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First-prize winner for the Entrepreneur Club elevator-pitch competition took home $4,500 to support the sales of a salsa jar with a raising bot-tom to make the salsa more accessible. Joshua Lightly, junior majoring in economics, finance and entrepreneurship, said his idea has been in the making since the beginning of this semester when he pitched his idea in a class. “It’s innovation with practicality,” Lightly said. Second-prize winners, Brandon Hunt, senior majoring in entrepreneurship, and Josh Taylor walked away with $3,300 for their idea of a news-letter for chiropractors. The prize money given out to all the winners totaled more than $10,000. The competition was the culmination of Entrepreneur Week (E-Week) activities that had been taking place all week, said Steve Eaton, director of communications for the College of Business. The price tag for the entire week was about $40,000 with all of the funds coming from private organizations; no money was given by the school, Eaton said. Elevator-pitch contestants had two minutes to outline their idea for a way to start a business. The ideas varied from floating face cards to a pizza and a movie restaurant and even a digital personal trainer. The elevator competition was judged by 13 business men and women. The con-testants were judged on the product, demand, price, resources and legal protection. E-Week was a great success, said Brad Larkin, Entrepreneur Club president. The tradition will continue and the plans for next year’s E-Week are already being made, he said. Eaton said it was a great opportunity for Utah State to spread the word about the college of business. The club also sponsored a high school elevator-pitch competition and there were students from several high schools competing, including some from Salt Lake City. Team Anaconda, a team of 10 members, won the 72-hour business competition, winning $2,000 to share. This competition was akin to the television show “The Apprentice,” where

team members were given the assignment to design and sell as many T-shirts as possible in a 72-hour time period. The team that won sold $3,000 worth of T-shirts and also raised $1,800 in donations for the E-Club. The members of the team were Matt Weese, Chris Shipley, Justin Harding, Joshua Light, Mark Watterson, Taylor Edwards and Ryan Griffeth.

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Deans evaluate different options to deal with budget cuts

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education

and Human Services

More adjuncts will be brought in to teach classes for the College of Education and Human Services as current faculty and staff take the early retirement incentive, or get laid off, said the college’s dean, Carol Strong. “Classes may be taught by adjuncts who are paid per class taught and are not on con-tract,” Strong said. “At this point that is the primary plan we’re looking at.” Strong said some positions may not be replaced at all, which would result in larger class sizes for students. Other classes may only be taught every other semester, or every

other year, depending on the necessity of the class, she said. As classes back up due to fewer teachers and courses offered, Strong said there is the possibility students will be delayed in their graduation. “We hope that such a delay doesn’t occur, but it is possible,” she said. “However, we’ll get them all in, and we’ll get them done; it’ll be a little different operat-ing procedures.” Strong said all seven departments in the college will remain intact and no programs will be cut. The college will also move for-ward with many of their initiatives, includ-

ing the exercise science program which is coordinating with the pre-physical therapy program, and the STEM education program which encourages students to pursue careers in the fields of science, mathematics and education, she said. The college will also continue forward with the construction of a new education building, which is being helped along with a $25 million gift from the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation. “We’ll be the center with the largest impact in early childhood education in the intermountian region within the decade,” Strong said. Even though Strong said her college is having to purge 5 percent of its budget,

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Easter tradition enjoyed by residents

CACHE VALLEY RESIDENTS GATHERED ON OLD MAIN HILL Sunday afternoon to toss previously decorated eggs down the grass as a part of the community’s Easter traditions. At the end of the day, egg shells were strewn across the ground, only to be scavenged by a group of seagulls. TYLER LARSON photo

James D. Morales from the University of Minnesota, Morris, will replace Gary Chambers as USU vice presi-dent for Student Services, USU President Stan Albrecht announced Friday in a Board of Trustees meeting. According to a press release, Morales is currently the associate vice chancellor for enrollment at the University of Minnesota, Morris, and in the past worked as assistant direc-tor of Student Support Services for the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Albrecht said he hopes Morales will make his new position more accessible to stu-dents. “We’ll deeply miss Gary, but James will be a valuable asset,” Albrecht said. The press release states Chambers will retire in June and Morales will start in the position sometime this sum-mer. The Board of Trustees also approved a proposal Friday from the department of man-agement information systems (MIS) in the Huntsman School

New VP of Student Services announced

Students pitch ideas at E-Week

E-WEEK OFFERED STUDENTS like Jesse Randal the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of judges, potentially winning startup capital for their business. Randal took fifth place with his business idea for International Prodigies. BRIAN FRANCOM photo

