February 25, 2003 Utah State
in the News
TAKING
ACCOUNT OF A YEAR OF TUMULTUOUS CHANGE
Deloitte & Touche last week elected regional managing partner
James Quigley as chief executive for its U.S. unit, following
current CEO James Copeland's decision to retire. The past year
has been tumultuous for the accounting profession, which is
grappling with new regulations and a hit to its reputation after
a spate of accounting scandals. Quigley, 50, joined Deloitte
in 1974 and has served as assistant to the chairman and chief
of staff, and secretary to the board of directors and operating
committee. A graduate of Utah State University, Quigley is involved
in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the Economic Club of New York. (Newsday, New York, 02/23/03)
FAR, FAR AWAY
After receiving an invitation to Utah State University's "Founders
Day" dinner, some miffed Logan business owners and die-hard
Aggie fans say they may no longer be donating to the school.
Even though the Alumni House and Student Union Ballroom have
undergone extensive renovations to accommodate larger gatherings,
and the main level of the new presidential home is designated
for entertaining, the Founders Day bash will be March 7 in the
Grand Ballroom of Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. (Salt
Lake Tribune, 02/24/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02242003/utah/32383.asp
LINUX COULD BECOME
INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS
A northern Utah computer science teacher is setting up a programming
lab that lets his students learn more for less money. Russell
Weeks, a member of the math department at Logan High School,
has removed the traditional operating system from his computer
programming lab and replaced it with a free Linux-based program.
... Roberto Mello, a founding member of the Free Software and
Linux Club at Utah State University, said Linux is still cheaper.
"One Linux operator can manage 45 computers while a Windows
operator can manage only 10 because it's harder," Mello
said. (Salt Lake Tribune, 02/24/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02242003/monday/32333.asp
LITERARY FOOTNOTES
Robert Hass, U.S. poet laureate, 1995-97, will read from his
work Tuesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m., Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of
Art, Utah State University campus. This reading is the first
Moyle Q. Rice Lectureship, made possible with support from the
Marie Eccles Caine Foundation. (Deseret News, 02/23/03) Click
on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,460030161,00.html
FRENZIED FARCE
IS TWICE AS FRANTIC WITH ADDITION OF SIGN LANGUAGE
When Michael Frayn watched his own one-act play "Chinamen"
from backstage, he found it funnier than the onstage version.
Inspired, he wrote his great backstage farce, "Noises Off,"
considered by many to be the funniest play ever written. ...
The "Chinamen" production is the graduate project
of Utah State University theater student Page Petrucka; it will
be presented at USU's Black Box Theatre and at the Utah Community
Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Salt Lake City. (Salt
Lake Tribune, 02/23/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02232003/arts/31857.asp
WRIGHT REPLICA
Utah State University faculty and students celebrated the 100th
anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight by building
a full-scale replica of the brothers’ famous plane. Mechanical-
and aerospace-engineering students and their mentors put 10,000
hours into the project, which has captured the attention of
producers at The Learning Channel. The Wright flyer project
will be featured on "The Ultimate 10 Adventures of the
21st Century," at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. today and Wednesday
on TLC. (Standard Examiner, 02/23/03)
PACE TRIES TO
HEAL HB 331 WOUNDS: LOGAN REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSES SCHOLARSHIPS
TO HELP UNIVERSITIES ATTRACT OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS
The Legislature may have found a bandage for wounds caused
by last year’s House Bill 331, which increased residency
requirements for out-of-state university students and kept millions
of dollars from coming to state schools. ... Support for the
bill went beyond committee members and spilled over into the
education community itself. Utah State University President
Kermit L. Hall told the committee he supported the proposal,
as did President Steven Bennion of Southern Utah University.
“This is a vindication of the efforts that Utah State
University has made to address the inequities of House Bill
331,” Hall said after the committee meeting. (Herald Journal,
02/23/03)
SERVICE CENTER
HELPS COMMUNITY
The Val R. Christensen Service Center is a student run volunteer
organization at Utah State University. It has been in existence
since 1970 and is one of the largest student organizations on
campus. There are over 20 volunteer programs in the Service
Center, giving students a wide range of volunteer opportunities.
Last year over 2,000 student volunteers donated over 12,000
service hours. (Herald Journal, 02/23/03)
USU’S BOWNS
APPOINTED RANGE SPECIALIST
After a seven-month absence due to budget cuts, Jim Bowns has
returned to Utah State University Extension as a regional range
management specialist. According to Jack Payne, vice president
for Extension, Bowns has been an asset to Extension and Utah
agriculture for nearly 40 years. (Herald Journal, 02/23/03)
TALK LOOKS AT INTERNMENT
In a 1944 yearbook now housed in the National Archives, aerial
photos of the high school reveal its surprising location —
inside a Japanese American internment camp in Jerome, Ark. Observations
from these yearbooks are in the spotlight when Utah State University
department of English professor Melody Graulich presents “Assumptions
of Citizenship: Rereading the Yearbooks of Japanese Americans,
1941-45,” Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Utah State Taggart
Student West Colony Room. The free event is part of the Women
and Gender Research Institute Brown Bag Series, and everyone
is invited to bring a lunch. (Herald Journal, 02/23/03)
USU PROF NAMED TO EDIT AG JOURNAL
Dee Von Bailey, professor of agricultural economics at Utah
State University, has been selected as editor for the national
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The prestigious
journal is published by the Western Agricultural Economics Association.
