The Utah Statesman, March 26, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

"Campus Voice Since 1902" • Utah State University• Logan, Utah Joday's Issue: Campus News

CHaSS Week highlights research

BY LIS STEWART staff writer

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CHaSS Week includes a hat tip to the Oreo cookie this year, in addition to other events like Slam Beat Poetry night and a student-run research symposium featuring projects from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, according to Erika Norton, CHaSS senator. "This creates an opportunity for students to display their work, and they can put this on their resume," Norton said of the research symposium.

A lot of students don't think they can participate because they see research as just writing a paper, Norton said. The submitted projects were divided into categories of journalism, multimedia, research and creative writing. Projects were

judged on several cri- submit something with teria, but the main one those themes," she said. was creativity, she said. Prizes will be given to CHaSS is a unique researchers for the bestcollege in that its majors judged projects in each range from quantita- category. The public can tive to literary studies, see the finalist projects Norton said. Thursday at 7 p.m. in the "Pretty much every- David B. Haight Alumni one in our college could Center. Dress is business casual. CHaSS Week starts with a universitywide quiz bowl at noon in the TSC International Lounge, said journalism major Rhett Wilkinson the senior in charge of CHaSS Week public relations. He said he hopes

interest in the quiz bowl will spread.

"We hope to generate more excitement than last year," he said. The Dean's Convocation on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the TSC Auditorium includes a speech by CHaSS Dean John Allen who will speak on the week 's theme, Ignite Your Passion."

"He' ll be speaking about the college in general and how we are passionate about the things we do," Norton said. Instead of pizza, the usual refreshment,

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Campus group organizes safety campaign

BY JULIA STOCK staff writer

a student involved in Txt L8tr, said this year the class focuses on organizing local service projects rather than raising money. Also on display was a page dedicated to Taylor Sauer, a USU student who recently died after the vehicle she was driving reportedly crashed into a semitrailer at 88 mph. According to a press release from Idaho State Police, Sauer used her cell phone extensively throughout the fatal trip.

Hudson said the Txt L8tr group told her it wanted to do the project in honor of Sauer when it first contacted

"Anything that takes your eyes off the

for one second can cause exactly what happened here with the Utah State student," Hudson said. As a part of the display, the group set up a row of cones through which people could ride two Big Wheel bikes to simulate the effect of texting while driving.

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Alumnus speaks about social media

BY TAVIN STUCKI sports editor

English is a continually evo"lving language that has undergone changes for centuries.

During his speech Friday, the latest installment of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, author Brandon Schrand spoke about issues regarding the way modern trends in the English language are perceived both positively and negatively.

Schrand called his speech "The Virtue of Misbehavior in the Digital Age; Or, How the Humanities Taught Me to Take the Time."

Reading from his own essay, titled "Esto Perpetua," named after Idaho's state motto, which is Latin for "let it be perpetual," the 2003 USU graduate spoke specifically of the way social media like Facebook and Twitter are changing the English language.

"Twitter is unabashedly all about compression and acceleration," Schrand said. "Twitter has not only made email seem clunkish and antiquated, but it seems to be rerouting the way we communicate."

Jasilyn Brinkerhoff, a sophomore majoring in English education, said she thinks language is destroyed when condensed too much.

"I feel there's a certain structure in

the way to make everything fit for what we need to say, but there are rules that apply," she said. "You can change things and everything, and I feel like a big part ofEnglish is coming up with different creative ideas of how to switch things around and say it. But I feel when we to start to shorten things and be lazy about all those rules, you start to lose something more about the language."

Brianna Anderson, a sophomore majoring in creative writing agreed.

"I think it's also affecting people's abilities to write," Anderson said. "My little sister - I'd read over what she writes, and I could tell it's like texting or Facebook or something."

Brinkerhoff said she's noticed things such as diverse vocabulary are going the way of the dodo because of 140-character limits in the way people have started to express themselves - Twitter posts are limited to 140 characters.

"There's so many vocabulary words that are missing nowadays that can add so much to what you mean and what you say," Brinkerhoff said. "I think everyone could speak a lot stronger and have more meaning to their words if people would stop shortening things."

Schrand shared an experience he had in his current position at the University

Idaho as an assistant professor

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Picnic on Wednesday, Wilkinson said. A number of clubs plan to set up booths in the International Lounge at 11 a.m. and serve food until it is gone, he said. Admission is $1.

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"I don't even like Oreo cookies that much," Lyons said.

Students interested in food will find a variety at the International

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An interesting new event for CHaSS Week is the Women in Management Workshop later Wednesday, Norton said. Many students get questions about what they are planning to do with their degree, she said, so part of the college's focus this year is to show students in CHaSS majors they have degrees to everywhere. The workshop includes women employed at Enterprise Rent-ACar who work in management

positions from human resources to sales to upper management, Norton said. Men are invited, but the workshop is focused mainly on women, she said. However, a management-related major is not necessary.

"There are skills and things you can learn (that) are beneficial no matter where you are going with your major," Norton said.

The workshop is at 3 p.m. in the University Inn, Room 507.

about the upcoming presidential election.

"I will be analyzing what's going on and what's going to happen in the future, and why Romney's having a hard time sealing up the presidential nomination," Lyons said. Lyons said he will explain four reasons why President Barack Obama will lose the 2012 presidential election and six reasons why he'll win

Lyons' involvement with CHaSS Week is more than Oreo cookies. He will present a lecture at 3 p.m. Thursday in Room 101 of the Engineering Building with Damon Cann, political science professor,

"People are expecting a close election because it's been a recession," Lyons said.

The speaking engagement is part of the Government Relations Council's "Why Should I Care?''

campaign this year, which includes a presentation by each college about how politics is connected to that college's area of study.

"Politics is everywhere," Norton said.

Slam Beat Poetry night completes CHaSS Week, an event the college featured in last year's celebration. Wilkinson said tickets include not just admission but a free mug made by the USU Ceramics Guild. Free coffee and

CHaSS Week celebrates students and the work they have done through the year science department. Lyons, who brought Oreo cookies to his class the Monday after Spring Break, said he sympathized with students who didn't want to return to the classroom after the break. When he saw the sandwich cookies were on sale at Smith's Marketplace, he bought all the different flavors for his students that day. Then, he went to the CHaSS Week planning meeting and suggested Oreo cookies as a refreshment for the Dean's Convocation.

- la.ste'Wart@aggiemail.usu.edu

- Student group discourages texting and driving with obstacle course

Many of the people who stopped to pledge shared stories with the group.

Among them was Alicia Grunig, a prenursing student at USU.

"Back in October, I was driving home from my choir and talking to my husb~nd on a speaker-free phone," Grunig said. "I went through a light that was green, another girl was distracted with her cell phone, and she ran the red light,, and I didn't see her until right when we hit."

Grunig said because of the crash, she no longer touches her phone while driving and feels that if she hadn't been on tht; phone, she would've seen the other driver sooner and avoided the accident.

"I think that it affects the students and the community, showing what the dangers are of texting and driving, distracted driving and even impaired driving," Grunig said. audience.

The group will continue to work with the project through local businesses, such as the Ellen Eccles Theatre, through the end of the semester, Berry said.

"We'll hit it heavy the next two weeks, and that will be it as far as this class goes, but Zero Fatalities will continue to be around, and we'll keep referring people back to them," Berry said.

Ron Welker is a career acceleration specialist in the Huntsman School of Business and the instructor of management 3110. Welker said the class is divided into groups of 10-11 students, and each group is assigned a service project.

"We study all different functions of management such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling," Welker said.

STUDENTS PLEDGE TO NOT TEXT and drive as part of the "Txt L8r" campaign established by the Zero Fatalties organization. D£LAYN£ LOCKE photo

Parker said Txt L8tr may help people understand that police can't completely prevent distracted driving.

Hudson said she was impressed with the project. The problem of texting and driving can be fixed only through awareness and people personally making the change, she said.

Parker said he thought the campaign event had a good turnout. course first without texting, realize it was Cache County Sheriff's Office, would start hard and then while texting realize it's even up the siren on his undercover cop car. harder. Hudson said she appreciated Parker's

Hudson said many would try the obstacle over a cone, Tyler Parker, a deputy with the "I want the students to understand that this isn't something that law enforcement can fix by writing tickets," Parker said. "It's something that people have to choose to

"It's hard enough as it is, but add a double role as a student and a deputy: distraction, including texting and driving "I think that it's great that they got a - especially texting and driving, really - deputy here, too, to add that credibility, as

"People were excited about it," Parker said. "They had no problems jumping in and participating. I hope that those that pledged really do keep their promise and don't text and drive." and it's that much harder," Hudson said. well. It's always good to have law enforce- Berry said the group's most difficult challenge was coming up with a target

do. And they have to choose to do it so they don't hurt other people or themselves in the process."

