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editor Soldiers no longer occupy Iraq the way they did for nine years during a war that journalism professor Matthew LaPlante said most Americans don't understand and many want to forget.
A two-part panel discussion held Monday in the TSC Auditorium, "Out of Iraq," targeted feelings of confusion and ambivalence that many USU students and Cache Valley community members may experience, LaPlante said.
Monday marked the ninth "I think every veteran sergeant in Iraq," Thompson anniversary of the Iraq War - coming home - needs said. "We actually did some and U.S. military presence help," Earl said. "Because we polling of (soldiers), and we in Iraq. Former and current get trained up, at minimum, asked them if people back USU students - who have three months on how to be a home understood what they each served at least one tour soldier, how to go over there were going through, and 99 of duty in Iraq - along with and how to almost learn to percent said, 'No way.' I think Army ROTC recruiting offi- hate their culture and that's pretty accurate and cer Greg Stewart, met to form know that they're an enemy. pretty consistent for most the first of two panels that When you come home soldiers who go over." would answer questions and they don't train you how to Philosophy major and discuss various viewpoints be a civilian again." Iraq veteran William about the war.
Panel member Marshall Holloway said when he got
The audience comprised Thompson, a USU alumnus, home he wanted to walk on students, faculty and other said when he returned home grass and carpet without community members, some from Iraq family and friends having to wear his boots
· "Honestly, I wanted a good starter discussion about a war that I think a lot of people are very happy to forget, put aside and to say "It's not in the past. It stays or elsewhere in the Middle and he didn't know how to with us, it continues with East. LaPlante asked one act - his mind couldn't • us - the legacy continues audience member, sociology process a life outside of the and it even grows. I wanted major and Iraq veteran Tara war. to foment that discussion on Earl, what she felt veterans "I ran a newspaper as a this campus." need now that the war is over. public affairs soldier, as a
"We talked to people who had met Saddam Hussein and had been shot," Holloway said. "They had the bullet holes to prove it and said 'We're glad he's gone, but we want to run our own country."' There were differing opinions among panel members regarding whether U.S. involvement in Iraq and the Middle East was and still would be a good thing. Stewart said he met several lraqi°citizens who he became friends with and were glad American troops were there to help.
Journalism student Dale
• See IRAQ, Page 2
New cafe brings changes to campus dining
BY CATHERINE BENNETT editor in chief
The Monday opening of Luke's Cafe on the Quad in the new Agricultural Sciences Building marked the completion of one of many projects USU Dining Services has had in the works throughout this school year.
Dining Services is pointing toward one goal - to enhance students' college experiences by providing :not only food, but afmo~phere:; where they can create memories, said Alan Andersen, Dining Services executive director. The same day Luke's Cafe opened, the hours of operation for the Hub were extended. Instead of closing at 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, the Hub, located on the first floor of the Taggart Studt:nt Center, will stay open until 5 p.m., except for Scotsman's Corner and Salad Masters. Taco Time will continue to stay open until 9 p.m.
"We are looking to create areas
where students want to come and hang out," said Jaime Bradford, operations manager for Dining Services. "We want to create that experience throughout our dining options. It's in everything we do." The cafe was named after the Luke Family, who donated fonding to the College of Agriculture that was needed for the cafe's construction, Andersen said. The Dining Services staff said they want the name "Luke's" to catch on, instead of"Cafe on the Quad." The cafe • will be open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"This cafe will become a hub of traffic," Andersen said. "We are ' going to get patio furniture around the outside and it will be a smokefree patio. The College of Ag really wanted to do that and we are supportive of that. USU Police is also supportive of enforcing that." Bradford said Dining Services wants every dining experience on campus to have a different feel. Luke's menu offers food items that cannot be found anywhere else on campus, she said.
BY LIS STEWART staff writer
One of the biggest successes affecting USU in the 2012 Utah Legislative Session was the boost in higher education funding, according to Neil Abercrombie, USU Government Relations director.
"This session was very positive," Abercrombie said.
Budget cuts were virtually nonexistent during the legislative session this year, which USU President Stan Albrecht said was mostly positive despite all the requests for funding from colleges around the state.
"It's a difficult session - there's a lot of money," Albrecht said.
If signed by Gov. Gary Herbert, a bill passed during the Utah legislative session appropriating higher ed funds could mean a 1 percent increase in compensation for state and higher education employees in the coming fiscal year - including those working at usu.
The Legislature also gave USU $1 million for Regional Campus Distance Education, as
Utah Science Technology Research initiative, which invests in commercializing research from USU and the University of Utah. The College of Engineering at USU will also receive a boost.
''That's not acceptable. They have done more with less."
- Sen. Steve Urquhart state of Utah Senate
"USU will benefit from a $2.5 million engineering initiative across the state for engineering degrees and faculty hires," Abercrombie said.
Instead of cutting money from the higher education budget, the state Legislature passed a budget giving a 3 percent increase in state funding to public colleges and universities, pending approval from Herbert. Herbert's budget recommendations in December did not include a compensation increase for higher ed employees, but these were included in the final budget after negotiations in February. Senate Higher Education Appropriations chair Sen. Steve Urquhart, R-St.George, disagreed with leaving out college employees in a January blog ost.
"That's not acceptable. (Higher education employees) have done more - huge enrollment increase - with less - significant budget cuts," he said. Braden Jensen, who interned for Abercrombie during the session, said it was the intentions of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee to give compensation to state higher education employees and therefore inserted in the final budget. "I think they recognized it was a priority," well as one-time and ongoing funding for the
Higher education took a 2 percent cut last year after that number was negotiated down by the end of the session, Abercrombie said. This year, with more than a $400 million surplus, lawmakers had more to work with. See LEGISLATIVE, Page 2
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Legislative session kills tenure bill and gives more funding to higher education
Jensen said. Another bill awaiting approval on the governor's desk affecting students requires changes to policies regarding the concurrent enrollment classes offered to high school students.
in most concurrent enrollment classes. He said the reason for this was to relieve college students from paying for these courses out of their tuition money. The bill was amended
governor, which permits him to fire a commissioner of higher education when the State Board of Regents is consulted.
Urquhart sponsored a bill requiring high school students to pay a fee to earn credit to exempt economically disadvantaged students, "gateway" courses and those delivered digitally. Another bill was signed Thursday by the
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on flat-screen TVs.
Cafe opens in new Ag Building
"We want to be able to differentiate one cafe from the other," Andersen said. "We have got to develop menus that are different. We made this menu different intentionally."
Fitting with the goals of the college, Andersen said he is looking into using locally grown and produced ingredients for the cafe's menu, including the Student Organic Farm. However, it is impossible to do this year-round, he said. The ideal time to buy from local producers is during summer school when only a small proportion of students are on campus.
"I would like to buy a hoop house that is completely ours within the organic farm," Andersen said. "Then we can extend the year, and all the salads in Luke's can be produce from that hoop house. But there are a lot of logistical things that need to be worked out before we get there."
