk Schenck, an attorney for Lee’s daughter, J.C. Lee.
of things which basically means that I freely
more people by giving them something unique.
stories were told. The art world really moved
movie…that’s for nerds” because it isn’t. It’s for
money devoted to worshipping other people’s
towards superheroes, a genre meant for kids
inspire the biggest voices of the 70’s and 80’s.
audience. Every book or comic is accessible
is the influence of pop culture on society and
to tell meaningful stories. Lee wasn’t afraid
have definitely felt the effects of Lee’s work in
remembered how revolutionary his Captain
spend an excessive amount of time and
By the beginning of the 60’s, Lee was looking
creations. One of the things I geek out over
but one that Lee had a deep connection to,
because of this, I can assure readers that they
to geek out about the things he loved. Lee
their lives.
America was for audiences in a time when
something. You can be a math geek, or a
around and a new era of ideas coming to
to binge-watch the newest season of Stranger
the Superhero genre, by giving the characters
matter what the interest is, we have become
reflected the culture, society listened and
content as we could possibly want. We enjoy
Marvel Comics.
would have been considered unnatural. It was
be like if all of our characters remained
that isn’t your job or family. However, now,
weaknesses. Would fans have still been as
pop culture. People gathered around TV sets
declaring themselves to love whatever it is they
comes to Spider-Man is that he was a teenager
and “The Incredible Hulk.” They began to
get to this point, our society had to go through
alcoholic. Bruce Banner had anger issues and
War 2.
for being who they are. The characters of
the Great Depression and he started his work
They belonged in the 21st century, but nobody
90 years removed from this time period,
imitating life. Life was going to
Today it seems that everyone is geeky about
hope seemed futile. Now, with hippies running
sports geek, or you could be the type who has
fruition, Lee took the chance to revolutionize
Things on Netflix as soon as it is available. No
human conditions. By telling stories that
a society that is catered to with as much
began to show up for what was now known as
entertainment in a way that at some point
Sometimes I wonder what storytelling would
once “weird” to be obsessed with anything
herculean figures with supernatural
people openly geek out. They run in the streets
engaged? The thing that fans relate to when it
love, and that’s amazing, but before we could
struggling with poverty. Tony Stark was an
a major face-lift which all started with World
the X-Men, well they were persecuted just
Stan Lee came into his teenage years after
Marvel Comics didn’t belong in the 1960’s.
at Timely Comics when he was just 17. Being
knew that yet because the art wasn’t
Americans today probably don’t realize how
eventually have to catch up.
Lee was taught hard work and graduated high
the most important
entertainment at that time, but he noted his
pop culture. People
these events shaped the people of that era.
It was the 60’s that was
school at 16. There wasn’t much in way of
time for American
love for the newspaper “funny pages.”
like George Lucas,
same year the second World War began. People
and Martin
that took their minds away from the war. This
witness the
19, he wrote filler for his first comic (Captain
how
While Lee was working as a “go-for,” that
into modernism and Stan’s work started to
The movies became more human. There were
television sets in every home. The stories from
Marvel Comics became about politics, activism, race and representation, the same things that consumers were seeing on the nightly news. “Stan’s Soapbox” became a platform that
needed hope and they needed entertainment
shaped Lee’s early work. By the time Lee was
change in
to 80-year-old men and 8-year-old girls. The
notion that “no one is going to watch this film, or read this book, or like this song” is fading away because there is now an audience for everything.
Maybe you don’t want a Dr. Seuss “Grinch”
addressed intolerance and discrimination. It
movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, but
to revolutionize pop culture. He took his
in a dark reimagining of Sabrina The Teenage
was in the 70’s and early 80’s that Lee started characters to Hollywood with the belief that
fans wanted to see stories in multiple mediums including books, TV, movies, and comics.
It’s ironic that Stan’s vision wouldn’t fully be
realized until the 2000’s and more accurately, the 2010’s.
In the 80’s however, we saw major growth in
to watch new shows like “Wonder Woman”
somebody does. Maybe you aren’t interested
Witch, but someone is. You may really be into 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody and not A Star Is
Born but that doesn’t mean both films can’t be in theaters at the same time and both making crazy amounts of money. In fact, they are
because there’s an audience for each of them. TV and films today are embracing the long-
form narrative. Creators are connecting with fans more than ever before.