When people who tried the course ran ment at this kind of a thing," Hudson said. - juliann13s tock@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Speaker says Twitter changes the way people think and communicate

he defended the case to save letters written by famous people to the university about various "mundane or whatever" subjects because they were all handwritten.

"Those bits of writing are important because the presence of the human is on the page," Schrand said. "There's a trace element of human caught up in the type of paper that they choose and the envelopes and their handwriting, their signature."

Anderson said she thinks handwriting should not become a lost art replaced by ones and zeros.

"I think that it seems like it's becoming a dying thing, but I think it's important still," she said. "I don't like ebooks or Kindles or anything, because I agree with what he said about how it's breaking down language and artifacts and human history. It's not something I'm a fan of. I like having a book that I can feel and touch."

However, Schrand said it might not be a bad thing for the language to change.

"Even with the advent of the electric typewriter, written correspondence hasn't really changed that much," he said. "The language was still the same. The sentences were still wholly created. Once the language was sort of truncated and divided and broken into hashtags or broken into texts or tweets, then there's a different kind of collapse."

Ellen Reimschussel, a USU alumna who graduated in 2010 with a major in creative writing, said she agreed with Schrand on how shortening messages changes the way people think and speak.

"I think that it does limit the language," she said. "The language is evolving, but I don't know whether or not that's good. I like that (Schrand) said that it is different, that it is shortening speech in a different way, and it's not clear yet whether (it's) that we're just too worried about it or just being reactionary, or whether it is a big difference."

Schrand said though he resists condensing changes, he also said he contributes to them because he owns an iPhone and has a Facebook account.

"Is this just another swan song?" Schrand asked, rhetorically. "Only time will tell."

Schrand said while his parents were supportive' of his work, it is important for writers to pen their words compassionately.

"Of course these were complicated things," Schrand said. "If you have an axe to grind, it's probably not a good idea to write it because it says more about you than it does about your subject matter. If you're going to implicate someone,

implicate yourself." Anderson agreed with Schrand and said authors should not apologize fot telling their own stories.

"J agree with that," Anderson said. "Your story is your story but I also agree with what he said about writing compassionately and thinking complexly because people are fallible. Maybe what you remember is something else than what they remember."

Home and Garden Show takes over ice center

BY STEVE KENT news editor

For one weekend, gardening and home improvement replaced hockey and ice skating at the George S. Eccles Ice Center.

A floor made of interlocking rubber mats covered the surface of the ice, and more than 90 vendors set up booths for the Cache Valley Media Group 2012 Home and Garden Show on March 23-24.

Carl Yeip, a sales representative for the Kaysville-based food storage company Daily Bread, said he thought the ice center was a good venue for the event.

"My feet are freezing," Yeip said. "We're standing on a block of wood, our feet are so cold. But other than that, (it's) great." Yeip, a sophomore studying geology at USU, said he works for Daily Bread to help pay for college.

Greg Roper, general sales manager at Cache Valley Media Group and the event's coordinator, said for the past seven or eight years the event was held in the Nelson Fieldhouse. This year event planners chose the ice center because of its location and parking.

"The biggest advantage and the whole reason we moved it from USU - USU has been good and the facility was great," Roper said. "I don't have anything bad to say about Utah State University at all - it's just the location and the parking. It's on 8991 Main Street. Everybody knows how to get here."

Roper said the media group had a few concerns about changing the venue of the garden show.

"The biggest concern was how cold is it going to be," Roper said. "Yeah, it's a little chilly, but it's not horrible. People that come in and go through the show, they enjoy it. They seem to be liking the energy that's here."

''The amount of advertising they do on the radio, where every advertisement says 'at the George S. Eccles Ice Center,' is invaluable."

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Naegle, executive director, George s. Eccles Ice Center

Floyd Naegle, executive director for the ice center, said though the ice maintains a temperature of 20 F, the "sports court" covering helps keep air above it warmer.

"That floor almost acts like an insulator, so the (heat) doesn't hurt it," Naegle said. "We turn it up about 6 or 8 degrees. It's pleasant. It's about 60 degrees, but if you get a bunch of

PoliceBlotter

Friday, March 16

• USU Police assisted a distraught family with an unruly juvenile. The individual was transported to the Detention Center for the night to "cool down."

Saturday, March 17

• Police responded to a suspicious person incident at the parking lot west of Aggie Village. Police found an individual sleeping in his vehicle in the parking lot.

• Complainant reported his phone as stolen from the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The complainanta photographer from the Herald Journal - said he had located his phone through a tracking device installed on his phone, and the phone was in North Logan. Officers responded to the home and were able to retrieve it. The individual who had the phone said he was going to give it to his boss who knew the editor of the Herald Journal, who could get the phone back to its owner.

Monday, March 19

• Police responded to an alarm at the USU Bookstore. The motion alarm was activated by a window display that was hanging loosely and began.mo.tlng when air began blowing through the vents.

• Police responded to an elevator alarm in the Merrill-Cazier Library. The elevator technician arrived and released two individuals stuck in

the elevator. The technician informed the police that the elevator will be out of order until further notice.

• Police are investigating a burglary that occurred in Bullen Hall. Several computer items were stolen out of the administration office.

Tuesday, March 20

• Police assisted a student with a diabetic issue. Logan EMS arrived and attended to the student's needs. The student was not transported to the hospital.

• An officer assisted a student in locating a fan belt for his broken-down car. The officer assisted by calling several auto parts stores to find the belt. The belt was delivered to the west Stadium parking lot by the auto parts store.

Wednesday, March 21

• Police responded to a graffiti incident at the Student Living Center west parking lot. Police found a stop sign with graffiti on it. Police gathered information and a report was filed with USU Police.

bodies out there, it's more like 65."

Roper said parking at the ice center is more simple than parking on campus.

"There have been no parking problems whatsoever," he said. "When we were at the university, we were allowed only during their Spring Break, and they didn't change their parking regulations during that time period. So we had many many people who still got tickets, and (vendors) had to park a long ways away to get their stuff into the venue."

Naegle said though the ice center had to cancel its usual skating activities, the garden show was an ideal event for the ice center to host. The ice center and Cache Valley Media Group have worked together often in the past, and the publicity generated by the garden show may help introduce new customers to the ice center, Naegle said.

"The amount of advertising they do on the radio, where every advertisement says, 'at the George S. Eccles Ice Center,' is invaluable," Naegle said. "One of the things I've been chartered to do is get a new clientele in here

most people know the ice center is here, but many of them still have not come in and seen what a jewel of a facility this is."

Naegle said the ice center will use the sports court again for the Spice on Ice culinary competition March 29.

- steve.kent@aggiemail.usu.edu

Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies.

Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911

• Police responded to the Taggart Student Center onA concerned citizen called wanting to know why there were people walking around campus dressed up in military-type clothing, carrying weapons. Subject was advised of the game Human vs. Zombies that Campus Housing was putting on. The subject objected to this type of game being held in a public place and advised police of some of his concerns.

• Police responded to the Jones Education building on a water leak in the computer Jab. The plumber arrived and handled the problem. Minimal damage occurred from the leak.

Thursday, March 22

• Police responded to a theft of a bicycle that occurred in the Townhouses. After investigating the call, it was determined that the bike was not stolen in a malicious manner but was taken without permission. The bike was returned to the original owner.

• Police responded to a criminal mischief report that occurred north of the Lundstrom building. A 2000 Toyota Sienna had its windshield damaged while parked in the area. Police have no suspects at this time.

•>Compiled by Steve Kent

Locals remember Martin as investigation continues

EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -

Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed, many preachers and worshippers echoed calls for justice Sunday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida last month.

The one-month anniversary of Martin's death is Monday. He was shot while wearing a "hoodie" as he walked borne on a rainy night in a gated community. The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, is the son of a white father and Hispanic mother, and the demands to charge him in Martin's slaying have grown ever louder. He had called police to report the hooded figure as suspicious; the 17-year-old

Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, talking to his girlfriend on his cellphone.