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Holmes is headed back to the stage, this time for the annual Memorial Day weekend concert in Washington, D.C. Holmes and actor Gary Sinise are among the stars confirmed for the event, set for Sunday, May 24. The wife of Tom Cruise along with actress Dianne Weist will team up to read one veteran’s personal story. Those read-ings have been based on veterans’ letters home in past concerts. The concert will include appear-ances by Laurence Fishburne, Katharine McPhee, Trace Adkins, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Wilkinson. NEW YORK (AP) – Stephen

Colbert is still clinging to hope that NASA will name a new room at the international space station after him. The space agency said Friday it would announce the name of the module Tuesday on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” Astronaut Sunita Williams will appear on the program. The agency held an online con-test, letting the public vote on a name for a future addition to the station. “Colbert” beat out NASA’s four suggested options: Serenity, Legacy, Earthrise and Venture. TORONTO (AP) – Billy Bob

Thornton’s band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country’s fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online. The cancellation came two days after Thornton made world head-lines with a belligerent appearance on CBC radio’s “Q.” The actor apparently didn’t like that host Jian Ghomeshi started the interview with references to Thornton’s Hollywood career.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – A co-pilot may have accidentally activat-ed the autopilot on a medical plane shortly before it crashed and killed both pilots and a four-member organ transplant team, according to a federal safety agency’s report. The report on a simulation of the flight’s final minutes came from a National Transportation Safety Board team, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday.

2 Houston firefighters

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HOUSTON (AP) – Two firefight-ers in Texas have died in an Easter Sunday house fire. Houston Fire Department District Chief Tommy Dowdy said the depart-ment responded to a house fire call early Sunday in the southeast part of the city. Dowdy confirmed that two fire-fighters died at the scene. He would not release additional details pending notification of their families. Neighbors said firefighters had entered the house after the blaze appeared to be dying down. But witnesses said flames suddenly shot through the roof and erupted sideways through the house. Authorities said firefighters were then ordered out of the house but two failed to answer roll call.

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HORACE, N.D. (AP) – Residents of the Fargo area already have sur-vived one threatening flood crest this spring on the Red River and are hun-kered down for another. For others in the region, it’s been more like slow torture as they wait for high water to peak on one of the Red’s little broth-ers. The Red River crested at Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., late last month just short of 41 feet, after an intense sandbagging effort that raised levees and helped the two cities largely escape major damage. The riv-er’s second crest is projected to reach 38 feet to 40 feet by next weekend.

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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday and three of his captors were killed in a daring rescue by U.S. Navy Seals that ended a five-day standoff between the world’s most powerful Navy and Somali pirates in a lifeboat far off the Horn of Africa. Capt. Richard Phillips was in “imminent dan-ger” of being killed before U.S. Special Operations forces shot the pirates in an operation personally approved by President Barack Obama, U.S. offi-cials said. Phillips’ crew, who said they had escaped after he offered himself as a hostage, erupted in cheers aboard their ship docked in Mombasa, Kenya. Some waved an American flag and fired flares in celebration. Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was not hurt in several minutes of gunfire and the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet said he was resting comfortably on a U.S. warship after receiving a medical exam. “I’m just the byline. The real heroes are the Navy, the Seals, those who have brought me home,” Phillips said by phone to Maersk Line Limited President and CEO John Reinhart, the company head told reporters. A photo released by the Navy showed Phillips unharmed and shaking hands with the commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge

Obama said Phillips had courage that was “a model for all Americans” and he was pleased about the rescue, adding that the United States needs help from other countries to deal with the threat of piracy and to hold pirates accountable. The Navy said Phillips was freed at 7:19 p.m. local time. He was taken aboard the Norfolk, Virginia-based Bainbridge and then flown to the San Diego-based USS Boxer for the medical exam, 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen said. Christensen said Phillips was now “resting comfortably.” The USS Boxer was in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, Christensen said. U.S. officials said a fourth pirate had surren-dered and was in military custody. FBI spokesman John Miller said that would change as the situation became “more of a criminal issue than a military issue.” A spokeswoman for the Phillips family, Alison McColl, said Phillips and his wife, Andrea, spoke by phone shortly after he was freed. “I think you can all imagine their joy and what a happy moment that was for them,” McColl said outside of the Phillips home in Underhill. “They’re all just so happy and relieved. Andrea wanted me to tell the nation that all of your prayers and good wishes have paid off because Capt. Phillips is safe.”