Maybe the idea that the success of A Star is
talk about these shows at work or in school
Born is somehow connected to a pop culture
changer, because suddenly there was a market
it this way: The stories that Stan Lee set out
the next day. Merchandising became a gamefor toys, clothing, and lunchboxes. Star Wars alone changed Hollywood by being the first
literal block buster, making an insane amount of money from toys, and managing to create a sequel superior to the first film. Lee was right about
getting his creations on TV and in film. Conventions became
the norm where fans would
meet their heroes. It wasn’t until fans grew up that the
Steven Spielberg, Scorsese got to
everyone. Suddenly every movie is for a wide
nostalgia factor kicked in.
Everything nowadays seems
so sped that the nostalgia
factor has a much shorter turnaround, but for
Marvel Comics, it took an entire generation
America #3) which infamously has Steve
wave started in the 60’s is absurd but look at to tell were serialized narratives centered on
characters with flaws. These characters were in a universe that was like our own and allowed for interaction across mediums. If a certain
character wasn’t your favorite, it was likely that another one (also created by Lee) was and that
you could spend your money on merchandise to show your love for that character.
Sound familiar? That’s because our entirety
of pop culture is reflective of these ideas that
were non-existent before the 60’s. Everything
from Netflix to Disney to Harry Potter has been set up in a way that allows relatable characters to be featured in long-form narratives across mediums designed to make money on
merchandise. Our entire culture has become reflective of the things we geek out about.
Rogers confronting Adolf Hitler. Lee dropped
for the kids playing
because writing comics was looked down
action figures to
it up to the world. The way that we will honor
to make Spider-Man
continue to tell stories reflective of the world
the name “Lieber” and created his pseudonym
with Spider-Man
upon and he didn’t want his actual name to
grow up and decide
be tainted. It wasn’t until after the war that
movies.
comic book characters began to grow in
This process of
popularity, as Detective Comics released their stories in the 50’s, but it was this
hopeful message that Lee found himself Lee went on to write romance, horror,
buy.” Lee grew tired of the machine of storytelling and wanted to appeal to
audiences instead of
Journalism and Mass Communications. He
Now, we don’t have to
PHOTO BY Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Take time to obsess over the things you love.
Erick L. Graham Wood is a writer for The
changed pop culture.
wanted “stories that people would
we live in.
creators, and stories
niche audiences, again
and westerns in the 50’s as his job
his legacy is to continue to create and to
That’s what Stan Lee would have wanted.
targeting general
having a voice.
He put his passion into something and offered
turning comics to
film, fans turned
formative time when people needed a
Stan Lee taught us how to geek out.
say “oh, a comic book
Utah Statesman and a senior at USU studying enjoys writing about film and pop culture and
has been a fan of comic books as a medium since he was eight. He learned how to read from the pages of a Spidey and Friends coloring book.
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2018
NOVEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 26
11/20 11/21 Nancy Hills White Dress Exhibit 9:00am Fine Arts Center
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Learn to Belly Dance with Shimmering Sands 7:00pm The Whittier Community Center
11/22 11/23 11/24 11/26 Nancy Hills White Dress Exhibit 9:00am Fine Arts Center Helicon West Open Mic Night 7:00pm Logan City Library
Open Microphone 7:00pm, $2 WhySound USU Women’s Basketball vs BYU Cougars 7:00pm Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
Beaver Mountain Black Friday Day pass sale 9:00am, $44 Beaver Mountain Logan City Office Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair 10:00am 615 Riverwoods Pkwy Logan, UT The Nutcracker 1:30pm Ellen Eccles Theater
Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair 10:00am 615 Riverwoods Pkwy Logan, UT
Cache Valleys one and only Night Club Dance Workout 6:30pm, $15 The Cache Venue
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The Nutcracker 1:30pm Ellen Eccles Theater
The Nutcracker 1:30pm Ellen Eccles Theater The Nutcracker 7:30pm Ellen Eccles Theater
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