August 19, 2004 In the
News
Thursday, August 19, 2004
COOLEY IS GRABBING
PASSES AND ATTENTION
Rookie tight end Chris Cooley has steadily progressed through
his first training camp and said he is growing more comfortable
with his teammates and surroundings by the day. Cooley was the
Washington Redskins' third-round pick from Utah State and is
adjusting to life in Washington. The 22-year-old seemed a little
overwhelmed in his first NFL game on Aug. 9 but was a pass-catching
presence in his second game, clicking with quarterback Mark
Brunell twice. (The Washington Post, 08-18-04) Click on: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9634-2004Aug17.html
UTAH STATE
UNIVERSITY SELECTS SUPERIOR SOLID STATE SCSI WIDE FLASH DISK
TECHNOLOGY FROM BITMICRO TO ACCELERATE ACCESS TO USER INFORMATION
BiTMICRO(R) Network today announced at the HP World 2004 Solutions
and Technology Conference and Expo the successful integration
of its E-Disk(R) solid state flash disk drive within Utah State
University's enterprise e-mail application. Utah State University
… maintains a VMS cluster composed of four machines. The
VMS Cluster is utilized by almost 25,000 users, composed of
students, faculty and administrative personnel of Utah State,
to access their email accounts. Due to the growing number of
online users, users started to notice degradation in response
time. Utah State looked around for a solution and decided to
install a 3.5" E-Disk(R) SCSI Wide flash disk to the HP
MSA1000. (Chicago, Business Wire Press Release, 08-18-04) Click
on: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040818005182&newsLang=en
UTAH STATE
PICKS BITMICRO
BiTMICRO(r) Networks today announced at the HP World 2004 Solutions
and Technology Conference and Expo the successful integration
of its E-Disk(r) solid state flash disk drive within Utah State
University's enterprise e-mail application. Utah State University
… maintains a VMS cluster composed of four machines. …
The VMS Cluster is utilized by almost 25,000 users, composed
of students, faculty and administrative personnel of Utah State,
to access their email accounts. Due to the growing number of
online users, users started to notice degradation in response
time. Utah State looked around for a solution and decided to
install a 3.5" E-Disk(r) SCSI Wide flash disk to the HP
MSA1000. After the installation, users immediately noticed a
significant improvement in access time. (www.byteandswitch.com,
08-18-04) Click on: http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=57938
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
SELECTS SUPERIOR SOLID STATE SCSI WIDE FLASH DISK TECHNOLOGY
FROM BITMICRO TO ACCELERATE ACCESS TO USER INFORMATION
BiTMICRO(R) Networks today announced at the HP World 2004 Solutions
and Technology Conference and Expo the successful integration
of its E-Disk(R) solid state flash disk drive within Utah State
University's enterprise e-mail application. Utah State University
(http://www.usu.edu/) maintains a VMS cluster composed of four
machines. Used as a central computing resource by administrative
and academic users within the university's data network, the
cluster is powered by OpenVMS, an advanced operating system
that operates on the VAX and Alpha architectures. …The
VMS Cluster is utilized by almost 25,000 users, composed of
students, faculty and administrative personnel of Utah State,
to access their email accounts. Due to the growing number of
online users, users started to notice degradation in response
time. Utah State looked around for a solution and decided to
install a 3.5" E-Disk(R) SCSI Wide flash disk to the HP
MSA1000. After the installation, users immediately noticed a
significant improvement in access time. (TMCnet.com, 08-18-04)
Click on: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Aug/1066472.htm
END OF MISSILE
DEFENSE PROJECT CUTS USU JOBS
Cancellation of a joint U.S.-Russian missile defense project
will cost about 25 workers their jobs at the Utah State University
Research Foundation. The Space Dynamics Laboratory will have
most of the layoffs. The Russian-American Observation Satellite
program brought in $26 million last year and its termination
by Congress cuts the laboratory's budget by about one-third.
