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USU students respond to protests

BY BRIANNA BODILY staff writer

The wind carried the voices of 30 USU students across Temple

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Saint Conference Center on Saturday and staged their own kind of demonstration.

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There is a new record store in town giving the music scene a different flavor.

"There are protesters against the church. and we're just here to kind of be the other side," said Tanner Croshaw, a USU student participating in the choir. "We wanted to sing, bring the spirit, help people to understand that we're just here to make people feel better and have a better life ."

Ken Tafoia, who described himself as a peaceful protester, said his mission is the same, and he comes each year to conference to help members of the LDS faith see why they are blinded and what spiritual truths they are missing.

He said he was given the chance to find

truth outside the LDS church and his mission is to help others find truth as well.

Jerry Sisneros, a non-LDS resident of Salt Lake City, said he comes down to the conference center this time each year, and the controversy between members and protestors is always the same.

"It's pretty much a tradition around here," Sisneros said.

He also said the only difference in this year's conference debate is the presence of a new player - the student choir.

Helen Cooper. the musical director for the Smithfield and Providence groups, said she feels the singing is making a positive difference for LDS members and other Salt Lake City residents in the area.

"They sing with us. As they are going up the sidewalk they start to sing the hymn we're singing," Cooper said.

She said the organization allowed for

several rotations of students from different stakes. Gathering to sing an hour prior to each session of conference, the choir would then attend the meeting together. After the session the singers were replaced by another group. Camille Gilbert, a member of the 1 p.m. choir, said the drive from Cache Valley and the time spent are worth it. "It's been very fun. I've had a lot of fun with the other singers, and I've felt a lot of •) See PROTESTERS, Page 3

USU's baseball team sweeps a weekend series.

"Unkempt hair. Bulging quadriceps. Green thumbs and dirty fingernails. Chaco tan lines. Thrift store clothes that smell like curry. While most people find these descriptions less than desirableJ I find them to be strikingly attractive"

Latino Student Union awards scholarship:

BY STEVE KENT news editor

This year the Latino Student Union celebrated Latino culture through food, song and dance and by helping a local high school student pay for college.

As part of the Fiesta Americas celebration Saturday, the Latino Student Union presented a $500 scholarship to Ruben Monterrosa a senior at Mountain Crest High School. Monterrosa said he appreci-

ates the help.

'Tm just trying to find ways to have money," Monterrosa said. "I went to Bridgerland (Applied Technology College) to be a pharmacy technician. basically just for school because I need a job that's pretty stable and (will) give me a good amount of income this is going to help me out - give me a break."

Monterrosa plans to become a pharmacist to follow his interest in chemistry, he said.

Monterrosa said he didn 't expect to win the award. A councilor at Mountain Crest handed him information about the scholarship the day before the essay was due and two days before he would be interviewed.

"I had no time to prepare for my interview and no time for my essay," he said. "I wasn't expecting it at all. It surprised

me." Cristina Medrano, LSU's president said she wanted the celebration to be something more than it was before.

"I wanted to give this event a purpose," Medrano said "I feel like the most help in our Latino community needed is with Latinos going to college." Medrano a junior 1,tudying · psychology, said she is a Latina student who needed help paying for college, and she wanted Fiestas Americas to help others attend college, as well.

"It's only a $500 scholarship, : and it's only one scholarship, • but it makes a difference," • Medrano said. " I hope this continues in the following years and hopefully we can get more funding and we can give out more scholarships to more motivated students like •) See FIESTA, Page 3

Unused drugs pose dangers Research Week

BY CAITLIN MOFFITT staff writer

BY BRIANNA.BODILY and STEVE KENT staff writer, news editor

Climaxing

Research debunks Yellowstone Caldera myths

BY KEITH JACKMAN staff writer

The Yellowstone Caldera is less of a threat than depicted in disaster movie~, according to a USU alumnus and scientist.

Jaime Farrell, a doctoral candidate at the University of Utah, spoke at last Friday's edition of Science Unwrapped, sponsored by the College of Science.

The most recent program, titled "Yellowstone Supervolcano: Myths and Realities," focused mainly on the destructive geothermal activity of earthquakes and supervolcanoes. Farrell spoke concerning research on geothermal activity in Yellowstone National Park, focusing heavily on the legendary supervolcano, or caldera, that lies beneath the park.

"There's a lot of information and a lot of misinformation about Yellowstone, particularly the supervolcano part of it," Farrell said.

another large eruption.

"They're taking the dates of the last three eruptions, they're taking the interval times and they're averaging them," Farrell said. "If you actually use that technique we're still 50,000 years in the clear - if you use that technique."

However, looking at the intervals between the last three eruptions is not scientific and an oversimplification of the factors involved, Farrell said. "This is three numbers," Farrell said. ~Volcanoes are very unpredictable. You can not use three numbers to get a meaningful statistic on when this is going to erupt next. The bottom line is, we don't know."

Also, there would be evidence enough from the sensors placed around Yellowstone to know if an explosion of that magnitude was going to happen, and evacuation would be an option, Farrell said. After Farrell's lecture, there was a Q-and-A session. He described what would happen in Logan if the volcano exploded. Most damage would not be from lava, as many would think, but would come from the snow-like ash that would cover the ground in a 3-footthick blanket, he said. Ash would ruin car engines,

Beneath the surface of Yellowstone sits a large, active volcano, Farrell said. This supervolcano erupted once 640,000 years ago, once 1.3 million years ago and once 2.1 million years ago. One of the volcanic explosions was 2500 times larger than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Farrell addressed the myths surrounding the volcano, including the common notion that it's overdue for air conditioners and other machines and would turn into a cement-like substance if breathed in by human

lungs.

Ash from previous eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano has been found in many locations across the U.S., Farrell said.

"There are ash beds in Nebraska, where they find big concentrations of dead rhinoceros - rhinos that died from the ash falling and them breathing it in from this last Yellowstone eruption," he said.

The event was the third part in the four-part series, entitled "The End of the World as We Know It," focusing on disasters that could take place and have a large impact on mankind. The program looks at

disasters from scientific as well as sometimes humorous angles.

Scientists from the community set up more than 15 different booths to further explore the subject through various demonstrations.

One of those booths was run by Michael Strange, a geology major and a senior at USU. Strange was bringing awareness to a group of creatures known as hyolithids, found only in fossils. He said much about the creatures is unknown.

