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SPORTS | Homecoming Domination
STUDENT LIFE | STDs rising
Aggies cap off homecoming week with a 59—28 victory over UNLV.
For the fourth consecutive year, STD rates have risen according to the CDC.
Find out how USU fraternities are participating in a nationwide sexual assault awareness campaign.
see PAGE 4
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Love earns MW player of the week honors
NEWS | #standwithsurvivors
VOTING INSIDE 2019
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Examining Hispanic leadership at USU through a female lens By Alison Berg NEWS SENIOR WRITER
Utah State University Student
Association’s Diversity Vice President,
Joshua Johnson set a goal to make something different happen this year. He and other campus leaders chose to highlight the Hispanic female leaders of USU.
Nine women were selected to be high-
lighted for their involvement and influence at USU.
Ketzel Morales
Ketzel
Morales feels intimidation
walking into a classroom
and being the only woman
of color — but she uses that as a motiva-
tion to challenge and push herself.
“I honestly think of that as a challenge
and a way to push myself to go outside my comfort zone,” she said. “Realizing PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter The Utah State Aggies dominate UNLV Saturday, October 13 at Maverick Stadium. Playing through the rain and hail, the Aggies came out ahead with a score of 59—28. By Jaden Johnson SPORTS CONTENT MANAGER
The Mountain West Conference announced Monday morning that Utah State sophomore quarterback was named this week’s conference offensive player of the week fol-
lowing his performance in USU’s 59-28 win over UNLV on Saturday.
The honor came after Love threw for a program record-tying five touchdowns against the Rebels, along with completing 17-of-23 passes for 322 yards. Love’s touchdown
passes in the game came from 24, 80, 26, 7 and 29 yards respectively.
This was the third time in the past four weeks that Love
that that’s an essence of me that makes me unique and makes me part of who I am.”
In her three years at Utah State
University, Morales has wrapped herself
in involvement. She is involved in Theta Nu Xi sorority, an intern at the Access and Diversity Center, president of the
Latinx Student Union, a member of the
Government Relations Council, a mem-
ber of the Utah State University Student Association Traditions Committee and a mentor at Aggie First Scholars.
As a Latina, Morales said she is often
looked to in class as a spokesperson for
PHOTO BY Chantelle McCall Pictured left to right, Andrea Diaz Flores, Karina Hernandez, Nahomi Jimenez, Jenny Patino, Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodriguez, Paulina Rivera-Soto, Ketzel Morales, Grecia Jimenez and Cirina Gonzalez pose outside of Old Main on Tuesday, October 2.
all people of color, which frustrates her.
director, the vice president of Latinx
in one of your classes, everybody wants
and Diversity Center and now works in
“When you’re the only person of color
you to speak for everybody that’s a
minority,” she said. “Just because one
person has an experience doesn’t mean every poc has that same experience.” Grace Jimenez
As a seventh
year Aggie,
Grace Jimenez has active-
Student Union, an intern at the Access
the Admissions Office as a multicultural recruitment specialist.
Throughout her time at USU, Jimenez
has experienced microaggressions —
subtle but racist comments — regularly. “Microagressions are those everyday
comments people make throughout
the day that don’t realize that they are microaggressions,” she said.
Jimenez said because she’s a Latina,
ly worked
people often assume she enjoys spicy
diversity and
food is not a staple of her culture.
to increase inclusion
on campus,
particularly
among multicultural students.
Now pursuing her second bachelor’s
degree in human development, Jimenez has served as USUSA diversity cabinet
food. However, as a Colombian, spicy “That in itself is a microaggression,” she
said. “One: don’t assume all Latin people
like spicy food and 2: I’m Colombian and it’s not in our culture to cook very spicy food.”
More seriously, Jimenez said people will see “Hispanic leaders” PAGE 9
Chuckie Keeton was the last player to earn the honor three
1 year after MeToo, survivors reflect on their disclosures
This season, the sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif. has
By Deepti Hajela and Juliet Linderman ASSOCIATED PRESS
has earned the honor after earning it Sept. 24 and Oct. 8,
and the fourth time of his career. This was the first time an Aggie has earned back-to-back player of the week honors since linebacker Kyler Fackrell did in 2012. Quarterback times in a single season.
thrown for 1557 yards and 14 touchdowns, while com-
pleting 125-of-186 passes. He has also thrown just three
interceptions on the season, though he’s now thrown 132 straight passes without a pick.
Love currently ranks third in the Mountain West in touchdowns (14), completion percentage (67.2) and fewest
interceptions thrown (3), and fourth in the conference in quarterback efficiency (161.7).
After earning the starting quarterback job mid-way
through last season, Love has led the Aggies to a 5-1 start
this year, their best start to a season since 1978. The Aggie offense currently ranks second in the nation behind only Alabama in points scored per game (51.7), 14th in sacks
allowed per game (1.0), and 23rd in total offensive yards (478.7).
This week’s MWC defensive and special teams player of
the week awards went to a pair of Aztecs, San Diego State
junior linebacker Kyahva Tezino and sophomore linebacker Kaelin Himphill respectively. Tezino had 15 tackles along with a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry in SDSU’s
21-17 win over Air Force. Himphill blocked a punt at the end of the first quarter which helped clinch the victory. Utah State’s next game will be Saturday afternoon at
12:30 p.m. as the Aggies take on the Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie, Wyo. at War Memorial Stadium. — jadencrockettjohnson@gmail.com
@jadenjohnson00
It was the tweet seen around the world.
On Oct. 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano urged the Twittersphere to join her
in sharing a personal story of sexual
harassment in the wake of rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
“If you’ve been sexually harassed or
assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet,” she wrote.
The response was immediate and overwhelming, and touched off a cultural movement that has shed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, assault and violence against women across all industries.
In the hours, weeks and months that followed the tweet, some recounted
their experiences in harrowing detail. Some shared fresh stories, others old
memories. Some named their accusers. Others simply said, “#metoo.”
The movement has been widely seen as a national reckoning. In the past year, some of the most powerful men in
media, entertainment and politics have lost their jobs and reputations over accusations of misconduct.
PHOTO BY Jordan Strauss/AP In this Oct. 12, 2018, file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at Variety’s Power of Women event at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Oct. 15, 2017, Milano urged the Twittersphere to join her in sharing a personal story of sexual harassment in the wake of rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. The response was immediate and overwhelming, and touched off a cultural movement that has shed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, assault and violence against women across all industries, building on work started over a decade earlier by activist Tarana Burke.
Still, just weeks before the anniversa-
ity in the United States. All said they’re
Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
A year later, a look at the movement,
ry, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge
despite multiple allegations of sexual
assault. Some advocates and survivors saw his confirmation as an insult to the movement and its gains, others
a reminder of how much works still
needs to be done to secure gender par-
hopeful for what the future holds.
where we are now, and where we go from here.
see “MeToo” PAGE 9
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2018
NEWS
Utah State fraternities join national Man who sexual assault awareness campaign attempted to rob USU Quickstop arrested of the reasons why but we do a lot of great stuff as well. We donate more money to
philanthropy than any other chapter at USU, and we are very concerned about the issue
of sexual assault because we want anybody
that comes to our house to feel comfortable.
Believing survivors is something that’s really important to me.”
Pi Kappa Alpha was involved in a fairly similar situation a few years ago when former presi-
dent Ryan Wray assaulted multiple women at the chapter house when he was assigned to
monitor the party and keep intoxicated people safe.
