November 26, 2002 Utah State
in the News
GREEN
BEAM’S NEW SHAPE: UPGRADES FOR USU LIDAR TO MEASURE HAZE
The green beam of light that will occasionally be visible in
the night sky above Cache Valley is not part of a publicity
gimmick to draw potential customers to a “Huge Closeout
Sale.” The laser light emanating from the new Calibration
and Optical Research Lab at the Utah State University Innovation
Campus in North Logan is actually a research tool. (Herald Journal,
11/25/02)
REPORTERS IN WARTIME FOCUS OF USU BOOK
Michael Sweeney knows war. The Utah State University communications
professor is an expert on the media during wartime. And now
he has encapsulated his knowledge in an ambitious new book that
chronicles how journalists have covered conflicts over the past
200 years."People don't realize the sacrifices —
sometimes the ultimate sacrifice — reporters make to get
the story of war," Sweeney said. "That's a story that
Americans constantly need to be reminded of." (11/25/02)
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CHICANO-AMERICAN EVENT PLANNED MONDAY AT USU
Utah State University's department of English American studies
program will present "Crossing Borders: The Intersection
of Chicano and American Studies," on Monday, Nov. 25, at
4:30 p.m. in Old Main 338. The event is free and open to the
public. For information call 435-797-3652. (Deseret News, 11/24/02)
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USU, LOGAN OK
EASEMENT ON PART OF BONNEVILLE TRAIL: 2-MILE SEGMENT WILL LINK
LOGAN, GREEN CANYONS
The Bonneville Shoreline Trail was originally envisioned as
a 100-mile-long foothill recreational path from Provo to Brigham
City. However, in recent years the trail's concept has expanded
to approximately 170 miles and could someday span from Logan
to Nephi. Earlier this month, Logan city and Utah State University
signed an agreement providing a public easement on a two-mile
segment that will eventually become a key part of the north
end of the trail. (Deseret News, 11/24/02) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450016537,00.html
SALUTE TO YOUTH SOLOISTS SHARE A LOVE OF MUSIC
Even though they have different backgrounds and interests and
come from all over the Wasatch Front and beyond, there is one
important trait the soloists at the annual Salute to Youth concert
have in common — a love of music and a desire to perform.
(Deseret News, 11/24/02) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450016159,00.html
CONCERT CALENDAR
USU STUDENT GUITAR ENSEMBLES, Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m., Taggart Student
Center auditorium, Logan, $3. Proceeds will support the school's
guitar scholarship fund. (Deseret News, 11/24/02) Click on:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450016126,00.html
COMING UP: MUSIC
Community Chamber Music: The all-volunteer, community-based
Cache Chamber Orchestra kicks off its season tonight at 7:30
with a free concert in Kent Concert Hall at Utah State University,
Logan. Robert Frost leads the orchestra in music from the Italian
Baroque, including works of Galuppi, Manfredini, Albinoni, Geminiani
and Vivaldi. (Salt Lake Tribune, 11/24/02) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2002/nov/11242002/arts/4572.htm
COMING UP: MUSIC
The Utah State University guitar ensembles perform Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium at USU, Logan.
Director Mike Christiansen is so enthusiastic about this year's
electric and acoustic ensembles that he is having them present
a bonus concert in addition to the traditional spring concert.
Tickets are $3; free with USU ID. Proceeds support the guitar
scholarship fund. (Salt Lake Tribune, 11/24/02) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2002/nov/11242002/arts/4572.htm
‘FRIENDS OF LIBRARY’ CONTINUES AT
USU
Friends of Utah State University Libraries has planned a series
of book discussions this year that feature authors with ties
to Utah State University. This series continues Nov. 22 with
an “Evening of Oz.” (Herald Journal, 11/24/02)
USU ALUMS HONORED
Utah State University College of Education alums Linda Morgan
and Carrie Jean Jones were awarded the Milken National Educator
award on Oct. 16 worth $25,000 each. (Herald Journal, 11/24/02)
HOW ABOUT $4.50
A MONTH TO RECYCLE?
You could say it borders on religion for Arthur Caplan. The
environmental economist once recycled everything but his wife’s
used tissues. Styrofoam, milk jugs, paper products — you
name it. They were all recycled. The university professor, who
was living in Oregon at the time, said it would literally take
him a month to fill a 40-gallon trash bin that he shared with
his neighbor. (Herald Journal, 11/24/02)
STUDENTS EXAMINE CHICANO STUDIES
Graduate students of Utah State University’s Department
of English American Studies Program will present a free conference
"Crossing Borders: The Intersection of Chicano and American
Studies."Everyone is invited to the event that begins at
4:30 p.m. Monday in Old Main, Room 338.Students will be presenting
on a wide range of topics addressing the intersection of Chicano/a
Studies and American Studies. According to assistant professor
Andrea Tinnemeyer, many students are looking at how Chicano/a
studies enrich the scope and methodology of American Studies.
For more information, call (435) 797-3652. (Standard Examiner,
11/23/02)
WOULDN’T WE ALL LIKE SOME EXTRA VACATION?
Call us Grinches, but we don’t see why Utah State University
employees need an impromptu Christmas vacation just because
morale is low. (Editorial, Herald Journal, 11/23/02)
PROFESSOR HONORED
Utah State University physics professor Jan Sojka was recently
honored as Utah's Carnegie Professor of the Year for 2002. Sojka
was honored in part for his teaching style that gets his undergraduate
students actively involved in lessons. He also serves as the
faculty adviser for the Get Away Special program, which sends
USU student experiments into orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle.
