News
Salt
Lake Tribune editor to speak Tuesday at USU: 'It's OK to question
-- even in Utah'
09/27/01 The
speech by James E. Shelledy will be from noon to 1:15 p.m. Oct. 2
in Room 046 of the new Eccles Science Learning Center on the USU campus.
/ By the department of journalism and communication
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Fund
to remember
Michael De la O
09/27/01 Some
of his fellow students have asked about a fund in JCOM to help
remember Mike. We're working on that. If you are interested in
contributing, contact the JCOM office at 435-797-3292, or contact
Suzanne Johnson at the USU Multicultural Student Services Office
(435-797-1878). We don't know what the fund will be. Perhaps a
scholarship, or at least a plaque. Mike's birthday (his mother
told Department Head Ted Pease yesterday) would have fallen on
his graduation day from USU in May. At least we could have a great
party during commencement to celebrate and remember Michael De
la O. |
River
Heights to annex 10 acres of undeveloped property
09/27/01 RIVER
HEIGHTS -- The River Heights City Council voted this week to annex
10 acres of undeveloped property bordering River Heights and Providence.
/ By Anna Brunson
Richmond
tweaks city employee manual
09/27/01 RICHMOND
-- City employees get a lot of time off but that compensates for their
low pay. The City Council decided city employees will now lump all
their time off into a category called personal leave. /
By Nicole R. Grubbs
Providence
agrees to help fund city sidewalk replacement and repair
09/27/01 PROVIDENCE
-- The City Council approved a new policy stating that the city will
pay half the cost of replacing and repairing damaged sidewalks around
town. / By Lindsey Blau
News
analysis: Chaos is king in Afghanistan, and thus it ever was
09/26/01 Afghanistan
is a minefield of convoluted political quandaries -- a mess of clan
clashes and domestic power struggles. It has been this way for as
long as there has existed the notion of an Afghan state. / By Leon
D'souza
North
Logan plans hearing on tightening law on signs
09/26/01 "The
net result (if the ordinance passes) would be smaller, lower and fewer
signs," said Mayor Jack Draxler. "Main Street has started to be a
hodgepodge road. I am delighted to know we may be becoming more consistent."
/ By Jessica Kelly
Response
to terrorists will define U.S. role on world stage in 21st century,
panel says
09/25/01 A
roundtable discussion yesterday on the United States' new "War
on Terrorism" drew an audience of more than 200, with dozens
crowding the front to ask questions after the formal program had ended.
/ By Anna Brunson
Proposed
weight limits to keep trucks off residential streets spark a debate
09/25/01 Hyrum
residents and local business owners filled the council room Thursday
to express concern about lifting the restriction on vehicle weight
limits on several residential streets. / By Karen Funk
USU
response to Hard News Cafe story on international students' concerns:
Working, with limited resources, toward a global community
09/24/01
"We sympathize
with the plight of international students whose expectations for scholarship
support are dashed. (Hard News Café,
9/06/01.) In checking with our colleagues in the College of Business
(COB) and Enrollment Management, we find that policies about scholarship
support do not differentiate between U.S. students and international
students." / An open letter from Joyce Kinkead, USU vice provost
for undergraduate studies and research
JCOM
student dies in car crash: A statement by the department, with more
details to come
09/24/01
"I grieve to
inform you that one of our students, Michael De la O, was killed this
weekend in a car crash coming home from Nevada. Mike was a journalism
major, originally from New York, and had just started working in the
JCOM office and as a newsroom lab monitor. I liked him." /
A statement by JCOM Department Head Ted Pease
Millville
is urged to create a sewer system soon
09/24/01
MILLVILLE -- City
Council members heard a proposal for a city sewer system from Sunrise
Engineering at Thursday's meeting. Sunrise repeated a suggestion to
adopt a new sewer before costs increase. Two years ago a similar proposal
was brought to the city but failed at the ballot box. Val Kofoed,
principle engineer for Sunrise, presented historical evidence showing
prices for installing sewer systems increase each year. / By Kyle
S. Loosle
Lewiston
bugged by flies, even at council meeting
09/21/01
Cecille Hall, a longtime
Lewiston resident, says the flies have never been so bad, and she's
lived in town for 28 years. Hall said she could not use her garage
at all last week because of the excessive number of flies everywhere.