Hayden Vossler, the external vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha, believes the fraternity is taking steps to rebuild its chapter with men that will uphold its values, which are “to set the
standard of integrity, intellect, and achievePHOTO COURTESY OF USU’s Pi Kappa Alpha Utah State University’s fraternities are participating in the nationwide #MyFraternity sexual assault awareness campaign. By Naomi Ward NEWS STAFF WRITER
Fraternities across the U.S. are campaigning to show support for sexual assault survivors and Utah State University fraternities are beginning to join the movement.
At the beginning of October, Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha hung banners outside its chapter houses as part of a larger campaign
to promote consent. Delta Sigma Phi’s banner states “Their dress does not equal yes,” while
Pi Kappa Alpha’s banner reads, “’No’ does not mean ‘convince me.’ #standwithsurvivors.”
Josh Johnson, the diversity vice president in USU's Student Association, states that these banners are only the beginning of a cam-
pus-wide campaign he hopes all the fraternities at USU will contribute to.
“It all started out when I saw a tweet from
Ohio University, where their fraternities had
started to hang banners on their houses saying stuff like ‘consent is bae’ or ‘we stand with
survivors,’ just these really empowering messages,” Johnson said. “I posted about it and
tagged a bunch of Greek organizations saying if this is something we’re interested in doing,
please like this and we can get the ball rolling and prove to the administration that there’s interest and then start this.”
Only three of the fraternities currently have chapter houses, but Johnson wants to find
ways other chapters can participate and contribute. He suggested putting up yard signs
and banners with messages supporting sexual assault survivors.
“We want to try and fight the stigma that
surrounds FSL while telling everyone on campus that we’re here for you," Johnson said.
"We also want to create a sort of upstander
training that we’re hoping can go live on the MyUSU page, where people can go to get
information on SAAVI and being an upstander.”
This organized effort is still in the planning
stages and coordinating between the eight fraternities proves to be a challenge. Currently,
Sigma Chi is the only house without a banner on their house.
Josh Witzel, the vice president of Sigma Chi’s
USU chapter, said that this is due to the members’ busy schedules, not necessarily indifference.
“We’ve talked about getting it done but we’ve just been busy the last couple weeks,” Witzel
said. “We have our initiation week coming up next week. I think we are going to join in on it, I just can’t really give a timeline of when it’s going to happen.”
Sigma Chi’s chapter was recently tied to a
sexual assault case in which one of its former members, Jason Relopez, was sentenced to a
year in prison for attempted rape and forcible sexual abuse. Utah State University and the
chapter denied allegations that they failed to act on previous sexual assaults but this sum-
mer the university settled a $250,000 lawsuit paid to Relopez’s victim.
Witzel declined to comment on the case.
“Every fraternity should take a stand against
sexual assault,” Witzel said. “I feel like Greek
life gets kind of a bad rep and I can see some
ment for our members, host institutions, and the communities in which we live.”
“It’s unfortunate that there’s still a negative
reputation surrounding our chapter, but that is something that’s kind of stuck,” Vossler
said. “After that happened, the national organization came and took out half our chapter.
Anyone who didn’t represent us in the slightest bit was taken out of the chapter and so
we’ve rebuilt and I feel that we are changing our reputation on campus.”
For the campaign, Pi Kappa Alpha also coordinated with Alpha Chi Omega to help with its philanthropy week, which is focused on raising money and awareness for domestic
violence prevention. Vossler said the chapter
also coordinates with SAAVI to hold training
in chapter on healthy masculinity, consent and being an upstander.
“This isn’t just about our image,” Vossler said. “We want to help support people that have been through violence. We want people to know that we’re here for them.”
Paige Eidenschink, the Fraternity and Sorority
normal activities," the alert read.
Olsen, a 20-year-old, was booked into the
Cache County Jail after he was arrested for
the attempted robbery early Friday morning. He was arrested on one count of robbery, a
second-degree felony and his bail was set as a
$26,110.00 bond. No inmate with Olsen’s date
Johnson said he hopes the #MyFraternity
campaign at USU will be in full swing in the next couple of weeks.
—naomiyokoward@aggiemail.usu.edu
@naomiyokoward
PHOTO COURTESY OF Cache County Sheriff’s Office Brendan Olsen was arrested early Friday morning for the attempted robbery of the Quickstop at USU.
of birth was in the jail Monday according to
the Cache County automated jail information system.
Olsen was charged in Utah’s First District
Court with eight charges of different misdemeanors relating to theft and burglary on
Oct. 7 – before the attempted robbery of the
Quickstop. Olsen was charged Thursday with first- degree aggravated robbery, a felony.
swindled,” said Ryan Davis, an entomologist at
Utah State University sent out a Code Blue
Utah State University. Davis and fellow ento-
alert Thursday at 7:39 p.m. to warn students
mologist Lori Spears lead educational work-
of an attempted robbery on USU's campus that
shops across Utah to discuss the threats of the
occurred around 6 p.m.
emerald ash borer, which has killed 50 million
USU Police were asking citizens to report to
trees in North America so far.
435-797-1939 if anyone recognized the man or
Confirmed in Boulder, Colorado in 2013,
had any information about the crime. He was
the Asian-native beetle has yet to cross the
Lake City.
been mitigated, and the university is resuming
come.”
“We need to make sure people do not get
EcoCare, a tree care company based in Salt
"The threat to our campus community has
“I think there’s a lot of really great things to
about its arrival.
said Scott Taylor, the owner of Wasatch
Friday morning.
leadership opportunities," Eidenschink said.
researchers worry there is premature panic
“I think we are at a really crucial juncture,”
Code Blue that was sent at around 2:00 a.m.
in outside speakers and develop different
borer has already begun its attack in Utah, but
the fight needs to begin now.
custody according to a Utah State University
“With my new position, I really hope to bring
tree-munching insect called the emerald ash
living selling insect prevention services believe
State’s Taggart Student Center) is in police
and the desire to restructure FSL.
Some tree care companies believe a
Davis said. But some of those who make their
ing to rob the Quickstop (located in Utah
year partly in response to sexual assault issues
By Carter Moore NEWS STAFF WRITER
“It has a very slow spread, if any, in the West,”
Brendan Olsen, who is suspected of attempt-
six weeks ago. The position was created this
An invasive beetle is not yet confirmed in Utah, but tree care companies disagree.
western forests, Davis said.
By Lauren Bennett NEWS CONTENT MANAGER
Life Coordinator, started in the new position
Watch out for these ash holes
Rockies, mostly due to a lack of ash trees in
PHOTO COURTESY OF Utah State Police Brendan Olsen was seen in the TSC at Utah State wearing a mask and gloves and attempted to rob the Quickstop. He is pictured above from surveillance cameras. He was arrested Friday.
described as being "approximately 6-feet tall, PHOTO BY Carter Moore Traps inscribed with “State Govt. insect traps” hang in all the Green Ash trees on old main hill. Checked every few weeks, if researchers find an emerald ash borer in a trap, it will be used by the USDA to determine if ash borers have entered Utah. So far, no bugs.
150 lbs, wearing a hoodie, camo hat and khaki pants." USU Police located Olsen and no weapons were located at the time of Olsen’s arrest.
Taylor previously owned a tree care company
you have seen in Michigan or Ohio, they are
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
he has treated more than 10,000 ash trees
vinced. The ash borer is a weak flyer, she said,
register and claimed to have a weapon, but
radius around host trees.
the attempted robbery.
in Ohio, the epicenter of the attack, and said
before, not losing a single one to emerald ash borers.
