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Blue Goes Green awards grants BY LIS STEWART staff writer
A master plan to pro-� tect recreation and open spaces for student use will soon be underway thanks to a grant funded by the Blue Goes Green student fee and Campus Recreation. The grant is one of five awarded for various educational sustainability projects around campus. “What we found is if you don’t do something like this, campus planners tend to look at space that was recreational playing fields and they think that was a great space for a parking lot or something,� said Kevin Kobe, Campus Recreation director. Kobe said the master plan was proposed by David Smith, a student who was on the commit-� tee that oversaw construc-� tion of the Legacy Fields. Through the building pro-� cess and noticing how stu-� dents were searching for places for open recreation, it was determined the uni-� versity needs a recreation plan to be implemented in its master plan. With a master recre-� ation plan in place, future campus planners will have to consider open green spaces when figur-�
ing out construction proj-� ects on campus, according to Kobe. “At that point it will guide Utah State, so we’ll always have open spaces for students,� Kobe said. The plan will be the end result of planning meet-� ings and focus groups comprised of students, according to Sean Damitz, Student Sustainability Office director. The plan should be ready to present to students at the end of the spring 2013 semester. Damitz said the grant is one of five awarded Nov. 15 by the Student Sustainability Office. The total amount of grants funded by the Blue Goes Green fee this semester was $21,000 and two of the grant projects will receive matching funds from various places, he said. The grants are written by students, though the most successful Damitz said he has seen are those created through collabo-� ration between students and professors or campus departments. This fall’s Blue Goes Green grant awardees focused primar-� ily on education in addi-� tion to their sustainability focus. The Students for Sustainability club sub-�
mitted a proposal and received a grant to build a new bike rack on the TSC’s east side. Twenty U-�racks will be built next spring, according to Crista Sorenson, the club’s president. Plans call for a QR code scanner for smartphones that will lead students to informa-� tion about bike routes and places to park around campus, she said. “We wanted to have it be a place where people can get information about bike routes on campus about the benefits of bik-� ing and commuting, not just personally but as a community as a giant whole, and things like that,� said Chris Binder, a graduate student in land-� scape architecture who helped write the grant for the bike rack. Damitz said the bike rack project was awarded $5,000 in a Blue Goes Green grant and Facilities is matching the money to total the cost of the bike rack to $10,000. Binder received a $765 grant to purchase a bike trailer for Aggie Blue Bikes. Binder said he had the idea to apply for it when he moved in August and was looking for a fuel-�efficient alternative to move large items that
SIX PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED BY the Blue Goes Green grant this Fall. One of the projects is an additional bike rack on the east side of the Taggart Student Center. JESSICA FIFE photo
would not fit inside his car. The trailer will be useful for many students who ride bikes, whether it is transporting a project or large instrument.
One of the barriers to choosing to commute via bicycle is transporting large objects, Binder said. “I mean you’ve got the hills, you’ve got the
weather, you’ve got the fact that people just can’t take enough stuff with them,� Binder said. “And I
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Guitar professor honored in D.C. BY TMERA BRADLEY news senior writer
MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN PLAYS guitar in his office on Nov. 26. The USU professor was recently awarded “Professor of the Year.� SAMANTHA BEHL photo
Michael Christiansen, professor of music at Utah State University, has been playing the guitar for more than 55 years. He has been teaching at Utah State University since 1977. Recently, he was hon-� ored as Utah’s 2012 Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on Nov. 15. Out of 300 nominees across the United States, 30 were selected to receive the award. Christiansen was one of two professors in the arts to be honored. He was nomi-� nated by USU professor of physics David Peak, a past winner of the awards, which are administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE. “It’s quite a process,� Christiansen said. “It’s not just like they put your name up.� He said nominees have to write a self-�assessment letter, put all of
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their teaching materials together and have outside letters of recom-� mendation form students, col-� leagues and community members. Christiansen and his wife flew to Washington D.C. for the awards ceremony and reception held at the Folger Shakespeare Library on
Capitol Hill. “It was really cool because they asked me to play, and so I got to play at the National Press Club before the awards,� Christiansen said. “It was kind of cool because they had me stand up at the awards and thank me for the music so USU got a lot of press out of it. They really rolled out the red carpet for us.� Christiansen got his degree in music education from USU. “I love to perform and I love to play, but I really had a passion for teaching and still do,� Christiansen said. Christiansen began his contract with USU 36 years ago. He is the founder of the university’s guitar program, which started when he realized teaching 90 private stu-� dents week was too much. He cut down and combined the lessons into classes taught for credit. “At that time you really couldn’t
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New methods may make fuel from carbon dioxide BY KATELIN CHRISTENSEN staff writer
What if the air you breathe out could be used to help solve the world’s energy crisis? Lance Seefeldt, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at USU, has been working with a team of biochemists to figure out a way to do this. Seefeldt and a team consisting of under-� graduate and graduate stu-� dents, as well as a collaborator from Virginia Tech, have been researching a way to convert carbon dioxide into methane. The research started after an unexpected discovery dur-� ing another project studying organisms that live in the dirt.
Seefeldt said the team has been researching bacteria that live in the soil for about two years. The team discovered the bac-� teria could take some of the gasses that live in the air and convert them into entirely dif-� ferent gasses, Seefeldt said. “In the process of doing that, it occurred to us that they bacteria might be able to turn carbon dioxide into methane,� Seefeldt said. Seefeldt said if the team were to find a way to convert carbon dioxide into methane, the world would see lower levels of carbon dioxide and useful fuels being produced from cheap, abun-� dant compounds. The process wasn’t successful at first. The area around the
bacteria where the chemistry occurs was too tightly packed with carbon dioxide. “We asked ourselves, ‘Can we give it more room?’,� Seefeldt said. “So, using genetic engi-� neering, we did that. When we did that, it worked. Now carbon dioxide could get in there and get turned into methane.� Seefeldt said while the dis-� covery is important, the small amount of methane the bacte-� ria produced is not the most important thing the team dis-� covered. “We were really excited about that, not because we think the enzyme will be used, but because we can learn from it,� Seefeldt said. The process is far from hav-�
ing been perfected, Seefeldt said. He said there are still many things that need to be understood about the process as a whole before greater prog-� ress can be made. “What we need to do is understand the whole picture first,� he said. “Then we will apply those principles we learn to the design of better cata-� lysts.� Seefeldt said another chal-� lenge with the project is how small the enzymes they’re work-� ing with are. “These enzymes are micro-� scopic,� Seefeldt said. “For us, it’s a challenge to understand how they’re working when we can’t even see them with a microscope.�
He said the discovery is important for many reasons. “It offers, for the first time, some insights on how we can take this very abundant gas and convert it back into valu-� able and useful compounds,� he said. Zhiyong Yang, a graduate student studying biochemistry, is a member of Seefeldt’s team. Yang said he thinks the project could possibly revolution-� ize energy and ecology in the future. “When I found this reaction, I was so excited because one thing is reduction of carbon dioxide is very hard,� Yang said. “Even in basic chemi-�
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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
Doctors urge new policy for teen birth control BY AMINA KHAN Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES – Doctors should give underage teenagers prescriptions for emergency contra-� ceptives such as Plan B before they start having sex instead of waiting until a young patient's "plan A" goes awry, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy statement. It says doctors should also coun-� sel teens on the options for emergency birth con-� trol as part of an overall strategy to reduce teen pregnancy. The academy is issuing the new position paper, published online Monday by the journal Pediatrics, as physicians and other health experts struggle to reduce the nation's high birthrate among adoles-� cents. Teen pregnancies in the U.S. have declined over the last 20 years, but the incidence is still the
highest in the developed world, according to data released this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birthrate among Americans ages 15 to 19 dropped 44 percent between 1991 and 2010, to 34.3 births per 1,000 women, the CDC report-� ed. But that's still about five times the teen birth-� rate in France and two times the rate in Canada, according to United Nations data. It also is higher than the rates in China and Russia. Rates of sexual assault are highest among teens and young adults, according to the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women. And all in all, nearly 80 percent of teen preg-� nancies in the U.S. are unintended, occurring after unprotected sex or "underprotected" sex – when the contraceptive method of choice fails. "That's tragic, really,"
said Dr. Cora Breuner, a physician at Seattle Children's Hospital who helped write the new policy statement as a member of the acad-� emy's Committee on Adolescence. "We really can do better. By pro-� viding more education and improving access to contraception and more education about family planning, we can do bet-� ter." It's a pressing issue, Breuner added, because babies born to teens have been shown to fare poorly compared with their peers. Among other prob-� lems, they are more likely to do worse in school and suffer behavior problems such as truancy and early sexual activity. Emergency contracep-� tives such as levonorg-� estrel, if taken within three to five days, can prevent pregnancy by stopping the ovary from releasing an egg or by stopping sperm from
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fertilizing an egg. The drugs are also thought to change the uterine lining, thwarting a pregnancy that might otherwise take hold, according to the National Library of Medicine. But emergency con-� traception pills are most effective when they're used within the first 24 hours after unprotected sex, Breuner said, and teens are more likely to use them if they're
readily available. That's why it's imperative to give teens prescriptions ahead of time so that, when condoms break or they forget to take their birth control pills for more than two days, they can get the medication as soon as possible. The drugs are sold under the brand names Plan B and Next Choice, and their possible side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and an untimely menstrual cycle. Young women who are 17 or older can already get emergency contracep-� tives over the counter, provided they can show proof of age and can cover the cost, which is often about $50, though it varies. Younger teens require prescriptions, and some pharmacies require parental con-� sent, according to the Emergency Contraception Website, a joint project of the Association of
Reproductive Health Professionals and Princeton University's Office of Population Research. There are no state or federal require-� ments that parents of teens be notified when their children seek con-� traception, the site says. Given that teens aren't likely to visit gynecolo-� gists for advice, pediatri-� cians must be ready to provide as much infor-� mation about contracep-� tion options as possible, said Dr. Jamie Lipeles, an OB-�GYN at Marina Del Rey Hospital in Los Angeles who wasn't involved in drafting the academy's statement. Many pediatricians don't prescribe emer-� gency contraceptives for patients ahead of time, which the policy paper said may be linked to doctors' beliefs about whether it's appropriate for teens to be sexually active.