In African-American and other religious centers from Florida to Atlanta, New York and Chicago, messages from pulpits couldn't help but touch on a seemingly avoidable tragedy that continues to be rife with more questions than answers. But while the call continued for the arrest of Zimmerman, there were also pleas to use the incident to spark a larger movement.

"How do we turn pain into power?" the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked a standing-room only congregation of hundreds while preaching at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Eatonville, Fla., about 20 miles from the site of the Sanford

shooting. "How do we go from a moment to a movement that curries favor?"

Jackson preached a sermon entitled "The Substance of Things Hoped For." He called for Martin's "martyr" death to be used as an opportunity to revive the Civil Rights Commission and draw attention to long-standing issues. Very young children and teens sat in the choir behind him.

"The blood of the innocent has power," Jackson said to shouts of "Amen" and loud clapping.

Jackson invoked the names of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy bludgeoned and shot to death in Mississippi in 1955 for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and slain civil rights figures Medgar Evans and Martin Luther King, Jr.

"There's power in the blood of Emmett Till! There's power in in the blood of Medgar Evers! There's power in the blood of Dr. King!" declared the 70-year-old Jackson, who marched with King.

Jackson made a direct plea to change the "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law that many believe authorities in Florida used to avoid arresting him.

Amid the outcry over the lack of charges against Zimmerman, the Sanford police chief and state's attorney in the case have both stepped aside. The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights probe into the shooting, and a grand jury is scheduled to meet April 10 to consider evidence in the case. Zimmerman's attorney has said he believes the case falls under Florida's stand-your-ground law, which dictates that a person has the right to stand his or her ground and "meet force with force" if attacked.

Campus & Community Museum shows films for Saturday event

USU's Museum of Anthropology steps away from its normal venue to offer visitors a chance to view two critically acclaimed films about stealing culture. The films are shown as part of the museum's Saturdays at the Museum series and are screened in Old Main 115.

The films document the brutality of intellectual barbarism and the enduring resistance it creates in the hearts of the victimized, event organizers said.

"Rabbit Proof Fence," the story of an Aboriginal girl who struggles to return to her family, will be shown at 11 a.m., followed at 1 p.m. by "The Train," which highlights the theft of priceless art by German soldiers.

"We often take our culture, our traditions and our way of life for granted," said Museum of Anthropology curator Elizabeth Sutton. "lt's only when we are threatened with their loss that we understand their importance and their value and go to extraordinary lengths to protect them."

Science Unwrapped explores volcano

The Yellowstone Supervolcano: It's huge, it's powerful, it's mysterious and it's right under our feet. Should we be worried?

"Yes, the Yellowstone region is active and has the potential to cause widespread destruction," said Jamie Farrell. geophysicist and doctoral candidate with the University of Utah's Seismology and Active Tectonics Research Group. "But Hollywood's depiction and the reality of what could happen are quite different. We need to sort through what we know and what we don't know and how scientists are finding this information."

Farrell, a 2001 USU graduate, is featured speaker for USU's Science Unwrapped program Friday on campus. He presents uYellowstone Supervolcano: Myths and Realities" at 7 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium, Room 130, of the Eccles Science Learning Center.

Hosted by USU's College of Science, the free event is open to inquiring minds of all ages.

Hands-on learning activities and refreshments follow Farrell's talk.

The event is a continuation of Science Unwrapped's spring 2012 series, "End of the World as We Know It: The Science Behind Apocalypses."

Attorney Craig Sonner has said Zimmerman is not a racist.

After Jackson's sermon, congregants said the civil rights activist's message resonated.

"This kind of activism never stopped in the church, that's what they do for us in the black community," srud 34-year-old Nacia Bradley of Orlando. "That's what they're here to do."

Black churches have long served as catalysts for change and were instrumental during the civil rights era

"The activism (in the church) is bigger and better than ever," said Kenneth Byers, 47, of Orlando. "Everything Rev. Jackson said was right on time."

At Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church, a predominantly black congregation, the Rev. Michael Pfleger wore the hood of his robe over his head while celebrating Mass. Pfleger, who is white, has long spoken out against violence.

During Mass, one congregant held a sign reading, "We are all Trayvon Martin."

In New York City, Middle Collegiate Church pastor Jacqueline Lewis said the church must assume both a spiritual and political role to end "the epidemic" of racism. She encouraged her congregants to send packages of Skittles to Sanford police, sign an online petition and attend an April conference on building multiracial congregations.

It's that sense of activism that resonated with Michael Ambrosini, who left the service wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. He said he attends the church in part because "such violence dictates strong political action, and this church takes action."

Art of Everett Ruess on display

USU Libraries presents Everett Ruess Block Prints, a Utah Arts and Museums' Traveling Exhibition March 30-April 29 at Merrill-Cazier Library. The exhibit includes a selection of block prints created by Everett Ruess, depicting his travels throughout the western United States in the early 20th century. The prints are among those he created prior to his disappearance in the Escalante canyons in 1934. Ruess roamed throughout the southwestern United States during the early 1930s. In order to pay tribute to and preserve his memory of the desert and mountains he respected and loved, Ruess recorded his travels in poems, essays, letters, watercolors, sketches and lino-cut block prints. As his wanderlust became an obsession, Ruess would sell or trade his artwork to help fund his travels. In 1934, at the age . . of 20, Ruess mysteriously disappeared in the Escalante Canyons and was never heard from again. Ruess is known as a folk hero and : • symbol of the wilderness conserva- • tion movement. Everett Ruess Block Prints can be seen in the Merrill-Cazier Library atrium gallery.

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_B_Y_D_E_L_A_Y_N_E_L_O_C_K_E covered in wedding cake and festival chalk. The newly wed couple spent the rest of their photo editor day amidst the multi-colored chalk, delving Vibrant sprays of green, blue and yellow into traditional Indian food. chalk filled the air and coated the lungs of This weekend marked the 15th year the thousands of people on a large hill in Spanish Holi Krishna Festival of Colors has been celFork. The pulsing of bodies jumping up and ebrated in Utah. According to utahkrishnas. down moved to the sound of electric guitars org, it is the largest celebration of the holiday on the stage in front of them. in the western hemisphere. Attendance at the Songs speaking of God and celebration event continues to double every year, accordechoed off of the great white Krishna Temple ing to information provided by the the Hare which stood as the backdrop to this event. Krishna Temple. No one in the sea of white t-shirts had a clear In traditional stories of the Indian culture place left on their person except for the whites the word Holi is taken from the evil witch of their eyes. Both young and old were now named Holika. In ancient lore, Holika was walking works of art. Greens, purples and believed to be able to withstand fire. She yellows filled their hair and skin they were misused this gift by hurting others. She was decorated happily by devotees. Spring arrived, defeated by a five-year-old boy who was said and over the course of the day, around 201000 to continually say prayers to God. According people chose to celebrate its coming at the to Krishna Temple infotmation, at this year's Holi Krishna Festival of Colors on Saturday. festival a witch-like figure was placed on a

For one festival attendee Holl Krishna bonfire and burned to celebrate her defeat. wasn't just about throwing chalk. For The word Krishna means "the Godhefld." Autumn Augustus, the color-filled day was Colors are thrown at the celebration because also her wedding day. Complete with a white around 5,000 years ago, when Lord Krishna wedding gown and fairy wings. Autumn and was present on the earth, he celebrated the. her groom, along with family and friends coming of spring by scooping a handful of gathered with the preacher in a small pavilion dirt and flower petals ihto the air with his folright next to the Krishna Temple amid the lowers. The colors represented today are easier hustle and bustle of the huge event. and cheaper to produce.

Augustus said she completed the ceremony The chalk that is thrown is made out of early in the morning surrounded by several corn starch, organic dyes and scents. The strangers, before the color festivities began colors that were available for purchase were and finished the wedding with a large rain- orange, yellow, blue, green and pink. No bow cake. outside chalk was allowed into the event

"I loved rainbows and colors. I thought because some can be dangerous for public it would be a beautiful event and make it all use. According to information provided by special without having to do a whole lot for the Hare Krishna Temple. the wedding," Augustus said. See EVENT, Page 5 I By the end of Autumn's wedding she was

Cadavers give students hands-on experience

, BY KRISTI LAMBERT staff writer

"Mortui vivos docent" is a Latin phrase, which translates to "the dead teach the living." This inscription can be found in anatomy laboratories across the world, including USU's lab. Professor Andy Anderson teaches human anatomy at USU and is a firm believer in these words.

