March 24, 25 & 26, 2004
Utah State in the News
Friday, March 26, 2004
ISLAM 101: MIDDLE
SCHOOLERS GET A TASTE OF THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST FAITH
Why do Muslim women cover their hair? Can Muslim men wear watches?
Does your money have a picture of Saddam Hussein on it? Those
were some of the questions students at Mount Logan Middle School
had for Muhammad Hussain, a Pakistani Muslim studying at Utah
State University, during classroom presentations on Islam Wednesday.
The presentations, part of a series that has been going on all
month at local elementary and middle schools, were designed
by two USU offices, Study Abroad and International Students
and Scholars, under a grant from the State Department through
the Association of International Educators. (Herald Journal,
3/25/04)
A BREATHTAKING
ATTEMPT? CPR CERTIFICATIONS MAKE LOCAL HISTORY, MISS WORLD RECORD
Hundreds of CPR certification applicants made Cache Valley
history Thursday night, even while falling short of their world
record-seeking goal. The mass certification, hosted in the Dee
Glen Smith Spectrum by the Cache County American Red Cross and
Utah State University's President's Ambassadors, originally
aimed for 3,000 participants to best the record set in California
of 2,122 certifications at one time. But the Red Cross was thrilled
with the turnout of close to 1,000 people, Executive Director
Roxana King said, and her main goal was to have as many participants
as possible from the community. (Herald Journal, 3/25/04)
KSL NEWSCAST:
USU HOSTS JUNIOR ENGINEERING DAY
Kids at St. Vincent Catholic School got their hands on robots
and rockets at the Jr Engineering Day hosted by Utah State University.
(KSL newscast, 6 p.m., 3/24/04)
KUTV NEWSCAST:
USU VISITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Utah State Jr. Engineering Day was held at St. Vincent's School
today. (KUTV newscast, 4 p.m., 3/24/04)
KSTU NEWSCAST:
JUNIOR ENGINEERING DAY
Students at St. Vincent de Paul Elementary got hands on experience
with science and technology. The Utah State University Jr Engineering
Program was at the school to teach kids how to learn by doing.
(KSTU newscast, 9 p.m., 3/24/04)
Thursday, March 25, 2004
THE ROOTS OF
MY WEED PROBLEM RUN DEEP
I 'm not sure what makes the world go around, but I am certain
about what holds it together: bindweed. Sometimes called morning
glory, Convolvulus arvensis has roots so long and so insidious
that, in the middle of the Earth, there must be a big, tangled
wad holding everything together. This idea was presented to
me the other day over lunch with a gardener much wiser and more
experienced than me. She listened to me complain (for about
an hour) about bindweed, then floated this theory. I laughed
it off at the time, but over the weekend, I cleaned out my garden.
Now I believe her. … Now for the really bad part: There's
not a lot you can do about it. Treatment with weed killers this
time of year might weaken it, but bindweed never really dies.
Giving it competition is the best hope, said Maggie Wolf of
the USU Extension Service. Bindweed loves open spaces like vegetable
gardens and flower beds, but doesn't do well in the lawn. (Salt
Lake Tribune, 3/24/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/mar/03242004/wednesda/150605.asp
PUGMIRE HEARING
IS RESCHEDULED
A pretrial hearing on the drunken driving case against Utah
State University athletic director Rance Pugmire has been postponed
because he has a new attorney. The hearing before Box Elder
County Justice Court Judge Kevin Christensen was to have been
last week but rescheduled to April 7. Shannon Demler has replaced
Rich Reynolds as defense counsel. Pugmire was placed on administrative
leave last month after he rolled his vehicle on Feb. 15 on I-15
near Willard. He was booked into the Box Elder County Jail,
refused to take a breathalyzer test and was released on $1,300
bail. (Deseret Morning News, 3/24/04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595051114,00.html
THE METER MISTRESS:
LOCAL WOMAN TAKES CITY READING JOB SERIOUSLY
"Shake it up baby, now twist and shout," blasts out
of the speakers or a maroon, two-door Mitsubishi cruising past
Zollinger Cold Storage in south Logan. White, dinner-plate sized
magnets featuring midnight blue Logan City Light and Power insignia
cling to a stop in a still neighborhood, the driver moves her
Dior sunglasses from in front of her eyes to the top of her
sleek brown hair, held back in a ponytail. … Liz May is
a Utah State sophomore studying pre-veterinary science and the
only female in the city's six-person reader army. (Herald Journal,
3/24/04)
I’D LIKE
TO MAKE MY OWN HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS. DO YOU HAVE TIPS?
Many chemicals are brought into our homes as disinfectants
and cleaning products. If handled incorrectly, these products
can cause poisonings, skin irritation and/or respiratory problems.
They can also be expensive. According to Co-op American’s
Real Money, the typical household spends around $400 a year
on cleaning and laundry supplies. You can make your own cleaning
products using common household recipes and spend less than
$100 a year. Answer by: Kerry Case, Utah State University Extension
Utah House Program Coordinator (Herald Journal, 3/24/04)
KSL NEWSCAST:
TIP OF THE WEEK
Pauline Williams of Utah State University Extension Services.
She shows 33 teaspoons of sugar, the average amount Americans
eat in a day. She shows the amount of sugar in a soda. She talks
about artificial sweeteners, and mentions Equal and Tab. She
shows aspartame, saccharine and sucralose. (KSL newscast, 5
a.m., 3/23/04)
KSL NEWSCAST:
AGGIES ENTER MOONBUGGY RACE
Students from 38 colleges are competing in making a moon buggy
for NASA. Operators of the buggy have to be able to carry the
buggy. They will compete in Huntsville, Alabama. Kelly Packard
and Megan Mitchell are Utah State University Team Leaders. (KSL
newscast, 12 p.m., 3/23/04)
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
SNIFFLES, SNEEZE?
BLAME THOSE TREES
Nature this week unleashed its annual assault on human mucous
membranes, with several varieties of trees weaponizing their
allergenic pollens to extreme levels. Call it nightmare on Elm
Street. "Elm is higher than I've ever seen it, and I've
been monitoring this since 1981," said Carol Maw, administrator
of the Intermountain Allergy and Asthma Clinic. On Monday, the
clinic clocked elm pollen at 3,390 parts -- roughly 67 times
the level considered irritating to humans. … Utah State
University Extension expert Wade Bitner said the high pollen
counts are likely caused by a combination of two meteorological
phenomena. (Salt Lake Tribune, 3/23/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/mar/03232004/utah/150379.asp
USU COURSE OFFERS
WORLD CUISINE TO LOCAL LUNCH-GOERS
A course on world cuisine offers advanced students in Utah
State University's culinary arts program a look at ingredients
and techniques different from classic French and Italian cooking.
Everybody else gets the chance to enjoy an exotic lunch for
a reasonable price. Nutrition and Food Science 4810 is actually
a course called "History and Practices of World Cuisines
Presents Lunches Around the World 2004." (Herald Journal,
3/23/04)
KSL NEWSCAST:
THE GREAT MOON BUGGY RACE
College students across the nation are scrambling to get a
variety of oddball machines ready for NASA's Great Moon Buggy
Race. One of the teams comes from Utah State University. Student
engineers have built their own buggies. The machines have to
fold and fit into a 4 x 4 foot space. USU teams are using composite
materials to make buggies lighter. (KSL newscast, 6:30 p.m.,
10 p.m., 3/22/04)
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