May 18, 2004 In the News
Tuesday May 18, 2004
IRONS ACTED IRRESPONSIBLY
AS SKYHAWKS COACH
Our very best wishes to departing St. Louis U. director of
athletics Doug Woolard. He did a very good job, especially in
the area of hiring coaches. … John Lewandowski was an
assistant AD at Utah State, and he also worked at Auburn for
nine years. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 05/15/04)
AG RESEARCH GRANTS
AVAILABLE
Sustainable agriculture research grants are available for farmers,
ranchers and other agricultural producers who want to improve
their profits, the environment and quality of life. …
More than $2.5 million is available from the Western Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education program, hosted by Utah State
University. Grants to individual producers can be as much as
$10,000 and groups of three or more can receive up to $20,000.
(Yakima Herald, 05/16/04)
PENN STATE STUDENTS CREATE SPACE-AGE VEGETABLE
SPREAD
Move over, peanut butter. Step aside, Vegemite. Make way for
the veggie paste from outer space. … Scientists have experience
growing each of those vegetables in space, said Gail Bingham,
chief scientist at the Space Dynamics Lab at Utah State University.
(Centre Daily Times, 05/16/04)
FARMER SOWS SEEDS
FOR NEW LIBRARY: DONATION FROM TRUST FUND TO HELP PLEASANT GROVE
BUILD FACILITY
A dairy farmer who never took vacations but loved to read has
passed on that passion to the city library through a trust funded
by the sale of his farm. … LaMont Blackhurst also donated
money to Brigham Young University's College of Humanities and
the BYU men's track team at Brigham Young University, the agricultural
science department at Utah State University and the University
of Utah kidney research foundation. (Deseret News, 05/15/04)
Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063364,00.html
LAGOON TURNS INTO PHYSICS LAB: COMPETITORS EXPLORE
CONCEPTS SUCH AS G-FORCES
To eighth-grader Angel Collinson of Churchill Junior High,
walking off the Colossus Friday with a mission accomplished
during Lagoon's Physics Day was no small feat. … The annual
event, put on by Utah State University, attracted middle school
and high school physics students from Utah, Nevada, Idaho and
Wyoming to explore basic physics concepts such as gravity and
centrifugal force — all while enjoying the thrills of
northern Utah's super-playground. (Deseret News, 05/15/04) Click
on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063368,00.html
COUNTY LINES
Renowned Titanic expert Mark Lach will have a free presentation
on the fated ship's artifacts at Utah State University Tuesday.
… Lach's presentation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in
Kent Concert Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center, located at
the east end of campus. He will share his experiences from visiting
the ship 21/2 miles below the Atlantic Ocean's surface and will
take audience questions. (Standard-Examiner, 05/15/04) Click
on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00040514234507317006
GARDEN VARIETY:
FISHERMAN, CLIMBERS, GARNERS--WE'RE ALL THE SAME
Never believe a hobbyist or a professional when seeking casual
advice. Their sense of reality is usually skewed by their overexuberance
for their chosen area of leisure or occupation. It isn't that
they intentionally plan to lead you astray; they are simply
so focused on their enjoyment that they overlook the pain or
trouble others may encounter. … Jerry Goodspeed is a horticulturist
with the Weber County branch of the Utah State University Extension
Service. (Standard-Examiner, 05/15/04) Click on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00040514190034367030
RICHMOND'S FINEST COWS: BLACK AND WHITE DAYS
CLOSES WITH BREAKFAST, MELODRAMA
Downtown Richmond's been full of it lately-full of prize-seeking
Holstein dairy cattle, that is, in freshly bathed blacks and
whites. … Friday evening found the Richmond Lion's Club
leading the traditional kickoff celebration at 6 p.m. One hour
later, a group of North Cache High School and Utah State University
students hosted opening night for the annual melodrama. (Herald
Journal, 05/15/04)
STELLAR VEGGIE
PASTE LAUDED
Move over, peanut butter. Step aside, Vegemite. Make way for
the veggie paste from outer space. … A team of graduate
students at Penn State University developed a spreadable vegetable
concoction made entirely from plants that a Utah State University
scientist confirms could be grown on the Moon or Mars. (Herald
Journal, 05/15/04)
EDUCATION DEAN BIDS FAREWELL TO USU
A search for a new dean for Utah State University's College
of Education and Human Services will begin soon. … Gerry
Giordano, dean of the college since 1998, recently accepted
a position at the University of North Florida as the provost
and vice president for Academic Affairs. (Herald Journal, 05/15/04)
MUST THE U. TAKE
PHILOSOPHY 101 FROM LEGISLATORS?