Dining Services directors have also discussed providing sushi made on-site at Luke's, Andersen said. They have also considered having local sushi restaurants provide the cafe with their menu items.
Only triple-certified coffee products, supplied by Caffe Ibis, are sold at Luke's, which means they meet three requirements - they're organic, fair trade and Smithsonian Shade Grown "Bird-Friendly."
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Luke's Cafe is lined with large windows, letting natural light shine in and allowing visitors a wide vista of the Quad, with its 100-year-old trees, the Old Main Building and view of the snowy Wellsville Mountains.
"We have a gorgeous campus," said Sarah Ahlstrom, a freshman majoring in elementary and special education. "It's nice to be indoors away from the wind. It's like being in nature behind a window."
Ahlstrom and two of her friends sat together as they ate artichoke dip with pita chips.
"I like that they offer different things here," said Riley Dufour, a freshman majoring in accounting. "It's really quiet in here, but I'm OK with that."
Lai Sriladda, a doctoral student studying plant science, said she felt slightly out of place in the new cafe after being a regular at the Quadside Cafe. She said it felt empty and there weren't enough places to sit.
An additional goal Dining Services is working toward is making The Skyroom, on the third floor of the TSC, a more inviting place for students to hold their wedding receptions.
"These things endear the students to the university," Andersen said. "It is building the university long term."
- catherine.meidell@aggiemail.usu.edu
Nicholas, a panel member who has served in the Marines and as a private defense contractor, said he feels a lot of the negative actTons•of the U.S. military are covered in the news and the good things it has done are forgotten.
"They don't show the good things they're doing," Nicholas said. "They don't show a marine out on patrol giving his water to somebody who's thirsty, or giving his MRE out to a little kid. Because that doesn't sell news."
Panelist and mechanical engineering major David Reynolds agreed. He said he thinks sensationalism in the news is what sellsthat the public responds to tragic and graphic stories, which ends up defining the public's view on the war and the military.
Audience member and doctoral student Brooke Robertshaw said she is a dissenter of the Iraq War, and she added that U.S. military occupation in any county is a form of"cultural colonialism" and should be put to an end.
"One thing we've been talking about is it's going to take 15 years or so to find out if this is a success or not," Thompson said. "The decision to go to war in Iraq, I think we can judge now. It was unlawful - clearly unlawful - by international law.
"It resulted in conservative estimates of over 100,000 civilian deaths. It's important that we pay attention and judge that decision now, because we're facing the same decision right now with Iran."
The idea that the Iraq war was unlawful also resonated during the second panel discussion, which comprised mostly members ofthe USU political science department.
Visiting assistant professor of political science Selin Guner, a native of Turkey, shared her unique perspective as a former resident of the Middle East.
"I think historians will name this war in 20 years as an example of unjust war," Guner said. 'Tm really hoping that things will be better there (in 20 years), but I'm also hoping that the United States is going to learn something from this and (does) not involve (itself) in Middle Eastern politics too much, because in the long term things will be really, really hostile against United States."
Current foreign policy with Iran is another concept panelists focused on. Guner said the Arab Spring movements were not pro-American movements - they were anti-government, but not pro-American, she said. As a result, U.S. leaders need to realize they should let Middle Eastern governments work things out on their own, she added.
Panelist and 30-year veteran of the CIA, Larry Boothe, -somewhat agreed with Guner's sentiments that the Iraq War was unjust and had his own input regarding Iran, the Middle East and the future involvement of the U.S.
"It was a war that was pre-emptive," Boothe said. "The war did not end the way we thought it would end, it wasn't supplied sufficiently to bring that country to an end, which we could've done had we decided to. Instead of that, we moved along with a very poor strategic approach."
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that now Iraq is dysfunctional, and he doesn't believe the U.S. has the knowledge or the resources to manage the centuries-old religious, political and cultural milieu that Middle Eastern countries comprise.
"The Iranians would dearly love to move in and just take over command and run the place," he said oflraq.
He also said Iraq has been populated by three distinctlr different groups, each with their own cultures.
"There are three provinces ofpeople who do not like each otherperiod," he said.
The Ira9. War is one of the most colosssal blunders we've ever made ... If anything, our position is worse than when we went in.
In the long term, it damaged our standing in the world."
- Steve Sharp, V8V political science lecturer
Echoing the differing opinions expressed during the earlier panel discussion, panelist and Extension agent Lyle Holmgren shared a more positive angle regarding his experiences in Iraq.
"This is my opinion: I think that trade is the best thing that could possibly ever happen between two countries," Holmgren said. "What we found was there were lots of people who came to us and wanted to explore the idea of getting beef animals over there and any other sort of agricultural trade."
In 2008, Holmgren visited with members of the animal science department from Baghdad University to research options for stemming agricultural and economic growth in Iraq. Unfortunately, he said, the war stifled further progress and put everything on hold, indefmitely.
"When you engage in unjust wa'r, it's going to haunt you in the long term afterwards," Guner said.
Former U.S. diplomat for the Middle East during the 80s and 90s and lecturer in the political science department Steve Sharp said he believes most Americans were left out of U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, which underscores the earlier panelists' affirmation that most Americans are completely detached from what has occurred in the Middle East for at least the past nine years.
the world. People no longer look to us to follow international norms or to be a leader in international norms."
Military science department head, Maj. Matthew Badell, a co-organizer for the panels, said he knows there are mixed feelings regarding the Iraq War and he's glad to work with the journalism department to orgaqize these kinds of events to air people's concerns. Veterans program coordinator for the Access and Diversity center Tony Flores also assisted LaPlante in organizing the panels for Monday's events. USU student and Iraq veteran Kurt Nantz sat on the I p.m. panel, as well. At the end of the second panel discussion, LaPlante said he was happy with the way things turned out. He said ifhe ccdlrve done anything differently he would h~ had a more dim¥.,gmup of veterans, because the sj.x who were there were all white males. Marshall said people should realize the importance of women in the armed forces.
"There are some glimmers of hope, if you look hard enough in Iraq, but they are hard to find," Sharp said. "I look at Iraq as arrogance wrapped in deception, packaged in lies, delivered by incompetence. It was ill conceived from beginning to end, and if we have something positive out of it, it will be in spite ofwhat we did, not because ofwhat we did." ·
"The Iraq War is one of the most colossal blunders we've ever made," Sharp said. "If you look at the impact ofthe war regionally. We spent a trillion dollars and, if a~ything, our position is worse than it was when we went in. In the long term, it damaged our standing in the world. People no longer look to us to follow international norms or to be a leader in international norms."
Military science department head, Maj. Matthew Badell, a co-organizer for the panels, said he knows there are mixed feelings regarding the Iraq War and he's glad to work with the journalism department to organize these kinds of events to air people's concerns. Veterans program coordinator for the Access and Diversity center Tony Flores also assisted LaPlante in organizing the panels for Monday's events. USU student and Iraq veteran Kurt Nantz sat on the l p.m. panel, as well.
At the end of the second panel discussion, LaPlante said he was happy with the way things turned out. He said ifhe could've done anything differently he would have had a more diverse group of veterans, because the six who were there were all white males. Marshall said people should realize the importance of women in the armed forces.
