March 25,
2003 Utah State in the News
USU
PROGRAM REACHES OUT
VIDA, Volunteers Involved in Development Abroad, has joined
the Utah State University Multicultural Center, the Val R. Christensen
Service Center and Families First to host an event to help citizens
get to know their neighbors better. (Herald Journal, 03/23/03)
USU CENTRALIZES DISASTER RESOURCES
In response to disaster and biosecurity threats that cross
many state boundaries, Extension Services has launched a collaborative
website to pool disaster related information. According to Leona
Hawks, Utah State University Extension housing specialist, the
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) http//www.lsuagcenter.com/eden/
is a collaborative multi-state effort by land-grant universities
across the country to improve the delivery of services to citizens
affected by disasters. (Herald Journal, 03/23/03)
CONSIDER GROWING
PLANTS THAT ATTRACT BIRDS
There appears to be little or no life in most landscapes this
time of year. Flowers are not in bloom and the grass looks a
little like an abandoned beach, said Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State
University Extensions horticulturist. (Herald Journal, 03/24/03)
EXTENSION SPECIALIST LAUDED BY WEED SOCIETY
Steve Dewey, Utah State University professor of weed science
and Extension weed specialist, was elected as a Fellow in the
Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) at its annual meeting
in February. He was also elected to a four-year term on the
WSSA board of directors. (Herald Journal, 03/23/03)
USU AGRICULTURE STUDENT NAMED LEADER
Cade Davis, a senior in animal, dairy and veterinary science,
was one of 10 students in the country to be named a member of
the Collegiate Livestock Leaders Institute Beef Class for 2003.
(Herald Journal, 03/23/03)
UTAH COMPANIES
RECEIVE SHINGO
Dubbed the “Nobel Prize of manufacturing” by Business
Week, the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing announced
today a record number of applicants and finalists, The Shingo
Prize has experienced a 133 percent increase in applications
over the last three years leading to 25 finalists and 15 recipients
for 2003. (Herald Journal, 03/23/03)
ARTISTIC SUICIDE? VIDEO DISPLAY ON DEATH DRAWS
CRITICISM AT USU
An eyebrow-raising video at the Utah State University Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art has been met with varying reactions
from contempt to appreciation among students, community patrons
and even art professionals on the museum’s staff. (Herald
Journal, 03/23/03)
STUDENT LOOKS LIKE SUSPECT
Utah State University student Leon D’Souza can’t
even say “El Shukrijumah” — and D’Souza
is a master of the polysyllabic. “I can’t even pronounce
that. Not a chance,” D’Souza said. Thing is, the
communications major bears a close resemblance to a Saudi-born
man by that name wanted in connection with the al-Qaida terror
network. (Herald Journal, 03/22/03)
THREE WOMEN HONORED
FOR VALLEY CONTRIBUTIONS
The Utah State University Women’s Center Advisory Board
will hold its 17th Annual Honoring Women Over 65 Achievement
Award program and reception at 7 p.m., Tuesday in the USU Taggart
Student Center Ballroom. (Herald Journal, 03/22/03)
HURRAY FOR ACADEMICS FIRST
How wonderful that in USU’s new mission statement, “academics
come first.” I assume that means that the indoor football
field will be transformed into desperately needed classrooms
and that all those scholarships that have brought linebackers
to Logan will now go to pianists, physicists, and poets. (Herald
Journal, 03/22/03)
KTVX NEWSCAST:
USU BASEBALL TEAM RETIRES NUMBER
Jason Beed died last year and friends gathered today for a
baseball game in his honor. The USU baseball team retired #5
and they also made decals with Beed's old number on them. (KTVX
newscast, 5:30 p.m., 10 p.m., 03/22/03)
PROFESSOR FEATURED ON NPR PROGRAM
Utah State University journalism professor Mike Sweeney will
be featured on an upcoming radio program. Sweeney will be featured
nationally on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” on
Monday, March 24. “Talk of the Nation” is NPR’s
midday news-talk show hosted by Neal Conan, who leads an exchange
of ideas and opinions on the issues that dominate the news landscape.