There is speculation that the flies come from chicken manure, said
Mayor Russell N. Hirst Jr. / By Jennifer Brennan
Wellsville
residents at annexation hearing prefer agriculture to homes
09/21/01
WELLSVILLE -- People
here say they are afraid if a proposed annexation goes through, the
land will be developed and the town will lose open space and farm
land. Residents expressed their concerns on the proposed annexation
of 1,360 acres from Cache County to Wellsville in a public hearing
Wednesday. The land is between 6800 South and 7800 South, and 4000
West to 5600 West. / By Melissa Dymock
Eagle
Scouts aim to finish Paradise welcome sign
09/21/01
Volunteers can help
get a town on the map. That's what Paradise learned as several new
Eagle Scout candidates presented their proposed projects to the Town
Council Wednesday night. / By Joe Rowley
River
Heights rezones land near school for subdivision
09/21/01
The property of Dan
Weston and Bill Carson was rezoned from agricultural to R-1-8, which
means that residences of 8,000 square feet may now be developed there.
Weston plans to start a multiphased project for a subdivision. /
By Anna Brunson
War?
Huh! USU students debate what it's good for
09/19/01
The mood is somber,
the voices divided, the debate acrimonious. The lingering question:
Should we go to war against Afghanistan? Many USU students knew little
or nothing of the country prior to this week. Many still have trouble
locating it on a map. But they have strong feelings. / By Leon
D'souza and Will Bettmann
Mendon
approves plan for east side soccer field
09/17/01
MENDON --Residents
got their wish Sept. 13 when a proposal for construction of a soccer
field on the east side of town was accepted by the City Council. Linda
Whitting, mother of two young soccer players, headed the efforts of
parents and coaches who told the council that Mendon's facilities
are too small for the growing soccer program. / By Hilary Ingoldsby
Landowner
petitions for annexation by Smithfield -- under his conditions
09/17/01
SMITHFIELD -- The
City Council will consider a petition from Wesley Keller that his
family property be annexed to Smithfield for residential use. Keller
created his petition to explain that whether the city receives the
property is contingent upon its being used for residential purposes,
not agricultural or commercial. / By Marie Griffin
A candlelight
vigil in memory of the victims of Tuesday's
terrorist attacks begins shortly after sunset Thursday on the Quad.
Old Main is at right. / Photo by Steven Barfuss.
Vigil
finds a moment of peace, and one forgotten flag finds a new purpose
09/14/01
A faded
American flag and pole collected dust, forgotten in the back of a
garage until two days ago when the United States was attacked by terrorists.
Josh Lucherini marched with that flag high in the air to the Candlelight
Vigil on the USU Quad Thursday evening where he and thousands of students
and faculty met in memory of those injured in the attacks. / By
Steven Barfuss
Providence
resident convinces city to consider building a skate park
09/13/01
PROVIDENCE -- A local
resident thinks the city needs its own skate park, and at Tuesday
night's City Council meeting, he pursuaded the city to at least consider
building one. /
By Lindsey Blau
War
memorial honoring local war veterans to be built in Richmond
09/13/01
RICHMOND -- While
the country faces the possibility of another war, Richmond city's
Veteran's Memorial Committee is finalizing plans to build a war memorial
which will honor everyone from the city who has served in the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps or the Air Force. /
By Nicole R. Grubbs
Hyde Park
approves construction of sidewalk
09/13/01
HYDE PARK -- Construction
of a new sidewalk in Hyde Park was unanimously approved after a lengthy
discussion at the Hyde Park City Council meeting. / By Kari Gray
USU Muslims
condemn terrorist attack; university plans Thursday vigil
09/12/01
"I don't think Islam
calls for killing innocent people and children. They [terrorists]
may be Muslim, but they apply Islam in the wrong way," said Abedalrazef
Khalil, an international student from Palestine. "There is no
justification for any terrorist attack." / By Leon D'souza
and Will Bettmann
President
Kermit Hall's 3-minute address on the attack
09/12/01
Click on the link
above to go to the USU home page, where you can access a link to the
digitized address of Kermit Hall, a constitutional law scholar. You
will need the most recent version of Real Player to see the video. Lower
versions of the software may access audio only.