"They are not as well studied as trilobites," Strange said.

Strange said the turnout impressed hi~ and made

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is headed toward an eruption, such an eruption could be catastrophic. What is a caldera? A large, volcanic crater, typically one formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano

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University Honors Program presents:

Dean Allen's Last Lecture, "THE ROLE OF COMMUNilY IN A CIVIL SOCIElY" combines the academic examination of the role of the collective in supporting individual goals and a profound respect for community and its role in making all of us better human beings: perfect for an Honors lecture.

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him grateful to see the interest in science.

Michelle Larson is a vice provost at USU, an astrophysicist and a member of the committee that organizes Science Unwrapped. She said the program is 3 years old and has had more than 8,000 attendees over its course.

"We've involved all the colleges at USU in Science Unwrapped," Larson said. "We've had presenters and people out in the hallway from all the colleges."

Larson said about onethird of those who come are from USU, and the other two-thirds comprise K-12 students and people from

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the community. Science Unwrapped is becoming a family event, though there is no target audience the committee has focused on, Larson said. Most in attendance Friday had been to one of the other presentations and keep coming back, she said. Science Unwrapped will finish the year April 27, featuring Philip Plait, an astronomer who writes the blog, Bad Astronomy, for Discover Magazine. Plait will present about asteroid impacts on the earth to go with the program's theme. - keithjjackman@gmail.com

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Students and f acuity display research

through graduate students to young faculty to senior faculty, even to emeritus professors that still come and remain engaged."

Featuring a new theme for each day, the week focuses on individual researchers and their accomplishments. It offers events and workshops for faculty celebrations Monday through Thursday, and the main event is Friday.

The grand finale ofResearch Week is "Crossroads," a free program designed to combine several senses in a demonstration linking science and art. The event will be held in the Performance Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

"We've never done anything like this before," McEntire said. "Throughout the hour you are exposed to visual imagery, spoken word and music, all mixed together in a way that helps you feel things instead of just learn things."

This won't be the last time students get to see a performance like this on campus, she said.

"There has actually been such a positive response to this performance that they are expanding it," McEntire said.

She also said the organizers plan to commission an artist and musician to create new work for another program in September, but for now they are just trying to pull off this week's performance.

"It's bigger than anything we've£ver done before," McEntire said. "Most of dur events are not small by any means, but they're very focused."

Monday is faculty research day, with an awards gala honoring top faculty researchers of the year at 6 p.m. Tuesday follows with the all-student undergraduate research day.

Starting with a student showcase, running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the TSC lntern)ltional Lounge · and Colony rooms, undergraduate research day provides students with a chance to show off their research to the community. The showcase will be interrupted from noon to 1 p.m. to formally reeognize the undergraduate researchers and mentors of the year with the undergraduate research awards.

Wednesday's innovation and scholarship day kicks off with an event McEntire said will be the other benchmark activity of the week. The D. Wynne Thorne Lecture runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ip the new.Agricultural Science

Building, Room io1.

Annually awarded to one faculty researcher as the highest research award available at USU, the D.Wynne Thorne career research scholar returns the following year to present at the lecture during Research Week. McEntire said she predicts the event will be highly attended.

"It's a really provocative and challenging lecture. It's going to be a great one," she said. Graduate research day, on Thursday, is devoted to the Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium, runµing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Internatio~al Lounge, Colony rooms and Eccles Conference Center. The event includes research posters, workshops and other presentations. Organizers extended the symposium into Friday as well.

The final day of Research Week, Research Workshop Day, provides students with workshops about opportunities for funding, getting involved in campus initiatives and fellowships, and compiling work into a published book. Starting at 8 a.m. at the Haight Alumni House, events follow each other in the same venue until 2:30 p.m.

Thomas Martin, a senior studying physics, will present his research on atmospheric gravity waves at the student showcase. ,

"They are like waves in an ocean, but they're up in the atmosphere," Martin said. These waves can cause interference to satellites in the upper atmosphere, he said. Martin studied the characteristics and behayior of gravity waves over Antarctica.

"It's been a great opportunity for me," Martin s.tid. "~ get to see how research is carrie~ out. I see that research isn't just all these cool explosions and doing really cool things every single moment, but there's a lot of note taking and a lot of tedious kind of work. Despite that, I still enjoy it." Martin said he's been accepted to a graduate program at University of California, Los Angeles. "I'll be doing research for hopefully most of my life after that," he said.

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spirit here," Gilbert said. Gilbert said she noticed when singing she could no longer hear the shouts of the protesters. Instead she focused on the.passers-by who joined the choir in singing.

"I've been surprised at how many people sing with us, especially little children," Gilbert said.

Jim Baire, a resident of Salt Lake City and conference attendee, said he appreciated the effort the singers were making.

"They do a great job - very beautiful," Baire said.

Although it has been a few years since his last visit to the conference _center, Baire said he remembers the protesters well.

"I think they have their agency to choose. As long as they do it peacefully, I think they have the right," Baire said. "I was talking with my 15-year-old about it, and he said, 'It's sort of like our missionaries going out. If they do it peacefully, they're trying to do what they think is right, so that's their choice."' John Leadbetter, another conference attendee, said his aggravation every year stems from the abuse he says his family receives from the protestors.

"They're totally clueless. They don't know what it is they're even saying," Leadbetter said.

Throughout the day, all sides continued encouraging their own points without making physical contact or engaging in a verbal assault. At the end, one USU student involved in the choir said he was just glad to shine a little more light on the world and many others agreed. Whatever their faith, Croshaw said, "We're just doing this to bring the spirit to the people walking down the street."

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day - but a lot people don't realize that these drugs expire. They lose their potency, they expire or just deteriorate, just like food."

The USU Police Department, located in the Public Safety Building, has one of Cache Valley's six drop boxes used for the disposal of prescription drugs.

"It's a secure drop-off box that people can just put the drugs in the box, and then the police will take them and incinerate them so that they don't get into the water," Barfuss said.

Cathy Lloyd, substance abuse prevention coordinator at Bear River Health Department, said there are six drop boxes located in Cache ValleyHyde Par~ North Logan City Office, Logan City Office, Cache County Sheriff's Office, USU Police Office, Logan Police Office and Hyrum City offices.