"There are some glimmers of hope, if you look hard enough in Iraq, but they are hard to find," Sharp said. "I look at Iraq as
arrogance wrapped in deception, packaged in lies, delivered by incompetence. It was ill conceived from beginning to end, and ifwe i have something positive out of it, it will be in spite of what we did, not because of what we did." '
The Iraq War is history, Boothe said, and the current problem is - dan. whitney.smith@aggiemail.usu.edu l
"The Iraq War is one of the most colossal blunders we've ever made," Sharp said. "If you look at the impact of the war regionally. We spent a trillion dollars and, if anything, our position is worse than it was when we went in. In the long term, it damaged our standing in
Wednesday, March 21,
ASUSU officers name 2012-13 appointed positions
BY ROUCHELLE BROCKMAN news senior writer
Newly appointed ASUSU positions for the 2012-2013 academic year were announced immediately before Spring Break.
Holden Brown was appointed administrative assistant; Hannah Blackburn, Activities director; Sloan Bailey, Traditions directot; and Luke Ensign, Arts and Lectun,s director. Blackburn, the current ASUSU Public Relations director, said though a person had been selected to take her position, that person later declined the position.
Though most members of the ASUSU Executive Council are elected by the student body, the appointed positions are selected by the incoming ASUSU President Christian Thrapp and incoming Programming Vice President Chaise Warr.
The Activities, Traditions and and Lectures directors
make up the Student Traditions Activities and Arts Board, or STAB. They are primarily in charge of organizing events on campus such as the Howl, Homecoming Week and various guest lecturer appearances, Blackburn said.
The administrative assistant and Public Relations director sit on the ASUSU Executive Council but do not vote on legislation.
The administrative assistant also sits on various other boards, take minutes at the ASUSU Executive Council meetings and organizes bills and resolutions, Brown said.
"The administrative assistant does a lot of the behind-the-scenes work to make sure Academic Senate and Executive Council run smoothly," he said. Brown said his experience as a University Ambassador, President's Cabinet member and as founder and president of the Pre-Med Club, have prepared him
for his new position as administrative assistant. He said next year he wants to increase transparency and communication between the Executive Council and the student body.
Blackburn said her two years of previous experience in ASUSU as an ASUSU committee volunteer and ASUSU Public Relations director have prepared her for her role as Activities director.
"I tried to be very hands on in my Public Relations position," she said. "I didn't limit myself but_ tried, instead, to work in all aspects of ASUSU. I know what things worked and what things didn't."
She said next year she will focus on planning events in cooperation with the STAB staff, rather than try to independently organize events such as the Howl, Mardi Gras and the End of Year Bash.
"I want to organize the events efficiently and ensure students get
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Bailey said her experience as the Business Council's marketing officer and as the Greek Council's public relations officer and vice president have prepared her for her new position as Traditions director. She also said she has worked on the Traditions Committee and chaired the Mr. USU Pageant.
She said she will be in charge of activities such as Homecoming Week, Festival of Trees, Robins Awards and Traditions Week.
She, like Blackburn, said she, too, wants to emphasize cooperation in STAB in organizing events. She said she also wants to focus on · effective advertising.
"I also want to help instill a sense of Aggie pride," she said. "My parents went to USU, and I really love it here."
- rouchellebrockman@gmail.com
Campus & Community Statesman staff succeed in contest
The Utah Statesman came away from the awards ceremony for the annual Utah Press Association Better Newspaper Contest with an armful of awards this past weekend.
The Utah Press Association is a cooperative of all the of daily and most weekly newspapers in the state, more than 50 in total. This year's convention was held in Springville on March 17, where Utah newspapers were honored for work done in 2011.
The three-times weekly Statesman won awards in the following categories:
• First place. Breaking News Story, Chris Lee
• First place, Best Sports Story, Adam Nettina
• Second place, Best General News Story, Catherine Meidell Bennett
• Second place, Breaking News Story, Chris Lee
• Third place. Best Feature Story, Catherine Meidell Bennett
• Third place, Best Feature Series, Meredith Kinney
• Third place, Best Sports Story, Tavin Stucki
• Third place, Best Photo Page, Kyle Pett and Catherine Meidell Bennett
Jay Wamsley, faculty adviser for The Statesman. represented the paper at the annual awards banquet.
"It's always a pleasure to see our students honored in some small way for the work they do," Wamsley said.
"Over the years, the student paper has been the beneficiary of scores of dedicated and talented students, and this year is no exception."
USU College of
Education in Top 25
Strong earthquake hits southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.
One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousancls in Mexico City, Tuesday's earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 hbmes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed.
Hours after the shaking at noon local time, there were still no reports of death or serious injury, even after a less powerful, magnitude-SJ aftershock was felt in the capital and several other aftershocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region.
"It was very strong, very substantial," said Campos Benitez, hospital director in Ometepec,
about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the epicenter. Guerrero Gov. Angel Aguirre, who is from Ometepec, was headed there to survey the damage and ordered emergency crews and civil protection to the area to help with the damage. The state did not say how many were displaced.
In Mexico City, frightened workers and residents poured into the streets of the capital. Telephone service was down in the city and throughout the area where the quake was felt and some neighborhoods were without power, according to Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who set up a hotline for people to report damage.
A pedestrian bridge collapsed on an empty transit bus.
About 40 passengers were stranded for a short time on the Mexico City airport air train, but later released. The airport closed for a time but officials said there was no runway damage and they resumed operations.
Samantha Rodriguez, a 37-year old environmental consultant, was evacuated from the 11th floor on the Angel Tower office building.
"I thought it was going to pass rapidly but the walls began to thunder and we decided to get out," she said.
Mexico City, built on a lakebed, was badly damaged in 1985 when a quake killed at least 10,000 people. That quake was originally measured at 8.1, but is now put by the U.S. Geological Survey at 8.0. In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severe earthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 wliich killed an estimated 68 people, and a 7.4 in 1995 which left three dead.
Tuesday's quake was the strongest shaking felt in the capital since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck also in Guerrero in December. Officials said at least three people died in Guerrero, but there were no reports of widespread damage.
A magnitude-8.0 quake near Manzanillo on Mexico's central Pacific coast killed 51 people in 1995 and a magintude-7.5 quake killed at least 20 people in the southern state of Oaxaca in 1999.
In Huajuapan, Guerrero, near the epicenter, hotel manager Marco Antonio Estrada also reported shaken-up guests but no major damage. He said it was longest and strongest he ever felt. People ran out of their homes and cars.
"It was very strong, but we didn't see anything fall," said Irma Ortiz, who runs a guesthouse in Oaxaca. She said their telephones are down, and that the quake shook them side-to-side.
U.S. President Barack Obama's oldest daughter, Malia, was reported and safe while on vacation with a school group in Oaxaca.
The U.S. Geological Survey set the preliminary magnitude of the first quake at 7.4 and said the epicenter was 11 miles underground. The survey set the aftershock at 5.1. Seismologists and civil protection officials said there didn't appear to be heavy damage or casualties because of where and how the earthquake hit.