USU
reacts swiftly to crisis
09/12/01
Utah State University is
concerned about the welfare of its student body in the wake of Tuesday's
terrorist attacks. The university management reacted swiftly to the
horrific violence with virtually everyone from the president down
getting actively involved in relief efforts. / Compiled from the
USU website
Cache
angle on terrorist attack: Info line, blood, emergency management
09/11/01
The local Red Cross Disaster
Welfare Inquiries services are available for anyone who has relatives
or loved ones in any of the affected areas. You may call the Red Cross
at 752-1125 for assistance in making those contacts. / News release
from the Cache County Corporation
Activists
to protest oil exploration near Moab
09/11/01
Environmental activists
in southern Utah are planning direct action against an oil exploration
project that threatens southern Utah's canyon country. The "Veritas
3-D seismic exploration project" is one of many oil and gas projects
initiated under the Bush administration's new energy policy. /
By Jim Steitz
Paradise
investigating water rights, questioning legality of connections
09/07/01
PARADISE -- In an effort
to maintain the integrity of the town's water system, Paradise is
trying to discover what water rights are held by some of its property
owners. / By Joe Rowley
Proposal
for Nibley business park put on hold
09/07/01
NIBLEY -- Amending the plans
for a proposed city business park was the main topic of discussion
at the City Council meeting Aug. 30, though the council tabled a final
decision until its next meeting. / By Julie Sulunga
All's
not hunky-dory for international students: Policy on transfer credits
called a symptom of gap between words, deeds
09/06/01
Xin Zhong is shocked and
incensed. This straight-A international student has just had his scholarship
request turned down by the College of Business. The college's explanation:
the student has more than 18 transfer hours and therefore cannot be
considered. But, the odd thing is, the College of Business accepted
only five transfer credits for him. / By Leon D'souza
Read the
USU response to this artlcle.
Pease says
LDS fears about Olympic image overblown
09/05/01
The head of Utah State University's
journalism and communication department is cited in Sunday's Deseret
News story about Newsweek magazine's latest issue, whose
cover story, "Mormons," looks at Utah, the LDS Church and the 2002
Winter Olympics.
/ By the USU department of journalism and communication
USU journalism
professor named one of 10 best in U.S.
09/04/01
Utah State University journalism Professor Michael S. Sweeney has
been named one of the top 10 journalism teachers in the country by
the Freedom Forum, the world's largest foundation dedicated to journalism
and press freedom issues. / By the USU department of journalism
and communication

Cache Valley
and the Cutler Marsh (Benson marina) as seen from Green Canyon. One
thing about USU that often surprises people visiting Logan for the
first time is the incredible beauty of our mountains. / Special
to the Hard News Cafe: Photo by Kim Michaels
North
Logan approves money for Bonneville Shoreline Trail
09/01/01
NORTH LOGAN -- Logan Canyon and Green Canyon will soon be connected
by the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The North Logan City Council unanimously
approved $2,000 in funds to be used toward the trail project Thursday
night. / By Jessica Kelly
Features
Terrorists
who attacked the United States not representative of Islam: Logan
Muslims speak out
09/25/01
LOGAN -- "Islam is
a peaceful religion. These acts, and people's labeling of these acts,
gives the wrong notion that the entire Muslim world is involved in
terrorism, which is not the case," a USU student says / By
Leon D'souza
Revitalization
plan for Hyrum includes a new library and museum complex
09/18/01
HYRUM -- Historic Main Street
is about to get a facelift. The city has revitalization plans that
include a new library-museum complex and the restoration of the Elite
Hall. / By Karen Funk

Chaos reigns outside
St. Vincents Hospital as casualties are brought in for triage and
more than 500 people line up to give blood. / Photo by John Mellor
Eyewitness
account: 'You know this hospital isn't being used as a hospital; it
is being used only for fatalities.' . . . The young girl burst into
hyserical tears.
09/17/01
NEW YORK CITY -- A first-person
view of the destruction and public reaction to the terror in Manhattan
is provided by John Mellor, uncle of JCOM student Jessie Woolley.
"At 6 p.m. I was walking down the middle of Seventh Avenue (in
the middle lane) and there was not a single car on the road."
