January 28, 2003 Utah State
in the News
RETIRED
PROFESSOR NAMED UTAH’S POET LAUREATE
Retired English professor Kenneth W. Brewer, of Logan, has
been appointed Utah poet laureate by Gov. Mike Leavitt. Brewer
will serve for five years, succeeding David Lee, who was appointed
in 1997, Leavitt's office and the Utah Arts Council announced
Friday. A professor emeritus at Utah State University, Brewer
serves on the board of the Utah Arts Council. He has published
hundreds of poems in the United States and Canada and is currently
working on a videotape archive of contemporary Utah writers.
(Deseret News, 01/25/03) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,455027470,00.html
COLLEGES’ FUEL CRUNCH
Rising energy costs have Utah universities and colleges scrambling
to keep the "lights of learning" aglow — not
to mention the computers and hundreds of other modern accoutrements
of higher education that make the institutions big energy consumers.
... One potential way to address the need is a proposal for
a co-generation program that would use steam now wasted in the
production of energy to create more energy, Mike Perez said.
The idea would be to "recapture thermal energy in the exhaust
and use it to create electricity using natural gas," he
said. "It would mean developing two forms of energy from
one source."... Co-generation, however, would require an
upfront investment, if Utah State University is a good example.
The Logan school, partnering with a private company, is spending
$14.7 million for a new central energy plant that will include
co-generation possibilities, said Darrell Hart, Perez's counterpart
at USU. (Deseret News, 01/26/03) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,455027653,00.html
LOGANITE NAMED NEW ‘UTAH POET LAUREATE’
A retired Utah State University professor known for books that
connect groups of poems around a central theme has been named
Utah’s new poet laureate. Kenneth W. Brewer, 61, will
serve until January 2008 as Utah’s leading ambassador
for literature. Gov. Mike Leavitt made the appointment Friday.
(Herald Journal, 01/26/03)
BATEMAN GETS THE BRONZE: USU ROTC INSTRUCTOR
DECORATED
It’s not every day that you get called on to build an
air force base in one of the most dangerous and inhospitable
areas in the world during a time of national peril. And it’s
not every day that your country rewards you with one of its
highest honors - a Bronze Star. Hyde Park resident Jeffery Bateman
did both. Bateman, a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force who also teaches
Aerospace Studies in the ROTC program at Utah State University,
was among the first U.S. military personnel dispatched to the
Middle East following the attacks on Sept. 11. (Herald Journal,
01/25/03)
EX-USU PROFESSOR NAMED NEW UTAH POET LAUREATE
Kenneth W. Brewer, a retired Utah State University professor
known for books that connect groups of poems around a central
theme, is Utah's new poet laureate. Brewer will serve until
January 2008 as Utah's leading ambassador for literature. Gov.
Mike Leavitt made the appointment Friday morning at the state
Capitol. (Salt Lake Tribune, 01/25/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jan/01252003/utah/23194.asp
USU ARGUES AGAINST
CUTS
Dark clouds over Capitol Hill on Friday afternoon had less
to do with the weather than they did the state’s economic
woes. Fiscal analysts said the outlook is bleak for Utah State
University and Utah’s other nine institutions of higher
education, all of which were represented at the first meeting
of Higher Education Appropriations Committee. Officials from
Utah State joined with presidents from each of the state’s
colleges and universities to explain to committee members the
impacts of the recent budget cuts. (Herald Journal, 01/25/03)
UTAH STATE STUDENTS LEND EAR TO HELP GOV. LEAVITT
Utah State University students and the Innovation Campus at
Utah State are lending an ear to help Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt.
During Leavitt’s State of the State Address recently,
he said that up to 1,500 new jobs will be created in the health
information management field. In anticipation of questions from
the public, Utah State University students and staff from the
Information Alliance were asked to lend an ear says Kim Larson,
president of Information Alliance and Information Connections...
. (Herald Journal, 01/24/03)
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
“Leave the Dishes in the Sink: Adventures of an Activist
in Conservative Utah” by Alison Comish Thorne (Utah State
University Press) ... who could resist a title like that? Although
marketed as a feminist book, don’t let that turn you off.