As the father of two sons attending the University of Utah,
I can only express my outrage and the extreme disgust I felt
when I read about the political environment incoming University
of Utah President Michael K. Young now operates under. …
Thomas C. Edwards Jr. is an associate professor (NT) at Utah
State University. He lives in Logan. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04)
Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/commenta/166691.asp
ONLY REPLACING
BUSH CAN RESTORE HONOR TO AMERICANS
Years ago the predator research facility at Utah State University
was bombed, allegedly by members of the animal rights group
PETA. The College of Natural Resources increased its security.
Everyone, even those only wanting to admire coyotes, was suspect.
Researchers looked over their shoulders when they went into
the field. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/commenta/166697.asp
UNIVERSITIES
STRUGGLE TO DIVERSIFY
For all its efforts, higher education in Utah has had only
spotty success attracting black, Latino and American Indian
students in the decades since Brown v. Board of Education launched
the country on a path toward desegregation. … Utah State
University President Kermit Hall, editor of the new Oxford Dictionary
of Law, says the problems in diversifying higher education start
long before college. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04) Click on:
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/utah/166939.asp
BROWN V. BOARD:
UNFULFILLED PROMISE
Alejandro Arias scored a major triumph last week when he traced
the letters of his first name without any help from his teacher.
… Utah simply never had a large enough minority population
and, at the time, no one seemed to see the ruling's larger implications,
says F. Ross Peterson, a history professor at Utah State University.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/utah/167051.asp
SCIENTISTS: WARNINGS
ON GRAND CANYON IGNORED
It's hard to get the sense anything is wrong in the Grand Canyon
while floating through it. On a recent spring morning, the Colorado
River was cool and calm. Trout leapt, splashing back into the
river with a thick plop. Stands of salt cedar lined the banks,
offering shade from desert heat. … "The program is
not willing to stand up and announce that the program's a failure,"
said John Schmidt, a veteran canyon researcher from Utah State
University who has been involved in the effort to restore it.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/utah/167052.asp
JOHNSON ON RAPTORS'
CALL LIST
Utah Jazz assistant Phil Johnson has been contacted by Toronto
Raptor officials about the team's head coaching vacancy. …
Johnson is a native of Grace, Idaho, and a graduate of Weber
Junior College and Utah State. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/16/04)
Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05162004/sports/167156.asp
WATER QUALITY
AGENCY NAMES ACTING CHIEF
Walt Baker, a water quality manager, has been selected to serve
as the acting director of the Utah Division of Water Quality.
… He holds a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental
engineering from Utah State University. He has received numerous
awards and served on many water quality management committees.
(Deseret News, 05/16/04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063646,00.html
HISTORY FAIR HONORS SHIP'S SURVIVORS: 317 LIVED
TO TELL ABOUT SINKING OF USS INDIANAPOLIS
Hunter Scott was an 11-year-old in 1996 when he watched the
movie "Jaws" with his father and heard a reference
to the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. … Scott, who started
the ball rolling in the exoneration of McVay, helped write the
book, "Left for Dead, A Young Man's Search for Justice
for the USS Indianapolis." He spoke this past week to a
packed house in the Utah State University ballroom as part of
Cache Valley's first World War II History Fair to honor veterans.
(Deseret News, 05/16/04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063655,00.html
USU MOVES
TO KEEP STUDENTS
When it comes to higher education, Utah State University is
always interested in making converts, of course. But it's just
as interested in making "re-verts" — getting
students to return to the school after their freshman year.