There were reports of damaged buildings but none collapsed on the Oaxaca side of the border, said civil protection spokeswoman Cynthia Tovar said. Authorities believed that the absence of tall buildings in the area is one reason.
Another factor may be the high frequency of earthquakes in the region, said USGS seismologist Susan Hoover.
There have been 15 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or stronger since 1973 within 310 miles (500 kilometers) of Tuesday's quake. Weaker buildings collapse with each quake, leaving a cadre of stronger ones that can withstand the shaking.
USU's Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services has improved five spots over last year, corning in at No. 24 on U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the graduate education programs in the nation. This marks the 13th consecutive year the college has made it on the list, and as in last year's rankings, is the only education program in Utah this year to secure a place in the top 50.
The U.S. News & World Report bases its rankings on a weighted average of 10 quality measures including peer assessments, faculty resources, faculty awards and GRE scores for doctoral students. Graduate programs at 280 schools granting doctoral degrees in education were surveyed in the fall of 2011.
The College of Education and Human Services also improved its standing in terms of funded research in this year's rankings, taking the No. 3 spot on the list.
Provost hosting regional workshop
The next session in the Provost's Series on Instructional Excellence is Wednesday, March 21, and focuses on the faculty third-year review. "Third-Year Review Panel Discussion: Sharing Strategies and Insights" runs from 3:30-5 p.m. at Merrill-Caizer Library, Room 154. Featured are professors representing USU's colleges who will offer insights and tips into the review process. • In addition to the on-campus gathering, the workshop session will be broadcast to a number of regional venues. For the workshop, a number of assistant professors, nominated by their deans from each academic college, will discuss their strategies and insights for preparing for a successful third-year review. Those encour- • aged to attend include pre-tenured faculty, faculty mentors, tenure advisory committee members, department heads, directors, deans and vice chancellors.
The policy ofThe Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find in error, please contact the editor at 797-1742 , statesman@aggiemail.usu.edu or come in to TSC 105.
BY ERIC JUNGBLUT staff writer
When one thinks of a college student's lifestyle, minimal budgets, Ramen noodles and coupon clipping may be the first things that come to mind.
For some USU students the search for cash can lead to selling plasma, the liquid component of blood.
Students like Harrison Weyand, a freshman majoring in environmental engineering, makes regular visits to the Biomat USA Plasma Donation Center on Main Street in Logan. There, visitors can donate the plasma in their blood and make money.
"I donate to have a little extra spending money on the side," said Weyand, who bas been donating plasma for about a month. "I really don't have time for a job and I don't have a car out here to get to a job, so I'm thinking that (this) was my best option."
Weyland said donors at the Biomat Center can donate twice a week. The first donation of the week is worth $20 and the second donation is worth $35. A donor can earn $55 a week.
"It's not going to pay your dues or anything, but it's a good way to get some money to just have on the side," Weyand said.
According to Biomat USA's website, the process of collecting lasma, called plasmapheresis, ;mM,ts the donor's blood, separates the red blood cells from the plasma and collects the plasma
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Mitchell Bruce, a freshman majoring in biology, said he also donates so he can have spare cash.
"I started donating plasma at the beginning oflast summer, so maybe for about nine months," Bruce said. "So far the experience bas been good."
Bruce said he has a job at Old Navy, but he uses the money be makes there to pay for school.
He uses money he makes from the plasma center for personal purchases, he said.
'Tll use it for going out to lunch or to buy something," he said.
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all the time (who are) also donating," he said.
Bruce said he's also seen many familiar faces at the center, and though he has heard some complaints from others about donating, he has had an overall good experience there.
"It's been good I've never had anything happen," Bruce said "It's easy, it really doesn't take that long and it's all for a good cause."
Weyand said the procedure usually goes smoothly and takes less out of a donor than giving blood because the process hydrates th~ body
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Memories will live on when Toaster falls
BY ERIC JUNGBLUT staff writer
To many students at USU, the word "toaster" means more than a kitchen appliance that toasts bread and bagels. It means Sunday school, LOS family home evenings, sporting events, friends and worship.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns the church on 650 N. and 1200 East, commonly known to locals as the "Golden Toaster." It has served as a meetinghouse for USU students since its opening in 1962
Containing two large chapels with trapezoidal shapes to them, the church was given the nickname, Golden Toaster, by students and Cache Valley residents, according to the USU Digital Library.
In a recent verbal agreement between USU and the LDS church, the university will buy the Toaster and the land it occupies for a future academic building. In return, the LOS church will be given the trailer park area at llOO North 1200 East.
Ultimately it's said the Toaster will be demolished, marking an end to its five decades of service.
"We are very sad to see it go," said Garrret Steed, a freshman and regular attendee of the church. "I think a lot of people from Utah State have gone to church here (and) have had a lot of memories."
Steed said his most chilling memory involved an incident when be and friend Jason Maurer, a freshman, were locking up the building for the night.
"We had just barely locked one of the doors and we were walking down the hallway, and all of the sudden we heard one of the doors slam," Steed said. "It scared the heck out of us. We searched, but we couldn't find anybody."
"The door was open all day, so anybody could have done it," Maurer said.
Mysterious slamming doors are not the only nighttime occurrences in the Toaster Senior Cher Hunt said students sometimes sneak in after hours to play tag with NERF guns.
"I know that they play hide and seek, too," she said. "This place is perfect for it. Finding
a classroom is like looking for the Room of Requirement from ' Harry Potter "' Hunt is referring to the Toaster's many hallways that tend to confuse students, such as freshman Christie Bunnell.
"It's almost like the classrooms are disappearing," she said. "It takes like three hours to find the one you're looking for."
Steed said playing basketball in the Toaster's cultural center is another common activity for students Student Erik Hanson said bis church league saw an improbable comeback while playing basketball at the Toaster
"About three years ago, my team and I had a 35-point comeback to win a game," Hanson said. "It was unheard of at the time ."
Sports at the Toaster are not limited to basketball and tag, however.
"One time we played kickball in here," said sophomore Abbie Starkley. "I had a blast and met a lot of new friends. It was definitely a highlight of my time here."
Aside from sports and late night antics , Bunnell said she'll remember the Toaster for moments such as doors randomly locking behind her
"The other day I was bringing some creme brulee into the kitchen," she said "I dropped off the first batch in the kitchen, but when I went out to grab the second one the doors had locked behind me I had to kick the door and shout until someone let me back in "
Bunnell said when her parents went to USU, the Toaster was "their building."
"They called me and asked if it was still here," she said. 'Tve got three generations of family in this area that have been to the Toaster."
USU student Chandice Commeree said she'll always remember the building, even after it's demolished Commeree said she and her friends once • braved a snowstorm just to shoot hoops in the cultural center.