“The visual symptoms are uncannily similar to what I have seen before,” he said. “The things
already happening here.” Spears isn’t con-
Olsen attempted to take money from the cash
and thus is usually contained to a 10 mile
did not reveal it. No one was injured during
see “Ash holes” PAGE 9
—laurenmarie.bennett@aggiemail.usu.edu
@laurmarben
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2018
‘God and Smog’ event hosted at Utah State By Margot Crabtree NEWS STAFF WRITER
Scholars and religious leaders throughout the country gathered at Utah State University to
weigh in on the responsibility and relationship of religion to the environment during the first "God and Smog" conference held Wednesday. The first panel of the conference centered
around specific practices and issues regarding the environment within religion. The second panel was made up of religious leaders who
discussed both their religions’ and their personal relationships with the environment.
Both panels focused on Buddhism, Hinduism
and strains of Protestant Christianity, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Ravi Gupta, the head of the religious studies
program at USU, recognized the limited diversity of religion in the panels and expressed
hope for expanded representation in future projects.
“In this particular conference, just because
of limitations in time and space, we weren't
able to cover all major religious traditions of
serving the planet for future generations and
the failures of many religious organizations to
encourage the environmentalist undercurrents of its faiths.
Margaret Barker, the former president of the
Society for Old Testament Study, argued for a reinterpretation of the Bible, correcting past mistranslations that see Earth as a temple
that should be protected by humanity. Under this interpretation, Barker said, a passage in
Revelations referring to “the destroying of the
destroyers of the Earth” could potentially refer to anyone who failed to uphold that protection.
Rev. Susan Springer of the Episcopal Church
recognized internal failings to address climate change in Christianity.
“Both the misinterpretation of scripture and the hubris of man have gotten in the way
of properly taking care of [God's] creation,” Springer said.
Gupta said the symposium has been in the planning stages since at least 2013.
“We live in the most religious state in the
nation, and so it seems to us very obvious
that if our natural ecology is something that
PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen The symposium considers the environment in relation to the perspectives and actions of four relgious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, traditional Christianity and Mormonism.
before the damage from climate change would
When asked about the LDS Church’s plans to
Rev. Springer emphasized that high political
a member of the Quorum of the Seventy
reach catastrophic levels.
tensions in the United States leave religious
e d m .
leaders under pressure to address issues carefully.
“Some people are angry that we’re not politi-
cal enough," she said. "Some people are angry that we’re too political."
A 2015 Pew Research study found that less
than half of religious Americans believed in human-caused climate change.
George Handley, the associate dean of Brigham Young University’s College of
Humanities, argued for new approaches to
belief, advocating for dynamic doctrine and PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen.
a proactive membership that can adjust to
address new problems like climate change.
“Climate change is a challenge, but also a call the world,” he said. “We’d like to do this again with Judaism, Islam, with other branches of
Christianity — such as Catholicism — to really broaden the conversation.”
Between the groups, themes emerged of pre-
we are concerned about, globally and locally,
we have to get religious actors involved in it,” Gupta said.
On Oct. 1, the U.N. Climate Council released a study stating that the world has 10 years
for religious people to dust off our own theology,” Handley said. “If it’s too much about
what the church is or isn’t saying, it feels like to me we’re trying to lobby the church to say
or do things that we really ought to be saying to each other.”
address climate change, Elder Steven Snow,
and executive director of the Church History Department, offered hope for the future. “I think when it comes to environmental
stewardship, we could do better,” Snow said.
“There’s a growing awareness, but apart from that, I couldn’t comment. It’s not something you tout from the pulpit.”
Gupta, who organized the conference, said
he hopes the God and Smog symposium will be the first of many events on religion and
the environment, and that the initiative will expand to other colleges at USU.
“People in different parts of campus — like politics, business, economics and natural
resources — are also invested in these sorts
of questions, and are natural partners in dia-
logue,” he said. “This is not the last word. This is just the beginning.”
— mwcrabtr@gmail.com
@bread_dish
USU piano program celebrates women The piano program held “A Celebration of Women Composers.” By Lydia Velazquez NEWS STAFF WRITER
The work of female composers was highlighted at Utah State University’s first themed,
multimedia recital, on Oct. 8 in the Russell/ Wanlass performance hall.
The concert was the result of a discussion that took place in the spring in one of Professor
Kevin Olson’s piano classes. Olson, the interim
e dpiano program coordinator, discussed with his .students a lack of pieces by women in tradi-
tional piano repertoire. He and his class also discussed the existence of bias. The students
were later dispatched to find pieces by females composers and research the history of both the piece and the composer.
The recital and its focus came in the wake of
i
allegations made by former USU piano stu-
the years.”
There is a hope to continue these “themed”
by faculty in the piano department. The
remembers seeing the listing for the concert
and to further provide music students with
dents regarding sexual harassment and assault investigation ended in April but there were
new sexual assault allegations against another piano professor, Dennis Hirst, in September
that sparked a new investigation into him and caused another piano professor to resign in
protest of the university’s handling of the situation.
“Back in spring there was a lot of controversy in the piano area and it really hit our stu-
dents pretty hard,” Olson said. “They were
just thinking of ways they could make things better around here and this was an idea that came in one of the classes we had, to show
the value of women composers and the way
much of that music has been neglected over
the
Sarah Bakker, one of USU’s music professors, and getting excited because in her own classes
she has always worked to incorporate music by women as well as people of color. Bakker con-
tacted Olson to contribute by having her music theory students write programs notes about
the pieces and their composers for the recital. “The curriculum I went through as an undergraduate music major included only music by white men. It didn’t even attempt to justify
why that was,” Bakker said. “It was apparently a self-evident truth, completely unexamined.
That attitude has never sat well with me, and I vowed to learn about and share music by underrepresented composers with my students.”
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opportunities to perform literature that they select themselves and with which they have formed a connection.
“I think it’s important to have conversations about bias against women in music so that
we can encourage more women, and people everywhere, to pursue their passions,” said
Erin Huld, a junior studying piano pedago-
gy. “I think that discussing the struggle that women have had throughout history also
makes us more appreciative of the beautiful
music that we have from female composers.” —lydia.velazquez@aggiemail.usu.edu
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STUDENT LIFE
USU student creates clothing line
STDs on the rise around U.S.
PHOTO COURTESY OF Dia Clothing By Brooklyn Falter STUDENT LIFE WRITER
Stetson Sweatfield, a Utah State University
sophomore, has spent the past few months
creating a clothing line that would not only look cool, he said, but would also make a dif-
ference by promoting positive messages and mental health awareness.
Sweatfield spent hours every night after work
at a coffee shop, doodling, drawing and channeling all of his inspiration into his designs.
“The world isn’t made up of one person,” he
said. “Everyone is so different and I think that deserves to be shown.”
He felt he needed to create designs that were
simple, fun and affordable while still bringing out his personality. When he had five completely unique designs, he took them to his
cousin’s print shop where he learned to screen print.
He waited until he had samples to show be-
fore he told anyone what he was planning.
“I think when you open or start anything new
it can be scary to put it out there and say, ‘this is my idea and I hope you guys like it,’” he said.
His parents supported his idea and his friends
loved the designs. He asked them to model his shirts, then created a website to show them
off. Next, he obtained a business license and officially launched DIA Clothing.
When the orders started coming, Sweatfield’s
customers started sharing posts of them wear-
ing his shirts on Instagram. The trend started
catching on and within two months, he has sold his product to people in 43 different states.
He has even met some Aggies on campus
who are promoting his messages and wearing his designs.
“Every single time there’s an order, I see
PHOTO BY Megan Nielsen By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
have risen for the fourth consecutive year in the United States, announced the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention at the 2018 STD Prevention Conference.
2.3 million cases of sexually transmitted dis-
eases were diagnosed in 2017, making it the highest number ever reported. More than 2,000,000 cases above what was reported for 2016.