… Since the arrival of president Kermit Hall, the university
has hired 100 additional faculty members, which has cut each
class size by five students. Ten academic advisers have been
added and "theme dormitories" now cater to students
with shared academic interests. Orientation each year has been
made more "student friendly," and select faculty members
have been recruited to give incoming kids hands-on advice about
plotting their path through USU. (Deseret News, 05/16/04) Click
on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063044,00.html
'COLOR OF THE LAND' TO SHOWCASE ARTISTS
With a goal of displaying more than 100 paintings, this year's
Days of '47/Deseret Morning News Landscape Art Show, "Color
of the Land," will surpass its previous efforts of representing
the notable talent of Utah's landscape painters. … Colvin,
winner of last year's Purchase Award, studied with Glen Edwards
at Utah State University, freelanced for such clients as IBM,
AT&T and Newsweek and has been painting landscapes now for
several years. (Deseret News, 05/16/04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063072,00.html
CAMPUS
BRIEFS: ADMINISTRATION
Utah State began the search process this week for a new athletic
director. … Search committee Chairman Kenneth White said
about 34 applications have been turned in so far, but he expects
a few more to arrive. There is no cutoff date for applications,
and the school will accept them until the position is filled.
(Deseret News, 05/16/04) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063617,00.html
MISS
RODEO OGDEN CONTEST TO KICK OFF OGDEN PIONEER DAYS
Eight young women will compete Thursday and Friday for the
title of Miss Rodeo Ogden. Competing are Cami Cushing, Amy Fluckiger,
Kristan Jo Gibbs, Melanie Haddock, Patricia Anne Mabrey, Jody
Stark, Stevie Anne Stewart and Kami Wells. … MELANIE HADDOCK,
21, is the daughter of Daron and Karen Haddock of Morgan.
Studying English, recreation and business, Haddock is pursuing
a bachelor of integrated studies degree from Utah State University.
(Standard-Examiner, 05/16/04) Click on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00040515224508945712
CRICKETS (LOTS) ON THE WAY: BIGGEST
INVASION IN MEMORY, SAYS AGRICULTURE OFFICIAL
Mormon crickets ravaged almost 3 million acres in Utah a year
ago and are expected to wreak even more havoc this summer. …
Mike Pace, the Utah State University extension agent in charge
of ridding Box Elder County of the bugs, is more concerned with
grasshoppers. (Standard-Examiner, 05/16/04) Click on: http://www.standard.net/standard/news/print_story.html?sid=00040515223010803323
SABORING
SUCCESS
When Justin Hamilton is working at Café Sabor, the jumping
Latin restaurant at the end of West Center Street in Logan,
customers frequently assume he's a server. They are usually
shocked to learn that the charismatic 20-something with messy,
spiked hair busing a nearby table actually owns the place. …
He said he was very surprised when his brainchild became and
instant success when it opened its doors in September 2002 at
the beginning of his senior year at Utah State University. (Herald
Journal, 05/16/04)
USU PROMOTES
FARMER'S MARKETS
The resurgence in farmer's markets shows that not only do people
like to walk their dogs and socialize on Saturday mornings,
but they are also interested in buying locally grown produce.
The average supermarket tomato, cabbage or carrot travels 1,300
miles from field to fork, and our food supply is becoming increasingly
anonymous. … Farmer's markets and Community-Supported
Agriculture (CSA) offer an alternative for both the farmer and
the consumer, said Ruby Ward, Extension agribusiness specialist
at Utah State University. (Herald Journal, 05/16/04)
UTAH STATE HONORS EIGHT UNDERGRADUATE
MENTORS
Eight Utah State University faculty members were recently presented
the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor award. (Herald
Journal, 05/16/04)
BORN
TO TEACH, 99-YEAR-OLD LOVED EVERY MINUTE IN CLASS
It happens nearly every time Phyllis Knapp passes a school.