Lloyd said if a person decides he or she would prefer to dispose of prescript~on drugs at home rather than using

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the disposal boxes, she advises not to flush them down the toilet.

"We suggest crushing it up and putting it with something undesirable, like moldy food or a dirty diaper," Lloyd said. "But the number one way for disposal is to use our disposal boxes that are located in our community."

As part of a substance abuse awareness week, Barfuss and Student Health Services created a display board that was placed near the TSC Ballroom to inform students about prescription drugs and the drop boxes. "On the board, we have some facts and myths," Barfuss said. "We have stories about people who have overdosed and died from prescription drugs. People get hooked on pain killers very easily. We talk about mixing drugs with alcohol, overusing and abusing. We just want to make people aware that it's not good and it's not safe."

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Barfuss said USU is part of a

coalition that raises awareness about substance abuse. Another member of the coalition is the Northern Utah Substance Abuse Prevention Team, which is organized through Bear River Health Department.

"USU has been a member of our coalition since the beginning - so like 10 years," Lloyd said. "The coalition works with the 'Use Only As Directed' campaign."

According to Lloyd, NUSAPT has two goals: educate people about proper disposal and educate people about the harm of prescription sharing.

"When the doctor gave that person a prescription, they gave it to them with the intent that they would use it and not give it to someone else. It's based on body weight, their size, gender - all the specific things to a person," Lloyd said. "It may not be safe for another person to take it."

Sharing prescriptions is against the law as well as unsafe, Lloyd said.

"It's also a controlled substance,

which means it's illegal," he said. "It's a harm issue, a safety issue, and it's illegal."

According to the "Utah Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse Brief," a compilation of state and national data prepared by several state agendes, more Utah residents died from prescription drug overdose since 2006 than from car crashes each yearand in 2010, "prescription drugs were involved in 81 percent of all overdose deaths in Utah."

"According to the 2009-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 55 percent of people who have used prescription drugs non-medically got them from a friend or relative for free," the brief states. For more information about safe disposal of prescription drugs or facts about prescription drugs, visit www. useonlyasdirected.org.

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Fiesta Americas promotes higher education among high schoolers

Reuben."

Monterrosa was the most qualified of the students who applied for the scholarship, Medrano said.

"He has a great GPA, his involvement in our community is amazing," she said. "He is a first-generation student."

Formerly, the event was called "Salsabration," but LSU changed the name to help students throughout the community feel included, Medrano said.

"This year we decided to change the name to 'Fiesta Americas,"' she said. "It has more meaning for us because we're celebrating all Latin America."

The event featured eight dances and vocal performances, ranging from hip-hop to the traditional dances of several Latin American countries. LSU members participated in most of the performances; however, three performances were presentations given by Mountain Crest High School and South Cache Junior High students.

As part of LSU's community service efforts, members visited local schools to teach students the dances that would be performed in

the event.

"The main thing was to get high schoolers motivated to go to college," Medrano said. "I wanted to make them part of our event as much as possible." LSU members Mario Matos and Grecia Jimenez emceed the event and spoke about the importance of a college education in the Latino community.

"Thirty-seven percent of Latino students in the United States are dropouts in high school," Matos said. "Only 23 percent get high school diplomas, and only 36 percent of (high school graduates) get some college."

Medrano said she was pleased with how the event came together.

"I think it went great," she said. "We had some miscommunications -I think it happens at every event - but for the most part, everyone seemed to have fun and the performers seemed great."

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Campus & Community

USU catering chef sweeps competition

USU was in the spotlight Thursday at the 2012 Spice on Ice chef cook-off. Corey Cozzens, sous chef for University Catering at USU, swept the awards, winning Judges' Choice, People's Choice and Chef of the Year, at the annual fun- : draiser.

"(University) Catering needed this," Cozzens said. "We've come up with people's choice, we've had · judges' choice, but we've never had Chef of the Year." Chefs from six local restaurants and catering services competed, presenting a dish prepared for 300 guests. Cozzens faced Barney Northrop, of Hamilton's Steak and Seafood, Eliseo Garcia, of Belle Monte, Brennon McKnight, of Beehive Grill, Ash Oberoi, of Indian Oven, and Gordon and Rosa Brewster, of Mis Amores. Northrop won runner-up for Judges' Choice and People's choice.

Regents approve tuition increases

Cache Valley's

BY ALLEE EVENSEN

features editor

On a Wednesday morning, sunlight filtered through the Cache County Senior Citizens Center's wide cafeteria windows. More than a dozen women do-si-do'din nearly perfect sync as LaVern Baker and The Gliders played through a small boombox: in the corner.

It's an average weekday at the center, said Barbara Johnson, who comes to exercise and socialize at least three times a week. There are not many places that cater to senior citizens in Cache Valley, making the center a gathering place for many people more than 65 years old, she said.

Even though walking is a challenge for her, she said when she starts to move with the people around her, she doesn't feel the pain as much.

"My knees are bad, yet, I get the adrenaline going, and I can dance," she said.

The center is just as much about being social as it is about keeping active, she said. While some dance in the center ofthe cafeteria, others talk at tables, drinking hot chocolate or coffee and catching up on one another's lives.

"The association is just as important as the activity. We never fight with one another," Johnson said.

Johnson said she and her husband love to dance, so coming to the center is about reliving pastimes as well as the actual activity. She said she knows around 105 different line dances.

"It's the most fun kind of exercise you can get," she said. "We make mistakes, but we laugh about it."

Although Reynaldo Masangkay won't join the line dancing, he said he participates in a number of other activities - one of his favorites being Tai chi.

"I don't want to be mixed up with this," he said, pointing to the dancing women. "I just want to watch."

Even though his face is partially shadowed by a black baseball cap that states: "Las Vegas," Masangkay is quick with a smile and walks around greeting other visitors clustering around the round tables.

Under doctor's orders, Masangkay said he uses the center three times a week to exercise.

When not doing Tai chi, he can be found using a treadmill in the center's auditorium.

"(This) is how I spend my days," he said. "This is how I make my days."

Mary Norton started teaching the Tai chi classes to seniors almost two years ago. She said she was looking for a place to do low-intensity exercise, when somebody suggested she visit the senior center.

She had only taken the class for a short time when the teacher asked to train her to

teach After studying for more than a month, she took over and has taught it ever since. She said it keeps seniors mentally and physically stimulated.