The executive direc-
tor of the National Coa-
lition of STD directors,
David Harvey, urged the to
administration
declare
health
crisis
a
public
over
possibility of having an sexually transmitted
from any of those and I’ve had patients who
of safe sex.
sex, vaginal sex, or oral sex. You can get STDs
Rates for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis
Trump
and dental dams whether you are having anal
a
month ago. The admin-
have STDs on their skin or in their eyes and it
infection or an STD is not a consensual form “Most people who have an STI or STD actu-
can be prevented by safer sex.”
ally don’t have any symptoms, which means
CDC’s report is only the number of STDs that
likely to pass the infection to a sexual partner.
Malouf said the number of STDs in the
are required to be reported and that have symptoms as sexually transmitted infections typically do not have any symptoms.
Emmalee Fishburn, the prevention specialist
in the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportu-
they don’t know they’re infected and are more
Getting tested (regularly) is the only way to know for sure whether or not you have and STI or an STD,” Fishburn said.
According to CNN, who reported on the
CDC’s findings, the CDC’s budget has declined
Adopting safe sex practices prevents you and your sexual partners from having to worry ...
istration has not re-
— Emmalee Fishburn
sponded, though during
nam” and that vaginas are “potential landmines.”
At USU, experts are weighing in urging both
male and female students to take precautions when entering into any type of sexual activity.
“There is a big list of different things that
you can do,” said Dr. John Malouf of Utah State Student Health Services. “Monogamy is going to be high on my list because the larger
number of partners that you have, the higher
you are at risk and the more partners that you are exposed to.”
nity Office at USU, said her role on campus
“Condoms are a minimum that everyone
should be doing. Condoms, female condoms
budget cuts of STD pro-
grams may be an influencer in the rise of STD rates.
Students at Utah State
are not immune to STDs
and are “obviously entering into sexual situations,” Ma-
louf said, admitting that he that his patients will listen to him.
“I think it’s the technology,” said USU stu-
focuses on coordinating sexual violence pre-
dent Ceasar Anilito. “At the touch of a button I
and unhealthy relationships. Fishburn was
least one of them in that moment is likely to
vention including the components of healthy
also a middle and high school sex education teacher.
“Adopting safe sex practices prevents you
can find 50 people willing to hook up and at
have sex; usually with no more than a few words and pictures shared between us.”
Testing for STDs isn’t free at the Student
and your sexual partner(s) from having to
Health and Wellness Center but can be billed
outcomes from engaging in sexual activity,
center are free and are included in the cost of
worry about potential, sometimes negative,
which makes it easier to enjoy sex,” Fishburn said.
She said safe sex should be practiced for all
He continued.
years and state and local
has no way of guaranteeing
the 2016 elections the President went on record saying that STDs are his “personal Viet-
40 percent in the past 15
forms of sexual activity, including fingering and the use of sex toys.
Neglecting to alert a sexual partner to the
to a student’s insurance. Appointments at the tuition. The Center for Pregnancy Choices and Planned Parenthood are local resources for confidential screenings.
—erickwood97@gmail.com
@GrahamWoodMedia
where it comes from and what they’re getting
and I get so excited,” he said, “and it’s like me being super giddy about people wearing some-
look at (your opportunity) as a blessing,” he
est thing ever. It’s been a lot more successful
about, you’ll make time for it.”
thing that I designed, which I think is the coolthan I ever hoped it would be.”
Sweatfield said DIA Clothing is unique be-
cause it’s designed to promote a message of
said. “If it’s something that you’re passionate Kiyon Alexander, a cheerleader at the Uni-
versity of Utah, has known Sweatfield since
they were in high school and considers him to
unity among all people, including genders.
be one of her best friends.
I thought it was a cool way to be inclusive,” he
son and the next steps. I think DIA is such a
world, I wanted to create something that any-
plains his work ethic and personality perfect-
Now that he’s back at school, Sweatfield said
Sweatfield said he finds inspiration for new
“I decided to make it gender neutral because
“As DIA grew, we were all so excited for Stet-
said. “I think there is enough separation in the
positive influence just like Stetson and ex-
one could feel comfortable wearing.”
ly,” Alexander said.
that juggling his business, school and a social
designs everywhere, like in the most ordinary
ing to actually making the shirts, I’m running
else is wearing, in TEDtalks, tv shows, etc. He
To manage everything, he relies on his par-
book with him so he can capture new ideas as
life can be difficult because “from the design-
places, people, movies, in something someone
it all.”
makes notes on his phone and keeps a sketch-
ents, friends and trusty planner to schedule
they come.
done.
think if you look for it you can find it,” he
out his days and make sure he gets everything
“I think you can do anything as long as you
“There’s a lot of goodness in the world and I
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PHOTO COURTESY OF Dia Clothing
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2018
‘Camelot’ comes to Ellen Eccles Theatre
cause the story and its lessons are still relevant today.
“As much as we would like to think of this
as back in the 60s or back in the 1200s or even further, this story has themes that are continually relevant to society,” he said.
“Its themes are about how we interact with one another and how we balance ideology
with society. It’s as relevant today as it ever
has been in society and I think if people come they will walk away not only loving
the characters and loving the story, and
singing the songs, but they’ll walk away thinking.”
In addition to Rounds, Larsen and Olsen,
the main cast is rounded out with Hyrum Hansen playing Mordred and Cary You-
mans, who plays Merlyn. Benson said
though this is his first time directing a stage production of this scale, he was confident taking the challenge.
“The way that I look at directing is that
the actors are what brings the show to life, so I really like to get into the minds of the
characters very similar to the way an actor does which I think helps us communicate a lot better and be able to both exercise as PHOTO BY Jason Rimando Cache Theatre Company rehearsing the night before for their opening weekend of “Camelot” at The Ellen Eccles Theatre in Downtown Logan. By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot” is the story
of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Lancelot
and all the other knights of the round table
which has been revived time and time again
across the globe for various audiences. This time, “Camelot” is coming to The Ellen Ec-
cles Theater with a performance by the Cache Valley Theater Group.
“It’s the classic story of King Arthur but it
starts years after the pulling of the sword
from the stone so I think it’s a story that I
be exciting and new. The show will feature
know about, it was a huge musical in the
costumes, and at least one dog performing
don’t feel a lot of younger generations
60s and there’s action and romance and
comedy all throughout and most of all I
think (our performance) is going to be very provocative and I think people are going to
Actively Moving Forward is a national non-profit
organization that supports over 3,000 students on more than 200 campuses in the United States.
The organization was founded on the knowledge
that one in three college students experience a
death of a family member between the ages of 18 and 25. Utah State University junior Andrea Whit-
tier is working to bring a new chapter of this club to USU.
“In March 2015, just a few months before I grad-
uated from high school, my father passed away
unexpectedly. Six months later, I moved down to Logan and I struggled,” Whittier said. “I was still
dealing with the emotions that come in response to loss. I had to figure out my own health insur-
ance, worry about my mom who was now living all by herself and navigate through all of the decisions
of young adult life without an anchor that I’d thought I would have. Though growing up I had
typically been a top student, never missing school or turning in assignments late, my school performance plummeted. I fought to overcome the feel-
ings of being too overwhelmed to get out of bed and go to class; often, I lost the battle.”
Whittier said she wants other students who may
feel like she did to have an outlet and receive the help they need. The organization is made up of
two parts: peer-support group and a service group. The peer support group will be meeting twice a
month and the service group is open for anyone who wants to get involved, whether grieving or not.
to let them do their job and me do my job
but that way I feel like we can both kind of combine our visions,” Benson said.