"The Toaster is a safe haven of awesomeness," she said "I love hanging out here,"
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BY TYLER HUSKINSON assistant sports editor
The USU men's basketball team will continue its postseason run as it hosl the Loyola Marymount Lions in the quarterfinal matchup at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
The matchup features two teams that finished fourth in their respective confer-
ences and dropped their first conference tournament game, and will tipoff Wednesday at 7p.m. USU reached the quarterfinals by defeating Western Athletic Conference foe Idaho 76-56, while LMU defeated Weber State in overtime 84-78. The Lions may pose USU its toughest home challenge
of the this season. Four players, led by sophomore guard Anthony Ireland, are averaging double figure scoring, and one of those players, junior guard Jared DuBois, comes off the bench.
"They are very good on the break," USU head coach Stew Morrill said. "Anthony Ireland is just extremely quick, their point guard,
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he kind of orchestrates the whole show for them. They run a ton of ball screens and he is exceptional off of them, making plays for himself and for everybody else off on-ball screens. Obviously watching them on film, they're impressive." Ireland scored 20 points and dished out 10 assists in the victory over the Weber
Cycling club rolling to succesS..
BY KRISTI LAMBERT staff writer
Members ofUSU's cycling club competed in Cedar City, Utah, on March 10 for their first collegiate race of the year, hosted by Southern Utah University.
"I was happy with the way they turned out," said first-time racer Erin Kelley, a junior majoring in marketing and economics. "As I crossed the finish line during the criterium, my lungs began to tighten up and my legs started to wobble, but I had an incredible feeling of accomplishment for having pushed myselfliterally as hard as I could, and knowing that I gave it everything I had.
BY TAVIN STUCKI sports editor
The Utah State University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame announced the 2012 class, Monday. Alfred Castro, Eric Hipple, Brian Jackson, Shae Jones-Bair, James Murphy, James Parker, Kristie Skoglund and Emmett White are the 2012 inductees. "We are extremely proud of this class and the legacy each of them left at Utah State University," said Utah State Director of Athletics Scott Barnes in a press release. "This group joins 61 other outstanding individuals, along with three teams, to further ensure the proud tradition of Aggie Athletics." Castro is one of two Aggie wrestlers to be named
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"I think it went pretty well • for my first race;' said exercise science major Jentry Nelson, another first-time racer. "There are definitely areas I need to improve on, but I think it was a good starting point."
Both women rode in a 30-minute criterium and a 3.2mile time trial. A criterium is typically a shorter, more technical road race than others, and a time trial is essentially just what it sounds like - a race against the clock. Nelson said she found the criterium to be the hardest race. Kelley agreed. "The wind was blowing quite hard from the south during the criterium," Kelley said. "Without a large group of women to work with, and draft off of, it was difficult to keep up motivation to push through that stretch of the course."
Overall, USU's men's and women's teams did well. Kodey Myers, a junior, had the fastest time on the hill-climb for his group. Though Myers is still considered a rookie, he seems to have a knack for cycling. He
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JONES photo placed fourth overall last year in the Tour Del Sol bike race in St. George. "I like how it's a controlled chaos," My~rs said. "You get inside a mass sprint and from the outside it looks like a mess, but when you're on the inside it's all coordinated."
For many USU cyclists, this was their first year racing.
Tommy Murphay, cycling club founder and coach, said membership fluctuates. Since the club lost some of its strongest members after last year, he said, this season should be a building year for many of the younger riders to gain more experience.
"Some years we're really, really strong and other years we're really light," Murphay said. "This is just one of those years." Murphay got his start in cycling while attending USU, and before he graduated in 2003, he founded the USU cycling club in 1999. He said some friends introduced him to the LOTOJA Classic - a bike race that spans from Logan to Jackson Hole, Wyo.
"I went into the fall of '99 totally motivated and excited;' Murphay said. "That's when I really was looking into the college scene to get more into
cycling."
USU cyclists competed for the first time in spring 2000 and won conference finals to go on to nationals.
"We had a couple solid years there," said Murphay, who now teaches various cycling and spinning classes at USU. "We had well over 50 kids who were actively racing for the first few years the club was going."
Though the team may be short on cyclists this year, women make up the majority. David Clyde, cycling club president, said there are more women this year than there has been for some time. This season
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Real Supporters 12, Hot Shots 1
The Real Supporters easily defeated Hot Shots in the HPER Building Monday night, beating them 12-1 in co-rec intramural indoor soccer.
Striker Aubrey Loomis got things started one minute into the match, scoring the first goal for the Real Supporters to put them up 1-nil.
Then came the onslaught.
The Real Supporters ran out to a 6-0 lead, with goals coming from Loomis, Scott Laneri, Seth Hilton, Shonne Mecham and Andy Millerberg.
"We've been training hard all preseason," said Millerberg, who is the team's captain.
The Hot Shots' only goal came from forward McKay Stoker with a little more than eight minutes remaining in the first half.
Millerberg scored a hat-trick in the first half, which ended with an 8-1 Real Supporters advantage.
"Without our striker Aubrey Loomis I don't think we would have done so well," Millerberg said. "We have an excellent keeper, Landon Howard, who stopped lots of goals."
Howard, who was a First-Team All-State goalkeeper for Bingham High School in South Jordan last year as a senior, subbed out from goal in the second half and started playing forward, where he too scored a goal.
The Real Supporters scored four goals in the • From Page 7
Youngsters 3, A-Team 2
The Youngsters narrowly escaped the A-Team in co-rec intramural volleyball Monday night, winning 3 sets to 2. · The Youngsters jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set 25-16 and the second 25-17. Then the A-Team struck back. Led by team captain Larry Bucio A-Team won each of the next 'two shortened sets 15-12 and 15-11.
"We just stayed aggressive and swinging hard," Youngster outside hitter Liz McArthur said of her team's performance in the sudden-death fifth set. Down 14-6, the A-Team looked to be making a comeback before McArthur showed why she was an All-America selection while playing volleyball for Utah State.
"We never gave up," the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament MVP said. "We dug deep."
With the win, the Youngsters move to 2-0 on the season and will face Dig It next Monday at 5:30 p.m. in HPER 201B. The A-Team drop to 0-2 and will face James Garqner at the same time in HPER 201A.
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Ags host LMU in CiT quarterfinals
Young (82-68) and St. Mary's (75-60} on the road this season, while playing Gonzaga very close in both conference games played.
"Obviously we've got a good challenge tomorrow with Loyola Marymount," USU head coach Stew Morrill said. "All you have to do is look at some of the things they have accomplished this year. They're a quality team that bas a lot of good wins and present a lot of issues. Their talent level is very good, they make a lot individual plays that are hard to guard."
The Aggies have become accustomed to so-called "junk defenses" throughout the season as teams have tried to focus on stopping the backcourt duo of sophomore guard Preston Medlin and Brockeith Pane, but USU is
unlikely to deal with that kind of defense against LM{J.
"They're just a really good and solid man-to-man defensive team," Morrill said.
"To our knowledge they're not a team that plays zone, very rarely if at all. They will occasionally pick you up full-court but they are not a pressing team necessarily. They just do o.oe thing and do it quite well. They're good defensively, just man-to-man, solid fundamental man-to-man defense."