"I feel very strongly about cadavers," Anderson said. "If you're going to teach human anatomy, you've got to have cadavers."

Anderson, who has worked at USU for the past 29 years as a principal lecturer and pre-health adviser, said USU students have used cadavers for many decades to learn more about the human body, but the cadaver laboratory located in the Biology and Natural Resources Building was built about 15 years ago.

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The cadavers that occupy the lab are donated through the Body Donor Program, which is run by the University of Utah's department of neurobiology.

Individuals who are 18 years or older can fill out the proper paperwork giving permission for their body or their spouse's body to be used to further education and research at various institutions in the Intermountain West, according to the University of Utah's department of neurobiology website.

The site states that after a donor dies, arrangements are made for the body to be retrieved and embalmed. However, not all bodies can be accepted. A recent major surgery, traumatic accident, autopsy, obesity or other various circumstances may render the body useless for study.

Though the donated bodies only stay at USU for one year, according to the University of Utah's Body Donor Program's main website, donations can last anywhere from three months to two years.

"At the end of the year," Anderson

said, "I make sure that all the parts of the donated bodies are returned to their assigned body bag so that all of their remains can be taken to the crematorium in Salt Lake City."

After the donated bodies are cremated, they are returned to their family. In case the family does not want the ashes returned, they are buried in a group grave owned by the University of Utah. The tombstone states: "In memory of those who have donated their bodies to advance medical education and science."

Before Memorial Day, a nondenominational graveside service is held for the families and medical students, according to the site.

"The medical students thank the families and the families thank the medical students," Anderson said.

"The families are pleased that the donated cadavers can help in the education of a future generation of health professionals."

Like many medical students, Michelle Peterson, a senior majoring in nutrition and a teaching assistant for Anderson's anatomy class, said she has found a new appreciation.

"Not only have I gained an understanding of the human body," Peterson said, "I've grown to have a greater respect for the people who donate their bodies to help students further their goals and futures. So many people see the cadaver lab as something gross or scary and it's not.

It's something that is very, very selfless and giving."

There are currently seven cadavers in the anatomy laboratory on campus. Anderson said many of the donated bodies now come with letters from the deceased.

"A fellow named ~oyd wrote a letter to us pciQu.o bis death which stated, 'Hello, my name is Boyd. I was an aircraft engineer who developed devices for airplanes to see in the dark. I hope you have a good time dissecting me and, above all, be of good cheer,'" Anderson said. "It's a • I O From Page 4

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Charu Das one, of the directors of she lives on the property that the the celebration, said the real purpose Krishna temple stands on and has of the gathering is to celebrate God. done so for four years.

"Our main practice is chanting "God is God He loves everybody, Hare Krishna which is the name for we are all children of God and that God," Das said. "God in his name is is a part of the celebration. That absolute. God is dancing on the tip we can all come together and sing of your tongue." and dance and be joyous together

Das said another reason for the regardless of titles - that's what the festival is to give attendees a new festival is," Dasi said. hope for their futures. After all was said and done, chalk

"The purpose of the festival is bags were left empty and lifeless on to to get their hopes up for the the brown earth, but Das said the future," Das said. "(They can) expect celebration was a reminder everysomething amazing, drive out all one's own sense of spirituality. of the negative thoughts, and (we "It is a joyful expression of our can) make them realize that we are own spirituality and it's a direct here for a purpose and turn things pipeline to the spiritual source of around." which we come," he said.

Devotee Vrajasundari Dasi said she met her husband at the Festival - delayne.locke@aggiemail.usu.edu of Colors years ago. She now works

Anderson has made the decision to donate his body to the Body Donor Program.

"My main reason is education," Anderson said. "Since I am an educator in life, being used to educate another generation of students after my death is very attractive to me."

About 500 students work in the cadaver lab every year, Anderson said. Students enrolled in the human dissection course held in the fall have the chance to expose the bodies that have been donated. Then, during the spring and summer semesters, those in the human anatomy class work with the same exposed bodies.

"At first I was a little nervous of

actually dealing with real bodies," said Katie Elmer, a sophomore majoring in exercise science who is currently in Anderson's human anatomy course. "But I have realized that this is the best way to learn about the body. The first time when they showed us the cadaver I almost felt like I was going to pass out. I felt light-headed, so I sat down. I have gotten better. I will glove up and actually feel the muscles, veins and the different parts of the body."

One of the risks some experience while working otrt~'Cadavers is fainting. Anderson said students are warned to tell their lab aides if they are feeling sick, but if a student does pass out he or she is laid flat on the floor until they feel better. He reassures his students it is a response that

will go away with time.

"When people pass out, they're very heavy," Anderson said. "Even little girls have taken me down to the floor with them. Fortunately, no one has been seriously injured. When they feel embarrassed about this, I tell them I even fainted once myself while working in an emergency room many years ago."

While in the lab, students are asked to refer to the bodies they are working on by their first names, as a sign of respect. "At first it was really hard for me to go in there because I am such a baby with stuff like that," said Abigail Lee, a junior majoring in exercise science who is also in Anderson's •) See CADAVER LAB, Page 6

Humans vs. Zombies takes over campus

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Exploring five continents on a budget

BY MACKENZI VAN ENGELENHOVEN features senior writer

The summer before he finished his undergraduate degree at USU, Daniel Barello decided to take a trip. After summers of working and saving, Barello spent 85 days traveling around the world.

"I saved up all through school," he said. "And then, I just made it happen. When you really want something, you just make it happen."

Barello, who is now a graduate student in aerospace engineering, said he had only been out of the country three times before his summer trip, which included traversing 18 countries across five continents. The challenge of the trip was sticking to a budget that would allow him to continue his education when he returned, he said.

"We slept in hostels, we slept in our car," he said. "We mostly ate food from the grocery store. You learn how to cut comers."

"We were in India for the Festival of Colors. It was nuts:' he said. "We were in this town in the middle of nowhere, and we were the only white people. There were thousands of people, camels, vendors, all sorts of stuff. I felt like I was in a time·warp It was so far from my world. In one hour I lea·rned so much more than I could have from a textbook."

He said he enjoys sharing his adventures with others, and loves planning trips. On top of working on a master's degree and traveling internationally, he said he recently planned a Spring Break trip to Maui for USU students.

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Barello said he has always loved planning trips. In high school, when his soccer coach quit unexpectedly, Barello took charge of the team's upcoming trip to the Utah Summer Games.

"I used my grandma's credit card to book hotels," he said.

This passion for planning trips helped Barello secure a job with Motley Travel, a web-based travel agency. His friends also turn to him when they need help planning trips because they know Barello has experience traveling on a student's limited budget.

is no other way I would be able to learn like I am if it weren't for them. Learning on an animal is not the same at all."

Anderson said students currently in professional medical schools working on real bodies who have experience doing so as undergraduates find the experience advantageous and educational.

However, the cadaver lab is not just for students. Anderson said 15,000 visitors from various high schools and healthcare • groups such as first responders and emergency medical technicians come in every year to view or use the lab.

The Utah Trauma Conference will be held April 18 in Logan. EMTs, paramedics, nurses and pre-hospital personnel will use the USU cadaver lab to train and practice.

"The main reason we do this," Anderson said. "Is so we can learn and practice on dead people. Then, these students who have been trained on dead people can do a better job with living people in their future careers."

- kristi.j.lambert@aggiemail.usu.edu

Saturdar, I was one of a flood o people crowding the newly opened City Creek Mall in Salt Lake City. As a New Yorker-atheart, I was quite thrilled with the metropolitan downtown feel so close to home.

When I entered the mall I saw the actual City Creek running between walkways, a lady dressed up as a sunflower and a Gateway-esque water feature.

One of the aspects of NYC life I love most is that you can find anything and everything if you walk around a few blocks. Where's a Starbucks? Around the corner. Indian restaurant? One block south.

I was surprised and giddy when I saw Michael Kors, Bebe and Tiffany's. Of course, I will never be able to afford these brands unless I become a golddigger or sell my eggs, but a girl can dream. For those with budgets similar to mine, Forever 21 and H&M are perfect spots for affordable and fashionable options.

The beauty of City Creek is you can pop into the high fashion places check out the trends and then stop by H&M to find the styles you like at a more affordable price.