GUITAR: Professor one of 30 to earn national award From page 1 go anywhere and study guitar,� Christiansen said. “Gradually, we just started adding classes to the curriculum that made it more specialized.� Christiansen said he added more classes including style, fingerboard theory and guitar ensemble until it blossomed into a full fledged program. “There are some programs around the country now that kind of similar, but it’s still kind of a unique program,� Christiansen said. Kellan Tew, one of Christiansen’s students, said he deserves the award for many reasons, including the fact he built up the guitar program from scratch. “It is a real testimony to his determination and dedi-� cation to make the guitar a
more widely viewed art and legitimate instrument,� Tew said. “He has put his whole heart into something that has become recognized worldwide.� James Smith is a music edu-� cation major and has been studying with Christiansen for two years. He teaches guitar lessons through the university and said he uses Christiansen’s published method books not only for his own benefits, but for his students’ as well. “There are guitar players and then there are guitar teachers and then there’s Mike, and I think he’s both,� Smith said. He said some teachers will give a lesson that was just given to another student, but that Christiansen is aware of the personal needs of his students. “Half the time I’ll show up to my lesson and he’ll have a piece
of paper with my name written on it, and I know that he’s pre-� pared in advance,� Smith said. “He’s a phenomenal musician and a great example. I aspire to be a teacher like him.� Students describe Christiansen as a relaxed, easy-�going teacher who cares deeply about other people and is always willing to help his students. “He goes out of his way to make sure you succeed in cer-� tain areas,� said Nick Farr, a music therapy and guitar per-� formance major. “Whenever you need help, you don’t even have to wait for your lesson. You can e-�mail or call and he’s always available. He always has that open door.� Christiansen said he enjoys performing and recording as well as teaching and that they
all have their own benefits. Performing brings instant rewards with the reaction from the audience, and recording gives instant gratification being able to hear it play back. “But with teaching it’s a long lasting gratification,� Christiansen said. “It’s like the students keep giving back to you.� Along with being a profes-� sor, teacher and publishing technique books for Warner Brothers and Mel Bay, Christiansen performs in with clarinetist Eric Nelson as Lightwood Duo. They perform everything from Jimi Hendrix to Sting to Bach. “Mike is something of a musical chameleon,� Tew said. “He can hold his own in any situation.� Nicholas Manning said
one of the greatest things he’s learned from Christiansen is the importance of being ver-� satile and marketable in all genres of music. “And he’s taught me how to do it,� Manning said. “If you follow his instructions to the T, he gets you there. It’s miracu-� lous.� Christiansen said the best part of winning the award was hearing the support letters from all his students. “Even if I hadn’t have won, just to read the letters from stu-� dents that I have now, students I had before and colleagues, that alone is enough reward to know you had some kind of an impact on them,� Christiansen said. – tmera.bradley@aggiemail.usu. edu
RESEARCH: USU faculty collaborate to study air elements From page 1
USU BIOCHEMISTS ZHIYONG YANG, left, and Lance Seefeldt, right, used genetic engineering to remodel a protein so it can convert carbon dioxide into methane. Photo courtesy of M. Muffoletto/USU College of Science
cal research there are only two or three examples that can do this reaction, but the efficiency is still very low.� Yang said the current reaction, however, isn’t much more efficient. “The point here is that now at least this one enzyme can do this hard reaction,� Yang said. “At the same time, the optical here is about the same as those organic catalysts. It’s not huge.� What sets this project apart from others is the type of reaction the team is getting, Yang said. “This reaction is unique,� he said. “At this time, no catalyst can do this reaction.� Yang said although this discovery is impor-� tant, it is not going to solve the world’s energy crisis anytime soon. “To be something to solve global warming issues, I think it’s still far away from that point,� Yang said. “I really don’t want to say we found this reaction and we solved the prob-� lem.� Yang said in the meantime, the project is “one huge step.� – katelinch@gmail.com
GREEN: More than $20,000 given to student projects From page 1 can’t do anything about the hills, and I certainly can’t do anything about the weather, but that’s something we thought we could help with.� Trent Morrison, a senior in communication studies, was awarded $881.10 to implement his Greeks Go Green project, which will start a recycling program in the Greek houses off-�campus. Morrison, who is the ASUSU senator for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said he wanted to keep the cost for his project low. “As I looked at the need, I
saw that the cost for me was a lot lower in the long run,� Morrison said. Morrison noticed his frater-� nity’s house did not have a recy-� cling program and was looking for ways to start one when he found out about the Blue Goes Green grant. He said after extensive research and price matching, he came up with the exact sum to start a program in all the Greek houses. He said the cost covers the first year, and then the houses will pay for the rest should they choose to continue it. Morrison said since the hous-� es are off campus, Logan City’s recycling program will likely be
the one they go with. The Greeks Go Green project is more than bringing recycling bins to the houses, Morrison said. He said education will be a big part of the project because it seems like a lot of people are confused about what to recycle. “It’s pretty simple,� Morrison said. “The education is focused on what’s recycled and how to recycle and important aspects of recycling.� Morrison said part of his goal is to create a Greek Goes Green committee, comprised of members from each house, to present to other organizations about recycling. “You can look at this as kind
of a test group of how education influences behavior, specifically recycling,� Damitz said. The fifth grant awarded this fall is to a project that received a grant last spring to build a teaching greenhouse at Edith Bowen Laboratory School. Ethan DeVilbiss, who applied for the grant, said he originally wanted to build a raised-�bed garden with a hoop-�house at EBLS where volunteers could work in an after-�school pro-� gram teaching the students. However, the project stalled when it became apparent it was too dependent on warm weather and needed a more per-� manent structure.
DeVilbiss applied for and received another Blue Goes Green grant for $4,300 this fall. Construction on the greenhouse is due to start at the end of the week, according to sources at the school. Damitz said two other previ-� ous grant projects are still in the works. Development of a solar algae dryer and a solar air heater are in the produc-� tion phase. Both projects are tied to classes in the College of Engineering and expect to pro-� duce prototypes by the end of the semester, he said. – la.stewart@aggiemail.usu.edu
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Website simplifies deferment Briefs Campus & Community
BY JERA WOOD
Blue Bikes seeks holiday donations
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USU has developed a new leave of absence website to make deferring admissions possible for students in a few steps. The website, www.usu.edu/ loa, has been in the works for months, but because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-�day Saint’s October announcement about changes in age requirements for mis-� sionaries, the project has become a top priority, said John Mortensen, the assistant vice president for Enrollment Services and Retention. “After the announcement by the church it became more urgent to get this website done,� he said. According to James Morales, the vice president for Student Services, after the announcement that men can serve LDS missions at age 18 and women can serve at 19, mission applications increased by 471 percent. Morales said last year USU lost about 210 students in spring semester. This year, through information col-� lected by a special task force, Morales is projecting USU will lose about 750 students for spring semester. Mortensen said with so many students sending in their mission papers, stu-� dents should go ahead and register even if they are not sure they will be at USU for spring semester. “Don’t drop out of school until you know when your departure date is going to be,� Mortensen said. “Apply now and then defer your admis-� sion later.� Mortensen said students can drop up until January 28 and get a 100 percent refund. Mortensen said students should apply for scholarships and financial aid by Dec. 1 and put them on hold when deferring admissions. “It’s just so much easier to get it taken care of before they go,� Mortensen said. “All the information is being collected in one place so the student is not doing the run around.� Mortensen said as of Nov. 20, almost three times the number of women intending to serve missions have filled out a leave of absence as last year. Liz Martinez, a senior eng-� lish major and peer advisor,
‘Tis the season for giving, and Utah State University’s Aggie Blue Bikes is preparing for another year of donating children’s bicycles to Cache County’s Sub for Santa pro-� gram. ABB staff and volunteers donate roughly 100 hours of work on the children’s bikes and have donated more than 70 children bicy-� cles over the last six years to families in need. ABB subsists on community and USU support, volunteer service and, most of all, donations. ABB accepts tax-�exempt bike donations throughout the year. Children’s bike donations are given to the Cache County Sub for Santa but only after ABB staff has worked diligently to insure they are in pristine condition. Additionally, adult bike donations are transformed into “Aggie Blue Bikes� which USU students can check-�out for up to three months free of charge. ABB also accepts monetary donations to pay for sup-� plies to maintain the bikes.