Pope urges hope for

end to war, poverty VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI sought to give a message of hope on Easter Sunday to victims of wars, poverty and financial turmoil, saying it was urgently needed to overcome the miseries that are plaguing Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the globe. Benedict delivered his “Urbi et Orbi” message – Latin for “to the city and the world” – after celebrating Easter Mass before tens of thousands of people who packed St. Peter’s Square and the boulevard leading up to it. The piazza, decorated with yellow tulips, azaleas, apple blossoms and other spring flow-ers, overflowed with the faithful celebrating the most joyous and important day in the Christian church calendar, Christ’s resur-

rection. In his speech, Benedict said hope was urgently needed around the globe, despite mounting reasons for despair. “At a time of world food shortage, of financial turmoil, of old and new forms of poverty, of disturbing climate change, of violence and depravation which force many to leave their home-lands in search of a less pre-carious form of existence, of the ever-present threat of terrorism, of growing fears over the future, it is urgent to rediscover grounds for hope,” he said. In Jerusalem, the faithful celebrated Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to mark the site where Jesus was crucified, buried and then resurrected. Brown-robed

friars marched into the church to the sound of bagpipes, fol-lowed by clergymen in purple capes and others bearing cross-es. And in the earthquake-rav-aged central Italian city of L’Aquila, survivors gathered in makeshift chapels set up in tent cities that are housing some of the 55,000 people driven from their homes by Monday’s 6.3-magnitude temblor. “We are all a little bit angry with God because we never expected a tragedy this big,” L’Aquila Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari told the faithful gath-ered in a tent. “But even anger toward God is a sign of faith.” Benedict delivered his Easter message from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Guitar program presents ‘An evening in Brazil’ Several years ago, Utah State University professor Mike Christiansen spent some time during a sabbatical leave in Brazil. Now, Christiansen, with the help of two native Brazilian musicians, brings a touch of Brazil to Logan. Providing the authentic Brazilian feel are musicians Christopher Neale, guitar and vocals, and vocalist Linda Ferreira, joined by the Lightwood Duo with Christiansen on guitar and Eric Nelson on clarinet. Rounding out the group are bassist Lars Yorgason and drummer Jed Keipp. All com-bine talents for “An Evening in Brazil,” a concert sponsored by the guitar program in USU’s Department of Music and Caine School of the Arts. Concert date is Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in USU’s Performance Hall (approxi-mately 1090 E. 675 North, Logan). Admission is $5 and tickets are available at the CSA Box Office by calling (435) 797-8022, online (http://box-office.usu.edu), or at the door.

Awards for 2008 writing comp. presented The winners of the 2008 Leonard J. Arrington Writing Award competition were recognized at a recent Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library spring lecture at Utah State University. Award recipients include Kelly Lelegren who received $1,000 for her first-place effort. Lelegren is a gradu-ate student completing a master’s program in the department of history. The second place award of $500 was presented to Alyson Bernhisel, a sopho-more at USU majoring in English teaching. The $250 third place prize went to Trenton Olsen, a master’s degree student in English. Students from the Intermountain region who attended the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture and who submitted an appropriate essay were eligible for prizes in the writing competition.

Ceramics guild to hold spring pottery sale Utah State University’s Student Ceramics Guild holds its annual Spring Sale and Open House Thursday, April 23, from 5-9 p.m. The sale continues Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. This year, the sale takes place in the USU ceramics studio, FAV 121, located on the southwest corner of 700 North and 1200 East in Logan. Free after hours parking is available in the lot northeast of the USU fine arts building. Work by approximately 20 students will be exhibit-ed and is for sale, including a broad selection of func-tional and non-functional ceramics. Sale organizers said there are items for every budget, with some pots starting at $8. Many mid-priced items are also available. Previous guild sales have included bowls of every size and description, mugs, casse-roles, vases, various pouring vessels, plates, planters, lan-terns and more. Examples of USU’s woodfire pots will be well represented, as will pots from the salt, soda and gas kilns.

Students go for world record thumb wrestling chain

AS A PART OF E-WEEK ACTIVITIES, USU students attempt to set the world record for the longest thumb wrestling chain. More than 100 stu-dents turned out to the activity which was last Wednesday in the TSC Ballroom. CAMERON PETERSON photo

of Business which consolidates its three emphases into one. The change will take effect fall semester 2009. According to the proposal, the managerial, technical and training and development emphases will be combined into a single MIS major. The proposal document states streamlining the curriculum by removing the emphases will allow the school to “make more efficient use of existing faculty.” Raymond Coward, executive vice president and provost, said, “This is (the Huntsman School of Business’) response, frankly, to the series of budget cuts.” Also during the meeting, Coward said 87 percent of the voluntary separation program applicants were approved. “It doesn’t solve the problem, but it gives administrators a card to play that they didn’t have a month ago, so it gives f lexibility,” he said. Although the university is doing what it can to protect the school from budget cuts’ impacts, Albrecht said the school is already anticipat-ing another cut in the fiscal year 2011. “The big challenge is as we look ahead,” he said. Application numbers are up 18 percent this year, but Coward said this doesn’t necessarily mean USU will see increased enrollment num-bers. High school seniors nationally are applying to more schools during this economic crisis, and he said they will wait to enroll until they see if they can find financial aid. “There’s a bit of uncertainty,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see.” The board also approved a pro-posal from the School of Teacher Education and Leadership in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. The proposal asked for the creation of a master’s of education specialization in instructional leadership, which will take effect fall 2009. Coward said the master’s has been a two-part program in the past. The new master’s will quicken and shorten the program, and Coward said this will make it look more attractive to possible applicants.