/ Used by permission of John Mellor
Hyde
Park community members and Boy Scouts join together to improve recreation
and landscaping
09/14/01
HYDE PARK -- Community
members and Boy Scouts have joined together here to improve recreation
and landscaping while saving valuable funds./ By Kari Gray
Wellsville's
country market is up for sale
09/14/01
Walking through
its front door is like walking a step back in time. The floors are
wooden. They are neither glossed with varnish nor smooth with newness.
They creak and groan with every step you take. The shelves are as
old. They aren't metal but instead handmade wood. They are shallow
and would never survive in a Walmart Super Center. / By Melissa
Dymock

SHOWING THEIR
COLORS:
A house at 652 E. 100 North, Logan, shows its patriotism. Resident
Leo Denoyer put up the flag Tuesday, shortly after the terrorist attacks,
and added the "God Bless America" sign with window chalk
Thursday. He and fellow house resident Xaq Brown said that if Congress
and the president call for enlistments, they would volunteer. /
Photo by Steven Barfuss
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Icelandic
ponies are one of the Bullocks' photos you will see on the web
site. |
Iceland
photos by USU journalism prof, husband, featured on Web
09/04/01
Cathy Ferrand
Bullock and her husband, Mike, moved from Seattle to Logan in August
as Cathy became an assistant professor in the Utah State University
journalism and communication department. Cathy's husband, Mike, thought
northern Utah would offer a good base to pursue his free-lance wildlife
photography business. This week, Mike and Cathy's photo essay from
a trip to Iceland appears on the Joseph Van Os PhotoSafaris' website
(http://www.photosafaris.com).
/ By the USU department of journalism and communication
Sports
O Canada: A group
of runners shows allegiance to the Maple Leaf.
Top
of Utah Marathon: A picture gallery
09/26/01 Click
on the link or photo to see more pictures of last weekend's Top of
Utah Marathon / By Kevin King
Penalties
nag USU in one-point loss to Wyoming
09/24/01 So
far this season the Utah State football team has found a way to be
its own worst enemy. In their first two games, turnovers played a
huge part in the two loses. Against Wyoming on Saturday, penalties
became the Aggies' Achilles heel as they managed to be penalized 11
times for 122 yards -- with the last one probably costing them the
game, 43-42. / By Doug Layne
Cricket
made simple (or reasonably so) for travelers on the Quad
09/17/01 It
is India's national religion. Thousands of miles from home, the game
remains a ritual of sorts for Indian students at Utah State University.
They congregate on the grassy Quad every weekend to play out their
passion. H.S. Satyanarayana, an avid cricketer and organizer of many
campus cricketing fiestas, explains the rules. / By Leon D'souza
A
brief history of cricket in America, or how John Adams complained
about the president
USU
cancels or postpones all sports events for rest of week
09/13/01 All
Utah State University athletic events for the rest of the week have
been canceled or postponed, it was announced Thursday. In a mutual
decision with Fresno State, the football game between the two universities
scheduled for Saturday will be moved to 1 p.m. (Mountain Time) Dec.
1 at Fresno, Calif. / By USU athletic media relations
6th-ranked
Trojans trounce women's volleyball team
09/11/01Utah
State women's volleyball team lost in three games to the University
of Southern California. The Aggies' record now stands at 3-3 on the
young season. / By USU athletic media relations
Volleyball
team falls to No. 10 Hawaii
09/07/01USU
hit just .071 as a team in in losing 30-23, 30-12, 30-18 in Honolulu.
/ By USU athletic media relations
Opinion
Campus parking
a problem for you? Roll out of the sack earlier!
09/27/01
Everyone whines about it, even me. Parking on campus is a huge problem,
we all moan. Sure there are some frustrating things that happen in
the rush to find a parking space, but it generally boils down to one
thing: students do not allow enough time to get to class. / By
Kathryn Summers
Candelight
Vigil proves that love will prevail in the face of tragedy
09/27/01
It was a beautiful sight. The night's darkness hid and made irrelevant
each person's race and color. At that vigil, everyone had their own
identifying features, but all were alike in heart and intent.
/ By Debra Anne Brough
Does parking
at USU drive you crazy, too?