"It gives them some place to come where they can socialize," she said. She tries to make the class as accessible as possible, she said.

"In my class, even if they can't stand up and do the stuff, they can sit in a chair and do the arm movements," she said.

Marilyn Pope said even at 84 years old, she is able to stay active because of the senior center. "It's what keeps me going," she said. - allee.evensen@aggiemail.usu.edu

Record store .owners plan big for local music

BY LINDSAY NEMELKA staff writer

Recording engineer Tim Moes, of Why Sound, said he previously did some recording with Eastmond and fully supports a new record store, believing it will bring together Logan music lovers.

"The music scene in Logan can be somewhat fragmented," Moes said. "(Elefunk) is something that will change the culture of the city somewhat. It will definitely help unite the area."

Eastmond also started the USU HipHop Club last semester and has a Jot of supporters who are excited about the new music venue, said Justin Peterson, are prepared to cater to different generations. CODY COCHNOUR photo current club president. going on but then you'll have the older Peterson, who also performs as a people come in." rapper, said Logan is a college town with Elefunk has a diverse selection an "eclectic group ofpeople." of music from modern hip-hop to "There are a lot of DJs, a lot of rap- Madonna to The Doobie Brothers, pers, a lot of different people that would Eastmond said. utilize CDs, and there's no central place "The jazz section and the old-school for that here," Peterson said. rock is where it's at for the older Eastmond said he's not worried generation, because when that stuff was about vinyl records dying out, and he's coming out, it was all on vinyl, so it's not worried about having to cater to dif- more classic for them," Eastmond said. ferent generations, either, because even "They'll come and drop a lot of money younger kids have discovered the allure on records because it's nostalgic for of vinyl. them."

beneficial to the local music scene.

"A lot of my business is the recording studio and venue, and (Eastmond) is still planning on doing a lot ofhip-hop shows here with us," Moes said. Moes said he hopes to continue to bring great music to Logan, and Eastmond agreed, saying he'd like to create a partnership between the businesses. Artist meet-and-greets will be hosted at Elefunk Records, and shows will take place at Why Sound.

Elefu.rik Records is in the process of building a stage where its own events will also be held.

managed to incorporate a lot of artists from around this area and Salt Lake to come in and spray paint the walls and make it a fun environment to be inside," Peterson said.

Elefunk Records is currently open for business and most recently helped organize a benefit concert Saturday for a local artist who died.

For the store's grand opening in April, Eastmond said he'd like to get musicians such as Naughty by Nature, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, Silver Fox from Fantasy Three, Pepper and other groups to perform.

"We plan on bringing out someone famous to Logan every month," Eastmond said.

"Records maintain their value," he Moes said he's not concerned about said. "It's really diverse because you Why Sound and Elefunk Records have the whole DJ phenomenon that's competing; he said the new shop will be

IN-Q performs

BY MACKENZI VAN ENGELENHOVEN

features senior writer

USU hosted beat poetry Friday night, featuring performances by USU student poets, as well as slam poet and hip-hop artist IN-Q.

'"When I first heard IN-Q, I was really impressed with how real he was and how well his poems related to the human expertence," said Marie Squyres, Arts and Lectures director at USU. "Some poets get their messages lost in flowery and abstract language, but he's not."

The annual event has been a tradition at USU since 2007, Squyres said, and was the final event in CHaSS Week, held by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

The event was held in the TSC Ballroom, which was set up in cabaret-style seating with tables covered in butcher paper so attendees could write or draw while watching the perfor-

"(The store) will double as a venue, so we'll be able to do comedy shows,

mances. Attendees were also given tea and coffee provided by Caffe Ibis, as well as handmade mugs crafted by the Ceramics Guild.

After three student-poet readings, IN-Q took the stage and began by telling students his show was going to be "interactive," and asked them connect with each other by introducing themselves to three people around them who they didn't know. Then he told the audience to massage the shoulders of someone sitting near them. He wanted the audience to feel connected both with each other and with him before he started.

"We're going to be family tonight," he said.

IN-Q is a Los Angeles-based poet and rapper whose body of work includes slam poetry features on HBO's Def-Jam Poetry and raps for the Disney Channel and the Selena Gomez song, "Love You Like a Love Song."

One of his first pieces, which he introduced as being a poem about positivity, featured profanity that _sparked a_ mass exodus

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to the strong language. However, the choice to keep beat night uncensored was a deliberate one made by the committee that organized the event.

"If an artist has made a deliberate choice to include profanity, it means something in their work," Squyres said. "We didn't want to censor that.»

"I actually thought the profanity was a nice change from what we usually have at USU," said Harrison Davis, a junior majoring in physics education and one of the chairs for the event. "It felt very purposeful, so I didn't think it was offensive."

IN-Q was not fazed by the departure of a large section of his audience. "(Event organizers) told me when I came (I should) be myself and not censor myself," he said. "They brought me to be me. I don't cuss just to cuss. I use that sort of language because it means something to the piece."

The performer also did not use the stage or a microphone for his performance; he wandered between tables, putting his hand on students' shoulders and sitting in empty chairs.

Between pieces, he encouraged students to interact with him by raising their hands and saying "What?" when they felt the power of his words. When he read a poem about falling in love, called "When it's Right," he told students to say "Aww," which created a dialogue between performer and audience.

«r really felt connected with him through the whole show," said Cade Robinson, a junior majoring in international business. "All of his pieces felt so real and personal."

IN-Q's poetry, which was a rhythmic blend of hip-hop and spoken word, featured a variety of uplifting themes from the power of thinking positive to patriotism and love. He offered messages about not judging peers and learning to take people on a "a case-by-case basis."

Between poems, IN-Q shared anecdotes about being recognized as an artist while trying to keep a low profile at a Planned Parenthood clinic and watching his nephews lose respect for him "in real time'' as they listened to his Disney Channel raps. "I felt good tonight;" IN-Q said, following his performance. "Seventy percent of what I did was new stuff, which made it really fresh, and I was really connected to it."

Throughout his show, IN-Q asked audience members if they "felt good," to which the response always seemed enthusiastic. His performance was well received by students who stayed until the end, and they offered him a standing ovation.

"I left feeling so positive," said Emily Ozmun, a junior. "I didn't expect to be so affected by it."

