June 20, 2003 Announcements
The
Biggest Barrier to College Isn't Race
The legal challenges to affirmative action now before the Supreme
Court have received unprecedented public attention and taken
on enormous symbolic importance for colleges. Yet what is rarely,
if ever, acknowledged is the whiff of elitism that pervades
the current debate. ... For more than a century, land-grant
colleges like mine, Utah State University, and other institutions
defined by open and broad-based admissions processes have provided
access and opportunity to the sons and daughters of farmers,
ranchers, salespersons, laborers, bankers, lawyers, and car
mechanics -- some of whom have been American Indian, Asian-American,
African-American, and Hispanic people. And often in our state,
those students have begun their educational journey in one of
Utah's highly accessible two-year colleges. (The Chronicle
of Higher Education, Kermit L. Hall, 06/20/03) (read
the entire commentary here)
Wright Flyer
Replica Travels to Ogden and then on to Dayton, Ohio
After two years and more than 10,000 hours of hard work from
Utah State engineering and aviation technology students and
faculty, the USU Wright Flyer has taken off.
The USU Wright Flyer, a futuristic replica of the Wright brothers'
plane, will fly for the last time in Utah before heading to
the national flight celebration. The Flyer will be on display
at the Ogden celebration, 100 Years of Flight, Saturday, June
21, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport.
Wayne Larsen, a flight instructor and agricultural pilot from
Box Elder County, will conduct low-level flights throughout
the day.
At the air show the USU Wright Flyer team will present information
on engineering, aviation and aerospace technology, the history
of the Wright brothers and their accomplishments and the history
of aviation.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight,
Utah State University students and faculty, working with the
Space Dynamics Laboratory, designed and constructed the replica
using space-age materials. The celebration of powered flight
will give the residents of Utah an opportunity to reflect on
the past and compare it to the future.
Kevlar and graphite replace the muslin and spruce used in the
original flyer. These two composites are manufactured in Utah
and used in the space shuttles, next-generation rockets and
military aircrafts.
The USU Wright Flyer project has been designated as an official
part of centennial events by the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission.
The flyer will travel to Dayton, Ohio, in July to the Inventing
Flight Celebration. On July 4, the USU Wright Flyer will fly
from Wright Patterson Air Force Base over historic Huffman Prairie,
where the Wright brothers practiced their flights 100 years
ago. The flyer will also participate in a July 4 parade and
then will be on static display at Huffman Prairie July 4–9.
The flyer will move to the Wright Memorial where it will reside
as part of a static display July 10–16.
At the Dayton Memorial Air show, July 17–20, the USU
Wright Flyer is one of the featured aircrafts and will take
to the skies daily during that event.
There will be an opportunity for the public to have pictures
taken sitting in or standing beside the USU Wright Flyer at
both the Ogden and Dayton, Ohio, events. The 5-by-7 pictures
are $5 each.
To find out more about the USU Wright Flyer, see the Web sites
at www.usuwrightflyer.org
and http://utahstatetoday.usu.edu/archives/march2003/03-14-03/feature-03-14-03.cfm.
utah
state today/archives/June
2003/archives
prior to Sept 2002/
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