Conference invites student submissions
USU HAS A NEW WEBSITE to simplify the deferment process. Because of changes to LDS missionary age requirements, many students plan to leave school for a few semesters. SAMANTHA BEHL photo illustration
said the new website could not have come at a better time due to the announcement made by the LDS church. Martinez said with so many students deferring admission, the simplicity of the new web-� site is important. “It is so easy to use,� Martinez said. “All you need to do is log in with your A-�Number and password just like you would with any other account and all the work is done for you. We’ve made it really easy to take a leave.� In fall 2011, the USU Advising office hired Martinez. Shortly after start-� ing her new job, Martinez was asked to evaluate the leave of absence website. “I found it was confusing for a student,� Martinez said. “There was a barrier between the administration and stu-� dents.� Martinez proposed a new
PoliceBlotter Friday, Nov. 16 ‡ While on patrol near 800 East and 1400 North, two vehicles were wit-� nessed in a speed competition. The driver was found to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. The driver was arrested and booked into the Cache County Jail. Saturday, Nov. 17 ‡ USU Police responded to Aggie Village on a report of a noise problem. While investigating the noise problem, a female who was under the age of 21 was contacted and found to have been consuming alcohol. The party host was given a warning for the noise problem, and the underage individual was issued a misdemeanor citation. ‡ USU Police assisted the Logan Police Department on a report of three male individuals who were walking through the parking lot of Logan Regional Hospital and may have entered the Life Flight Helicopter. USU Police located the individuals and turned them over the Logan Police Department. ‡ USU Police responded to the HPER Building on a request to help find an adult female who had been miss-� ing. The missing person was found in the building shortly after the police arrived.
website be created. Several drafts and around a year later, a new and simpler web-� site was up for students use. Mortensen said several weeks prior to the mission-� ary age change announce-� ment made by the LDS church, Enrollment Services started working with USU Information Technology to finalize the website. “With the new mission rule, this site is being used as an advertising tool,� Martinez said. Mortensen said another benefit of this new website is that USU will be able to track students better and help them make transitions in and out of college life. “What we are doing is trying to find out what stu-� dents’ intentions are and help them with that transition,� Mortensen said, “We are just trying to collect as much
information as we can from as many sources as we can.� Mortensen said the leave of absence website is an excellent source for collect-� ing information because the people who go through the website are current students who will be leaving for up to two and a half years. The leave of absence website will also make these students’ return dates accurate and make it possible to track them through their leave. “Up-�to-�date, there has not been a system in place where we could really track these students,� Martinez said. “The hope for this website is that we can better track stu-� dents who are on their leave and make sure that they know that USU wants them back. We love our students and we always want them to return.� – jerawood@aggiemail.usu.edu
Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911
‡ USU Police responded to a delayed report of a suspicious person incident at the library. A female individual reported a male individual’s ongo-� ing strange behavior. Police gathered information and a report was filed with USU Police. ‡ USU Police responded to a medical incident at the Spectrum during the USU basketball game. A male indi-� vidual was complaining of lighthead-� edness. Medical personnel responded and transported the patient to the hospital. Sunday, Nov. 18 ‡ USU Police responded to a theft incident. An individual reported his trailer and tools were stolen from the Student Living Center east parking lot. ‡ USU Police assisted Logan Police at Logan Regional Hospital with an individual they had arrested. The male suspect started to become somewhat defiant, at which time a Logan officer requested assistance. Upon arrival, the male subject calmed down and was placed in handcuffs and transported to the Cache County Jail. Monday, Nov. 19 ‡ USU Police responded to the Living Learning Community on a report that several individuals were stuck in the
elevator. Police were able to get the individuals out of the elevator. The ele-� vator was shut down until the mainte-� nance crew could repair the problem. ‡ USU Police received a complaint of an individual who lives in the Living Learning Community swear-� ing and cursing at individuals and leaving obscene cards on cars parked at the LLC. The subject stated he had the right to do so under freedom of speech. ‡ USU Police responded to Aggie Village on a report of a suspicious odor. Upon arrival, the officer located the source of the odor. The odor was coming from a neighbors using char-� coal briquettes to cook in their apart-� ment. Police advised the individual using the briquettes of the heath haz-� ard and informed them the charcoal could not be used indoors. The Logan Fire Department was contacted and checked the apartment for carbon monoxide. Wednesday Nov, 21 ‡ USU Police assisted the North Park Police Department with a family dis-� pute at Kmart. An individual assault-� ed his child and left the scene. The individual was later arrested by North Park Police. Compiled by Allee Wilkinson
The National Undergraduate Literature Conference, hosted by Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, provides a valuable occasion for undergraduate writers seek-� ing an opportunity to present or publish their own literary works. This annual event has featured USU students in previous years, and encourages interested writ-� ers to submit papers both critical and creative for consideration. In addition, conference attendees will have a chance to hear from a num-� ber of influential contemporary writers. NULC 2013 is scheduled to begin officially on Thursday, April 4, with an opening evening banquet and featured speaker. Breakout sessions and presentations take place on the Weber State campus throughout the day on Friday and continue through 12:30 pm on Saturday, April 6. In addition to the official conference schedule, pre-�conference events will be held. Undergraduate writers may submit work to be considered for presentation at the conference or for publication in Weber State’s literary journal, Metaphor. Those wishing to attend the conference or submit writing should be aware of the following dates:
‡ December 10, 2012 – Conference early registration begins
‡ December 14, 2012 – January
25, 2013 – Abstract submission for conference presentation consider-� ation ‡ December 14, 2012 – January 14, 2013 – Abstract submission to Metaphor for publication consid-� eration For additional information, including conference agenda, sub-� mission guidelines and registra-� tion details, visit NULC2013.com. Interested parties may also join National Undergraduate Literature Conference on Facebook and follow on Twitter @NULC_WSU.
Bull Pen hosts poetry auction On Monday, Nov. 19, the Bull Pen be doing a poetry auction in FL 109 at 3:30. So what is a poetry auction? Students can each bring a first line of poetry (new and original, or from a poem they’ve written) The group then figures out which first line is the best and do fun stuff, using those first lines. It should be good writing exercise and an excellent time. Students can find the Bull Pen on Facebook.