At the end of the evening, IN-Q remained to talk to students, and encouraged them to find their voices as a writer. «It's important to be part of a community that supports you. Let yourself be around people that inspire you," he told students.

Though poorly attended, Davis, Squyres, and IN-Q were all pleased with the event.

"It brought out people who really connected with the art," said Davis. "I thought it was a great night of art and expression that everyone who came re~lly connected with."

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student Tiffany Maughan said a

Graduate students find solutions in research

BY NADIAH JOHARI staff writer

When Tiffany Maughan was in third grade, her teacher showl!d a video about orange tree grafting in one of her classes. That day, Maughan said, her love of horticulture was sparked.

"Probably everybody else in that class didn't care, but when I saw that you could cut something off a tree and put it onto another tree and it would keep growing and keep producing fruit, it was fascinating to me and I had to find out more," said Maughan, a senior majoring in horticulture. She's been researching how to optimize planting

dates for strawberries in high-tunnel production. Maughan said a high tunnel is a structure that looks like a greenhouse except it's made of plastic and PVC pipe - no heating is used, either.

She said since the growing season in Logan is short, high tunnels can exten!l the season to almost year round, except during the coldest part of winter. As a result, there is an increase in profits for people who produce for farmer~• markets, she said.

Maughan also said strawberries in high tunnels are produced one month sooner than strawberries grown in fields, therefore local farmers' markets can sell these strawberries at higher prices.

"I sell my strawberries at an average of $4 a pound, which seems really high since at the grocery store you can normally get them at $1.50 a pound," Maughan said. "But because they're fresh, local and taste great, they're grown all the way to their ripeness - people are willing to pay that. You can recoup the extra cost that you put into the high tunnel pretty quickly by being able to charge more."

Brady DeHart was inspired to do research on video games after observing his younger siblings playing "World of Warcraff' 30 hours per week, said DeHart, who recently graduated with a degree in psychology and soon begin his doctorate in experimental psychology at USU in the fall.

While doing his research, DeHart said he stumbled · across a theory, called selfdetermination theory, whicp lists three basic motivations or needs. He also said better psychological heal~h results when those needs are fulfilled.

According to research, online video games have the capacity to fulfill those needs, he said.

However, DeHart said, he found a contradiction in research done by others about video games. He said some research shows that

people who spend a lot of time playing video games have poor psychological health.

Since he was curious about this contradiction, DeHart said he recruited a group of students who played online video games and another group of students who did not play these games and compared their need fulfillment and how well that predicted psychological health, he said.

DeHart said he found he found no difference in need fulfillment between the groups.

"Video games on the surface app·ear to fulfill intrinsic needs," he said. "However, fulfillment through video games does · not predict psychological health like it should."

He said his research challenges the self-determination theory, which has been around for 30 years. He has now completed the project and will be submitting his research for publication, he said.

Although he faced some problems, such as juggling · time between' other school work and research, his love for science and research motivates him to overcome these challenges, Dehart said.

Lance Seefeldt, professor at the department of chem- , istry and biochemistry and this year's D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award winner, said he's been interested in how living systems manage energy for 20 years.

Although one of the key elements that living systems need to live is nitrogen, it is a limiting element in most environments, he said.

"We don't think about it as much in this Western part of the world, because we get sufficient nitrogen in the form of protein that we're eating," he said. "But for most humans and for most other living organisms, nitrogen is a limitation. We're trying to understand the process by which living systems_get their hands on nitrogen."

Seefeldt said this proje,t brings together a powerful team of scientists from

Virginia Tech University, Northwestern University and USU. David F. Laney, emeritus professor of anthropology, is this year's speaker for the D. Wynne Thorne Lecture during Research Week. He was also the 2011 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award winner.

Laney sai4 he' didn't become excited about school as an undergraduate until he did his own research on Siamese fighting fish, which he eventually got published. He said he started out as a psychology major at the University of California, Irvine, before he went to Liberia to work on a research project. His research involved comparing children's cognitive development, he said.

"In the process, I got very interested in how culture influences children's development," he said. "So my focus in graduate studies shifted to anthropology."

Laney's current research focuses on finding a common pattern among various considerations of infants in different cultures.

"In most societies, infants are not considered fully human for a variety of reasons, and we are looking into what rriakes them · human and what is the process of becoming a huma'n being," he said. "Also, if they are not human beings, what are they? How is the baby perceived - as a spirit, as a reincarnated ancestor?"

Laney, who recentiy attended the National , Conference on Undergraduate Research, in Ogden, said he was impressed by conversations he overheard · regarding research among undergraduates.

"They were just like the conversations that 'big guys' have at conferences," he said. "It was the same intense discussions over findings. Just think of how they will ~e going forward."

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Senator seeks to involve busy students on campus

BY MACKENZI VAN ENGELENHOVEN features senior writer

As a music therapy major, Mary Whyte understands the challenges that come with being a student of the arts. On top of normal classes and homework, she also has to attend her daily rehearsals to practice regularly the four instruments she plays - bass, piano, guitar and drumsand her evenings are usually filled by playing in one of USU's music ensembles.

"The students of the college of the arts just don't have much free time," Whyte said regarding her college life.

During her junior year, Whyte said she realized her schedule as an arts student had taken its toll on her involvement at USU. She said she had almost no knowledge of what was going on outside of her college and wanted to know more about Utah State life.

"I wanted to know more about involvement opportunities at USU," she said. "And I wanted other students in my college to know about them, too."

When Whyte decided to run for Arts senator, she said she didn't know anything about ASUSU.

"The main responsibility of a student senator is to be the voice of the students," she said. "I knew that was something that I wanted to do."

This year, Whyte is the student senator representing the College of the Arts. She said she has been involved in planning some of the college's largest events, such as Arts Week and Aggies for Change, along with other activities.

"We've had a range of different department events this year, and mostly they're focused on getting people , from the different colleges to meet each other," she said."

Since the College of Arts is only two years old, she said she has also pioneered the creation of an Arts Council made up of students who have agreed to help organize events and give voice to student concerns.

"The council has had a really positive response from the students of the college and the students who were involved in it," she said.

"We've done a lot of great work, and the people on the council have all really enjoyed it. Most of them are planning to do it again next year."

Whyte said her focus as student senator has been to provide students with opportunities to socialize with other classmates, such as college-organized lunches. She said it can be challenging to facilitate events that coincide with the busy schedules of arts students, but there are plent of opportunities to do so.