Cache Theater Company’s “Camelot” will
on stage. Jared Rounds, who plays Arthur
be performing at the Ellen Eccles Theater
for an audience.
with a 1:20 p.m. matinee on Oct. 20.
in the show, said he is excited to perform “King Arthur is kind of the central figure
Oct. 12, 13, 15, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. “Just come see it, don’t think of it as one
leave thinking,” said Tanner Benson, the di-
of the show, it’s his ideals that kind of push
of those old warhorse musicals that aren’t
The actors and crew of “Camelot” have
dream role of mine,” he said. “I was in this
relevant things that are happening today,”
rector.
been working since the end of August to
bring together a show that they hope will
Actively Moving Forward club started for USU students By Erick Graham Wood STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER
a live orchestra, custom made thrones and
much creative authorship as we can. I like
“College is an incredibly difficult time to grieve.
everything forward and his story. It’s a
show in middle school as one of the knights
of the round table and I was like, this show is so good, I want to play King Arthur some-
day. So being able to play it has been a dream.”
Jefferey Olsen, the actor playing Lancelot,
said even though this story has been around
interesting anymore because it’s so full of
Rounds said. “I mean King Arthur’s ideals are something we need today with all that’s going on and the turmoil in the world.” —erickwood97@gmail.com
@GrahamWoodMedia
for centuries, it still remains popular be-
Students dealing with loss or terminal illness of
loved ones carry a burden that makes it difficult to
feel carefree. Often, we are caught up in concerns about fulfilling new family roles, dealing with the
physical and mental side effects of grief. In a place where
nearly everyone you meet knows hardly anything
about you, it doesn’t usually come up that you have lost someone. Yet, that is one of the primary things on grieving students’ minds. AMF is a com-
munity of people who understand and support,”
S E I AGG
Whittier said.
Sophomore Mady Beutler was in attendance for
the club’s first unofficial meeting to learn more
about AMF. She says it was “incredibly difficult” after her father passed away in 2015.
“Right after I graduated my dad passed away in
a semi-truck accident and I went to college but I
didn’t know anyone and my grades tanked the sec-
ond semester,” Beutler said. “I didn’t have anyone to talk to. It’s still affecting my life because my GPA isn’t what it could have been.”
Senior Megan Rasmussen joined the group to
help students and help facilitate knowing that her background in social work would be beneficial.
“I just thought that this club would be a great
thing to participate in,” Rasmussen said. “Losing someone changes your whole life and grief is a whole network of feelings. This resource would have been incredible to have in my life and I want others to have that too.”
—erickwood97@gmail.com
@GrahamWoodMedia
Utah’s Oldest Jewelry StoreHelping Aggies Since 1896
PHOTO BY Megan Albrechtsen Megan Rasmussen (right) talks with Jake Olson (left) about what AMF is and how it is there to support students in their times of need.
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SPORTS
s
r
up, doesn’t matter if we run it or throw it. It’s
just a testament to the O-line being able to
pick up different blitzes and keep me safe, and receivers getting open and being able to finish and catching the ball.”
That was all the action the sophomore
would see, however, as freshman quarterback
Henry Colombi came in with 4:19 in the third quarter and led the Aggie offense the rest of the way.
While UNLV was able to put three more
touchdowns on the board in the second half
against a squad of mostly second and thirdstring players for USU, it was too little too late. A 37-yard rushing touchdown late in the
third quarter by Colombi capped off the 5928 victory.
This performance marked just the second
time in program history that a USU team has scored more than 50 points in a game three times in a season. The Aggies entered the
game ranking second in the nation in points scored, averaging 50.2 points per game.
The Aggie defense recorded a season-high
7.0 sacks to go along with 11 tackles for a loss. Sophomore linebacker David Woodward recorded 3.0 sacks and 3.5 TFL’s along with a team-high 12 tackles, becoming the first FBS
player this season to record three or more sacks and double-digit tackles in a game.
“We knew if we stopped the run early, they
would have to throw on us, and we knew that
we’d have a pretty good chance of getting a
lot of sacks if we did that,” Woodward said.
“We have a pretty good pass rushing team this year.” Utah State wide receiver Ron’quavion Tarver catches a touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Love in Utah State’s 59-28 route over UNLV Saturday afternoon at Maverik Stadium.
PHOTO BY Tim Carpenter
Homecoming domination Love throws program record-tying 5 touchdowns as Aggies beat Rebels 59-28 By Jaden Johnson SPORTS CONTENT MANAGER
Last season in Las Vegas, the Utah State foot-
ball team capped off a victory over UNLV by scoring 38-straight points. Saturday afternoon at Maverik Stadium, the carnage continued as
the Aggies dominated the Rebels in a 59-28 homecoming victory.
After Utah State started the game with a missed
27-yard field goal and a three-and-out from
deep in their own territory, it was the Rebels getting on the board first as senior running back Lexington Thomas punched one into the endzone to put the Rebels up 7-0.
That may have been the highlight of the day
for Rebel fans, however.
The lead didn’t last for long as the Aggies went
on to score touchdowns on their six ensuing drives. Four of the six-straight Utah State touchdowns took less than one minute off the clock.
“After that, I think the offense just really
the team’s first half performance. “Most the
sophomore quarterback Jordan Love of the
them, they were working, and we were get-
took off. Both offense and defense,” said team’s resurgence after going down 7-0. “We were putting up points real quick and the defense was getting us the ball back. I think af-
plays we were calling, we were executing ting good yards on them. It’s just a testament to the whole offense.”
Love in the first half completed 15-of-20
ter that the game was kind of over.”
passes for 287 yards and four touchdowns.
the third time of the season in the second
endzone through the air, this time connecting
ven Thompkins blew past the line to block a
for his fifth passing touchdown of the after-
The Aggie special teams got on the board for
quarter, as true freshman wide receiver De-
punt from the UNLV 16 yard line, which was then recovered by sophomore safety Baron Gajkowski who ran it in for a touchdown.
The Aggies went into the locker room with a
42-7 lead at halftime after out-gaining the Rebels in total yardage 360-185.
“It just shows when our offense gets rolling,
we can get rolling and put up points in a hur-
In the third quarter, Love again found the
with senior wide receiver Ron’quavion Tarver
Wells attributed much of his team’s success
in this game to the mindset and preparation they carried throughout the week leading up to the game.
“I slept good the last couple of nights be-
cause of what we did Monday through Thurs-
day,” he said. “They came in at 6:30 Monday
morning ready to roll, and I’m proud of them. They put in good work this week.”
With the victory, the Aggies move to 2-0 in
conference play, sitting alone atop the Moun-
tain Division standings. Their 5-1 start is the best start for a USU team since 1978.
“It’s big to us to play really good and find a
way to win in Maverik Stadium, and to do
that again this week is great,” Wells said. “We’re trying to be undefeated at home, so it’s another step in that direction.”
Utah State will continue conference play
next week in Laramie, Wyoming, as they take on the Wyoming Cowboys. The game will kick off Saturday at noon.
noon. That tied a program record, and was only the 10th time in history an Aggie quar-
terback has thrown five touchdowns in a game.
@jadenjohnson00
“It’s a good feeling, but that’s just what
we’re supposed to do,” Love said of the ac-
complishment. “Gotta go out and put points
ry. It was fun to be out there,” Love said of
PHOTOS BY Megan Nielsen (Left) Utah State linebacker David Woodward sacks UNLV quarterback Max Gilliam in Saturday afternoon’s game. Woodward had a team-high 12 tackles and 3.0 sacks in the game. (Right) USU running back Darwin Thompson evades a tackle from a UNLV defender.