(KSL TV-5, 08-17-04) Click on: http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=113531
UTAH'S
ACT SCORES RISE
The scores are in from this year's ACT tests, and Utah's 2004
high school seniors have bettered their predecessors as average
scores in the state rose for the first time in four years. This
year's graduates earned an average composite score of 21.5 on
the college entrance exam, 0. 2 points higher than last year
and 0.1 point higher than the two previous years. ... Information
provided by the ACT also noted that the University of Utah is
the in-state college of choice, followed by Utah State University
and Brigham Young University. Top majors among Utah ACT takers
are health sciences, business management and social sciences.
(Provo, Daily Herald, 08-18-04) Click on: http://www.harktheherald.com/print.php?sid=32030
KSL NEWSCAST:
TIP OF THE WEEK
Pauline Williams of USU Extension talks about having successful
garage sale. She recommends printed signage, colored stickers,
organizing goods and having adequate change. (KSL Newscast,
5:00 a.m.)
KSL NEWSCAST:
CAROUSEL CRAFT BOUTIQUE
The Carousel Craft Boutique is here at Provo High School
fundraiser with Dorothy who has a degree in Illustration from
Utah State University. She generally does pictures from photos.
Most people order pencil sketches, as they are less expensive.
(KSL Newscast, 5:25 a.m.)
KSL NEWSCAST:
MONEY WATCH
The USU Research Foundation will lose 25 jobs after the cancellation
of a joint US/Russian missile defense project. (KSL Newscast,
9:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
PRIVATE COMMERCIAL
ROCKET NEARS FLIGHT
Time is drawing closer for the maiden liftoff of the privately
financed Falcon 1 launch vehicle, built by Space Exploration
Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of El Segundo, California. But the
march to the launch pad has not been easy. ... Elon Musk, the
company's chairman and chief executive officer, detailed Falcon's
growing pains and its projected first flight at the 18th annual
Conference on Small Satellites, held here August 9-12 and sponsored
by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and
Utah State University. (CNN.com, 08-17-04) Click on: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/17/falcon.private/index.html
PRIVATELY
FUNDED FACLON-1 NEARS FIRST FLIGHT
Time is drawing closer for the maiden liftoff of the privately
financed Falcon 1 launch vehicle, built by Space Exploration
Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of El Segundo, California. …
Elon Musk, the company’s chairman and chief executive
officer, detailed Falcon’s growing pains and its projected
first flight at the 18th annual Conference on Small Satellites,
held here August 9-12 and sponsored by the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Utah State University. (Space
News International, 08-17-04) Click on: http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_040816.html
FALCON ROCKET
RIDES SLOW ROAD TOWARD FLIGHT: SPACE X DEALS WITH HURDLES ASSOCIATED
WITH ENGINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RULES
Time is drawing closer for the maiden liftoff of the privately
financed Falcon 1 launch vehicle, built by Space Exploration
Technologies Corp. of El Segundo, Calif. But the march to the
launch pad has not been easy.. … Elon Musk, the company’s
chairman and chief executive officer, detailed Falcon’s
growing pains and its projected first flight at the 18th annual
Conference on Small Satellites, held here Aug. 9-12 and sponsored
by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and
Utah State University. (MSNBC.com, 08-17-04) Click on: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5725500/
END OF MISSILE-DEFENSE
PROJECT CUTS USU RESEARCH JOBS
Cancellation of a joint U.S.-Russian missile defense project
will cost about 25 workers their jobs at the Utah State University
Research Foundation. The Space Dynamics Laboratory will have
most of the layoffs. The Russian-American Observation Satellite
program brought in $26 million last year and its termination
by Congress cuts the laboratory's budget by about one-third.
… In addition to the approximately 25 workers who will
be laid off over the next two weeks, others are expected to
retire. (Associated Press State & Local Wire, 08-17-04)
BUSINESS PEOPLE
Zions Bank hired six former Washington Mutual Commercial Banking
employees in Twin Falls: Bruce Banks, Denae Fisher, Gloria Harman,
Marcie Lytle, Cecil Scherbinske and Randy Suter. … Banks
has been in the industry for 15 years. He previously worked
for Zions as a commercial loan officer in Twin Falls and Brigham
City, Utah; for US Bank as a relationship manager, and as a
commercial loan officer in Soda Springs. He holds a bachelor
of science degree in agribusiness from Utah State University.