Shoe lovers of the world start making room in your

"You have to make sacrifices and learn to think outside the box when you travel," he said. "But if you're willing to do that, it can happen, even on a small budget."

Bollero said students who are interested in traveling but are worried about budgeting can consult a travel agent before booking flights abroad. For his trip around the world, a travel agent helped him cut his flight costs in half. He also found it helpful to get a credit card that gave him flyer miles. He also suggests students avoid Europe.

Though it is one of the most desired destinations, it can also be one of the most e:q,ensive, he said.

"Most people want to do Europe, but at the end of the day, you can do Europe when you're 60. Riding an elephant in Thailand or (taking) a three-week safari are things you can only do when you're young," Barello said. He said students who want to travel should stay open to what the world has to offer them.

"There's only so much you can prepare, because everywhere is so unique," he said. "You really have to learn as you go and (have) to be open to what that place has to show you."

Though Barello said he has had to make sacrifices to make his traveling happen, including extending his undergraduate studies and taking out student loans, he is confident he has gained a valuable education from his world travels.

"I became a better person," he said. "I gained as much of an education from traveling as I did from being in a classroom. You learn so much about yourself. You just grow."

In the future, Barello anticipates having to cut down on traveling.

closets for Aldo, Vans, Foot Locker and my personal favorite, Steve Madden. I somehow had the opportunity to interview him on a club rooftop where he intermittently used an array of colorful expletives. Thoug_h he might be a little eccentric, he has some great shoes and often makes designs similar to high-end designers such as Louiboutin, without costing ":<?re than a semester of tu1t1on.

I nearly jumped up and down when I saw Sephora, a beauty retailer. Raised with three brothers, I grew up playing with Batman action figures, inspecting bugs and rolling around in the mud, but I have always loved to do my makeup. For a few moments I forget about germs and use as many "try-me" samples as I can. I don't even think about leaving until I give myself a free manicure with Casting Call pink in the polish section and a splash of Calvin Klein's Euphoria perfume.

I'm a newbie to writing fashion columns, so you might be curious what

The most important skill he's learned from traveling? How to beat jet lag. "You don't sleep at all the night before," he said. "You just have to be as tired as you can when you get on that plane " - m.van911@aggiemail.usu.edu

gives me any qualifications - and if you've seen me in person, you probably wouldn't put me into the fashion-savvy category. Most days I stay in my Utah State sweatpants and zip up a hoodie. I've even been known to let my jeans poop a boot on occasion (don't tell D. Whitney Smith.) But alas, I do actually know a thing or two about fashion. I started modeling when I was 15 and, at the elderly age of 20, I retired. After my resignation from the biz, I did an internship at a Conde Nast magazine "Footwear News." I've also lived in New York on and off for the past six years and being the fashion capitol of the country, I've seen many trends come and go over the yea.rs - always hitting NYC before trickling back west.

During my runway strutting days I wore outlandish outfits that apparently someone found attractive. Through the years I developed a pretty solid preference for my own fashion style (aside from the roll out bed look.) I tend to go for well-fitted clothing that shows of my 'good qualities - waist and JLO booty - if you were curious. I like to wear many different colors- generally solids and I dig a sexy wedge sh oe. During the cold weather season, I tend to wear long

sweaters because I don't want to make girls jealous of my juicy tush. If I hadn't just received a parking ticket, I might have picked up a spring dress from H&M or Forever 21 and a bright-colored pump from Steve Madden whilst checking out the mall. But this trip was just for gawking. I am excited for what City Creek is going to do for Utah. I ve often felt I could never live in Utah long term. I love the mountains, I love outdoor activities, but I can't stand the bubble we seem to be consumed within. I think this great new addition to Utah business and fashion is going to put Salt Lake City on the map as a credible location for shopping and tourism. I was ready to check out apartment prices in the area and got excited I challenge any fashioninterested individual to make the two hour trip south to City Creek. You won't regret it.

- Natasha Bodily is a senior ,:najoring in public relations. She worked as a fashion model in New York City for five years and interned at Footwear News in the summer of 2011. Emails can be sent to natasha.bodily@ gmail.com

BY TYLER HUSKINSON

assistant sports editor

When a college basketball team scores 105 points, there is a good chance it will win. That was the case for the USU men's basketball team Sunday afternoon. Sophomore guard Preston Medlin scored 26 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Aggies over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 105-81 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in the semifinal of the Collegelnsider.com Postseason Tournament.

"Everything looks easy when you make a lot of shots, and we made a lot of shots tonight," USU head coach Stew Morrill said. "When you look at points and assists and only 11 turnovers, that's a huge number for us. We just played really good offense.

They've got some explosive scorers, they just had a hard time stopping us and that was basically the game."

USU has won seven of its last eight games and punched its ticket to the CIT Championship game against Mercer on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum.

"Hopefully we'll have some energy left," Morrill said. "They know it's the last game, no matter what."

Senior guard Brockeith Pane, who finished with 20 points and 10 assists, scored USU's first points of the game on a 15-foot jumper.

Oakland sophomore guard Travis Bader hit a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to give the Grizzlies their only lead of the entire game.

"The snowball is rolling right now," senior forward Morgan Grim said. "It's

showing in practice and it's carrying into games."

Grim, who finished with 18 points and 10 assists, gave USU a 4-3 lead with a layup after Bader's 3-pointer, and USU exploded with four straight 3-pointers as part of a 12-3 run.

USU maintained its double-digit lead and pushed the advantage to greater than 20 points on a 3-pointer from junior guard E.J. Farris.

USU shot 81.8 percent from 3-point range and 70 percent from the field in the first half, which gave the Aggies a 60-43 lead at halftime.

"We had a lot of shots going in during the first half," Grim said. "I thought it was pretty ridiculous - 70 percent is ridiculous. We were making a lot of shots and getting the crowd into.

We got an early jump on them."

USU's 60 points was the most it has scored in the first half in team history and its 105 points are the most scored since scoring 111 points against Southern Oregon on Nov. 22, 1997.

"They were really, really good tonight." Oakland head coach Greg Kampe said. "I understand this hasn't been Morrill's best year or his best team, but they were prepared tonight. I can't believe that they've played any better than that this year. We r~n into their 'A' game tonight."

USU's largest lead of the night came with 3:20 to play, 105-75, on a pair of free throws from sophomore guard Danny Berger, who finished with 17 points on 5 of 6 shooting from 3-point range and 5 of 8 shooting overall.

"I just took the open looks and knocked them down," Berger said. - ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU had trouble getting stops on Oakland in the first half as the Grizzlies shot 48 percent from the field and 47 percent from 3-point range. Oakland slowed down in the second half however, as they hit 27 percent from the field and 3-point range. "We were shooting it in, that's for sure, but we know they were a high-scoring team as well," Berger said. "Luckily, we were able to match it. In the first half, they were shooting lightsout, but so were we. We were able to string a few stops together in the second half and lower their percentage down a little bit."

Utah State stringing tournament wins

select few Division-I programs still playing basketball this late into March, and with how the Aggies arrived at the postseason, it means positive things for head coach Stew Morrill. "I just think it's positive in every way you can think of," Morrill said. ''The seniors, no matter what happens on Wednesday, they are going to leave with a real good taste in their mouth - getting above 20 wins and stringing together some wins in this tournament. Our younger players are going to get some confidence and get more experience and feel what it's like to be in a one-and-done situation."

USU will play in its first-ever postseason championship game Wednesday as it hosts the Mercer Bears after defeating the Oakland Golden Grizzles 105-81 on Sunday.

"Just more experience for guys is positive," Morrill said. "I keep going back to when we were 14 -14 and it could have went south, but these guys didn't let it go south. That says a lot for them and makes me very proud of them."

Despite not playing in the NCAA tournament, USU has still put together four consecutive wins during the Collegelnsider.com Postseason Tournament.

"It's been great for our confidence," sophomore guard Danny Berger said. "We've obviously had some struggles this season. Stringing a few together in this tournament has been really positive for us.

"Obviously, our goal is to get to the NCAA tournament, but this tournament is good, too, and we're making a run and getting some experience."

"We haven't had the best of draws in postseason before," Grim said. "We're winning games and we're showing that we can do it. Hopefully that will carry over to next year and get some guys some confidence. I think it's an overall good thing for everybody."

The momentum USU carries now may carry over into next season, as well. "I think it's bigtime for our guys that are coming back," Grim said. "We're a really young team obviously, and we're going to have a bunch of guys coming back. This is great for them. It means more playing time and postseason experience."

- ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu

Aggies win WAC opener, drop two of three

BY TAVIN STUCKI sports editor

The Utah State softball team won one of three games against Louisiana Tech to open Western Athletic Conference play this weekend.

USU 4, La. Tech 0

Aggie pitcher Mandy Harmon led USU to a shutout in the first game of the series, snapping a nine-game losing streak Friday.

The junior struck out six batters and gave up five runs in the win - her fourth of the season.

USU head coach Carissa MillsapKalaba said Harmon pitched well.

"Mandy is a vital player for this team," she said. "She has the ability to keep us in a lot of games by the way she pitches. She was able to do that on Friday night." In the first inning, La. Tech pitcher Michelle Jones walked leadoffhitter Kassy Uchida.

The sophomore center fielder made her way to third base before she and shortstop Kelley Kaneshiro executed a bunt to bring Uchida to the plate for a 1-0 lead.

The Aggies scored three more runs in the top of the seventh to give them a 4-0 lead. Millsap-Kalaba said Harmon was crucial to secure the win.

"She protected a one-run lead late into the game and gave us the opportunity to win the game," Millsap-Kalaba said. "Every win is vital in our conference, and I was proud of the way the team came out and played. Mandy went out and pitched a very good game for us."

USU 1, La. Tech 10

Day two was not so kind to the Aggies, as they lost in the fifth inning because of the eight-run mercy rule.

Senior pitcher Dani Chaplin started the first two innings for Utah State, but of the 12 batters she faced, six of them scored.

Freshman Mariah Peterson relieved Chaplin in the second and got the Aggies out of second and third innings without any further damage. Peterson faced two batters in the fourth who both scored, giving La. Tech a 8-0 advantage before junior right hander Kali Cancelosi was sent in to stop the bleeding from the mound.

Cancelosi allowed another two runs in the bottom of the fourth

unable to play with the same intensity that we played with (Friday) in (Saturday's) games," Millsap-Kalaba said.

USU 1, La. Tech 5

Harmon returned to the mound for the final game of the day but could not help the Aggies win two of the three three games in the series. She allowed two runs in the bottom of the first and had two strikeouts in the game.

Uchida went 3-4 but couldn't get to the plate to help her pitcher on the offensive side.

Thomsen hit a solo shot over the right-field fence for her third homerun of the season - the lone Aggie run.

The Aggies will return to the Beehive State to face Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday before hosting WAC foe Nevada on Friday and Saturday.

"We have work to do as a team," Millsap-Kalaba said. "We need to get better with every game that we play and that is what I expect. We are a tough team, and we will be ready to play next week and compete in every game we play in. I expect the girls to be ready to play and to compete."

Utah State still improving in 2012 outdoor season

BY ALI DAVIS staff writer

Four Aggies won event titles in the UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational on March 23-24.

The men's' team is poised to defend its outdoor Western Athletic • Conference championship from last season, and the women's team is working hard to claim its second championship of the year.

"Our goal is just to keep improving," said head coach Gregg Gensel. And the results are paying off.

Overall, the Aggies performed well enough to win 23 top-five places. Friday night, senior Lindsey Spencer won the hammer throw, distancing 59.56 meters, Dan Howell won the 3,000-meter run and Kyle McKenna won the 5,000. Saturday, senior Spela Hus won the shot put with a throw of 14.63.

Second place finishers on the women's' side included Bailee Whitworth in the 100, Aubrie Haymore in the 400 and Lindsey

Spencer in the discus. The men's second place finishers were Nie Bowens in the 200, Devin Wright in the javelin and Aaron Clements in the 3000. Gensel was happy with the results of the meet and said the teams are well on their way to complete their goals of winning WAC championships at the conference meet in May.

"We just want to keep progressing every day," he said. "This was one of those weeks where we didn't really have anything spectacular, but we're making progress. We've been having really hard practices, and this was an opportunity to see the fruits of our labor."

The team will take this weekend off from competing and will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., on April 6 and 7 for the Tailwind Invitational.

- a/i.davis@aggi.email.usu.edu

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2. Bailee Whitworth, 12.07 2. Aubrie Haymore, 55.76; 4. Utah State, 48.69 3. Sonia Grabowska, 3.86m (12-08.00); 1. Spela Hus, 14.63m (48-00.00); 3. Lindsey Spencer, 13.94m (45-09.00) 2. Lindsey Spencer, 51.39m (168-07)

3. Nie Bowens, 10.69 2. Nie Bowens, 21.54 4. Daniel Howell, 3:54.51; 5. Aaron Clements, 3:54.87 2. Devin Wright, 56.93m (186-09); 4. Jordan McMurray, 50.82m (166-09)

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Aggies finish fifth at WAC Championship

BY MEREDITH KINNEY sports senior writer

When the Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championship hit the Spectrum this weekend, Utah State head coach Jeff Richards said the Aggies entered their home arena feeling ready.

"They looked confident, they looked aggressive, they didn't hold up," Richards ' said.

Aggie senior Rebecca Holliday agreed and said it was the team's attitude that was really beneficial.

"We said any doubts you have get rid of them," Holliday said. "Attack everything, don't doubt yourself and get after everything."

The Aggies finished in ' fifth place, b-qt Richards said he was happy with the team's performance.

"When we finished that last rotation - that fourth rotation - and we went up in the tunnel, I was proud of them," he said.

The University of Denver woo the meet with a tbtal score of 196.350. Sacramento State finished second with a 195.675, followed by Southern Utah University in third, with a score of 195.025. San Jose State University sat in fourth with a 194.800, and the Aggies were .025 back with a 194.775.

The Aggies opened up on bars. Coming into the

meet with the second-best bars average in the WAC, USU had a lot riding on its routines.

Freshman Sarah Landes led off with a 9.775. Her score was tied by fellow freshman Kaitlyn Betts.

Senior Rebecca Holliday stuck her landing for a 9.750, but it was sophomore Paige Jones with the high score for Utah State - 9.800. Junior Amelia Montoya also scored high, landing her double layout dismount for a 9.725.

USU was on the balance beam for the second rotation. Holliday put up a big score with a high gainer dismount, earning a 9.875. Landes and freshman Samantha Wagner tied at 9.725.

For the third rotation the Aggies moved to floor. On their way to a season-best team score on the event, four Aggies scored above 9.8. Montoya converted on big tumbling passes for a 9.800. Jones added a 9.825, and freshman Christina Nye landed her career-best 9.850 and a second team all-WAC honor.

"She really shined," Richards said. "That was great to see."

Landes was the top Aggie on the event picking up a 9.875, earning first team all -WAC honors. She said she felt her routine come together.

"Today I got out there

and did the best I could," Landes said. For the final rotation the Aggies were on vault. Betts scored a career-high 9.825 and was honored with second team all-WAC. Richards said the big score is something the Aggies have been waiting for from their young gymnast.

"All season we've been working on upgrades and tonight we tried to put them in," Richards said. "(Betts) had some upgrades and it really paid off."

Freshman Breyanna Aufiero struggled during warm-ups but landed a 9.600, her career best.

Holliday added a hop onto her landing but scored a 9.525 to give her an allaround score of 38.900.

"I had a feeling before vault that I was really close to it," Holliday said. "Then when I took that step, I was like 'I bet I'm going to be one-tenth away."' Landes' score of 9.750 on vault gave her a 39.125 all-around. Both she and Holliday scored well enough for all-WAC honors.

The pair have a chance to move on to regionals in the all-around competition, which will be held in Salt Lake City on April 7. - meredith.kinney@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Aggies split with La. Tech -and San Francisco

BY MEGAN BODILY staff writer

The Utah State women's tennis team took to the courts Friday and Saturday in back-to-back matches against University of San Francisco and Louisiana Tech. Splitting the weekend, the Aggies improved 6-6 in season play and 1-0 in Western Athletic Conference action. '

USU 3, USF 4

USU dropped a heartbreaker to USF on Friday. For the second time this season the Aggies could not continue momentum after winning the doubles point, losing to the Dons in singles action. Utah State came out strong in doubles, winning the point two pro-sets to one.

''We came in hungrier and played smarter in today's match."

-Bryan Marchant, assistant coach USU tennis

Junior Jaci West and freshman McKenzie Davis cleaned up quick, defeating Julie Wartenburger and Blair Reed 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles position.