09/25/01
Every morning as I pray, I ask for help in finding a place to park
in the Utah State University B parking lot. This morning after driving
around and trying to find a spot for 25 minutes, I thought, "it would
be better to get a ticket than to miss my class." / By Tricia
L. Mickelsen
Who is the
enemy? Not an easy question in a rat's nest of alliances
09/25/01
Whether we fully endorse the vast military deployment of the last
few days or plead for appeasement or restraint in our military and
diplomatic responses to the Sept. 11 attacks, we Americans fail miserably
as students of history. / By Les Roka
Roundup
of student opinion on what one Aggie is calling 'My generation's day
of infamy'
09/21/01
Columns produced by Professor Nancy Williams' "Opinion Writing"
class on the subject of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Plus,
a new first-person account by Amy McIff, a USU intern in D.C.
Sam's
Club follows the profit
09/20/01
The titans of consumerism have found a small valley where stores are
still owned by locals and they want to crush the peasants. / By
Matthew Flitton
Guest column:
From a foreign viewpoint, U.S. both big-hearted, big-mouthed
09/17/01
Unlike many, my first response to the terrorist attacks in New York
and Washington was neither shock nor horror, neither rage nor indignation,
but a profound and cynical sense of sadness -- not merely at the immensity
of this tragedy, but by one question: "Why do they hate us so
much?" / By Scott Chisholm
A call
to stand united: Text of Leon D'souza's remarks at Thursday's vigil
09/14/01 The
great pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi, once said that an eye for an eye makes
everyone blind. / By Leon D'souza
Time for courage,
not revenge
09/14/01 There
have been calls for reparations and retribution. Will we retaliate?
/ By Alisha Geary
What
about Saddam? And what about the 'train wreck' of the FBI?
09/13/01 It
is becoming more difficult to find the skeptical voices who challenge
the virtually unanimous indictment that Osama bin Laden was the mastermind
behind this week's acts of terrorism. Have we written off Saddam too
soon? And are we not challenging the FBI enough? / By Les Roka
G-8 protesters
know something the media don't: Economy is being undemocratically
re-engineered
09/07/01 The
protests in Genoa tragically diverted public attention from the agenda
of the meetings and the refusal of the G-8 leaders to divulge the
overhaul of our legal and economic systems they are engineering. Free
trade, as currently defined, means the replacement of democracy with
new corporate global governance. / By Jim Steitz
Why National
Missile Defense isn't as great as the Bush administration makes it
seem
09/06/01 The
Bush administration's national security policy has everyone concerned.
Earlier this year, the president called for a missile defense system
to help protect the United States and its allies against attacks by
so-called "rogue states" with chemical weapons. Bush has
spoken of the need for a "new framework that allows us to counter
the different threats of today's world." National Missile Defense,
in the eyes of the Bush administration, is the new nirvana. / By
Leon D'souza
Lifestyles
Car-Free
Day to celebrate the alternatives to being car dependent
09/20/01
Friday, Sept. 21, will celebrate the first Car-Free Day, a day to
leave your car at home and experience life without it. / By Julie
Sulunga
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Kappa
Delta sorority, spring 2001. |
Greek
rush battles old 'Animal House' stereotypes
09/13/01
You walk into a house and everyone is either drunk or passed out.
If that's what you think about fraternities and sororities, think
again. / By Julie Sulunga
Arts
'Rock
Star' fun, pretty, witty
09/19/01
Famous rock stars and two very beautiful, well-known actors playing
the front man of this movie --there is nothing more you could ask
for. (Except maybe a cameo from former New Kid on the Block brother
Donnie Wahlberg.) That might just be too much excitement and mixture
for one movie, though. / By Julie Sulunga
Alicia
Keys' CD like a hip-hop, male-bashing Alanis
09/19/01
Songs with some good mixing and lyrics that tell about how a woman
should be treated. Alicia Keys is a young artist with a new hip-hop
album, but the songs soon wear out their welcome. / By Julie Sulunga
'Like
Richard Simmons on crack' . . . remake of 'Three Musketeers' flails
around but goes nowhere
09/13/01
There's absolutely nothing new here. If you've seen any of the Three
Musketeer movies, then you've seen this movie already. / By
Bryce Casselman