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Potato Bowling FOOTBALL
Aggies accept invitation to Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM
sports senior writer For the Utah State foot-� ball team, this season has been one for the record books. Saturday, the Aggies added to the pages with another handful of firsts and several other mile-� stones to boot. “Being a champion is a great thing for these kids,� said USU head coach Gary Andersen. “To have it out-� right, that’s a big time, big deal. I’m so thankful and grateful to be here and to be part of this university, for the opportuni-� ty that Mr. Barnes and President Albrecht gave me four and
a half years ago and to be surrounded by these kids.� With a 45-�9 drubbing of Idaho at Romney Stadium, the Aggies clinched their first ever WAC title and the school’s first outright league title since 1936. Additionally, it was USU’s first-�ever undefeated season in the WAC and the first time the squad has gone undefeated at home since 1982. And perhaps most sig-� nificantly, the Aggies hit the 10-�win plateau for the first time in school history. “We started this week with the term ‘never,’� Andersen said. “There were so many things that they could do that had never been accomplished at Utah State and they won today. It was a great opportunity
for me to part of these kid’s lives.� This season’s seniors are 16-�7 at home under Andersen, who is fifth all-� time at USU in wins with a 29-�23 record overall in his four seasons at the helm. But for Andersen, it’s all about the players. “These kids have come so far,� head coach Gary Andersen said. “They put high expectations on them-� selves at the beginning of the year, starting Jan. 7. I’ll never
forget the day when they broke out of this room right here saying ‘WAC champs.’ They’ve said it hundreds and hundreds of times since then and now it’s true.� Despite first half struggles, the Aggies got the job done against the Vandals to send the seniors out on top. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams recorded his third straight 100-�yard rushing game and finished with 150 total yards. Fellow seniors Bojay Filimoeatu and Will Davis had two of the Aggies’ three interceptions, and Davis took his fifth interception in as many games 59
yards for a touchdown and a 21-�0 lead to help a strug-� gling offense. Despite setting up the first three scores of the game, Davis said the defense played better later on. “I felt like in the sec-� ond half that we played a lot better,� Davis said. “Turnovers were huge. We haven’t had that many turnovers in a game: It is always our goal to get three turnovers a game and this was the first time this year that we got it. Our defense definitely stepped up the second half. We finished it off right even though we
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RUSHING – Idaho, R. Bass 21-�95, J. Baker 14-�52, T. Davis 8-�11, B. Cowan 1-�5, J. Parkins 1-�3, D. Cunningham 1-�0, L. Bushnell 1-�m8. Utah State, K. Williams 17-�110, J. Hill 6-�23, D. Glover-�Wright 7-�33, C. Keeton 7-�33. PASSING – Idaho, T. Davis 10-�23-� 3-�49, L. Bushnell 2-�3-�0-�3. Utah State, C. Keeton 17-�25-�2-�133, C. Harrison 1-�1-�0-�m16. RECEIVING – Idaho N. Lovett 3-�11, R. Runner 2-�11, M. Scott 2-�6, J. Parkins 2-�m1, M. LaGrone 1-�17, J. Baket 1-�5, A. Grymes 1-�3. Utah State, M. Austin 4-�41, K. Williams 4-�39, C. Jacobs 4-�22, T. Reynolds 2-�15, K. Bartlett 2-�12, C. Webb 1-�4, C. Harrison 1-�m16. MISSED FIELD GOALS – none.
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Hitting the books on the road BY JASON BORBA staff writer
With the end of the semester coming to a close and finals right around the corner, students around campus are gearing up for the final few weeks. Student athletes are no exception to that, especially those on the Utah State women’s basketball team. “Being close to finals does add a little bit more pressure, but I try to juggle it and plan my days to where I can separate business from school,� said senior Jenna Johnson. “Basketball is definitely a priority for me, but so is school. Being a senior is crunch time to do what I need to get done and accomplish everything to get my straight A’s.� The Aggies opened the season with eight of their first nine games on the road and are in the midst of playing six-�straight away from the friendly confines of Logan. “The first eight out of nine games are on the road, that is a brutal schedule,� said USU head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. “I think the home team has a 7-�8 point advantage just right out of the gate, so for a college student on the road thinking about school and the game, its not a life of leisure that’s for sure.� Despite playing so many away games to begin the season, the players have found time to stay ahead in school. Finkbeiner makes it a priority to recruit players who have high academic standards who know what it takes to stay on top and not get too far behind. The team also has an academic advisor in Jason Thompson who Finkbeiner said does a good job of getting players to get their work
ahead of time. During the 2011-�12 season, Devyn Christensen, Jenna Johnson, Jennifer Schlott and Pua Furtado were all named to the Western Athletic Conference all-�academic team. The coaching staff hopes to add more players to the team this season. Many players on the team are taking online classes this semester, which eases the burden of missing classes while on the road. For those who don’t have online classes, Finkbeiner tells his players to attend class early in the year. “We tell the girls early in the year go to class and stay on top because when basketball hits, you need to understand that’s who you are and what you need to go through,� Finkbeiner said. Before leaving on their road trip, players contact their professors to get all the classwork and home-� work they will be missing while on the road so when they get back they aren’t too far behind. “To say the least, my bag is very heavy,� Johnson said. Freshman Stephanie Bairstow said it’s hard work being on the road for an extended period of time and missing class because there is so much going on while on the road trip. “Obviously its hard because you are doing so many things on the run, like when are you going to eat and sleep,� Bairstow said. “You just have to use the time you do have, like on the bus, to get homework done. It’s just really important to prepare yourself before you leave.� Although the team doesn’t have a study hall, the players use travel-�
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Scouting Santa Clara Santa Clara is undefeated this season, sitting behind only No. 12 Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference standings. Seniors Marc Trasolini and Kevin Foster combined for 42 points in the Bronco’s 89-�74 victory over Eastern Washington on Friday. Trasolini, a forward from Vancouver, British Columbia, also averages more than seven rebounds per game while Foster, the 6-�foot-�2 guard, averages four steals and assists each game. “He’s the spacing forward that can also score down low,� Morrill said of Trasolini. “They use him a lot in the perimeter. Then there’s the Foster kid. Just looking at him on tape he looks like an NBA-�type guy with all the things he can do. Offensively he’s obvi-� ously really good, but defensively he’s getting four or five steals a game. It’s very impressive. He has extremely quick hands and a great nose for the ball defensively.� Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. – tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @StuckiAggies
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N o one without memory probShow lems can me a rememScotsman ber the last time U t a h S t a t e earned 10 wins in a season. That’s because it has never been done before. Or at least, not until the Aggies beat Idaho 45-9 in Romney Stadium on Saturday. But Aggies will have a new word to remember when they talk about their football team: Forever. That’s how long the Utah State will be listed as the winner of the final conference championship in the Western Athletic Conference. The Aggies even jumped into the BCS polls for the first time in school history. USU is ranked No. 24 in the BCS poll, No. 22 in the USA Today poll and No. 20 in the AP poll. Let’s be honest: Neither achievement was really in question this week. Idaho is a 1-10 team and awful at best. The Vandals fired head coach Rob Akey after giving up 70 points on the road to Louisiana Tech and kicked starting quarterback Dominique Blackman off the team after three failed drug tests. Without a conference home for 2013, Idaho’s football program is in shambles. At kickoff, the Aggies needed a win over the wandering Vandals to secure both a 10-win and an outright conference-championship season. But at the end of the day, San Jose State knocked Louisiana Tech — the only WAC team within reach of a sharing the title — out of the race with a 52-43 win in Spartan Stadium, and USU’s win over Idaho didn’t mean
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everything it was supposed to. Don’t tell that to the Aggies. It doesn’t matter anyway. Senior players emptied the cooler when they gave head coach Gary Andersen a Gatorade shower and fans in Romney Stadium chanted “WAC champs� in the closing minutes of the game. USU students — the hundred or so who were in Logan over the Thanksgiving weekend — stormed the field after Saturday’s victory to be apart of the historical trophy presentation. WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd and Kevin McDonald, Executive Director of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, gave short congratulatory statements and the Aggies were invited to play a bowl game in Boise, Idaho, for the second-straight season. Perhaps senior safety Will Davis, who was named WAC Defensive Player of the Week for his pick-six Saturday, verbalized the Aggie attitude the best. “I can’t imagine what’s going to happen this year,� he said. “It’s going to be a whole new experience than I think a lot of us think. We thought, you know, we’re going back to the same place. I think it’s going to be 10 times different.� I’m sure there will be no guarantees during halftime at a basketball game this year, but even if USU leaves Boise without a victory and drops out of the Top-25 rankings, this season will forever be remembered by Aggie Nation.
– Tavin Stucki is in his third year at Utah State, majoring in journalism. He is an avid Aggie fan and has been since birth. Follow him on Twitter at @StuckiAggies and send any comments to tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu. edu.
ROAD: Trip taking its toll From page 4 ing and off days to do their school work and leave games days for strictly basket-� ball. Many players go their separate ways when it comes to school work so as not to distract one another. The senior leaders step in when needed to keep the team on track. “As a captain and leader of this team, I know they are accountable for themselves and they are going to do what needs to be
done,� Johnson said. “If its not done, that’s when I’ll step in and say ‘Let’s go, we need you on the team.’� The Aggies will return home from their six-�game road trip Saturday when they host Montana State but will be right back on the road to take on BYU and Notre Dame. – jborba@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @JBorba15
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Are we really happy with the Potato Bowl?
BY MARK HOPKINS
BY TAVIN STUCKI
First, a shout out to our record-setting football team. We’ve reached No. 20 in the nation, the first ever 10-win season, the first outright conference championship since leather helmets went out of style and are basically one win away from a BCS berth. So how do we celebrate? By going to the same frozen bowl we did last year, where a crop is more famous than the game. Last year, the Famous — more like infamous — Idaho Potato Bowl was an honor. What else can you say about the first bowl game in 13 years? But this year, honestly, I think Tavin is the only one pulling a “Singles Ward� and jumping off his couch saying, “I’m going to Boise, Idaho!� Think for a moment of all the nice places you’d like for a bowl game. Miami, Fla., Tempe, Ariz. — heck, even the Cougarettes are going to San Diego, Calif for sun, fun and national exposure. Now imagine the worst possible place your team could end their season. Out of all bowl locations, does anywhere even come close to Boise, Idaho? If it weren’t for the Smurf Turf, would they even allow teams to play where five of the last seven years it has snowed during the game? No, I am not a football hater. In fact, this year has made me tear up in a joy I never knew. But I now feel ripped off — Aggie nation deserves more and better. I’m still going to the game, by the way.
