May 22 & 23, 2003 Utah
State in the News
HURRY
UP AND GRADUATE: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Freshmen can now get a contract guaranteeing that if they take
a full course load, they’ll graduate in four years. If
overbooked courses or overscheduling conflicts should keep them
from meeting all requirements, the school picks up the tab for
additional semesters. (Smart Money Magazine, June 2003)
USU TO GET FUNDING
FOR 10 INITIATIVES
Ten initiatives selected during a comprehensive review of Utah
State University objectives will receive extra money next fiscal
year, despite extremely tight budgets. Beginning early this
year, the university conducted a campus-wide compact planning
study, starting with 150 possible areas for "selective
investment." That number was winnowed to 50 and then a
committee of faculty, staff and students was asked to rank them
in order of perceived importance. Christine Hult of the English
department headed the committee. The committee's recommendations
were presented to Stan Albrecht, provost and executive vice
president; Brent Miller, vice president for research; and Fred
Hunsaker, vice president for administrative services. USU President
Kermit Hall and the USU Board of Trustees ultimately accepted
the proposals. (Deseret News, 05/22/03) click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,505034810,00.html
FREE CLASS HAS
TIPS ON FLOWER DESIGN
Spring is here and it’s time to work in the yard, but
maybe you don’t know where to begin. One place to start
is by attending a class sponsored by Utah State University Extension
Service. A free class on perennial and annual flower bed design
will be taught from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 14 at the
Davis County Library South Branch, 728 S. Main, Bountiful. Participants
will be learning how to design a garden bed using both annuals
and perennials. USU Advanced Gardener Diane Erickson will be
teaching the class. Accommodations may be made for patrons with
special needs. For more information call 451-3204. (Standard
Examiner, 05/22/03) click on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00030521210637399531
EX-GYMNASTS STAND
UP FOR COACH CORN
We, Stephanie Green-Bauman, Heidi Pfannensteil-Van DePol, Michelle
Godi-Dimick, Barb Zahl-Klein and Julie Ryan-Jenson, are submitting
this letter in response to the article titled “Coach Crossing
Line?” which appeared in the Sunday, May 18 edition of
your newspaper. (Herald Journal, Letter to the Editor, Natalie
Cannon-Woods, San Francisco, 05/22/03)
LEE A DETRIMENT
TO USU GYMNASTICS
As a former Aggie gymnast for four years, I fully support Ray
Corn. I had the privilege in my career to have experienced two
years before Mark Lee’s arrival and Mark’s first
two years. The program underwent many changes when Mark arrived,
which I believe none of them improved the program. (Herald Journal,
Letter to the Editor, Marla Lowes, Providence, 05/22/03)
KUTV NEWSCAST:
SPECIFIC FOODS TO KEEP WOMEN HEALTHY
Healthy living for women. There are specific foods that can
keep them healthy. (Interview with Pauline Williams, USU Extension.)
(KUTV newscast, 5 p.m., 05/21/03)
AIS BREAKS GROUND
FOR $2.5M ADDITION
Affordable Interior Systems Inc. has spent nearly eight years
slimming down. Now it's ready to beef up. ... The company has
adopted those ideas so well that Mr. Womack himself paid it
a visit in March. The company also was awarded the Shingo Prize
for Manufacturing Excellence from the Utah State University
College of Business this year for its lean approach. The prize
was shown to employees for the first time yesterday. (Telegram
& Gazette, 05/20/03)
Thursday, May 22, 2003
UTTER CHAOS AROUND
JUPITER
As the tally of Moons around Jupiter grew in recent months
with the discovery of dozens down to just 1.2 miles (2 kilometers)
in diameter, astronomers have become increasingly puzzled over
why most of the small moons orbit backward in relation to Jupiter's
large moons and the planet's own rotation. ... The research,
reported in the May 15 issue of the journal Nature, was done
by Stephen Wiggins and Andrew Burbanks at Bristol University,
and David Farrelly and Sergey Astakhov at Utah State University.