Medlin is averaging 16.5 points per outing heading into the game and Pane is averagmg 12.3 points per game.
"Right now our guys now need to be confident and feel good about themselves," Morrill said. "They've won five of their last six games, we swept a road trip that
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"We had some great battles over the years." Fast forward a few years - the three found themselves in Utah.
· Transitioning from a region of more than 2 million residents to a city of almost 50,000 provided a culture shock for the young players.
Tyden specifically mentioned the hardships of moving from the large city of Stockholm to Logan.
"My first year was tough," Tyden said. "Socially it was a big change for me moving from Stockholm -a big city, leaving all of my friends and family behind."
Ericcson said coming into it he had no expectations for USU but did struggle with college tennis.
"I didn't know too much about Utah or about college tennis," he said. "I was surprised with the high level of tennis, and I struggled a bit
during my first few matches."
Asplund's first year in Logan was fast paced and brought many new experiences.
"My first year was intensewith all of the tennis and school and everything - it just kind of happened in a blur," Asplund said. "I didn't have time to think or feel anything. I wish I would have slowed things down a bit to just take everything in."
Before coming to Logan, he struggled to maintain his love for the game, but joining the USU team changed that.
"Tennis is Sweden was worthless to me. I was about to quit playing because I didn't even like it anymore," Asplund said. "At USU and in college, tennis is more of a team atmosphere. You face a real challenge on the court every time, but you work together as a team."
After adjusting to the high altitude and the Cache Valley way of life, the Swedish players prospered alongside fellow Aggies, including current assistant coach Bryan Marchant.
"We like (the Swedish players) because they are super coachable, they have great attitudes and work hard," Marchant said. "You never have problems when it comes to effort."
The legacy continues today with freshman Marcus Fritz and sophomore Fredrick Peterson.
Tyden, now back in Sweden
Aggies prep for competition
smaller teams based on skill level and experience. Beginners start on the D-team and work their way up to the A-teamthe professionals.
Cycling is one of the only college sports in which professionals can compete. Athletes are not limited to four years, but to be eligible one must be a student. Since all 13 club sports on campus must be affiliated with a national organization, cyclists compete under USA Cycling. Participants must purchase a license to race, which also covers insurance.
"(Anyone can) wreck;' Myers said regarding the inherently dangerous nature of cycling. "You don't get on the bike without planning on not (wrecking)." Members also pay $40 in dues that go toward race fees and travel expenses.
after four years as an Aggie, coached Fritz and is the reason for the talented player making the move to Logan.
Fritz started playing tennis at age five. After playing several sports, the freshman opted to give up the others in favor of tennis. Wright said he has been 1D1pressed by the young player.
"He is very intense," Wright said. "His father and coaches told me that he is never going to break and he will work very hard."
Tyden also commented on Fritz's high level of game competitiveness.
"(Fritz's) consistency from the baseline and his ability to come up with passing shots and lobs at the perfect moment are some of his best assets," Tyden said. "The greatest ability that he has is his fighting spirit, (Fritz) will never give up and he will always do his best - he hates losing."
As a freshman Fritz has fellow Swede Peterson to help ease the transition into USU life. Peterson, also recruited by Tyden, is a sophomore majoring in Business Administration and is in his second year playing as an Aggie. Playing since age five, Peterson studied at the Bastad Gymnasium tennis academy. Wright said Peterson's great attitude and hard work is an asset to the team.
"Peterson is very strong on both sides and is very coachable," Wright said. "He is very
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The USU cycling club hosts conference finals here in Logan next month as reigning InterMountain Collegiate Cycling Conference champions.
Cycling teams from across the nation will gather in Ogden on May 4 for the USA Cycling Collegiate National Championships, hosted by Weber State. Murphay said only three or four teams from each conference will qualify for nationals.
"Nationals are awesome," Murphay said. "Over my years, I've been with the team to different national events. It's the cream of the crop. We hope this year, if we can qualify a team for it, they can get a taste of it and come back more competitively next year."
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Remember positive acts of U.S. soldiers
It has been a long nine years for U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq. Though the vast majority of our troops have served nobly overseas, it is discouraging to see that after years of constant service, the only press individuals serving in the military receive, show them in a negative light.
We are ignorant to the actual circumstances our troops have endured while in Iraq. Many left wives, husbands and young children behind for months, living in lessthan-ideal conditions. If you haven't served in the military, you can't act like you understand their lives. While the media highlights the U.S. Marines who urinated on the dead bodies of Afghans and the soldier who opened fire, killing 16 Afghan civilians, the U.S. military's positive impacts are pushed under the rug.
Though these tragic occurrences must be reported, narrow-minded viewers who are exposed to only negative media footage about the U.S. military will begin to take on a generalized perception of our nation's military. It is a shame to focus so heavily on the disgraceful decisions a few of our U.S. soldiers made when so many have served with honor and charity.
In a panel discussion about the Iraq War held at USU on Monday, one panel member said many Iraqi citizens were grateful U.S. troops were helping in their country. We have friends and family, like many of you, who serve in the military in various capacities. We've seen the emotional turmoil they often experience, and we've seen them fight through it. We've seen their love and dev6tion for their country grow. We need to respect the fact that their job is to protect us.
Soldiers' jobs are more personal to each U.S. citizen than many understand. What a shame it is to have the decisions of a few individuals burned into our minds as the Iraq War ended, after so many years of countless selfless acts our soldiers have performed. If you look hard enough, you can find photographs of U.S. soldiers aiding Iraqi civilians and positively displaying their undying patriotism.
While our media outlets decide to display images of everything but the parts of our military that make us proud to be Americans, let's go the extra mile to remember the dedication and perseverance so many of our soldiers show while on duty every day.
Not all religious practices are ethical
In September 2011, a twoweek-old baby boy unnecessarily died. The cause of death:
Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1, complicating ritual circumcision with oral suction. The Orthodox Jewish circumcision process called "metzitzah b'peh" is otherwise known as "oral suction," or the suctioning of blood from the circumcision wound directly by mouth. Unfortunately, last year isn't the first time that this particular rabbi, Yitzchok Fischer, caused the death of a child. The same thing happened in 2004, and that same year three other babies were determined to have contracted herpes from Fischer. While Herpes Simplex Virus 1 is usually harmless in adults and manifests itself only as uncomfortable, cold sores, because of the virus' association with the nervous system, it poses significant health threats to newborns and can result in brain damage, and sometimes, death.
The practice of circumcision is condoned in the Bible and believed by several religious denominations to be one of the most important rituals performed during an individual's lifetime. But outside of a religious context, oral-penile contact from an adult man to a child is considered pedophilia and is punishable bylaw. Because the contact in question occurred within a religious context, Fischer has not been held accountable for the death of : the baby boys.
Jerry Schmetterer, the spokesman for Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, told The Jewish Week that, "Our Crimes Against Children Bureau is looking into this situation. I would not assume what any possible charges would be."