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2018
Staff picks: NBA pre-season power rankings With the NBA regular season tipping off Tues-
Hawks. It also helps to get a great backup point
day night, The Utah Statesman staff compiled
3. Houston Rockets
season. Analysis by Adam Larson. Updated rank-
Houston was the closest team to the Warriors
their own list of power rankings for the upcoming ings will be posted weekly on usustatesman.com
1. Golden State Warriors The Warriors brought everyone important to
their team back, while adding All-Star center
guard in Dennis Shröder in the trade. Oklaho-
ma City resigned Paul George, and are looking
last year, but lost key pieces in Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute while adding Carmelo An-
8. Milwaukee Bucks
James Harden carry the Rockets back to last
By getting rid of the worst coach in the league,
will likely not be the same. Can Chris Paul and year’s success?
even looks close barring a major injury.
Toronto traded for MVP-candidate Kawhi
better team this season. Plus, Giannis Antetokounmpo will have one more year of NBA train-
Leonard this offseason in an attempt to get over
9. Indiana Pacers
tors will be major competition for anyone in the
The Pacers took the league by storm last year,
East.
5. Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia is running back what they had
last year, but hope to have improvement out of
their “Big 3” of Fultz, Simmons, and Embiid.
Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving. With both
Turner and Domantas Sabonis if they want to replicate their success from last year.
but need good years from their role players to make it in.
13. New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans lost DeMarcus Cousins to the
Warriors, but looked like a different team with-
out him after he went down with an achilles
injury. The Pelicans need Anthony Davis to play
at an even higher level to go anywhere in the West.
14. Washington Wizards
Washington’s players always seem to think
Denver invested in its young core heavily this
they will. Austin Rivers seems to think the Wiz-
extensions. They finished just one game shy of
team with Dwight Howard as a starting center
Utah surprised everyone last year with Dono-
van Mitchell and making the playoffs. The team
then go out and perform exactly how we think
offseason, giving Gary Harris and Nikola Jokic
ards are contenders in the East this year, but a
making the playoffs and hope to push in with
hasn’t won a playoff series in four years.
improvement from Harris, Jokic and Jamal Murray this season.
15. San Antonio Spurs
improve internally for the upcoming season. If
11. Los Angeles Lakers
stay healthy, the Jazz will be a top team in the
The Lakers made the biggest splash of
back in exchange. San Antonio will likely fea-
signed a bunch of odd fit players like JaVale
and LaMarcus Aldridge, and will need a lot of
brought most of its rotation back, and hopes to Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert can West.
stacked roster of current stars and phenomenal the first time since 2010.
The Thunder may have created addition by
young players looking to get to the finals for
Indiana will need improvement from Myles
option. The Blazers should be a playoff team,
a decent shooter, this team can be very good
7. Oklahoma City Thunder
back healthy for this season, the Celtics have a
McMillan showed that he is a very good coach.
ing good enough players that tanking isn’t an
they are underrated by the fans and the media,
6. Utah Jazz
ence Championship, even without All-Stars
by 16. Victor Oladipo became a star and Nate
being good enough to be a contender, but hav-
10. Denver Nuggets
this season.
and the Cavs last season for the Eastern Confer-
outperforming ESPN’s projected win total of 32
Portland is stuck in the middle ground of not
The latter two will likely be All-Stars and lead
the team to 50+ wins, but if Fultz can become
Boston was so close to beating LeBron James
ing under his belt to dominate the league.
the hump that kept appearing with DeMar DeRozan. If the pieces fall into place, the Rap-
2. Boston Celtics
Jason Kidd, and acquiring Mike Budenholzer as their new head coach, the Bucks will be a much
4. Toronto Raptors
PHOTO BY John Locher/AP Photo
West.
thony for the upcoming season. Their defense
DeMarcus Cousins to the roster. Golden State will be the team to beat yet again, and nobody
to make a run at Golden State in the stacked
12. Portland Trail Blazers
The Spurs finally shipped Kawhi Leonard out
and got a perennial All-Star, DeMar DeRozan,
free-agency by signing LeBron James. LA also
ture a lot of mid-range shots between DeRozan
McGee, Lance Stephenson, and Rajon Rondo.
luck to sneak into the playoffs.
The Lakers will need a lot of improvement out of Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram or they
subtraction in trading Carmelo Anthony to the
could be on the outside looking in when playoffs come.
For picks 16-30 and our pre-season NBA super-
latives, visit usustatesman.com
Basketball teams put on a show at Aggie Madness By Corbin Allen SPORTS STAFF WRITER
On Thursday night at the Estes Center, the
Utah State men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted their annual Aggie Madness event. Both
teams held scrimmages, participated in a threepoint shootout, and teamed up for the hot shot contest, and the men’s team topped the event off with a slam dunk contest.
In both the hot shot contest and the three
point shootout, USU junior guard Sam Merrill came away victorious. It took the assistance
from junior forward Hailey Bassett-Meacham to walk away victorious in the hot shot contest,
as the duo finished with a team score of 29. However, the three point contest was all his do-
ing as Merrill outlasted junior guard Olivia West in the final round to make it two for two on the night.
Next, the lady Aggies took the floor for a
scrimmage which consisted of two four-minute halves. The white team doubled up the blue
team by a score of 14-7. The white team was
led in scoring by junior guard Eliza West and junior forwards Shannon Dufficy and Marlene Aniambossou. The blue team was led by Bas-
sett-Meacham, who had seven points including one three-pointer.
“Just to love the game and have fun. That’s
one of the most important things, and winning obviously.” Mecham-Bassett said of the event. “We have a lot of maturity and a lot of leaders
standing up…I’m really excited for the season.” The men’s game opened with a bang. Each
team successfully connected on alley-oop passes, with freshman center Neemias Queta put-
ting one down for the white team, followed by sophomore guard John Knight’s jam on the other end.
The two of them would go on to lead their
respective teams in scoring. Queta finished a perfect 4-4 from the floor with eight points,
three rebounds and an assist. Knight led the game in scoring with 10 points on 5-6 shooting. The white team won by a score of 25-15.
see “Madness” PAGE 9
PHOTO BY Iain Laurence Utah State center Neemias Queta jumps over five people as he dunks the ball in the Aggie Madness slam dunk contest. The USU men’s and women’s teams participated in various shooting drills and scrimmages along with the dunk contest.
PAGE 9
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2018 “Hispanic leaders” FROM PAGE 1 often make distasteful comments about her skin color.
“I’ve has people ask ‘what kind of brown are you?’” she said.
“For example, celebration of Day of the Dead what it means to
us, how we celebrate it,”she said.
Dr. Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez
Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez
“That’s just distasteful.”
is a professor of psychology at USU.
She has been working for the univer-
Paulina Rivera-Soto
t
sity since 2000.
Thinking about her Honduran
Rodriguez was born and raised in
-
heritage makes Paulina Rivera-Soto
,
campus.
pursue an education.
the way in which my heritage has
toring graduate students in research
Puerto Rico. She came to the U.S. to
proud to represent her culture on
n
Much of her time is taken up men-
“I think what I’m most proud of is
o
shaped who I am,” she said. “Just
looking at the history of my people and our culture and how it’s been this constant story of resilience.”
Rivera-Soto currently sits on the Government Relations e Council, works as an ambassador in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is working with the new Latinx s Cultural Center. y While Rivera-Soto is proud of her heritage, dealing with e “ignorant comments” is a regular frustration for her. “People look at you and they automatically assume that they
know you based on the color of your skin,” she said. Karina Hernandez
labs. She is currently the chair of
the Institutional Review Board. Rodriguez loves teaching and working with students.
“My hope for my students is that the will learn and celebrate
how incredibly special they are and how much they have to
offer,” Rodriguez said. “Their perspective is incredibly valuable to advancing the field.”
Rodriguez’s research focuses on family processes in Spanish-
speaking Latinx families. Rodriguez is currently engaged in
research programs in Oregon, Idaho, St. Lous, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Michigan. Nahomi Jimenez
“I love that I come from a collective
Xi sorority.