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is the best-available postseason game Utah State can get this year. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see USU in the Cotton Bowl or the Hawaii Bowl or somewhere else worthy of reliving spring break memories, but it’s not going to happen. I mean, maybe if the Aggies had scored seven more points in the games against BYU and Wisconsin we would be busting the BCS this season, but it didn’t happen. I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about the chore of going back to Boise, Idaho, but what more do those fans want? Yeah, there are other bowls available, but there aren’t any better bowls available. We could go to the bowl in Detroit, Mich., but why travel across the country to play a team from the same conference we would play in Boise, Idaho? I’m not a rich guy from a big house in Draper, Utah. I can’t exactly empty my pockets to pay for a magic carpet ride to wherever-I-want, USA. I’m pretty happy with the idea of seeing my team play in a relatively close stadium. Besides, Utah State has been to six bowls in the history of football. Maybe we could be a little more picky if the Aggies had a streak of 10 or 15 years-ina-row of bowl games, but they don’t and we can’t. Give it a couple seasons of success in the Mountain West Conference, then we can go to custom-made bowl games. See you in Boise, Idaho.
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to go back there, mostly because of the fan base,� said senior wide receiver Matt Austin. “That’s one of the biggest things. If there’s one thing that I love, it’s our fan base. I feel like it’s a good opportunity for us to go back to Boise. It’s going to be even better. It’s going to be great, I’m excited, and we just need to win. That’s our goal. It’s a great bowl, we just didn’t come out on top last year.� The Aggies will wait to see who they will face in the Potato Bowl, most likely Kent State, Northern Illinois, Toledo or Ball State out of the Mid-�American Conference. But after the amount of success this season, for Andersen and the Aggies, nothing short of a bowl victory will satisfy. – curtis.lundstrom@aggiemail.usu.edu Twitter: @CurtisLundstrom
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Alumnus produces film locally BY CALE PATTERSON features senior writer For years, Erik Bateman saw failure as a bad thing. After nearly three years of work pro-� ducing the feature-�length film “Equilibrium,� the USU alumnus has come to realize success isn’t necessarily found on the red carpet, but in achieving difficult things. Bateman’s 76-�minute movie was filmed entirely in Cache Valley and surrounding areas, starring local actors associated with the Caine Lyric Theater, Ellen Eccles Theater and USU. “It is a romantic comedy and murder mystery that is loaded with metaphors as a commen-� tary on contemporary society,� Bateman said. “It’s not rated but I would give it a self-�rating of PG-�10, due to subject matter and a scene of brief violence.� The cast and crew consisted of less than 15 people, the major-� ity of whom attended USU, and even included several USU faculty members such as visiting assistant professor Richie Call, associate professor of scenic design Dennis Hassan. “Most of us involved either went to teach at or work for USU,� said Bateman. Bateman said due to the small crew, many of the cast had to work together to produced complicated scenes involving elements such as artificial wind and rainfall. “Every member of the cast at some point helped with the pro-� duction in one way or another,� he said. The majority of the film-� ing took approximately three months, shooting from June
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through August of 2010, though some scenes had to be redone as late as October. “In the beginning, I thought it was going to take maybe three weeks to shoot this whole thing,� Bateman said. “Man, did I live and learn.�
Some of the difficulties Bateman experienced included dealing with actors’ involvement in other productions as well as having to shoot the majority of the film in the summer while needing a nighttime setting for the film.
“They would get off at eight o’clock at night, and then they’d have to be at my shoot at nine because that’s the only time they could be there,� he said. “So we could only shoot from about nine o’clock at night until about one o’clock in the morning.�
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Trimming down the holiday pounds
BY HAILEE HOUSLEY
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Thanksgiving feasts often include overindulging, which in the moment can be temporarily gratifying. But many aren’t as enthused about the turkey once it’s digesting. “The reason why people struggle with staying in shape during the holi-� days is because there are too many gatherings focused around food,� said Tammy Funk, a junior majoring in family, consumer and human develop-� ment. “Family, church, social gather-� ings always center around food. There are more of these during the holidays — too much food, too much tempta-� tion.� Extra pounds from the holidays can be hard on self esteem. Some students feel this is counteracted by diet and exercise. “We spend the holiday sitting around eating,� said undeclared fresh-� man Karlee Hood. “After all of that, you can’t help but sometimes feel bad about yourself. I think people diet after Thanksgiving to feel better about themselves.� Exercising and eating healthy can be an enjoyable part of the holiday for people trying to stay in shape. “I have never been on a certain diet, but I do like working out,� said Hood. “Normally after Thanksgiving I spend a couple of weeks trying to run as much as I can. It always feels good to workout a little.� Some families incorporate exercise into their holiday traditions for enjoy-� ment and the effect it has of turning traditions into a healthy atmosphere less centered around food. “My family gets together and we play a big football game,� said Austin Rice, a freshman majoring in busi-� ness. “Then we eat, then watch foot-� ball and then we eat pie and then after we rest and just talk.� Even when exercise is incorporated into a tradition, some can still feel not on top of their game when the festivi-�
ties have ended. “I work out Monday through Saturday, but during Thanksgiving break I do indeed take a break,� said Rice. “So I feel lazy and kind of out of the swing of things. So when I start working out Monday again, it will be hard. So you could say i get a little out of shape.� Some prefer working out over the holidays to cutting calories. “Working out religiously would help people more than cutting calories,� Funk said. “Have fun and let loose a little over the holidays. I emphasize a little. Don’t go overboard and become a glutton. Just keep the exercising up.� Some people feel like specific diets are an efficient way to get rid of the extra holiday poundage. “My diet consists of just juice,� said Randy Wilson, a former USU student. “I make it using my juicer. I have typi-� cally one fruit and three veggies. I take my juice three times a day. I am doing this as long as I can, with a goal for a month. I started this diet the sat-� urday after Thanksgiving.� Having a mixture of healthy diet and exercise can be a good balance for achieving a healthy body. “I prefer a mixture of the two,� Wilson said. “Working out and a good diet can be a great mix for a per-� fect body. I chose this diet because it will help me get my BFW — body for wife.� For some, having a healthy diet and exercising during the season of treat temptation is not too difficult because they have a natural appreciation for 4378 ,30-(%= 4392(7 encourage many to diet and exercise more. MICKELLE YEATES photo illustration fruits and vegetables. “I just love fruits and vegetables,� their menus. Hood said. “It’s kind of my weakness. time,� Funk said. “It only lasts until Diets are often started and broken I just stay away from all of the fast the goodies start getting dropped off food and try to get a workout in every throughout the holiday season, but for Christmas, but there are always on again, off again dieting during the New Year’s resolutions and cleanses to once in awhile.� holidays is not always disheartening. Restaurants and other food sources look forward too.� Some plan on the diets and exercise recognize that people want fun treats to continue after the festivities have during the holidays and are looking ended. for lighter options. Some restaurants – haileehousley@gmail.com “I diet after thanksgiving all of the have included lower calorie items to
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Male Pinterest users defy stereotype BY STACEY WORSTER
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any way that Erik needed me to. I wanted to learn.� I went to Underwood said the experience helped her learn about aspects of theater and film such as sound, lighting, camera angles and how to control the dynamics of a film using these elements. She also plans on exploring filmmaking more when in grad school. “It introduced me to an entirely new world of theater — well, film work,� she said. “It was interesting to watch a director work and create. It definitely sparked my interest. Before, I only had the intention of doing stage work, but working with Erik made me more curious about film work and wanting to explore that option.� Underwood first got involved with the produc-� tion through her professor Richie Call and said USU students should talk to their professors to look for opportunities that provide real-�world experience. “Real experience is the best way to learn,� she said. “I went with the intention of it just being an education thing and then at the same time was able to get experience. Go talk to professors. They know a lot of what is going on. Put yourself out there. As soon as you hear about anything that’s happen-� ing, just grab onto it and go with it.� Bateman said
he has several ideas in development for another feature length film involv-� ing local legends and ghost stories and is also looking into doing a web series. “I hope I get to do it,� he said. “This is probably not the last that everyone will hear of me.� Bateman said the most rewarding part of the experience was the fact that he was able to do it and came to better under-� stand what it means to “meet the challenge.� “Instead of wanting and hoping, I did it,� he said. “The university there across from the stadium has the big bull, and underneath it says ‘Meet the Challenge,’ right? When I was in college I thought that was really corny, but what you don’t realize when you’re in col-� lege is just how difficult life is going to be when you leave. That corny say-� ing underneath that bull took on a whole new light for me.� Success through fail-� ure is one of the lessons Bateman learned, and he said each time he fails he sees it as an opportunity to progress, refine and correct mistakes. “One of the greatest lessons I learned is that failure is good, because I come away with the per-� spective that when I fail, I’ll know exactly how not
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to do it the next time,� he said. “I’m really glad for that. Beforehand, I was tremendously afraid of failure. I learned that when I fail, I become bet-� ter. Failure is one of the greatest things you can do, as long as you learn from it.� Bateman said his time at USU helped him to explore many differ-� ent venues and shaped his eventual career and achievements. “At Utah State, the greatest thing that I did there was that I explored almost every major that I could,� he said. “I took classes in almost every-� thing. You name it and I probably took a class in it. When you’re a student, you often complain about all these general classes that you have to take. I can’t tell you the value the breadth of classes has been in my experience.� According to Bateman, standing out and being your own person is a key to success a lesson he has learned in life and through the production of “Equilibrium.� “The key to success is not being like everybody else: The key to success is being you,� he said.