(Knight Ridder, 08-17-04)
AMENDMENTS GET
SCANT REVIEW: COMMISSION DOESN'T HEAR ALL BIDS TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION
State Rep. LaVar Christensen was scheduled to explain his amendment
to the Constitutional Revision Commission last Feb. 2. The Draper
Republican's "Constitutional Amendment on Marriage"
was right there on the agenda, in between a "resolution
amending the recall of elected officials" and a property-tax
exemption for charter schools. But while the recall idea was
sent into interim study and commission members suggested clarifications
to the property-tax bill, Christensen's amendment was not discussed.
… Buttars rejects the suggestion that a review by legal
experts - including Brigham Young University Law School Dean
Kevin Worthen, Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham and
Utah State University President Kermit Hall - might have caught
potential problems. (Salt Lake Tribune, 08-17-04) Click on:
http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_2394502
MANY POLITICIANS
GOT EARLY START
Several Utah candidates developed their ambition for elected
office at a young age -- working while in high school or college
on a political campaign, as an intern, or as a member of a political
association. Those arenas are a "nice farm system for developing
the nation's next generation of leaders," said Kelly Patterson,
director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy
at Brigham Young University. "The ambitious [students],
the ones that want to go into higher office at some point realize
that they have to start early." … In the 1st Congressional
District, Republican Rep. Rob Bishop worked in college as an
intern in the Utah House of Representatives. His opponent, Democrat
Steve Thompson, was a student body president at Utah State University.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 08-16-04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/search/ci_2393474
SCHOOL NOTES
Abigail Jensen, a 2004 Utah State University graduate, has
won a Fulbright award to study and conduct research in Mexico
City during the 2004-05 academic year. The Brigham City graduate
has a bachelor's degree in accounting and a minor in Spanish.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 08-17-04)
USU UNIT TRIMMING
25 DEFENSE-CONTRACT JOBS: CONGRESS CANCELS JOINT U.S., RUSSION
ANTI-MISSLE PROJECT
When Congress pulled the plug on a joint U.S.-Russian missile
defense project, it not only ended a program that promised to
help ease the countries past the saber-rattling of the Cold
War, it also ended the jobs of about 25 employees of the Utah
State University Research Foundation. Layoffs will strike across
the foundation, which has four units. But one of the units,
the Space Dynamics Laboratory, will have most of the layoffs.
… Besides the approximately 25 who will be laid off over
the next two weeks, others are expected to retire, including
leaving through early retirement. The lab is by far the largest
unit of the USU Research Foundation, said spokeswoman Trina
Paskett. Because it lives or dies by outside projects like RAMOS,
the foundation is financially separate from USU and its employees
are not USU employees. … The agency will cover termination
charges, assuring that subcontractors will be paid for their
work. But the RAMOS project is over. It must be closed down
by Sept. 15. (Deseret News, 08-17-04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595084654,00.html
NEW TURF
A HIT WITH AGS
It's hot - both literally and figuratively. The new turf at
Romney Stadium is getting great reviews from the Aggie football
players and coaches. ... Safety concerns have also been put
to rest. USU head coach Mick Dennehy has been pleased with the
new surface. "I think it's the best field of this type
that I've ever been on," Dennehy said. "I think the
players have really enjoyed it." (Herald Journal, 08-17-04)
RECORD SCHOLARSHIPS
AWARDED AT CONFERENCE
Students from around the world competed for record scholarship
amounts last week at the 12th Annual Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship
banquet, part of the 18th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small
Satellites. Individuals and organizations provided contributions
for the scholarship. This year the total amount donated was
the largest ever at just under $36,000. (Herald Journal, 08-17-04)
KTVX NEWSCAST:
NEW TURF
USU has a new artificial playing surface at Romney Stadium.
(A piece of the artificial turf is shown.) USU will open against
Alabama this year. (KTVX newscast, 5:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.)
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