Junior Kristina Voytsekhovich and senior Romina Nedakovic clinched the doubles point dismissing Melinda Akerbrant and Alana McMahon 8-4 in the No. 2 doubles spot.

Senior Brianna Rowland and freshman Kimberly Watts were defeated by Milica Tanovic and Yurie Hashiguchi in a tiebreaker 7-8.

The Dons were not sent home easily and came back to win the match in singles action.

West fell to Wartenburger in straight sets in the No. 1 singles position. After losing the first 5-7, West was up early in the second set 5-2. Wartenburger came back to win four games in a row, taking the match 7-5, 7-6.

Davis continued her dominance, dismissing Akerbrant in two sets 7-6, 6-3 in the No. 2 singles position.

Voytsekovich dropped to Tanovic, 6-7, 3-6 in the No. 3 singles position.

Nedakovic lost in three sets to Hashiguchi in the No. 4 singles position. The senior took the first set in a tiebreaker, but Hashiguchi came back to win the second. The two traded shots in the third, taking it into another tiebreaker. The Don came out on top, winning the match 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. Head coach Chris Wright said it was the battle of the day.

"Super hard fought match, definitely could be one of the best efforts from anybody this whole season," Wright said. "She had every reason to get negative and frustrated but didn't. "

McMahon defeated Rowland 6-3 6-4 in the No. 5 singles posi-

tion, and Monica Abella defeated Reed in three, 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 in the No. 6 singles position.

"It was a good match. We knew it was going to be a close match," Wright said. "It was disappointing. I really thought we were going to pull it out."

USU 6, La. Tech 1

The Aggies rebounded from a tough loss Friday to take a win in conference play Saturday against Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

The Aggies gained the lead early, taking the doubles point by winning two of the three matches. In singles action, USU carried the momentum over to almost shut the door on La. Tech for a complete sweep.

West battled Laura Fernandez in the No. 1 singles position. Both players struggled to hold serve, taking the first set into a tiebreaker that West won The second set proved no easier for the California native, as it took a little extra to dismiss Fernandez. West took the match in straight sets 7-6, 7-5.

"West stuck with her opponent," Wright said. "She bung in there and won."

Davis rolled through Vivian ten Dolle 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles position.

Voytsekovich held her opponent to four games, defeating Elne Bernard 6 -4, 6-0 in the No. 3 singles position.

Nedakovic bounced back from a tough loss Friday to win her match over Alena Erofeyeva 7-6, 6-2 in the No. 4 singles spot.

The only loss of the day came from Abella in three sets to Maartje De Wit 6-2, 4-6, 4 - 10 in the No. 5 singles position. Abella jumped out early in the super tiebreaker 3-1 but the Don came back for the win. USU assistant

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We've created a new language through social media. Language used when sending instantaneous messages and posts on Pinterest or Twitter shouldn't need to read the same way an essay does. However, for those who are adamantly against shortened words and sentences without periods, we respect your need to be grammatically correct at all times.

This idea was brought to our attention by an Idaho professor who visited campus last week and said social media are ruining the English language, but what is the English language? Since its beginning, the English language has been transforming constantly - new words are added and new rules developed to contain the chaos that is English. Too many objects and ideas needed names, and it seems the wordinventors ran out of ideas, which is why we have words like "to" and "too." But why did we need the word "too" in the first place when the word "also" exists? Beats us.

At what point does a language become ruined? We believe that many elderly people would agree the English language was ruined with the invention of rap music. It's all relative, really. A problem does exist when a social media user fails to capitalize sentences in employment cover letters due to poor tweeting habits. People can't be that daft, can they? We prefer to think optimistically about our generation.

The English language is not a part of our culture capable of being ruined - it's been around for centuries and will be here for centuries to come. Anyone who cares enough to be an educated member of society will be forced into English classes in high school and college. Hopefully, they will listen during these classes and realize tha~ being able to use proper English, and explain one's ideas and feelings with these skills, is the only road to take if you want anyone to take you seriously.

Let English be English with all its quirks and inconsistencies. In this same regard, let online babble be oriline babble. English is a way of art, and what good would this form of art be if it was not adjustable? The human race is in constant need of new ways to express itself. Seemingly uneducated online ranting is just one of the many ways we have found to successfully convey our important, and unimportant, ideas to the world.

Views on Jewish ritual were flawed

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, The Utah Statesman published Liz Emery's column, W "Not All Religious Practices are Ethical." Most Statesman readers - not being familiar with Judaism - may not have recognized what an ignorant, bigoted and tendentious attack on Judaism - and other religions - Emery's column was. We Jews of Logan cannot allow such an attack on our religion, our traditions, our children, and ourselves, to go unchallenged. I would like to unmask some of her m_isrepresentations.

Emery's article begins by citing a tragic case in which a twoweek-old baby Jewish boy died as a result of an infection contracted from the circumciser. The particular practice to which she refers, removing a few drops of blood caused by circumcision directly by mouth, is practiced only by a small minority of the ultra-orthodox and is not the standard procedure for the vast majority of Jews today. Emery's charge of pedophilia is transparently absurd and says more about her own distorted thinking than about anything efse. Clearly, the death of a child because of a rabbi's neglect and poor supervision is a horrible tragedy. Emery implies that no legal action is being taken and that the religious community is not very concerned. She says that the case has been "deferred to a religious council that will, in effect, do nothing to prevent this tragedy from happening again." How can she know what the religious court (bet din) will do? Is she clairvoyant? Is she even familiar with the workings of such courts? But the death caused by an irresponsible rabbi, practicing an atypical form of Jewish circumcision is, for Emery, really just an excuse to de-legitimize all circumcision. That is Emery's real agen.da. Thus she hides the fact that normative Jewish circumcision is one of the safest surgical procedures known to WISE, Page 12

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Columnist was misinformed

To the editor:

As a woman, a Jew, and a mother of three Jewish sons, all of whom have had their Brit Milah - ritual circumcision - I am dumbfounded by your agreement to publish the March 23 "Lizzen Up" column by Liz Emery.

In a world so filled with informed, scholarly opinion as ours is, why have you wasted space by giving it to Ms. Emery to speak on a 4,000-year old tradition about which she is blatantly and harmfully misinformed?

God forbid, anyone, na"ive

of the issues, would read her column and be convinced by her arrogant stance, inept research, and embarrassingly uneducated opinion.

Ona Siporin

Understand symbol of ritual

To the editor:

My experience - both in my own flesh, so to speak, and vicariously through my son's circumcision roughly 12 years ago - is in direct contrast to Liz Emery's blanket condemnation of the brit milah practice, or "covenant of circumcision" in

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A public forum the Jewish tradition.

With respect to my son, I watched his circumcision performed by a mohel flown in from Los Angeles expressly for the purpose - with both joy and trepidation joy because it was in keeping with a cherished, ancient Jewish tradition and trepidation because it was my son up there in the hands of a man with a knife who I had only met hours beforehand.

Looking back, I think both emotions were natural, what one would expect from any parent who is forced to grapple with his commitment to tradition for me it was especially

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Racism the cause of teenager's death?

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Two students take two angles on one polltlcal Issue

The tragic shooting of a black teenager, Trayvon Martin, is a rapidly developing story that is quickly capturing the nation's attention.

To briefly summarize, Trayvon Martin was visiting his father in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., near Orlando.

After stepping out to a local convenience store where he bought a drink and candy, he was shot by 28-year-old, selfappointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, who claims he was acting in self defense under Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law.

However, further investigation reveals that the murder was not merely accidental.

In the 911 tape, Zimmerman sees the young man and begins to follow him - clearly looking for a confrontation and prompting words of discouragement from the 911 operator. Moreover, Zimmerman can be heard whispering an expletive coupled with a racial epithet under his breath while he pursued the boy.

The subsequent handling of the incident compounds the outrage because the gross negligence on the part of the Sanford Police Department. RatherthantestingZimmerman to find out if we was intoxicated or on drugs, they tested the dead body of Trayvon while at the same time neglecting to check Zimmerman for other evidence such as powder burns or even arrest him.

Furthermore, Trayvon's parents were not notified for several days, despite the fact that Trayvon had a cell phone and they could have easily called the last number he dialed to find out his identity.

But sadly, the Trayvon case

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IYou're a racist. Don't worry, we are all racists - subconsciously, that is.