Jimenez and a member of Theta Nu Nahomi is this year’s USUSA’s
Diversity Director, a title she holds
work to raise others alongside our-
Latinx Student Union, grew up in Rexburg, Idaho, with parents twho immigrated from Mexico.
,
- Jenny Patino
For Jenny Patino, one of the hard-
est parts of being a Latina at Utah State University is finding people who look like her.
really made me feel part of something bigger than myself,” Nahomi said.
Andrea Diaz Flores
Andrea Diaz Flores is an interna-
resident assistant for Blue Square and is an ambassador for the university. Flores was born and raised in
Mexico City, although she has been
which was difficult for her.
studying abroad since she was 11
However, Patino is proud of her heritage because of the
hard-working reputation of Hispanics.
years old.
to what we want to accomplish,” she said.
different worlds — Mexico and the
“It’s like I’ve been living in two
“Us Hispanics are really hard workers, we’re really dedicated
“I kind of feel like I have to put on two personalities,” she said.
“Here at Utah State I’m so involved, very friendly, outgoing,
but back home I’m more conservative, not too loud, and maybe
is due to USU’s lack of students of
way I was raised here.
Gonzalez is a senior studying mar-
keting, a member of Theta Nu Xi
sorority and a member of the Latinx
“So many times I’ve been the only diverse person on campus,”
she said. “This campus isn’t as diverse as people think. It’s just kind of a lonely feeling in class.”
However, Gonzalez takes pride in her heritage and traditions.
“Madness” FROM PAGE 8 “It was better than I thought, I really thought I was going to be
nervous but I came out, got my first dunk, and got the butterflies
e out of my stomach,” Knight said. “This was to see where we are
at chemistry wise, because when the season starts there’s no time to know whether or not your chemistry is good or not.”
The evening concluded with a spectacular performance in the
final round of the dunk contest, which included Queta and redshirt freshman Justin Bean.
With Queta up first, he carefully lined up five people, laying
horizontally, and proceeded to jump over all of them to connect on a one-handed dunk. Bean lived up to the task of going sec-
ond, as he received a pass of the side of the backboard and
cocked back a right handed dunk. The judges scorecards were all evened up after the two dunks, so they went to the crowd. The crowd gave more noise for Bean, declaring him the champion.
“Man, a whirlwind of emotions but all good ones for sure,”
Bean said. “I think if he [Queta] had went last, he might have went away with it.”
The men’s team begins their season hosting an exhibition
against Evergreen State on Nov. 1 before heading to Bozeman,
Mont. for their first game of the season against Montana State. The women’s team will similarly host Westminster in an exhibi-
tion Nov. 2 the begin their season in Pullman, Wash. as they take on Washington State.
ways.
her culture, which happens often.
color on campus.
Student Union.
United States,” Flores said.
Flores said living in both countries has shaped her in different
One reason for this, she believes,
“I’m sorry mom that you’re reading this,” she wrote.
Labovitz said she didn’t talk much about the Donald Duck incident, but it continued to haunt her into adulthood.
“It was kind of expected that you go on with life, because
that’s what you do.” But, she pointed out, “It’s been 20 years. It just sticks with you.”
She said she decided to share to try to comfort other sur-
vivors, something she wished she’d had years ago. She said she was surprised how many friends told stories she hadn’t heard before.
“We all just kept it in, it was nice to be able to be public
about it,” she said. “It’s nice to be supported. I wish I could
have been more supportive for others but we all kind of kept She called the initial tweet storm a “kind of outpouring of love and support even though it was all surrounding this terrible thing.”
It’s also been vindicating, she said, to see powerful public figures — Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Larry Nasser, to name a few — charged with crimes. But there have been disappointments:
that’s just because of the way I was raised in Mexico versus the Flores said she wishes other students understood that interna-
tional students don’t always feel at home here.
“I wish people could be more understanding, and just show
more empathy,” she said. “If you happen to meet another person from another country or another place just get to know them, and become that family that they don’t have.” — alisonberg28@gmail.com
@alison_berg
“DIA” FROM PAGE 5 said.
Cady Petersen has never met Sweatfield but found him on in-
stagram and liked his posts.
“Shortly after I followed him” Petersen explained, “he posted
about his clothing company on his Instagram and I thought they were really cute so I bought three of them.”
Other followers, including Jiego Lim were “super excited”
when he launched his business. Lim was the lucky winner of a shirt in a giveaway from DIA Clothing, but is planning on buying more shirts in the future.
“I was so excited for DIA,” Lim said, ”the shirts are super cute
and just fashionable and its message is just everything.”
At 19 years old, Sweatfield is amazed at how many people are
willing to get behind him and his brand. Positivity and beauty are trends that people want to be a part of. He encourages people to post on social media to spread his messages of love and unity to the world.
“I’m a big advocate of mental health and mental health
awareness,’ he said, “and I think that it’s important to be able to have a way to represent those messages. So, just being able to help anyone in that kind of way has been the most reward-
ing part if it helps them be happy or helps them have a positive outlook on their day, then that’s what I do it for.” —brooklynfalter@gmail.com @BrooklynFalter
“Ash hole” FROM PAGE 2 “As of now it is considered a regulatory pest,” she said. “If we
found them tomorrow, the Utah Department of Agriculture and
tional student at USU who works as a
she was the only Hispanic woman,
asked insensitive comments about
ment on Instagram.
for Theta Nu Xi.
While on the A-Team, Patino said
Gonzalez gets frustrated when she’s
A few days later, she posted eight more stories of harass-
organizations throughout her time at USU, but has a special love
diverse,” she said.
As a Mexican woman, Cirina
was 15,” she wrote.
Nahomi has enjoyed her time working with multiple university
diverse university, but it’s not very
Cirina Gonzalez
“The person inside the Duck at EPCOT groped me when I
campus, I want to speak for those who aren’t being listened to.”
“Utah State has pride in being a
-
when she was a young teen.
Nahomi said. “As a leader on our
“Being a part of this community, especially as an Aggie has
n
assaulted by a Donald Duck mascot at Epcot Theme Park
representation on our campus,”
Hernandez, president of the Theta
A-Team and a council member of the
writer living in Queens, shared a story about being sexually
“I find it so important to have more
munity and greater good.”
Nu Xi sorority, a member of the
One day after Milano’s tweet Katie Labovitz, a 34-year-old
dear.
selves and to contribute to the com-
f
Nahomi Jimenez is a senior studying
environmental science, sister to Grace
community,” she said. “We really
FINDING COMFORT IN SHARING A SECRET
it to ourselves.”
Karina Hernandez loves that her
culture celebrates unity and family.
“MeToo” FROM PAGE 1
Food and the U.S. Department of Agriculture would set up a quarantine so that no wood is allowed out of the area.”
Davis acknowledged it can be hard to identify emerald ash borers, as they tend to begin their attack in the tree’s canopies.
“They can be in trees for years and we would not know,” he
said. “It is the people who are climbing trees and up in buckets doing work who are going to be the ones to first find it.”
As an arborist who does climb trees, Taylor said by the time
researchers have physical evidence, trees will already be past the point of saving.
“If it goes on for too much longer, it will be too late,” he said.
“That is what is frustrating. They don’t have to lose their trees, but it is likely they will.”
Telling signs of an ash borer infestation include D-shaped exit
holes, where the adult beetle emerges, and meandering tunnels directly under the bark, where larvae eat their way through, Spears explained.
Ash trees in the West are mostly confined to urban streets, or
parks where they have been planted, whereas the Midwest has full ash forests, Davis said.
“They are able to build up big numbers in the forest then sweep through the cities,” Davis said.