I can think of a few possible charges, Mr. Hynes. How about two counts of criminal homicide? Several counts of child molestation? Tortious transmission of an STD by intentional neglect? The behavior of this priest is abominable to any right-minded person, but according to The Jewish Week, the city only filed a ,legal complaint against Fischer to compel him to stop engaging in the LIZZEN UP, Page 11
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To the editor:
With campus elections behind us I think we need to focus on an issue that, unfortunately, was absent from the platforms of the candidates. The issue that I am referring to is whether or not we should put a large Aggie "A" on the side of the mountain above campus. Why has this not happened yet? I want to walk through campus, look up on the mountain and see a 100,000-point font USU Aggie "A."
I know what you are thinking; you are worried about where we would get the funds for this project. You need to think outside the box. How many junior high- or high school-aged boys do you think
live in the valley that would be willing to get together and work on this as a joint Eagle Scout project? I would bet that you could find at least 10 proud future Aggies willing to take on the task. For every one future Eagle Scout, you can add at least five other people who would volunteer to help.
If my calculations are correct, you're looking at 30 willing bodies to work on the project and a total bill of $0 for Utah State University. The Aggie "A" on the Mountain idea isn't just cool, it also has potential to be funny. We could call it "Big W Mountain" and I'm sure that plenty of students would get a kick out of saying, "Hey, check out the big 'A' up on the mountain." The possibilities are potentially endless. I still don't see any good reason for why this hasn't happened yet. Having a large "A"
Letters to the editor• A public forum up on the mountainside would just add more Aggie pride to this school. You could see the Aggie "A'' from everywhere in the valley, and it would look great in the background of the pictures in our campus brochures and other USU advertisements. We could even light it up during the holidays.
Just think about how awesome it would be for our athletic events that are broadcast on ESPN. They could do a panoramic view of our scenic valley and then zoom in on the Aggie "A'' on the mountain before cutting back to the action. Everybody wins with the Aggie "A" smiling down on us from the mountainside. Enough talk. This needs to be done. I'm talking to you, Christian Thrapp, and the other newly elected officials.
John Mosman
Wash your hands so we don't suffer
Don't worry ladies, I'm not of the wonderful, clean and
going to talk about boots or healthy people who randomly f ,Offl the terrible current fashion enter my sphere of existence trends. Even though I still think on a given day and are so ..: the wearing the same ratty pair considerate of their surround- $oilllri of leggings every day of the ings that they manage to share -r week is trashy .- especially their nasty germs with me and with Uggs - one of the nice anyone who gets near them. women who read my female This column is for you; and it's fashion piece gave me a pair ~specially for the guy sitting of men's Uggs, and I have to in a bathroom stall reading a admit, they are pretty comfy. copy of The Utah Statesman In fact, the other night I said it that was hanging on the wall was just like sticking my foot next to the toilet. Just think into a warm, fuzzy sheep. about the individual who hung I've promised to never that newspaper there in the again openly talk smack on toilet stall qnd where that perUggs. Now I'm just going to son's hands were before they whine about the unsanitary touched that second-hand things people do ih lieu of newspaper. maintaining an acceptable Ladies, I'd like to level of personal hygiene. b,low up the spots of about The other mor11ing, while 60 percent of your boyfriends chatting with a journalism pro- - pretty much every day I fessor about the recent Spring go into a bathroom at USU, I Break, we discussed the hear at least one dude utilize extraordinarily warm weather, the facilities and then leave the fact that only six weeks the bathroom without wash: remain in the semester, and ing his hands. I've got news we talked about pneumonia for those of you who think a and chest infections. That's handy squirt of sanitizer is a when we started talking about good substitute for thoroughall the times we've gotten sick ly washing your hands with this winter at USU. soap and warm-to-hot waterI would like to thank ·all false. Instead of cleaning your
an s, you re smearing an alcohol-based, snot-textured goop around on your dirty lit' tie mitts with all the microbes that were crawling around · on the public restroom door handle you grabbed before exiting the bathroom.
For those of you who leave the restroom without washing your hands or using sanitizer - grow up, this isn't middle school anymore, and you have the potential to make one or many people seriously , ill. Don't worry readers, this isn'.t going to be another bathroom column. Tavin Stucki • already covered that. This addresses the :impure things done by grown children bandying about <;ampus under
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•> From SOAP BOX, Page 10 the guise of being young, successful future leaders of the world - and what you actually do when you think no one is looking. So, ladies, next time you're hugging up on your big, sexy, disgusting, seldombathed college beau, maybe ask him where his hands have been before he starts caressing your pretty face or letting you kiss his fingers.
I'll have to shake hands, share computer lab keyboards and open doors all over campus for at least another year or two - I'm bound to come in contact with trillions of germs. There's nothing like si-tting in a computer lab next to some guy who's jamming out to Rachmaninoff on his iPod and playing "World of Warcraft," and while that brainiac sits there, he coughs a nasty, phlegmy cough into his greasy, sweaty palm every 30 seconds, and goes on using that keyboard and mouse. I guess I shouldn't be too worried, since some of these dudes do actually take the time to wipe their hands in their hair. Some people don't actually cough into their hands - they're smart enough to cough into their elbow or upper arm - these are the people who seem to be aware of more than just themselves.
I can't really limit this to guys. I'm sure a few women do it, too, but I know men are guilty more often than the fairer sex. I guess I wouldn't be so paranoid or peeved by this kind of stuff if I didn't get mildly ill every other week each semester. I've considered the possibility that maybe it's just me. But when I'm not at school, I don't have this problem. I know. Perhaps, I should just crawl under a hole and never bother another soul. Unfortunately, for you and me, I have to get my degree first; and in the process of doing so, Honestly, though, if I see you cover your mouth at all, •> From LIZZEN UP, Page 11 practice after the death of the first baby. Clearly, he did not comply, but instead of being legally prosecuted, the matter was ultimately referred by the city to a "beit din" -a religious tribunalfor review.
In his book "God is Not Great," Christopher Hitchens writes about circumcision in connection to religion: "Full excision is now exposed for what it is -a mutilation of a powerless infant And who can bear to read the medical textbooks and histories which calmly record the number of boy babies who died from infection after their eighth day The record of syphilitic and other infection, from rotting rabbinical teeth or other rabbinical indiscretions is simply dreadful."
The alteration of an individual's body without informed consent is dreadful. It is interesting to note that in third-world countries the circumcision, or genital mutilation of young females, is viewed as an abhorrent attack on human rights and informed consent. In the U.S., before 2006, more than half the population of young males were being circumcised.
Fortunately, the practice of circumcision has plummeted in popularity in the last few years.
A study by the Control for Disease Center in 2010 found that from 2006 to 2009, the rate of circumcision dropped from 56 percent to 32.4 percent. There are groups called "intactivists," who promote legislation that prohibits the practice of circumcision altogether.