(Salt Lake Tribune, 11/22/02) Click on: http://www.sltrib.com/2002/nov/11222002/utah/4218.htm
CARNEGIE HAILS USU PROFESSOR
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has
named Utah State University professor Jan Sojka Utah Professor
of the Year. Sojka received the distinguished award Thursday
in Washington, D.C. He teaches physics at USU and is the assistant
director of the Center of Atmospheric and Space Science. (Deseret
News, 11/22/02) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450016234,00
SPIRITS HIGH
AT NEW SCHOOL: S.L. FACILITY TO SERVE 96 CHILDREN WHO HAVE SOME
FORM OF AUTISM
The program didn't call for it, but no one in the packed auditorium
seemed to mind when Thursday's official opening ceremony for
the new Carmen B. Pingree School for Children with Autism turned
into a pep rally. ... The new $9 million facility at 780 S.
Guardsman Way is state of the art, featuring observation areas
between classrooms and space for researchers from the University
of Utah and Utah State University. (Deseret News, 11/22/02)
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PANELISTS FEAR
UTAH SCHOOLS ARE ON THE BRINK OF A CRISIS
Is Utah education in crisis? If not, it's on the brink, panelists
for a Utah Farm Bureau Federation presentation said Thursday.
The baby boom echo is making itself heard at a time when Utah's
financial resources are stretched thin, they said. "The
obvious solution is to stop having children," said Flint
Richards (father of 12, with tongue firmly in cheek) as he introduced
the panel to a full audience attending the federation's convention
in the Marriott Hotel. They included Steve Kroes of the Utah
Foundation, Utah State University President Kermit Hall (Deseret
News, 11/22/02) Click on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450016220,00.html
CHANNEL 2'S KING TO RECEIVE AWARD
Every year, for the past two decades, the Utah-California Women
has used its fall/winter luncheon and boutique to raise funds
(and awareness) for the Special Olympics Utah program and present
its Utah Heritage Award. ... Luncheon entertainment will be
provided by Eclipse, an up-and-coming sextet that was originally
formed at Utah State University. (Deseret News, 11/22/02) Click
on: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,450015666,00.html
USU HOSTS MIDEAST DEBATE
A Palestinian with a bomb attached to his belt blew himself
up Thursday on a Jerusalem city bus packed with high school
students and soldiers, killing 11 passengers and wounding dozens.
After Israeli officials confirmed that Bethlehem was home to
the bomber, the West Bank town braced for harsh retaliation.
A few hours later, on the campus of Utah State University with
four police officers standing in the wings of the Taggart Student
Center Auditorium, a group of young Palestinian and Israeli
scholars sat down beside each other to talk about holy places,
hatred, war, suicide bombings and lost lives. (Herald Journal,
11/22/02)
COUNCIL OKS FIRE
STATION
“Please, I beg you, build it in my backyard.” That
was the plea of two Hillcrest residents Wednesday night, urging
the Logan Municipal Council to approve a new fire substation
in northeast Logan. And it did. Logan lawmakers agreed unanimously
to build a new fire station on the east bench. The $1.1 million
facility will sit in the place of a sand volleyball pit between
high-rise dormitories and the Utah State University trailer
park on 1100 North. (Herald Journal, 11/22/02)
‘TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD’
Utah State Theatre (UST) will present “To Kill A Mockingbird,”
from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper Lee, as the
second production of the 2002-2003 season. Adapted from the
literary piece into a stage production by Christopher Sergel,
the American classic opens the holiday season with a two-week
run at Utah State University. (Herald Journal, 11/22/02)
EVENING OF GUITAR
Student guitar ensembles in the department of music at Utah
State University usually perform one concert a year locally,
and that concert is usually in the spring. This year, however,
director Mike Christiansen said the ensembles are so good they
should be heard. Besides, he said, they are itching to have
someone hear them besides students passing in the hall. (Herald
Journal, 11/22/02)
GRADUATE STUDENT EXHIBIT
Graduate students in Utah State University’s
art department have created an exhibit featuring their current
work. The exhibit can be seen Nov. 22 through 29 in the Twain
Tippetts Exhibition Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center on the
Utah State campus. The featured art includes work by students
in the painting, photo, printmaking, graphic design and ceramics
studios. (Herald Journal, 11/22/02)
LOCAL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM WITH UTAH SYMPHONY
Keith Lockhart conducts a Utah Symphony Family Series concert,
“Salute to Youth,” on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m.
in Abravanel Hall. Two valley musicians Brandon Lee and Tyler
Whitesides were selected to perform in the event. Whitesides,
age 16, will play Rosauro’s Concerto for Marimba. He has
been playing percussion for the past five years, and appears
in Utah State University percussion concerts and recently with
the All State Band. He also composes music for the marimba and
small percussion ensembles. (Herald Journal, 11/22/02)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CELEBRATION
To celebrate the contributions of international education,
Utah State University will join universities nationwide in commemorating
International Education Week, which will conclude Nov. 22. (Herald
Journal, 11/22/02)
‘THE HIDDEN
PRINCE OF OZ’
Friends of Utah State University Libraries has planned a series
of book discussions this year that feature authors with ties
to Utah State University. This series continues Nov. 22 with
an “Evening of Oz.” Gina Wickwar will discuss her
prize-winning book, “The Hidden Prince of Oz,” at
7 p.m. in the Merrill Library on the Utah State campus. The
event is free and open to all. A book signing follows Wickwar’s
presentation. (Herald Journal, 11/22/02)
CULTURAL CONFLUENCE
Grad Students in Utah State University’s department of
English American Studies Program will present “Crossing
Borders: The Intersection of Chicano and American Studies.”
This conference will take place Nov. 25 at 4:30 in Old Main
338. Everyone is invited to attend this free event. (Herald
Journal, 11/22/02)
NEWS
USU professor Jan Soika has been named the 2002 Utah Professor
of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. (KSL, newscast, noon and 6 p.m., 11/21/02)
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