Many studies have shown virtually all people have a subconscious positive or negative association with certain races. This doesn't make us bad people; it's just an unfortunate byproduct of biology. Through evolution we learned to be suspicious, even xenophobic, toward those different from us.

Those painting Trayvon Martin's death as a racial issue might as well be protesting biology. The shooting of the black teenager in Florida is a tragedy, and I raise my voice with those calling for the shooter's detainment, but it's not evidence of a serious racism issue.

I'm not going to argue racism is dead in America; that's simply not true. I do wish, however, we would step back and examine the facts before playing the race card. We don't know much about George Zimmerman, the shooter, but here's what we do know: he's Latino and has black family members. He has a criminal record that includes resisting arrest and domestic violence. He tried, and failed, to become a police officer. He joined a neighborhood watch group and took his duties "very seriously." He sustained a broken nose and head laceration from his encounter with Martin. Piecing all that together, does the Martin shooting sound like a hate crime? The evidence doesn't point that direction. Instead, it paints the picture of an overzealous neighborhood watchman, a man with violent tendencies and with a thing for guns and badges, which stupidly started shooting when a fight broke out. There is, of course, the

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him survive and eventually settle into a torpor, I too nestled into the warm embrace of the feeling that I had made the right decision.

body piercing. Like my son, I wear mine with pride, despite the fact that people like Liz Emery have whipped themselves into a frenzy believing it symbolizes an unethical act of savagery.

Arthur Caplan USU needs its own tra.ditions

To the editor:

it with something that says, "BYU's little sister school," or "Y not?" We are USU, and we need to be creative in thinking of our own traditions and values. I am not from the West, and I have only seen the tradition of constructing a giant letter on a mountainside here in Utah and Idaho. Frankly, it seems old-fashioned and cheesy, but that is my personal opinion.

As for my son, he has shown no after-effects that we are aware of - he's a normal boy living a normal boyhood. And he is proud of his first body piercing, which may be the only one he'll ever have, both for its obvious health reasons ana for the intrinsic connection it makes with our ancestry I just read the forum letter written to The Statesman by John Mosman in the Wednesday, March 21, 2012 edition. I disagree 100 percent and want The Statesman and the student government to know that not everyone here on campus agrees with Mr. Mosman's proposal. The "A" we already have on campus, which has been near Old Main for decades is a perfect example. What other school has a platform on which the school's most recognized tradition is performed? I am proud to be an Aggie; I love USU and Logan, and that is why I oppose Mr. Mosman's proposal.

As for me, it's been roughly 50 years since I received my first and only

If we are going to put a giant "A" on the mountainside, why don't we replace Jared Allan •) FROM THE LEFT, Page 11 is not an aberration in the history of Sanford's handling of the murder of black individuals.

In 2005, two security guards associated with the department walked free after killing an unarmed black man.

In 2010, the son of a Sanford police lieutenant who was caught on video assaulting a homeless black ·man also escaped prosecution. Similarly, George Zimmerman had a long history of reporting black men to the police and had consequently established quite a rapport with them.

Trayvon's death and the Sanford Police Department's actions are a sad demonstration of the real presence of greater societal and institutional racism in the U.S. - which we would rather pretend does not exist and sweep under the proverbial rug.

With the election of Barack Obama many thought we were living in a postracial America.

But the plight of African Americans today, though improved since the Civil Rights Era, still leaves much to be desired.

For example, according to Human Rights Watch, African-American adults had an arrest rate 2.8 to 5.5 times higher than white adults every year from 1980 to 2007, despite both having similar rates of drug use and dealing.

Today there are more black males and females under correctional control - either in prison, jail or on parole - than there were slaves in 1850.

Coupled with the fact that in most states you cannot vote if you have a felony, a large proportion of blacks are lost in our democracy and consequently relegated to the status of second-class citizens.

It seems to me we still have a ways to go before achieving Dr. King's dream for America.

- Andrew Izatt is a sophomore majoring in economics and philosophy. Comments can be sent to him at andrewizatt@aggiemail. usu.edu.

•) FROM WISE, Page 11 medicine. Her tendentious reference - from Hitchens, of all people - to '"the number of boy babies who died from infection after their eighth day'" is disingenuous - it is a historical reference to an era before infection was understood, not to the present day. But since she is writing to defame rather than to illuminate, she leaves out the historical context.

Male circumcision is one of the most fundamental precepts of Judaism - as well as of Islam and hundreds of tribal religions throughout the equatorial belt of the world, including Africa and Australia A serious, unbiased thinker will consider that when religions that disagree on many things do share a common belief and ritual, they may be on to something very important that we moderns don't yet fully understand. But of course such an approach would require respecting the ageold traditions of other peoples - something Emery is obviously not ready to do.

Circumcision, for Jews, is the sign of G-d's covenant with Abraham, the first Jew. For us it is the reminder of a mutual commitment made at the dawn qf our history. The sam~ sign remains inscribed on qur bodies today, an indelible reminder of who we are and where our primary loyalties belong. Of this, Emery evidently knows nothing.

She has not bothered to inform herself about what circumcision means to its practitioners, yet she approvingly cites those "who promote legislation that prohibits the practice of circumcision altogether." In other words, her stance, anchored in ignorance, is one of intolerance for cultural difference, interference in others' cultu~al and religious traditions and disdain for religious freedpm.

When Emery writes, "I don't know any sentient man -who would willingly submit to significant changes in that area of their body," she reveals yet another !evel of ignorance. Men who convert to Judaism must undergo circumcision, so in fact there are many sentient - and from my point of view, very

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police dispatch call in which it sounds like Zimmerman mutters a racial slur when pursuing Martin. Surely, that's evidence of racial motivation, right? Not when you take culture into perspective.

The racial epithet may easily be more reflective of his demographic than actual racism. Studies have shown there are direct correlations between education, income, race and the use of racial epithets. This, of course, is something anyone who listens to rap music is cognizant of but may be afraid to admit. Zimmerman fits exactly into the demographic of people most likely to use racial slurs. They aren't used in a derogatory way or fueled by conscious racism; it's simply the lexicon of the demographic. With the currently limited information we shouldn't interpret the use of racial slurs to be reflective of anything but his demographic.

What I'm offering is purely conjecture. As the story unfolds it may turn out this was indeed racially motivated. My point is this: There is weak evidence, if any at all, that Zimmerman is any more racist than you are.

Race may have played a role in the initial subconscious judgment to be suspect of Martin, but that doesn't make him any different from you or me The poor decision making that led to the death of Martin currently looks to be the result of him being an overzealous neighborhood watchman, not a racist. I have spoken plainly about a sensitive issue, and I do not wish to be misunderstood. There is no greater tragedy in history than when people kill each other solely because of race or ethnicity.

Racism is not dead in the U.S.; however, I do believe this is one of the most tolerant countries in the world. It's sad when racism is the first thing we grasp for to explain events. In our anxiousness to combat racism, we sometimes have difficulty seeing past the difference of colors in a conflict.

Before we sound the racism alarm, let'swait until the evidence is in so we aren't guilty of premature judgments.

- Mike Burnham is a junior majoring in interna· tional relations and economics. Comments can be sent to him at mike.burnham@gmail.com.

sentient - wide-awake men who are willing to undergo this surgery and ritual to join themselves to the Jewish people and G-d. In fact, circumcision is a more difficult and painful operation for an adult male, which is why the usual age of "brit milah" - the Hebrew term for circumcision, meaning "covenant" - is eight days, when healing is rapid and the procedure simpler, Thus, Emery's "suggestion1 that brit milah be postponed to adulthood is a prescription for pain and medical complication.

There is no space here to go into the issue of female circumcision (which does not exi5t in Judaism and is much less common glooally than male circumcision). Emery bre~zily tosses it into the discussion as if male ano female circumcision are equivalent. They are decidedly not. · Emery is also tendentious in her dismissal· of possible health benefits of circumcision. The truth is that the jury is still out on this issue and that there are some medical studies that claim benefits as well as others that deny them: At the end of her column, Emery writes that "parents who are about (to decide) 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." In Emery's opinion, then, all Jews, all Muslims and all members of numerous African and Australian tribal religions are unethical and dishonest. Emery's ignorance is matched only by her arrogance.

- Steve Siporin is a USU English professor anc:J active member of Cache Valley's Jewish community. He has taught many folklore dasses.at USU including Jewish folklore. Comments on this column may be sent to statesmanoffice@ · aggiemail.usu.edu

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