Some modern proponents of male circumcision claim that the removal of the foreskin
I'll be surprised. Last year I was leaving a class in the business building and felt a spontaneous blast of warm, damp air splash across the back of my neck. I turned around only to see some creaton recovering from a violent cough. Dude, really? I told the guy he needed to cover his mouth - not that it mattered, the damage was already done. What's really stupid about all this is that I'm wasting my time saying any of it. While reading this column, you've probably picked your nose twice, coughed a loogie onto the page and scratched your butt. Don't wash your hands, though. You can just wipe them off on the next person you shake hands with.
- D. Whitney Smith is copy editor for The Statesman. Comments on his column can be sent to statesmanoffice@ aggiemail.usu.edu.
reduces an infant's chances of incurring urinary tract infections and aids in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases later in life. However, according to Kidshealth.org, less than one percent of non-circumcised males will contract a UTI, making this concern negligible. I don't know any sentient man who would willingly submit to significant changes in that area of their body; wouldn't it be better, then, to let mature men make the decision to alter their genitalia once they actually understand what is going on? If the health benefits of circumcision are significant enough then men will seek the surgery on their own later in life.
As it stands, infant circumcision is unethical - whether it is to a male or female for religious or secular reasons. Yitzchok Fischer should be held legally accountable for the deaths of two infants, rather than being deferred to a religious cbuncil that will, in effect, do nothing to prevent this tragedy from happening again.
Lastly, religious and non-religious parents alike who are about whether or not their child needs to be circumcised should reflect on whether the alteration of an infant's genitalia is ethically justifiable. To any honest individual, I believe the answer is a resounding no. Too bad New York's DA doesn't agree.
- Liz Emery is a senior majoring in English with a creative writing emphasis. Her column is published every other Wednesday. Comments on her column can be sent to liz.emery@yahoo.com
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a two-time All-American. The Coachella, Calif. native posted a 32-7-1 record as a sophomore. During his junior year, he finished eighth at the NCAA Championships at 118 pounds. Castro was unable to wrestle during his senior season because of injury.
Hipple played quarterback for the Aggies from 1976-79 and ranks second all-time in school history in pass completion percentage at 60.2 percent. He played 10 seasqns with the Detroit Lions and finished his career with 55 touchdowns and over 10,000 passing yards. Jackson ranks first all-time in USU basketball with an average of37.4 minutes per game. The Palos Verdes, Calif. native finished his career ranking fourth all-time with 1,900 career points and 753 field goals made. The Portland Trailblazers drafted Jackson in the second round of the 1981 NBA draft. Jones-Bair is one of two female track athletes in school history to earn All-American honors three times in her collegiate career. She finished eighth in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships durwww.a-bay-usu.com
BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM staff writer
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ing her freshman year in 1998, fifth the next season and fourth in the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2000, JonesBair set the school record of 4.20 meters. Murphy helped the Utah State football team to a 20-12-1 record and 12-2-1 le.ague record from 1978-80. Following his collegiate career, Murphy went to the CFL where he won the Grey Cup Championship three times for different teams, was a two-time CFL All-Star and earned the MVP award in 1986. Parker is the most decorated student-athlete in USU history, earning All-American honors nine times in his collegiate track career; four times in the indoor weight throw, four times in the hammer throw and once in the discus. After college he was the 2004 USA Indoor weight throw champion and silver medalist in
the hammer throw at the 2003 Pan Am Games. Skoglund is one of six softball players at USU to be named All-American. During her freshman season in 1984, she helped the
byTerry Stickels
The Joke's On YOU!
Check it out! Take a look at this cartoon the only thing missing is the punch line, the big finish, the gagl You need to supply that for readers of The Statesman. We f)ost those on our website, www. utahstatesman.com, as soon as we get them and folks can vote for their favel Winner will receive a restaurant gift certificatel Here are the gags received for this week's cartoon:
"Bart Simpson! You get out of that Darth Vader costume this instant!"
"Don't worry, I'm his father."
Had Luke known during his childhood who his father was, he might have been the biggest bully the galaxy had ever seen.
Young Anakin's school days nickname was Darth Vader. ('Vader' in Tatooineze means 'wedgie')
"After her third trip to the principals office, Mrs. Skywalker thought it might be better to call those nice Jedi men back and give young Anni a break from public school for a while."
Loose Parts• Dave Blazek
Today is Wednesday, Marth 21, 2012. Today's issue ofThe Utah Statesman is dedicated to Hailee Iverson. a freshman majoring in in nursing from Island, Utah.
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Today in History: Alcatraz Pnson m San Franasco Bay dosed down and transferred its fast prisoners. At full capacity it held 200 inmates.
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Wednesday March 21
•) Bring Love to Africa donations- All Day, LDS Institute
•) Humans vs. Zombies- All Day
•) Logan/Fringe Film Festival Call for Entries- All Day
•) Northern Utah Teacher Fair- 9 to 2 p.m. Ballroom
•) Lost Treasures of Utah State University Exhibit-IO to 5 p.m. Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall
•) Stress and Anxiety Management and Self Care-11 to 12:30 p.m. TSC 310 •) BFA Exhibition- Noon to 4 p.m. Chase Fine Arts Center
•) The Joy of Depression-I :30 to 2:30 p.m. TSC 310
Provost's Series on Instructional Excellence- 3:30 to 5 p.m. Library
USU vs. Loyola Maramount, 7 p.m., Spectrum, FREE admission for students •) 'The PhD Movie'- 7 to 9:30 p.m. TSC Auditorium •) USU Jazz Combos- 7:30 p.m. Performance Hall
Thursday March 22
Hub open until 5 p.m. You Need to Know:
As of Monday, the Hub IELI Level 4 course and are located on the first floor of the currently studying for a bachelors Taggart Student Center, is open degree at USU. The scholarship until 5 p.m. instead of 3 p.m. will be awarded on the basis March is National Nutrition of intercultural involvement, Month and we are having a academic scholarship, and campus-wide challenge to get financial need. Applications are our plates in shape. There will be available at the Intensive English weekly challenges with weekly Language Institute and the Office prizes and a grand prize for the of International Students and
whole month. To start, get a scholars. Applications are due in team of four together and visit the IELI office on March 21, 2012. the Facebook page "Live, Love, The Utah Assistive J
Nutrition" for more details. On Technology Program will March 27, there will be an awards present a FREE online interactive ceremony and party to celebrate training, Alternative Input & all your hard work and all High Tech Switches for Power participants will receive a prize! Mobility, on March 21 from Questions? Email eatrightusu@ 3- 4:30 p.m. Training presented gmail.com by Lisa Rotelli from Adaptive Allies on Campus Switch Lab, will provide an is currently recruiting overview of the designs and submissions for the first annual manufacturer?s products that Deep End • tysoncole@aggiemail LGBT Research Fair. The event allow individuals with disabilities is designed to showcase the to use computers, communicate, great research being conducted interface with their environments at USU that focuses on LGBT and achieve greater independence issues. Submissions are being through powered mobility. In accepted online (http://tinyurl. order to participate, you will com/7askhze) through March need a computer with high30. The event will be held April speed internet access. Ifyou are 10, 2-4 p.m. in the TSC Sunburst/ interested in participating please International Lounge. Research RSVP by Friday, March 16, to
