January 31, 2003 Utah State
in the News
COLLEGE
FUNDING DEBATED
Legislators, university presidents and studentbody representatives
began a discussion Wednesday that could end up rearranging the
entire system for funding higher education in Utah. ... University
funding, as it currently works, is tied to the number of students
enrolled in classes... "It's important to have funding
that is tied to the university's mission instead of student
numbers," USU President Kermit Hall told the committee.
Changing the method of funding would encourage research institutions
like USU or the University of Utah to continue churning out
new technology, he said. (Herald Journal, 01/30/03)
PHOTOGRAPHER SHARES
A THOUSAND WORDS ABOUT
9-11
When terrorists flew fuel-heavy jumbo jets into New York's
World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, award-winning photographer
Joel Meyerowitz was out of town. However, five days later Meyerowitz,
a New York native, found himself back in the city and subsequently
a short distance from Ground Zero. He raised his camera to take
pictures through the orange fences and police blockades when
he was stopped by a police officer telling him the site was
a crime scene and he could not take pictures. "To me, no
photographs meant no history. I decided then that I would find
my way in and make an archive for the city of New York,"
Meyerowitz told a group of Utah State University students Wednesday.
(Standard Examiner, 01/30/03)
‘8 MONTHS AT GROUND ZERO’ ON DISPLAY:
PHOTO EXHIBIT OF CLEANUP IS IN S.L. UNTIL MARCH 15
He is as much historian as photographer. But the eight months
Joel Meyerowitz spent at ground zero following Sept. 11 was
truly a labor of love. "I literally walked this 18-acre
space for 10, 12, sometimes 20 hours a day," he said. "It
was humbling to stand in this urban war zone." Meyerowitz,
a noted New York City photographer, was the only one given access
to ground zero. And he told his story in words and pictures
Wednesday at Utah State University. (Deseret News, 01/30/03)
Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,455028501,00.html
USU PRESIDENT: TIGHTEN ADMISSION: LEGISLATORS
ASKED TO ALLOW UNIVERSITIES TO RAISE STANDARDS
Going to college these days is already a challenging prospect
for most students. But with more of the unemployed and underemployed
returning to university studies, competition is fiercer. Money
is tighter too, for both households and state higher education
systems. Because of these fiscal worries, Utah State University
President Kermit Hall asked Wednesday that the state consider
making admission to the state's two research universities tougher.
(Standard Examiner, 01/30/03)
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