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‘Brave’ doesn’t quite hit the target Sam McConkie “Brave” Grade: B
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Review Pixar is renowned for making creative and endearing films that often involve quirky characters and outlandish situations. They single-handedly made us believe toys come to life when no people are around, ants are secretly at war with grasshoppers and monsters actually do live in closets ready to scare children at any given time. The technology behind their efforts has changed over the years, but the heart and whimsy of these films has remained strongly intact. “Brave” is a bit of an outlier in the Pixar canon. Though the new technology powering the animation is undeniably spectacular, the uniqueness and charm we have come to expect from the geniuses behind “The Incredibles” and “Up” is less pronounced this time around. Make no mistake. “Brave” is solid, but it feels decidedly more like a generic animated film competing with Pixar rather than an actual Pixar film. The characters aren’t particularly memorable, the comedy occasionally feels pedestrian and it gets off to a fairly slow start. Off in the Scottish Highlands, Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, receives a bow for her birthday from her benevolent and jovial father Fergus, voiced by Billy Connolly, much to the chagrin of her highly proper and strict mother Queen Elinor, voiced by Emma Thompson. Barely able to get off a decent shot, Merida goes to retrieve her arrow in the forest and encounters a Will-o’-theWisp. Though tempted to follow it, a large, snarling bear attacks the camp and she must flee with Elinor while the armed men fend it off.
‘BRAVE’ IS A PIXAR FILM set in the Scottish Highlands. The lead, Merida, uses a spell against her mother that doesn’t go according to plan. Stock photo
Many years pass by and Merida, now a rambunctious and free-spirited teenager, spends as much time as possible sharpening her incredible archery skills instead of heeding Elinor’s teachings about being a princess. Merida is to be betrothed to an heir of one of the clans to unite the kingdom, but feeling trapped and ignored, she runs off in search of her own fate. After following a Will-o’-theWisp to her supposed destiny, Merida encounters a witch who claims she can change Merida’s fate. She gladly accepts, and she receives a spell to use on her mother. Something goes terribly wrong, and now Merida must work to undo the unintended effect of the spell and stand up to the revived threat of the beast that took her father’s leg. As much as I hate to say it, I think Pixar is slowly beginning to lose their signature touch. They have typically been so good
at crafting stories that appeal to children and adults over the years that their film canon almost feels like a subgenre in of itself. Unfortunately, “Brave” more closely resembles one of the many and sometimes forgettable computer-animated romps that we expect from Warner Bros. or Fox. Case in point, these characters are likable enough, but they do little to convince me they are as much fun or endearing as an old man who travels in a flying house or a frustrated superhero living a civilian life. King Fergus can make me laugh alright, but he just can’t leave a lasting impression on me that other Pixar creations in the past have. It’s almost as if Pixar opted to go into autopilot mode for this outing rather putting as much effort as possible even into the little details we have grown accustomed to, and the triplets were nothing more than a glorified throwaway gag.
To be fair, Merida and Elinor fare a bit better. While often butting heads, it’s abundantly clear that the relationship between these two is strong but strained. It makes for some decent drama and even produces a handful of big laughs later on. Merida becomes more understanding of the warnings her mother has given her in the past, and Elinor in turn becomes more sympathetic to the struggles and desires of her daughter and how tradition isn’t always necessarily best. This is definitely the strong point of the film. The didactic overtones resonate fairly well. Much fighting takes place amongst the rival clans when Merida disappears and it seems the kingdom will fall into disarray. “Brave” essentially says that legends, though not real, are actually lessons to be heeded in our daily lives. These concepts are illustrated nicely and they add some needed substance to the film.
If not for the relationship between Elinor and Merida and the important moral lessons taught, “Brave” would accomplish little in distinguishing itself as a good Pixar flick. Some of the jokes fall flat, especially those involving Merida’s mischievous little brothers. It takes some time to actually get rolling, but it comes to redeem itself in the end. Though it’s not as eminently re-watchable as their other films, “Brave” does just enough right that it’s worth taking in at least once, and the short film “La Luna” that accompanies the film is a gem in its own right.
– Sam McConkie is a senior in the technical and professional writing program at USU. He is a keen writer and has been a dedicated gamer for years. Sam can be reached at sambonemcconkie@gmail.com
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Blue Goes Green needs competition This semester, the Student Sustainability Office awarded grants to 100 percent of applicants. Why? Among other things, only five grant proposals were submitted. A little more competition for Blue Goes Green funds would be nice, especially since the money comes from a fee paid by every student. But how do you get students involved? Timing may An Editorial Opinion have contributed to the scarcity of applicants this semester. In March, two of the Blue Goes Green grantees were engineering students. The mechanical engineering department encourages students to apply for Blue Goes Green money to help fund their capstone projects — which only reach the grant-writing stage in the spring. We predict you’ll see more Blue Goes Green applicants next semester. Other colleges could learn from Engineering’s example. After all, creating a greener, healthier and more efficient campus isn’t exclusively the territory of Natural Resources and Engineering. The Huntsman School of Business has a history of helping student entrepreneurs find start-up funds. Why not encourage students to start businesses or programs that fit the grant requirements? If the student body is having trouble finding ideas, why not add a Blue Goes Green pitch to the list of persuasive essays English 2010 students need to write? Not every idea would be viable, effective or even original, but the thousands of students who take the course each semester would surely brainstorm more than five good ideas. The essays could be judged by instructors and entered in a contest across sections of the course to sift out the ideas most likely to inspire a group willing to make it happen. Every college has something to contribute. The College of Education, the Caine College of the Arts and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences could help students start outreach programs, designed to educate and inform a more sustainable campus. The College of Agriculture could use the money to promote local food through events like Food Day. The College of Science can provide data on campus sustainability through surveys and other research. The majority of students have never and will never need to write a grant proposal in their chosen professions. Even the most environmentally-counscious student might have trouble finding the energy to write a proposal outside of the classroom. In our eyes, the best way to get more students involved is to get more classes involved.
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ForumLetters Pornography hurts relations To the editor: In some of the past issues of the Utah Statesman, a few misconceptions of pornography and its effects have been thrown out. First, it is important to know that the body itself is not pornography, as the “Pornography is not a Drug� opinion column seemed to suggest. It is utilized in pornographic material, but the mere exposure of the body does not make it pornography. So saying nudists and artistic works represent pornography is incorrect, because the way the body is presented and the purpose is what makes the difference. The opinion article argued against the Fight the New Drug Campaign using these examples, whereas the website actually states that “nudity can be a beautiful thing in the right context,� and defines pornography as a “substantial distortion and misuse of sexuality in a way that potentially harms those who participate.� Another important issue to address is the effect pornography has on its users and those around them. While pornography cannot kill like drugs, and may not have as many effects on the physical health of its users as the article pointed out, its psychological and social impact is profoundly
negative. Research on its harmful effects is not a pseudo-science based on religious dogma – rather, numerous psychological studies have linked pornography to many problems. According to solid academic and scientific research, pornography affects the chemistry in the brain just as illicit drugs do, is correlated to severe clinical depression and has adverse effect in addicts’ relationships. Research has demonstrated that exposure to pornography decreases its user’s interest in real relationships, that 56 percent of divorces involve at least one person being addicted to porn and that it increases the marital infidelity rate by more than 300 percent. This makes complete sense: imagine how a wife or girlfriend must feel when she feels she is being compared by her significant other to some photo-shopped model or a starved actress. Imagine what an addict might expect in relationships after being exposed to unrealistic depictions of sexuality. So pornography is not just a matter of religion, it is an ill that must be fought to protect our happiness, families and society. For those who still doubt it, try a search on EBSCO or actually check out Fight the New Drugs website to find out what the website actually says.