"It's hard getting participation. We're all barely finding time to do everything in our own majors," she said.

However, she said overall she's pleased with the response to the events and is hopeful about future events.

Whyte also helps spread the-.word to students across campus about events going on in the College of the Arts. She said she hopes more students from every major will support the work that is going on within the college.

"We have a lot of talent in the college but not a lot of

people outside of it know what we do," she said.

Whyte said she believes the experience she has gained as a leader on the student senate will prepare her for her future career as a music therapist and other possible endeavors.

"Being a music therapist, you have to facilitate groups," she said. "I've had a lot of practice doing that this year, especially with the Arts Council. Even though they don't seem directly related, being a student senator has helped me a lot in my major. It's helped me learn to work with other people, work on a team and figure out people's strengths and how to use them so it's best for everyone."

Whyte said her days are typically busy with her many responsibilities. Between classes and homework she said she still has office hours when students can express their views and problems with the college to her.

"The information I get from students, I then relate to the dean and department heads," she said. "Students can come talk to me about things that aren't working for them, and I can help fix them."

She said these concerns can range from issues in the classroom to helping students get funding for competitions, activities and other events. She also spends a lot of time attending meetings with the dean, department beads, academic senate and arts council, she said.

'Tm constantly working on things," she,,said. "My work is never done.

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Aggies mercy-rule Bengals, sweep series

BY MEREDITH KINNEY sports senior writer

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The Bengals got on the board first when Kyle Durrant gave up a home run to ISU's lead-off batter. Durrant rebounded with two consecutive strikeouts to end the inning.

USU helped its pitcher out by scoring five runs in the inning, including RBI doubles off the bats ofBrady Zimmerman and Brett Jensen. The Aggies batted through the lineup and, thanks to Idaho State errors, led 5-1 after the first inning.

"They came ready to play - they were mentally tough right from the beginning," Doyle said. Jensen came up big for the Aggies in the bottom of the second. The outfielder hit a bomb that scored a run and landed him on second base. Six more runs scored, including two on an RBI double up the center from Garret Shiffrnan.

Jeff Bartholomew hit a deep solo home run in the fifth inning.

"I feel good. I feel comfortable," Bartholomew said. "Sometimes you get up and all you can see are holes out there."

Bartholomew leads the Aggies with a .556 batting average.

"He's hitting the ball really, really well," Doyle said.

The Bengals threatened in the six inning, but the Aggies got out of the jam unhurt. The game was called early because of the 10-run rule.

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The Aggies scored two runs in the first inning and then added another in the second on a double to center field. The Aggies led 3-1 after two. With Six.to Cabrera on the mound, the Aggies got out of a jam in the top of the fifth. With a runner on third base, Cabrera picked up a strikeout to end the inning.

"I didn't try to pull anything," Cabrera said. "I just tried to stay like myself'

The Aggies added another run on a passed ball before Gavin Johnson lined out to end the innings. The Bengals had one final chance to score in the seventh, but USU caught an ISU runner stealing second.

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ISU hit a homer and the Aggies answered with one of their own.

"It was a little bit different than what we've been used to," Doyle said. "We didn't blow these guys out, but that's good for us. It humbled us a little bit."

The Bengals took a five-run lead with a high-scoring third inning, but the Aggies battled back to within two, in the bottom on the fourth, led by a home run from Six.to Cabrera.

"I just try to have my best swing and wait for a pitch to drive," Cabrera said.

Durrant hit a homerun in the sixth inning to make the score 8-6 at the end of five innings.

Led off by a deep double, the Aggies tied up the game and then took the lead on a deep hit to left center off the bat of Matt Stranski.

The Aggies added three more runs in the inning and held out in the seventh for the win.

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SOFTBALL usli wins one· against Nevada

BY TYLER HUSKINSON

AND ERIC JUNGBLUT assistant sports editor, staff writer

Utah State opened the home conference • schedule against Nevada, losing a doubleheader Friday and taking the third game Saturday.

Nevada 8, USU 7

The Utah State softball team couldn't hold a late lead against the Nevada Wolf Pack, dropping the first game of a doubleheader 8-7 in nine innings at LaRee and LeGrand Johnson Field on Friday.

SENIOR INFIELDER LINDSEY MARQUEZ goes to turn a double play in one of three games the Aggies played against Nevada last weekend. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

Aggies beat Weber State

BY MEGAN BODILY staff writer

The Utah State women's rugby club hosted Weber on Saturday at USU's HPER Field, defeating the Wildcats 29-10 for Senior Day. Head coach Brooke Lambert said the club has made progress throughout the season.

"We are showing improvement from the beginning of the season," Lambert said. "We had the fundamentals down today, so that was a positive for us. We still have things to work on, we still have a young team, but this is probably the best game we have had all season."

Captain Reannon King said her team finally came together this game.

"It's a lot better than what we started out. This (game) felt really good," King said. "We did a lot of things that we have been working on. It started coming together."

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The Aggies took the lead early in the bottom. of the first inning when senior designated player Kelly Kaneshiro singled home sophomore outfielder Kassandra Uchida. Shortly after, freshman outfielder Hailey Fronton homered to left center, putting the Aggies up 4-0 going into the second inning. The lead was short-lived when Nevada's bats came to life at the top of the second, taking WOMEN'S RUGBY

advantage of three hits and a fielding error by Utah State pitcher Mandy Harmon to tie the game at 4-4. , Nevada earned 11 hits and scored eight runs off of Harmon, who pitched all nine innings for USU. She recorded five strikeouts and forced 13 groundouts by the Wolf Pack, but Nevada took advantage of its extra base hits, including solo home runs by catcher Chelsea Venable in the top of the fifth and first baseman Lauren Lastrapes in the top of the seventh. The Aggies had a one-run lead going into th top of the seventh before Lastrapes' home r1;10 forced extra innings. Nevada scored in the top of the ninth l\nd held on to secure its 11th win ,. of the season. Senior right-hander Mallary Darby was in the circle for Nevada. Darby gave up 10 hits and seven runs through four and a half innings before she was replaced by sophomore Karlyn Jones .Jones gave up one hit facing her first bat: ter but then retired the next 15 in a row.

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Aggies lose big to Park City Haggis

BY ERIC JUNGBLUT staff writer

The Utah State men's rugby team was defeated 80-0 by the Park City Haggis Rugby Football Club on Saturday afternoon at the HPER Field.