Believe me, Alison Comish Thorne’s autobiography is much
more than that. In this engaging book, you will find a combination
of warm personal memoir, Cache Valley and Utah State University
history and astute political and social commentary. (Herald
Journal, 01/24/03)
USU STUDENTS DISPLAY THEIR RESEARCH FOR LAWMAKERS
What do topics such as artificial snow production, seismic
hazards, the Type-A Behavior pattern and the Puerto Rican rain
forest have in common? These subjects are but a few of those
being researched by under graduate students at Utah State University.
On Thursday, 28 Aggies shared their findings with the state’s
most powerful political leaders in the Rotunda of the State
Capitol at the third annual “Posters on the Hill: A Celebration
of Undergraduate Research.” (Herald Journal, 01/24/03)
ALPINIST SPEAKS
Climber and alpinist Mary Synnott will present a slide show
titled “Adventures in the Tibetan Borderland” at
7:30 tonight in the Ellen Eccles Conference Center Auditorium
on USU’s campus. No admission will be charged; instead
sponsors Al’s Sporting Goods, The North Face, and USU
are asking attendees to bring a donation of canned food. (Herald
Journal, 01/24/03)
SKI OUTING
USU’s Outdoor Recreation Center will host a winter day
cross-country skiing outing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Sign up by today at the ORC. Bring your own skis or you can
rent them at the ORC. For more information call 797-3264. (Herald
Journal, 01/24/03)
ART EVENTS: ART
MUSEUM PARTIES FOR POTTERY
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is celebrating ceramics.
A large display of ceramics is the current focus of the museum’s
20th Anniversary Celebration exhibit. Two hundred of the 1,250
pieces of ceramics in the museum’s permanent collection
are on display. Of those, eight items were created by Nora Eccles
Treadwell Harrison, for whom the museum was named. ... Ceramics
that have been wood-fired in a process first used by USU professor
John Neely are also part of the show. The exhibition will remain
on display through July 3 at the museum, on the Utah State University
campus in Logan. (Standard Examiner, 01/24/03)
PRO PHOTOGRAPHER
VISITING USU
Award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz is the invited speaker
for the Associated Students of Utah State University Arts and
Lectures Convocation on Wednesday at Utah State University.
Meyerowitz, the only photographer granted unimpeded access to
Ground Zero in New York City after 9-11, will present his lecture
at noon in the Taggart Student Center Stevenson Ballroom. Admission
is free. Over 7,000 images taken by Meyerowitz of Ground Zero
and the surrounding neighborhood have been donated to the Museum
of the City of New York. The photos document the destruction
and recovery of the area, and are part of the museum’s
permanent archives. (Standard Examiner, 01/24/03)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
USU student Timothy Davis explains his research project on
"the effects of purging gas oxygen levels on welded sanitary
stainless tube" to Rep. David Cox, R-Lehi. Undergraduate
students from Utah State University and the University of Utah
showcased their projects in the Capitol rotunda Thursday. (Salt
Lake Tribune, 01/24/03) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/jan/01242003/utah/22922.asp
OFF THE ROAD: USU STUDENT FINDS HIS MASTER’S
THESIS IN A BARGAIN BIN
We’ve all heard of people who “really get into”
their field of study, but few feel as comfortable in it as Tim
Trask does. Trask, a Utah State University Department of English
graduate student, is deeply interested in folklore and is about
ready to submit his thesis - on Hawaiian shirts. (Herald Journal,
01/24/03)
ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL CLOSES THIS WEEKEND
After a short recess, Utah State Theatre continues the 2002-03
journey with “Between the Lines,” an evening of
one-acts presented by advanced student directors who study in
the department of theater at Utah State University. “Between
the Lines” is a group of one-act plays that will conclude
their rotation Jan. 24 and 25. The one-acts begin at 7:30 p.m.
in the Black Box Theatre (FA 224) located in the Chase Fine
Arts Center on the Utah State campus. This year’s format
consists of two lineups. (Herald Journal, 01/24/03)
FANTASTIC CERAMICS
As part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Nora Eccles
Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University, pieces from
the museum’s extensive ceramics collection will be featured.
The ceramic exhibition features 200 of the 1, 250 works in the
museum’s permanent collection. The exhibit includes a
little something for everyone ... . (Herald Journal, 01/24/03)
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