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Book sticker is insensitive To the editor: As students register for next semester and begin to buy books, I am calling attention to a completely insensitive labeling of used books. Instead of a simple sticker saying “USED,� the bookstore has a sticker saying “I am Cheap, I am Used, I am Available.� This is demeaning to both men and women, but especially to women. To those who have lived outside the “Utah bubble,� it connotes a “profession� where many of the “practitioners� are just that: cheap, used, available. This slogan is offensive. I know the bookstore has been told about this. This has to be changed. Richard Sherlock
Coach thanks Utah State fans To the editor: Dear Utah State Students and HURD members: I am fortunate enough to be the volleyball coach here at Utah State University. Our season just ended and I wanted to take the time to say thank you, on
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Leaders can learn from ‘Lincoln’
Before Albert Hunt scheduling any budget negotiations at the White House, on Capitol Hill or at Camp Nat’l David, President Obama and conView gressional leaders should go see Steven Spielberg’s classic new film, “Lincoln.� It’s the best movie about Washington politics I’ve seen. The centerpiece is the American icon, Abraham Lincoln; it brilliantly captures him doing what politicians are supposed to do, and today too often avoid: compromising, calculating, horse-trading, dealing and preventing the perfect from becoming the enemy of a good objective. In 1865, the issue was getting the votes to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, banning slavery. Today’s fiscal negotiations seem trivial by comparison. Yet achieving success requires the same ingredients: bargaining, bartering, bluffing and cutting a few dubious deals. This is what Americans too often forget about Washington: Our representatives are hired by the voters not to be priests or philosophers, but to be politicians. There is no greater hero than Lincoln; we extol his courage, his eloquence, his resilience and his sense of humor. Rarely is his political cunning celebrated. That was the quality that enabled his final great triumph, the end of slav-
ery. This essential attribute is exquisitely captured by Spielberg and the actor Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, resolute, consummately political, tortured and ambitious; a visionary who uses a story or a joke to defuse tense situations. When it’s suggested that the vote on the amendment in the House is in the hands of God, the president observes, “I don’t envy His task.� As with big issues in Washington, then as now, the drama is about choices with consequences: a re-elected Lincoln decides to push the anti-slavery amendment at the risk of prolonging the Civil War. There are compelling figures: William Seward, his secretary of state and shrewd political confidant; Thaddeus Stevens, the fiery abolitionist who tempers his principles to achieve the legislative goal, and craven and cowardly congressmen. Mainly it’s about political leadership. To persuade some, Lincoln appeals to their nobler instincts about the evils of racial hatred. With others, he does what’s necessary. With the outcome in the balance, a trio of fixers brought in to help is told: “You will procure me the votes.� This is the way presidents, most recently from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, get their way: maintaining a core principle and tactical flexibility. Joe Califano who, as a young man, was President Lyndon Johnson’s point man on domestic legislation, remembers this quality as the essence of LBJ. In 1968, the Fair Housing Bill was stalled in the Senate. The president, Califano recalls, was told by Senator Walter Mondale that they were hopelessly one vote short of breaking a filibus-
ter. On the list of opponents, Johnson spotted Alaska Democratic Senator Bob Bartlett and remembered that he wanted a big maritime agency project. Johnson called the Alaskan, ordered the agency to give him the project. Bartlett voted to end the filibuster, and the measure outlawing discrimination in housing was approved. A Model Cities bill intended to benefit large urban areas was resisted by Maine Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie. Johnson directed Califano to include a city from Maine, even though the state didn’t have any large metropolitan areas. “What city?� the aide asked. “Any goddamn city he wants,� LBJ replied. “Johnson knew everybody’s price,� Califano observes. “He knew what he had to give to get what he wanted, and he never gave more. But he was always willing to give.� That is the mindset required for the current fiscal negotiations. On the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, Obama starts with a strong hand. The presidential campaign wasn’t edifying; it was rife with attack ads and vague promises. An exception is the tax cuts for households making more than $250,000; on Jan. 1 the marginal top rate on these incomes is scheduled to revert to 39.6 percent from 35 percent. Obama campaigned on the wealthy paying more. His Republican opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, was opposed to any increase and wanted to cut tax rates for the affluent. Obama’s position prevailed. House
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Gaza cease-fire gives glimpse of future Nat'l View A look at what others are saying
When Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a cease-fire with Hamas rather than a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, he surely knew that his opposition would taunt him with these words from 2009: “We must smash the Hamas power in Gaza,� he said then. “The next government will have no choice but to finish the job and uproot . . . the Iranian terror base.� That Netanyahu held back from doing so is testimony to not only his prudence or the influence of Barack Obama. It is ratification of the most important outcome of the latest Gaza crisis, which is the consolidation of a new Islamist front as Israel’s principal Arab counterpart, adversary and potential inter-
locutor. It comprises not just Hamas but the allied, Muslim Brotherhood-led government of Egypt, with Turkey and Qatar as supporting partners. As a simple, pragmatic matter, “smashing� or “uprooting� Hamas is no longer an option. Not only does Hamas have the support of the region’s richest and most powerful governments, but it is preferable to the most obvious Gazan alternative, which is jihadist movements even more closely tied to Iran. This may sound like terrible news, especially to supporters of the conventional Mideast “peace process,� who have been hoping that Obama’s reelection would open the way to yet another push to negotiate Palestinian statehood. But for hawkish Israelis such as Netanyahu — and maybe even for the doves — there is reason for some quiet celebration. First, the new Islamic front is far weaker than the post-truce celebrations
in Gaza suggest. Though it survived the assassination of its military chief and managed to bombard Israel with 1,500 rockets and mortar rounds, Hamas once again demonstrated that it lacks the means to do more than frighten or inconvenience Israelis. On the contrary: The success of the U.S.-funded Iron Dome anti-missile system suggests that missiles will be a decreasingly credible threat. Meanwhile, both Gaza and Egypt continue to face major domestic problems. Much of Hamas’ governing infrastructure has been destroyed, including tunnels that supply Gaza’s economy as well as weapons. In Egypt, President Mohammed Morsi, lionized on Wednesday for brokering the cease-fire, was facing on Friday a violent domestic backlash against his attempt to further concentrate power. Having just signed an agreement with the International Monetary
Fund to prop up the teetering Egyptian economy, Morsi literally cannot afford to challenge Israel or the West anytime soon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is similarly tied down by the civil war in neighboring Syria. Though the Middle East is more unpredictable than ever, it’s reasonable to forecast that the Islamists will grow still weaker in the next several years. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood will be no more able to sustain an autocracy than was Hosni Mubarak, and it will be blamed for its inevitable failure to meet postrevolutionary expectations. Iran’s ability to supply Gaza militants with rockets likely will wane because of economic sanctions and the crumbling of the allied Syrian regime. At the same time, this Gaza episode may finally finish off the stubbornly persistent notion that Israel should negotiate a peace settlement with the West Bank-based Palestinian
Authority without Hamas’ involvement. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Westernbacked security forces are still relevant, as Abbas will probably demonstrate this week by winning a U.N. General Assembly vote recognizing Palestinian statehood. But Abbas has less standing than ever to speak on behalf of Palestinians — and in any case has repeatedly shown himself unwilling to negotiate with Netanyahu or commit to the concessions a peace deal would require. Rather than watch another sterile round of diplomatic maneuvering among Abbas, Netanyahu and Obama, Egypt seems bent on overseeing another attempt to broker a reconciliation between the Palestinian factions. In the short run this would prevent peace negotiations, to the satisfaction of hardliners on both sides. But in the long run it might make a deal more possible.
Palestinian elections — a likely part of any internal accord — could bring in new and stronger leaders. Meanwhile Morsi’s government will have to choose between pushing the Palestinians toward an accord with Israel or tolerating growing instability on Egypt’s border. Even if no comprehensive peace is possible, the new regional alignment may allow Israel and Hamas to work out a modus vivendi that benefits both sides. In exchange for more open borders and an opportunity to develop economically with backing from its new Arab allies, Hamas could agree to a more thorough and reliable truce that leaves southern Israel in peace. That’s a long way from real peace — but it’s better for both sides than going to war every couple of years.
– Jackson Diehl is deputy editorial page editor for The Washington Post.
LINCOLN: Political role model LETTERS: Players give back From page 10 Republicans didn’t get a similar mandate, though they retain their majority. Democrats got more votes nationally in House races, and the tax increase for the rich was an issue in very few contests. With some fits and starts, odds are that in the next several weeks the White House and Congress will get a short-term deal to avoid the Jan. 1 deadline
that would trigger acrossthe- board tax increases and automatic spending cuts. Much more problematic next year is reaching a grand bargain that provides a short-term stimulus and addresses long-term chronic deficits. There would have to be concessions, tradeoffs and favors bestowed for votes. Politicians might look to 1865 as a model for this uphill quest. Last week, the presi-
dent hosted Spielberg and Day-Lewis for a showing of “Lincoln� at the White House. He’d do well to go to another screening of the film, and this time invite House Speaker John Boehner. – Albert R. Hunt, Jr. is the executive Washington editor for Bloomberg News and a columnist for Bloomberg View.