Haggis scored in the opening minutes of the game and didn't stop from there, shutting out a USU team that was significantly younger than its opponents.

"Haggis has some players that used

have like 10 freshman - they are all 18 and 19. They were a bunch of 30- and 40-yearolds on their team."

"It's fun playing against old men," said Michael Paskett, Cloward 's freshman teammate. "They have a 65 -year-old guy on their team. Some of them played professionally "

USU freshman Max Jorgensen said he felt size also played a part because many Haggis players were larger in weight and height than their USU counterparts.

couldn't pull through. They are just an older, more experienced team."

In the several scrums between the two clubs, the larger Haggis players almost alwa)'s came out with possession, and USU was often pushed back by the size and strength of its qpponents.

now playing like we did today, we will win, but it will be a hard fight," a Haggis coach said to his players after the match.

"We can't make the same mistakes we did today."

Despite the loss, Jorgensen said he was optimistic about his team's future.

"We did really good for the amount of talent that they've got," Jorgensen said. "We'll just have to do better next time."

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"They had us out-scaled - they were just the better side," Jorgensen said. "We had some good moments, but we just

Weber no match for USU

From the beginning, USU's improvements began to pay off, as better passing and defensive plays kept the game under control, Linder said. The Aggies utilized their speed to gain ground against WSU.

"We have some good, fast players," Lambert said. "We had some great defensive stands today. The passing was much better, as a whole we played much better as a team today we had all season."

King also said she saw several positives from the game.

"We were a lot more aggressive with our rucking today, and our back line winged it out:' King said. "It was better support."

The quickness of the Aggies kept the Wildcats off balance and diving. Though this was their best game, Lambert said the young squad has many things left to work on.

"We are going to focus on end of run, controlling the ball, those kinds of things," Lambert said, "We have to be able to control the ball when going into tackles."

King said controlling the ball has been something the club needs to improve on.

"We need to work on our ball control," King said. "If someone gets tackled, we have a hard time cleaning that up."

Senior Kylee Griffen, who has been with the team for three and a half years, said the younger players pulled it together.

"Today it went really well, we are all improving. The rookies have improved a lot," Griffen said. "The support was the biggest positive, whether it was for the forwards, backline or in the rucks."

Senior day was a success, but losing several seniors' experience will be difficult, Lambert said.

"They worked hard, we are sad to see them go. They are a big part of the team," Lambert said. "They have worked their butts off and have worked hard all season - couldn't ask for a better showing from our seniors today."

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Nevada 3, USU 1

Though the Aggies didn't commit a single error in game two of the twin bill, their bats couldn't get the offense going. USU scored one run on five hits. Junior transfer Christine Thomsen generated USU's only offense of the game with a solo shot that hit the scoreboard.

"The girls are being aggressive," USU head coach Carissa Millsap-Kalaba said. "They are going after strikes. They are pushing, and they want to win. You can tell they want to win. They are trying to create positive energy. They definitely took the opportunity, that's for sure."

Senior ace Dani Chaplin gave up three runs on five hits and pitc~ed a complete game.

"I think our pitchers did a real good job of handling all their hitters, even the base hits - they're not shots besides the couple home runs in the first game," Millsap-Kalaba said. "I think Dani did a good job. The balls weren't hit hard. I thought both the pitchers handled the batters really well."

Nevada did most of its damage in the top half of the sixth inning. USU retired the first two -batters of the inning before Nevada made a two-out rally. Megan Fincher drove in Sara Parsons with a shot up the middle that made its way to the wall.

Saturday afternoon. Harmon, who threw a complete-game shutout against Louisiana Tech in the Aggies' WAC opener, threw her second completegame shutout of the season allowing Nevada three hits on the day. "She did a really good job hitting her spots," MillsapKalaba said. "She really carried us throughout th'e entire game. She managed to battle through and persevere. She handled herself very maturely. I'm really proud of her."

Sophomore catcher Samantha Miller led off the bottom of the third inning with a single back up the middle and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt from fellow sophomore Christina Cummings. · Thomsen laced an RBI single to left field to drive in Miller for the first run of the game. Nevada threatened to end Harmon's shutout attempt several times, but USU cam.e up with clutch defensive plays to keep the shutout alive.

"I have to give my shutout to my defense," Harmon said. "They kept me in that game. There were errors but they made up for it with three humungous plays, and that kept me mentally and physically into the game." Harmon found herself in a bases-loaded jam in the top half of the fifth inning, but the Aggies came up

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Prescription drug use and local culture

Pressure to perform, high demands on children and teens to uphold values not consistent with the world around them, and living in a culture that makes it hard for people struggling with inner demons to confide m those close to them are all conditions that contribute to a growing trend in Utah concerning prescription drug use.

Whether an individual's doctor writes their prescriptions or they acquire their pills through illegal means, more and more Utahns are popping elaborate cocktails of medication, such as antidepressants, anxiolytics, pain killers and attention deficit drugs, like ritalin or adderall.

Many wonder what it is that led to Utah's exceptional pharmaceutical philia phenomenon, and really, the popularity of pill-popping spans across multiple demographics. Others question the legitimacy of certain doctors' discretion when it comes to writing and signing prescriptions - skeptics argue some patients are just as addicted and just as guilty of overusing or abusing drugs as common heroin or methamphetamine addicts.

Of course there are plenty of people out there who are legitimately suffering from chronic pain, psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, erectile dysfunction, high blood pressure or attention deficit hyperactive disorder. So how can we tell the difference between who needs the pills and who needs help that doesn't come in a tiny orange bottle? Is it rE-ally our job to challenge the prognoses made by doctors who have dedicated decades to residencies, clinical voluntarism. practitioning and expensive schooling?

What is it that has people so on edge about the increase in prescription drug use? We're not convinced the religion is the problem; in fact, we know it's not. Utah culture, however, probably is. Unfortunately, it's safe to say the culture that has risen out of such a high concentration of Latter-day Saints living in close proximity with one another has led to a spiral of silence.

In other words, the pressure and account~bility that so many Mormons experience by being members of a religion centered on repentance and forgiveness have ironically given way to an increasing amount of members feeling as though they can't go to anyone for help if they have a problem. Those who don't feel they· can be open with their bishops may feel more at ease asking a doctor for help - hence the growing numbers of LOS Utah County mothers taking antidepressants and anxiety medications.