When emerald ash borers arrive in Utah, Davis said, they will have to jump from street tree to street tree. If left untreated, they will kill the ash trees in the cities within a few years.
“It is definitely discouraged to plant ash trees,” he said. “Our tax dollars would have to go to pay for these insecticides to
treat trees that shouldn’t have been planted in the first place.”
Taylor said that the state governing bodies need to take action. “They need to do one of two things,” he said. “They need to say emerald ash borer is here, or at least recognize there is something is happening to the ash trees.”
Taylor claims a treatment known as Tree-äge, or Emamectin
Benzoate, is the only effective chemical he has seen in treating for emerald ash borer.
“I have done a lot of testing, and this stuff is extremely effec-
tive,” he said. Davis, however, said treating trees now would be a waste. “I don’t want people to be exploited,” he said.
Taylor said there are no hard feelings between him and researchers, just a difference in opinion.
“Ryan has been really cool, and he is very receptive,” Taylor
said about Davis. “They need people like me, who are actually up in trees, to take photos and look for evidence.”
Taylor said he has not yet seen D-shaped exit holes or meandering tunnels under the bark of ash trees.
“Those are a year two thing,” he said. “In year one, they get premature leaf yellowing and canopy decline.” And that, he said, is what he is seeing — for instance in the Sugarhouse neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
Until they have a beetle, or have at least identified the exit holes on ash trees, Davis said there will not be a statewide response to treat for emerald ash borer. —carter.moore@aggiemail.usu.edu
@carterthegrreat
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OPINION
FILE PHOTO; GRAPHIC BY Thomas Sorenson
to Utahns and has bothered me since I came
By Thomas Sorenson OPINION MANAGER
across it a few weeks ago.
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ular belief, politics isn’t about winning and losing.
A tribal mentality is fun when we’re watch-
ing sports — every true-blooded Aggie loves to hate BYU — but politics actually matter.
Real people with real lives are being affected
by decisions that are increasingly being made based purely on political
That’s not right. We’re bet-
ter than that.
Intellectual freedom is a
cornerstone of American ideals. Many of the
Founding Fathers were
Unless I’m willing to fully buy-in to the
political tribe and assume my party leaders
voters next month. Each proposal on the web-
an informed decision based on the evidence
propositions that will be on the ballots for Utah
item, followed by an argument in favor and an argument against, each written by a legislator
or community member, and each with a rebuttal.
It’s not a zero-sum game.
the Democrats in Utah.
listing of the constitutional amendments and
site has an “impartial analysis” of the ballot
Contrary to what has seemingly become pop-
leanings.
On the elections.utah.gov website, there is a
would likely create a congressional district for
The fourth and final proposition is intended
to address redistrictingW, or “gerrymandering” as it’s more commonly known. I’m not going
to encourage you to vote one way or the other
on the proposition, because I don’t know which way to vote.
know best, there’s no way for me to make Okerlund provided.
Again, that’s a problem.
How can an impartial voter be informed when
arguments are built so heavily on partisan
individuals who recognized the value of letting ideas stand or fall on their own merits.
They also recognized that an informed pop-
ulace is crucial for the preservation of democracy.
"Every government degenerates when trust-
ed to the rulers of the people alone,” Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying. “The people
themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their
minds must be improved to a certain degree."
We, the people, have an obvious responsibility
to improve our minds, but I believe the leaders
of our country share a portion of that responsibility, as well.
I’ve written about the dangers of fake news
in the past, and those concerns are magnified
when they come from our elected officials. But there’s a different kind of deceitful communication that I’m also concerned about, which
brings us to the focal point of this article: com-
mitment to party loyalty at the expense of clear and accurate information is a threat to our democracy.
I want to know why my representative sup-
ports a certain bill, not just that the other guys hate it. And I want to know why I should support a particular candidate, not just the party next to their name.
Blind adherence to party ideals can be found
in all locations on the political spectrum, but
there is one specific instance that has relevance
And that’s exactly the problem.
The impartial analysis lays out some of the
pros and cons, and the argument in favor makes some intriguing points.
The rebuttal to the argument in favor, as well
as the argument against — both written by
Senator Ralph Okerlund — fail to make any informative claims, though. The rebuttal is
that this proposal “is a cleverly disguised partisan power grab” to “create an
informed citizenry, please stop degenerating
our country. Give the people clear and unbiased information and stop fear-mongering about
what will happen when the other party “wins.”
If the American people can no longer be trust-
ed with coherent evidence and straightforward information, then this grand experiment the Founding Fathers imagined is already dead.
For the rest of us, if you look at politics as a
politics rather than the needs of the people?
competition, or you dismiss the other side with-
voters can’t be Jefferson’s “safe depositories”
you’re part of the problem.
Without clear and unbiased information, the and are left hoping that elected officials will
out considering the merits of their ideas, then Elections are just three weeks away. In less
always make the right choices.
than 30 seconds, you can confirm your voter
should always agree. Reasonable minds can
you still need to register, Utah allows you to do
I’m not by any stretch saying that politicians
I want to know why my representative supports a certain bill, not just that the other guys hate it.
well-educated, well-thought
iticians who value party loyalty above an
come to differing conclusions on how
best to fulfill the mandates of elected offices.
What I’m frustrated with is the
blanket assumptions that proposals backed by the competing party are dismissed without a fair consider-
ation of the potential benefits for the American people — and Utahns spe-
cifically, in this case.
Our representatives need to be held to a high-
er standard than they’re currently held to, and the rest of us as citizens deserve the right to have access to proper information.
Like Jefferson warned, our government and
our civil liberties will dissolve if “trusted to the rulers of the people.”
So, to Senator Okerlund and all other pol-
registration status by visiting vote.org. And if
so any time up to and including at the polls on election day.
In the meantime, make an effort to inform
yourself. It’s as simple as ending your Netflix binge an episode early and visiting elections. utah.gov to see who your candidates are and read about the ballot measures.
Your voice matters, I promise! We all have
a part to play in crafting the future of our
state and our nation. Don’t fall into the trap of hyperpartisan tribalism.
You have until November 6. Get registered.
Get informed. And go vote!
Thomas Sorenson is a graduate student at Utah State who is registered and excited to vote, and he hopes you are, too.
overwhelmingly Democrat congressional district” in Salt Lake
City. One of the main arguments Okerlund makes in his rebuttal
is that “4 out of 5 of its sponsors are liberal Democrats.”
Those aren’t informative
points. The senator fails to
provide a why besides claiming
that the other party wins if this passes. Their very well might
be reasons not to vote for this
proposal, but it’s impossible to know based on the senator’s rebuttal.
Okerlund continues with his
argument against and raises two potentially valid concerns, but
then returns to the partisan well for his final point, again stating that passage of this proposal
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Fall Career Fair 9:30am - 2:30pm TSC Ballroom Fiddler on the Roof 7:30pm Ellen Eccles Theater 43 S Main St Logan, UT Classic Country Dance Night 9:00pm Cache Valley Fun Park 255 East 1770 North North Logan, UT
Women’s Volleyball vs. Air Force 7:00pm Wanye Estes Center Logan, UT
Boo at the Zoo 1:00 - 5:00pm Zootah at Willow Park 419 W 700 S Logan, UT
Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market 9:00am 199 N Main Street Logan, UT
Historic Downtown Logan Ghost Tour 7:00pm 35 West 100 South Logan, UT
As We Are w/ Special Guests at WhySound Venue 12:00pm 30 Federal Ave Logan, UT
Women’s Soccer vs. San Jose State 3:00pm Chuck and Gloria Bell Field
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Ferry’s Pumpkin Patch 4:00pm 3450 West Highway 13 Corinne, UT