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Understanding the ‘fiscal cliff’ Congress must address tax and spending deadline by the end of year BY LISA MASCARO AND KIM GEIGER Chicago Tribune
The “fiscal cliff” is a term first used by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to describe the impact on the economy of about $502 billion in expiring tax cuts and spending reductions, both separately set to occur within a two-day time frame at the end of the year. Bernanke warned that if Congress fails to deal with the issues, the fragile economic recovery could be dashed.
What makes the cliff?
Where the two parties agree
AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS (Sequestration)
$64 billion $24 billion DEFENSE CUTS
Part of the debt ceiling resolution included the stipulation that some spending cuts come from defense.
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Both sides are aiming for a deal that would slash $4 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade. They also agree that there are some ways not to do it.
On the spending side, neither party wants to see the automatic across-the-board cuts that would take place under sequestration, and they want to prevent the looming cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.
On the revenue side, both parties want to avoid an expansion of the alternative minimum tax, and they agree that the Bush tax cuts should be extended — for 98 percent of taxpayers. Couples who make less than $250,000 and individuals with income below $200,000 should continue to receive those breaks, both sides have said.
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NONDEFENSE CUTS
Among proposed cuts, Medicare is scheduled to be cut by 2 percent. For schools, the National Education Association warns that cuts would hit 9 million students, including those in Head Start and special education, with 80,000 jobs lost. INCREASED TAXES
$330 billion EXPIRATION OF THE “BUSH TAX CUTS”
On Dec. 31, 2012, the 2001, 2003 and 2010 tax cuts (often referred to as the “Bush tax cuts”) will expire. Congress must decide whether to allow the cuts to expire, to extend the cuts, or to extend cuts to all except the wealthiest 2 percent of taxpayers. President Barack Obama and many Democrats support the 2 percent option while Republicans favor extending the cuts for everyone. 39.6% if tax cuts expire
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Obama opposes extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy — the top 2 percent of taxpayers — and has said that he won’t sign a bill that continues those breaks. He campaigned heavily on a pledge to “ask the wealthy to pay a little more” and views the election result as an endorsement of his position. Indeed, national exit polls show that 60 percent of voters support raising taxes on the wealthy. And a recent Gallup poll found that 56 percent say that at least half of any deficitreduction deal should be accomplished through tax increases. In his budget, Obama proposed a deficit reduction plan for the next decade that would raise $1.5 trillion in new revenue, largely by allowing the tax cuts for the rich to expire, and would cut $1.5 trillion in spending. Obama has signaled that he is open to making changes to entitlement programs as part of those spending cuts. The remaining $1 trillion is already in place, through caps on discretionary spending that Obama signed into law last year.
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ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX
The alternative minimum tax, or AMT, is an additional income tax that currently applies to household taxable income of $75,000 or greater. The AMT has had a legislative patch dating back to 2000 that excluded many families. If Congress does not act, the AMT would be applied to millions more citizens. Currently, only 4 million people pay the AMT. If no action is taken by Congress, 28 million Americans (those who make more than $48,000 in taxable income annually) will be required to pay it. According to the Tax Policy Center, the average family affected by the AMT would have to pay an additional $3,700 in taxes. WHO DOESN’T PAY AMT Taxable income in thousands for those who don’t have to pay, by year Married filing jointly
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House Speaker John Boehner has said that raising tax rates is “unacceptable” and insists that any attempt to do so would never pass the House. Most lawmakers in the Republican majority have signed a pledge never to raise taxes. Boehner wants to see all the tax cuts extended for another year to buy Congress time to put together a big deal. He has said that he would be open to producing new tax revenue in conjunction with an overhaul of the tax code that would also lower rates. Most experts say that approach would not raise enough money.
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Congress could buy some time for a broader deal if it puts a down payment in place to prevent panic on Wall Street. Democrats would insist on some sort of new revenue in exchange for spending cuts. Obama has called on Congress to extend the Bush-era tax rates for all but the wealthy, but Republicans are more likely to offer to close some loopholes or limit some deductions instead.
Congress could postpone coming tax hikes and spending cuts while talks continue, but that would put Obama in the position of having to renege on his campaign pledge to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy by Jan. 1.
Both Boehner and Obama would prefer this option, which would address spending and revenue in one grand bargain, but it is not likely to be accomplished during the lame-duck session, so a short-term solution to the “fiscal cliff” would have to take place first.
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Congress could do nothing, allowing income tax rates to rise to pre-Bush-era levels. Doing so would rattle Wall Street and cause consumer spending to contract. But it would also put new pressure on Republicans and would spare them from having to actually vote for a tax increase. The two parties could then negotiate lower tax rates for some or all taxpayers.
What would happen if we went off the “fiscal cliff”? The Congressional Budget Office projected just such a scenario. The result in the short term: The gross domestic product would drop by 0.5 percent in 2013, which would likely cause unemployment to rise and as a result imperil the economic recovery. It’s widely believed going over the cliff could spook the markets and raise questions with credit-rating agencies. The two scenarios shown below represent letting the tax cuts expire and spending cuts go into effect (off-the-cliff scenario) or conversely continuing the tax cuts and delaying the spending cuts (delay scenario). The CBO projects the delay scenario would be easier on unemployment in the short term but would also add to the federal deficit, which could have longer-term consequences if it is not dealt with. HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED UNEMPLOYMENT Percentage of population unemployed
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The estate tax is currently 35 percent on any assets over $5.12 million. On Jan. 1, the tax will be 55 percent on assets over $1 million unless Congress changes the law. Most Republicans support a complete repeal of the tax, while Obama urges a compromise of 35 percent on assets over $3.5 million.
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Off-the-cliff scenario: The CBO predicts short-term pain with unemployment peaking at 9.1% in Q4 of 2013, then gradually declining. Delay scenario: The CBO predicts continued short-term recovery with unemployment down.
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A key plank of Obama’s stimulus plan, the payroll tax cut trimmed the employee portion of the Social Security tax from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. This legislation was part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. The average worker will pay about $1,000 more in taxes if the payroll tax cut expires. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Also coming to an end are the extended unemployment benefits, which provide jobless benefits for up to 99 weeks in many states. These items are likely to expire as there is little partisan disagreement over them. N OT E : L a r g e f i g u r e s r e p r e s e n t c o s t s i n f i s c a l y e a r s 2 0 1 3 a n d 2 0 1 4 .
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The Beards for Ben team will be selling crepes from The Crepery by the business building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Beards for Ben Beard Showcase will be Nov. 27 in the TSC Ballroom at 7 p.m. This is a free event for all students, to show off all of those lovely beards grown throughout November on behalf of Ben Rose, a can-� cer-�fighter and father of 5. Come show your support and vote for your favorite beard! The Symphonic Band is perform-� ing “The Holiday Closer,� their final concert for the semester on Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus. The Symphonic Band will play “76 Trombones� by Meredith Wilson, “Cajun Folk Songs� by Frank Ticheli and an arrangement of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year� by Edward Pola and George Wyle, among others. The Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble combine for their final per-� formance of the semester, featuring jazz numbers including “Some Skunk Funk� by Randy Brecker, “Boogie Stomp Shuffle� by Charles Mingus and “As Long as I’m Singin’� by Bobby Darin, with student vocalist Betsy Nelson. New faculty member Max Matzen will join the groups as the guest trumpeter in three numbers. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 in the Performance Hall. Student tickets are free with ID. Common Ground, a non-�profit that serves individuals with disabilities, is having a rec night at the Logan Recreation Center on Nov. 28 from 6:00-�8:00 p.m. Please call 435-�713-�0288 in to sign up. Transportation is avail-� able. The Fun Park is joining forces with country band Mile Marker 6 for live music and dancing on Nov. 28 from 9-�1 a.m. Admission is $7 per person. The Festival of Trees has been a gift of love to children at Primary Children’s Medical Center. More
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than $30.8 million has been raised for children at Primary Children’s Medical Center through the Festival since 1971, with $1,655,931.40 raised in 2011. Every penny raised helps children and Primary Children’s Medical Center. The Festival will run from Nov. 28-�Dec. 1 in the TSC International Lounge. The Utah State University choirs will combine to perform their final concert of the year, “Wintersongs,� at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, located at 725 S. 250 E., in Hyde Park on Nov. 30. The USU Chorale will perform “This Child, This King� by Dan Gawthrop and arranged by director Michael Huff. The Women’s Choir will feature “Carol of the Bells� and “Ceremony of Carols� with harp accompaniment. The Chamber Singers will perform familiar holiday carols and “Shepherd’s Carol� by Bob Chilcott. This concert is free and open to the public.
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