… After graduating from Manti High School, where her senior
yearbook picture notes "she sings as she laughs as she
dances," Phyllis attended the McCune School of Music and
then went on to Utah State University in Logan to become a teacher.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 05/17/04) Click on:
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05172004/monday/monday.asp
PLEASANT
GROVE FARMER LEAVES LIBRARY $120,000
A dairy farmer who never took vacations but loved to read has
passed on that passion to the city library through a trust funded
by the sale of his farm. … LaMont Blackhurst also donated
money to Brigham Young University's College of Humanities and
the BYU men's track team, the agricultural science department
at Utah State University and the University of Utah kidney research
foundation. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/17/04) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05172004/utah/167422.asp
SCHOOL
NOTES
Peter Breinholt, a former student, will perform at a goodbye
party for Indian Hills Elementary. The school will be torn down
for reconstruction during the 2004-05 school year. Former and
current students, teachers and parents are invited to walk the
halls one last time. The goodbye party will be held on Friday
from 6 to 8 p.m. The school is at 2496 St. Mary's Drive, Salt
Lake City. … Among the participants at the three-day conference:
Brigham Young University, College of Eastern Utah, Dixie State
College, LDS Business College, Salt Lake Community College,
Snow College, Southern Utah University, University of Utah,
Utah State University, Utah Valley State College, Weber State
University and Westminster College. (Salt Lake Tribune, 05/17/04)
Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/may/05172004/monday/167335.asp
ROCKET
PIONEER RECALLS START OF CAREER
When Robert Goddard moved to Roswell, N.M., in the 1930s, trucking
in mysterious long objects that residents knew had to be rockets,
a 10th-grader named Lowell N. Randall was curious and fascinated.
"I wanted to go to work for that guy," Randall said
last week. … "Many of the young graduate students
who were in the audience came up and talked with him after his
speech," said Gil Moore, retired Utah State University
physics professor who accompanied Randall. (Deseret News, 05/17/04)
Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063723,00.html
BROWN SET THE TONE FOR CHANGE IN UTAH
The second-graders in Alice Glenn's class may not know the
definition of "segregation," but they do know that
50 years ago, they would probably not be eating lunch at the
same table together. … While the state did not separate
its minority students, there were instances of black college
graduates who were denied employment as teachers. As of May
1954, the NAACP reported that no black teacher had taught at
any level in the Utah education system, said Ross Peterson,
professor of history at Utah State University. His account of
Brown v. Board's impact will be published later this year in
the Utah Historical Quarterly. (Deseret News, 05/17/04) Click
on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595063724,00.html
BACK
FROM IRAQ: GUARDSMAN PROUD TO SERVE, BE INVOLVED IN HISTORY
During winter 2003, Matt Wettstein was living a busy life.
… Then 25, the brown-haired and broad-shouldered Wettstein
was in the middle of a semester at Utah State University, preparing
for the MCAT exam. (Herald Journal, 05/17/04)
ACRONYMS
FOR VALLEY'S ABBREVIATED WAY OF LIFE
A few weeks ago, I visited a group called QUAC. It met in the
building where CCEMS, which was once called CLEMS, als meets.
That building is inside the downtown Logan RDA, which also includes
the DI, the LDS Tabernacle, and even the HF. And theat area's
air was so full of PM 2.5 recently that the BRHD had to step
in at the request of the EPA, DEQ, and DAQ. … At USU,
you can visit the HYPER, the TSC, the ESLC or the ORC. (Herald
Journal, 05/17/04)
NEWSCAST:BEAR
LAKE MONSTER
In Bear Lake/ Rich County, it is believed that there is a monster
in the lake. At Utah State in the library there is a painting
of the Bear Lake monster. Brian Hirschi owns a tourist boat
that looks like a monster. Joseph C. Rich of the Deseret News
reported sightings in 1868. Wilford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon
reported something. Brigham Young provided rope for a local
person who tried to bait the monster. -Dr. Conrad Nebeker, Bear
Lake -Brian Hirschi, Garden City -Will Bagley, Salt Lake Triubune
-Charlene Hirschi, Utah State University (KSL newscast, 12 p.m.,
05/14/04)
NEWSCAST:
LAGOON PHYSICS DAY
Today Lagoon hosted its annual physics day. Students from USU
assisted younger students with the competition. Students tested
G forces and centrifugal forces on the Colossus with measurement
devices made in the classroom. (KSL newscast, 6 p.m., 10 p.m.,
05/14/04)
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