Prayer or prescriptions - we're not sure which Utahns use more. Our diagnosis: The culture has made it hard for people to ask for help; and feeling like a hopeless, worthless sinner can lead to deep depression or anxiety.

Our prescription: Keep your heads up and if you need help, ask for it.

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Unkempt hair. Bulging quadriceps. Green thumbs and dirty fingernails. Chaco tan lines. Thrift store clothes that smell like curry. While most people find these descriptions less than desirable, I find them to be strikingly attractive.

Often, people in this demographic are referred to as "out~oorsy," "environmentalists" or "green." While being green can oe extremely trendy and overbearing at times, there are clear and indisputable benefits from living within these descriptions. When I think of sustainability, the first word that comes into my head is continuity. I prepared a list of places in Logan that promote personal health and support local businesses.

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Last week the Supreme Court concluded three days of hearings regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - commonly referred to as "Obamacare."

A ruling is expected later this summer and will undoubtedly be one of the most importantand divisive - court decisions in recent memory. The health care debate is politically charged and oftentimes contentious. But it is important to put a few facts forward so as to clarify the issues involved.

The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide universal health care coverage for all of its citizens

The Census Bureau estimates that more than 50 million Americans are uninsured. For them this has real and tragic consequences.

A report published in the American Journal of Public Health, by researchers at Harvard Medical School, found by using statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that more than 45,000 people die every year because they cannot get access to health care - more than drunk driving and homicide combined.

Moreover, according to the World Health Organization, the United States pays more for its health care and, in fact, ranks lower in terms of quality of care than most other industrialized nations.

Six out of 10 bankruptcies are due to the outrageous and skyrocketing costs of health care, according to the American Journal of Medicine.

In other words, our health care system has many problems and leaves much to be desired.

At the heart of the Obamacare controversy is the so-called individual mandate, which says everyone must purc-hase health insurance or face a penalty equal to the cost of health insurance.

It is for this reason I do not like President Obarna's health care plan.

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No matter what your feelings are on Obamacare - love it, hate it or undecided - every man and woman in America should be praying the Supreme Court strikes it down.

Stay with me left-wingers, and let me explain. I raise my voice with just about everyone else in America against the current state of health care. The system is broken, and something needs to change. While it isn't my ideal solution, Obamacare isn't a terrible plan as a whole. Whatever good things Obamacare might bring to the table, though, are irrelevant. Why? Because the plan is unambiguously unconstitutional.

The renson for this is because the new bill forces all Americans to purchase health insurance. For reasons I won't go into, this mandate is the linchpin of the bill; without it, Obamacare cannot work. Exactly why this is unconstitutional takes some explaining.

The federal government has no assumed powers; it can only do what the constitution says it can. Nowhere in the constitution does it say Congress can force people to buy anything. In order to get around this, the creators of the bill have cited three clauses in the Constitution to justify the mandate.

This first justification is the commerce clause - also known as the elastic clause for its universal applicability. This clause gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. The health care industry certainly falls under this category and congress therefore has the right to regulate it.

The issue, as one GeorgeMason law professor articulated, is that not buying health insurance isn't commerce, but the lack thereof. Congress has the right to regulate our commercial activities, not abstinence from activities.

The lower courts correctly ruled that Obama's plan "amounts to an argument that the mere fact of an individual's existence substantially affects interstate commerce, and therefore· congress may regulate them

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His bill strengthens the powerful private insurance industry by forcing people to purchase their product.

These are the very companies rationing care by denying coverage and disputing claims so as to maximize their profit and minimize their risk.

Nonetheless, I believe that President Obarna's health care bill does do some good things and is a step forward in some respects. For example it allows us young people to stay on our parent's insurance until we're 26.

It also prevents insurance companies from denying coverage to people based on pre-existing conditions -a sinister and heartless calculation as they seek to increase profits at the expense of human lives.

In a country as wealthy and great as ours, our current health care system is a moral travesty and reform is greatly needed.

But if Justice Kennedy's questions of the lawyers representing the Obama administration are any indication, the law may very well be found unconstitutional.

However this might not prove to be such a bad thing.

After people see through the misrepresentations of the Right and lose those benefits they gained from the bill's passage, real action might finally be taken toward a comprehensive, universal health care system, which is ultimately needed if we are to live up to those words recited at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance"justice for all."

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impact on every month for familythe university. This year, friendly nature fun! We'll the Utah State University keep our doors open late and Honors Program presents: provide a chance to explore D J hn C All D and learn with a different r. o . en, ean, College of Humanities and theme each month. Activities Social Sciences, professor are ongoing, drop in anytime. of sociology. Dean Allen's All ages are welcome. Last Lecture, "The Role of '90s dance free to all Community in a Civil Society." students on Wednesday, April Join us on Wednesday, April 4, 4 - 8:30 a_m_ to Noon. The from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the TSC '80s are out, the '90s in! Come West Ballroom. Free and open Enjoy free food and games to the public. while you jam out to the music Accounting Information of our childhood. Prizes will Session on Wednesday, April be awarded to the best dressed 04 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Learn dancers! The Alumni House is about the many opportunities in between Old Main and the available with an accounting TSC. Just follow the music. degree. The Quigley The Access and Diversity Ambassadors will discuss it soliciting nominations for the accounting major, career our Diversity Awards. You opportunities, clubs and more. can view the award categories Refreshments will be served. and nomination requirements All interested students are on the Access and Diversity invited to attend. website. Please mail Provost's Series on nominations to the Access and Instructional Excellence on Diversity Center, TSC Room Wednesday, Apr 04 - 3 to 315 Attention: Lori Wood or 4:30 p.m. Join us for a multi- email lori.wood@aggiemail. media presentation by the usu.edu. Nominations dates Mechanical and Aerospace are March 21-April 7, 2012. Engineering Department. Awarded candidates will be The faculty will discuss their recog~ized- during the ~ccess problem-solving and outcome and D1~emty A~ds Drnner based curriculum, demonstrate on April 28, 2012 m the TSC successful handson learning Bal1.;oom. experiences, and share best ,, ~omething _Bigger Than practices for teaching large Me 1s a fundra'lSer page to (100-student) classes. help keep a student alive who

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