Other professors in the economics department — Terry Glover,
Paul Jakus and David Aadland — serve as associate editors
for the journal. (Herald Journal, 02/23/03)
USU PLANS VETERANS MEMORIAL
Cadet members of the Arnold Air Society have undertaken an
ambitious project to acknowledge and recognize military veterans.
Their intent is to install a veterans memorial on the campus
of Utah State University. The Project has been under way for
the past year, and a target completion date has been set for
November, said cadet Bradley Bingham. (Herald Journal, 02/23/03)
OPERATING FUNDS
FOR UNIVERSITIES MISSING: LIGHTING, OTHER COSTS NOT ON BUDGETS
As Utah lawmakers discuss whether they will bond for the renovation
or construction of buildings, some state universities wonder
if they will be able to turn on the lights come fall. ... At
Utah State University, $1.1 million in operation costs remain
unfunded, including a recent addition to a campus animal research
laboratory. (Standard Examiner, 02/22/03)
HORIUCHI: USU
STUDENTS ADD A HIGH-TECH SPIN TO WRIGHT BROTHERS’ FAMOUS
FLIGHT
Television is the greatest invention of the last century. At
least it is every Tuesday night at 8, when "24" is
on. Every weekday night at 10:30, it's the worst invention of
the last century. That's when "Elimidate" is on. What
is undisputed is that the airplane is another one of the greatest
inventions of the last century. Thanks to the daring Wright
brothers in 1903, aircraft has closed the gaps between continents
and made it possible for cross-country flying, overnight delivery
and the in-flight movie. On Sunday, cable network TLC is airing
"Ultimate 10 Technological Inventions," which highlights
the most important discoveries in each of the past 10 decades.
It debuts at 11 p.m. ... In a segment about the Wright brothers'
first flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the show will highlight
a project at Utah State University in which students and faculty
constructed a full-scale replica of the Wright brothers' airplane.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 02/21/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02212003/friday/31503.asp
A PLAY IN TWO
LANGUAGES
Utah State Theatre presents a special project in conjunction
with the Utah Community Center for the Deaf. “Chinamen,”
a comedy by Michael Frayn, comes to both Salt Lake City and
Logan for three nights of farcical coincidence, told in two
languages. ... The cast has been assembled at Utah State and
includes two men and women — one speaks and one signs
for each part. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
WINTER CONCERT
The Cache Chamber Orchestra, Cache Valley’s volunteer
community orchestra, presents its winter concert Sunday, Feb.
23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine
Arts Center on the Utah State University campus. The concert
is free. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
YOU PHOOLAN DEVI
YOU
From abused child bride to outlaw to national political figure,
the story of India’s Phoolan Devi is riveting. On Feb.
21, at 2:30 p.m. in the Utah State University Taggart Student
Center, Room 335, Professor Bishnupriya Chosh will present “Consuming
Passions: Tracking the Circulations of India’s Bandit
Queen.” The event, sponsored by the Department of English
and the British Commonwealth Studies Program is free, and everyone
is invited. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
POETS FROM POKEY
A trio of Pocatello poets: Will Peterson, Margaret Aho and
Harald Wyndham will read at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 at
Chapter Two Books, 130 N. 100 East, Logan. “Poets Crossing
Borders,” co-sponsored by the Utah State University English
Department and Chapter Two Books, is an event held in celebration
of independent bookstores and small presses. (Herald Journal,
02/21/03)
WEST POINT COMES WEST
Utah State University bands will host several appearances of
the West Point Regimental Brass Quintet during the last week
of February, announced Thomas P. Rohrer, director of bands in
the department of music. The ensemble will present two formal
concerts, Feb. 26 and 28, and will present master classes and
private lessons to Utah State students. The public is welcome
to all events, Rohrer said. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
‘ASSUMPTIONS OF CITIZENSHIP’
In a 1944 yearbook now housed in the National Archives, high
school students describe themselves: “We use slang, chew
gum, go on dates, wear bobby-socks and dirty sandals, and jitterbug;
and we’re almost sentimental in our honor of Old Glory,”
the description reads. ... Observations from these yearbooks
are in the spotlight when Utah State University department of
English professor Melody Graulich presents “Assumptions
of Citizenship: Rereading the Yearbooks of Japanese Americans,
1941-45,” on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Utah State
Taggart Student center West Colony Room. The free event is part
of the Women and Gender Research Institute Brown Bag Series,
and everyone is invited to bring a lunch. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
NOT BRUCE, BRANDON
Brandon Lee, of Logan, will travel to Salt Lake City in March
to compete as a National Finalist in the MTNA-Yamaha High School
Piano Competition. Lee, 16, the son of Lawrence Lee, earned
his opportunity after winning the Southwest Division of the
MTNA-Yamaha High School Piano Competition. ... Lee has studied
piano for over 11 years and has been a student of Professor
Gary Amano of Utah State University on a full piano scholarship
for the past five years. (Herald Journal, 02/21/03)
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