(Space.com, 05/21/03) click on: http://space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
USU GYMNASTICS
REPORT IRRESPONSIBLE
I am saddened that The Herald Journal would print an irresponsibly
written and biased three-page article such as Brunson’s
“Coach crossing line?” with an understanding that
the publicity of these allegations in this forum could destroy
a 27-year career and adversely affect a local athletic program.
Surely there are current and former gymnasts, myself being one,
that would argue that Coach Corn is anything but the man described
in the article. (Herald Journal, Letter to the Editor, Beth
Neilson, Logan, 05/21/03)
COACH HAS SHOWN
GREAT CHARACTER
Our daughter, Stephanie Green Bauman, was a gymnast on Utah
State University’s women’s gymnastics team from
1987 to 1992. During that time we came to know Ray Corn as Stephanie’s
coach as well as a personal friend. ... We are not familiar
with the events that led to the article that appeared in The
Herald Journal on Sunday, May 18, 2003. However, through our
family’s association with Utah State University and its
women’s gymnastics program, we do know that Ray Corn cares
deeply for all his athletes and their development into productive
citizens in our society. (Herald Journal, Letter to the Editor,
Gary and Linda Green, Midvale, 05/21/03)
UTAH'S HIGHER-ED
MUST STUDY GENDER PAY ISSUES: USU STUDY SHOWS WIDESPREAD INEQUITY
BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ON CAMPUS
If you’re a woman employed by Utah State University,
chances are you don’t make as much as a male employee
doing the same job - even if your experience and length of service
are identical. Credit USU President Kermit Hall for noticing
such inequity and for launching a study to make sure his hunch
was verified by the facts. Amazingly, females on faculty at
Utah State earn between $12,000 and $13,000 less per year than
their male colleagues. Wow. We have a hunch of our own: that
USU isn’t the only institution of higher learning in this
state where women are getting the short shrift. Launch a study
everywhere else, like Hall did on the Logan campus, and our
bet is you’ll find more of the same at every public college
or university south of Cache County. (Standard Examiner, 05/21/03)
click on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00030520202626738704
DROUGHT CALLS
FOR TOLERANT ANNUALS
You remember annuals — we plant them every spring hoping
they will survive and bloom until the first frost in the fall.
Of course, half of them are taken out by the last frost in the
spring, which arrives exactly one week after planting them.
(Herald Journal, Ask-A-Specialist, 05/21/03)
FOR ART'S SAKE
One percent. That shouldn't be that hard to understand. Or
to set aside. But plans for two major state buildings are apparently
going ahead without regard for the legal mandate that 1 percent
of the budgets for such projects be set aside for public art.
The State Building Board has trimmed the art allotment from
the admittedly tight budgets for the new State Archives building
and Utah State University library. The new Archives building,
to rise near the Rio Grande station in Salt Lake City, will
cost some $8 million to $10 million. The USU library, replacing
a crumbling and earthquake-vulnerable building on the Logan
campus, will set the state back about $40 million. (Salt Lake
Tribune, 05/21/03) click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2003/may/05212003/opinion/58681.asp
WORKSHOP TO FOCUS
ON ECOLOGICAL HOUSING
The Utah House, a demonstration project of Utah State University,
will hold a workshop on constructing ecologically friendly and
resource-efficient buildings, Thursday and Friday. The workshop
will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at the Utah House, 920
South 50 West in Kaysville. The cost is $90. To register, call
435-797-1529. Participants are encouraged to bring plans for
new homes they want to build. Instructors from Utah State and
building professionals will show how to create more efficient
homes using new technology. The workshop is designed to show
how a so-called "green" building can protect the occupant's
health, reduce environmental impact and save money. (Deseret
News, 05/21/03) click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,505034544,00.html
KUTV NEWSCAST:
TWO USU GYMNASTS QUIT TEAM BECAUSE OF ALLEGED VERBAL ABUSE
Two USU gymnasts quit the women's team because of alleged verbal
abuse from their coach - Kim Scharman, Former USU Gymnast; Students
say the administration is not listening to their complaints.
(KUTV newscast, noon, 05/20/03)
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