(Herald Journal, 03/21/03)
Y. STUDY-ABROAD
STUDENTS LYING LOW: ON WAR’S FIRST DAY, THEY STAY SAFE
BY STAYING IN DORMS
Students in Brigham Young University's study-abroad courses
spent Thursday in their dorms or apartments to avoid any chance
of becoming targets of retaliation after the United States attacked
Iraq. ... The more than 300 Utah students currently abroad are
sponsored by programs that get security information from the
U.S. State Department and other sources who live in the host
countries. BYU, the University of Utah and Utah State University
have the majority of Utah students abroad. Each school has a
slightly different process for evaluating safety levels, but
all have contingency plans. (Deseret News, 03/21/03) Click on:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,465034328,00.html
USU EXTENSION
HOSTING LAND PARCELS SEMINAR IN SPRINGVILLE
The Utah State University Extension Service is hosting a Saturday
seminar focused on agricultural uses for small parcels —
10 acres or less. The first will be March 29 at 9 a.m. at the
Harward Irrigation Building, 940 S. Frontage Road, Springville.
The workshop runs through 2 p.m., and there is a $10 fee that
includes lunch, a certificate soil testing, a management notebook
and handouts and a chance for door prizes. Topics include accessing
water and soil resources, which affects how much feed can be
raised. (Deseret News, 03/21/03) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,465034913,00.html
HELP THAW WINTER
WITH A HOT GALLERY STROLL: USU, HJ ALUM RETURNS FOR SHOW AND
TELL AT IBIS
Six downtown merchants and galleries are hosting a winter Gallery
Walk on Friday, March 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. The Gallery Walk
will feature a wide range of visual arts as well as food and
music. The fall Gallery Walk attracted almost 500 people, making
it one of down-town Logan’s largest events. (Herald Journal,
03/21/03)
DO THE RIGHT THING
The world of independent filmmaking was changed forever when
a kid from Brooklyn stepped onto the scene. He aspired to influence
America and show the harmful effects of racism through his work.
Now, after decades of directing, producing and occasionally
starring in many critically acclaimed films, Spike Lee is coming
to Utah State. (Herald Journal, 03/21/03)
MUSIC CONCERT
Ensembles from the Utah State Music Department are featured
in a spring concert Tuesday, March 25. Performance time is 7:30
p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium on the Utah
State campus. Admission is free and all are invited. (Herald
Journal, 03/21/03)
AWARD CEREMONY
Two book awards, the Evans Biography Award and Evans Handcart
Award, will be presented at Utah State University March 27,
and the public is invited to attend. The ceremony and reception
begin at 3 p.m. in the Tanner Room of the Merrill Library on
campus. The awards are presented for books published in 2002.
(Herald Journal, 03/21/03)
DESIGN EXHIBIT
Graduating seniors in the interior design program at Utah State
University end their collegiate careers with a final exhibit,
an exhibit that is a summation of four years of study and work,
said student Nelson Negron. (Herald Journal, 03/21/03)
CULT PAINTER
SPEAKS ON HER WORK
Work by Carole Caroompas, a Los Angeles painter, has been described
as riotous, eye-popping, outrageous and flirtatious. An example
of her work is part of the permanent collection at Utah State
University’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. (Herald
Journal, 03/21/03)
DRAWING JAZZ
At first glance it’s some pretty pictures and notes.
But really, “Drawing Jazz; a collaboration” is more
a celebration of relationships. The exhibition reached its high
point Wednesday, when concert goers listened to jazz, surrounded
by the art it inspired. ... Mary Margaret (Maggie) Nelson even
got an Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities grant
from Utah State University as the project progressed. It payed
for the framing of the art. (Herald Journal, 03/21/03)
FUN THINGS TO DO: SEW, THIS IS A FUN WAY TO
SPEND A DAY
An annual fashion show presented by students at Utah State
University is scheduled for next week. This year’s event,
"Fashion Out Loud," will be conducted on March 28.
The fashion show will be presented twice that day -- at 12:30
p.m. and again at 7 p.m. -- in the Taggart Student Center Sunburst
Lounge on campus. The first show is free. Cost for the evening
show is $3, and tickets are available at the door. (Standard
Examiner, 03/21/03)
SPIKE LEE TO
SPEAK AT USU CONVOCATION
Filmmaker Spike Lee will be the convocation speaker Tuesday
at Utah State University in Logan. Lee will speak from noon
to 1:30 p.m. at the Kent Concert Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center,
4030 Old Main Hill, Logan. Admission is free, but tickets are
required. Call the USU ticket office at (435) 797-0305. Lee
has been called one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers.
His work includes "Malcolm X," "Clockers"
and "Do The Right Thing." (Standard Examiner, 03/21/03)
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