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LOGAN, Utah (AP) – Utah State University has welcomed an entirely new senior class. The school’s “Senior University” is an on-cam-pus classroom for senior citizens, who attend weekly lectures on a variety of subjects. There are no exams, grades, or college credit, but each stu-dent receives a certificate of completion at the end of the semester. Now in its fourth semester, Senior U has an enrollment of 40. “Thanks to the amazing students and instruc-tors, this has been a most rewarding experience,” said Melissa Nuntapreda, a Utah State student who started the program. “With such diverse backgrounds and varied ages, everyone involved can learn valuable lessons from each class and each individual.” Senior U students travel to campus for 10 weekly lectures. Subjects range from astronomy to folklore to current events. USU instructors donate 45-minute presentations and stay after class to answer questions from the students – and the Q&A period often runs past the allotted time. Enrollment has increased each semester since it

began. “A lot of people have great ideas. Melissa is a person who made her idea happen,” said Lisa Vaugh, USU community service coordinator. “As a result, she leaves a lasting legacy that will continue to serve senior citizens, USU students, and faculty long after she graduates.” Nuntapreda graduates this spring and is con-sidering her options, including medical school and a career in pediatrics. But Senior U will continue without her at her alma mater. “This opportunity is unique because it gives us a chance to be involved with the university and younger people with continued learning,” said stu-dent Joel Madsen. “Melissa deserves a great deal of credit for the success of this program and the opportunity it’s given us older folk here in Cache Valley.” Madsen, and his wife, Karen, have completed all four semesters. “This has just been tremendous to have some-thing to look forward to every week,” Karen Madsen said.

A new kind of senior class

SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) – A bald eagle is being nursed back to health after being found near death from high levels of heavy metals, including lead and mer-cury. The female bird has gained two pounds since it was found in early March and taken to Great Basin Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education in Springville. The eagle was emaciated and had a broken wing. The lower part of the wing needed to be amputated, but the bird is now eating on her own. “She ended up getting round-the-clock care,” said Patti Richards, director of the rehabili-tation center. Officials believe the eagle may have been poisoned by tailings from old mine operations found in Utah’s mountains. Blood tests showed very high levels of lead, mercury and selenium, and the bird had been poisoned by a chemical used in solvent, said Kent Mason, assistant director of wildlife rehabilitation center. The eagle was found near Deseret Chemical Depot, where employees have adopted the eagle’s recovery. “They call almost every day to get an update,” she said.

Depot officials do not believe the bird was poisoned at the Army facility west of Salt Lake City, but have volunteered to cover the vet-erinary costs – which have topped $9,000. “We are doing everything we can to help,” depot spokesman Russ Wallis said. “Because the bird was found on an Army base, as a show of good faith we took it upon ourselves to help with the rehabilitation of the eagle because we knew it was so expensive.” Richards says the bird is show-

ing encouraging signs, but the recovery still has a way to go. “I try not to get emotionally involved because you don’t know if they are going to make it,” Richards said. “She’s healthier, she’s eating on her own, but it’s whether we can flush these toxins” that will determine the bird’s fate.Richards said the eagle will never be able to return to the wild because of its amputated wing, but could still be used locally for education programs, Richards said.

Bald eagle recovering at shelter

THIS PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARGE GIBSON shows Gibson, executive director of the Raptor Education Center, holding a 28-year-old bald eagle in Ladysmith, Wis. on Thursday March 19. AP photo

Saturday, April 4

• USU Police responded to the Aggie Terrace for a report of four individuals longboarding in the Aggie Terrace causing a hazard to vehicle traffic. Police were able to contact all four individuals and warned them about skateboarding on campus as it was the first offense for all three.

Monday, April 6

• Police responded to a disorderly person in the USU Parking Office. When police arrived the individual calmed down and finished their transaction and then left the office with no further problems.

• USU Police received a report of a domes-tic violence assault involving a student who lives on campus. The assault occurred off campus and the Cache County Sheriffs Office was contacted to investigate the case. The suspect was arrested and booked into

the Cache County Jail and has been banned from campus.

Tuesday, April 7 • A vehicle was burglarized while parked on the fourth f loor of the Aggie Terrace and an iPod was stolen. The burglary occurred Tuesday, April 7 between 6:15 and 7:30 p.m. Police are investigating.

• USU Police responded to the parking lot north of the Recital Hall on a minor traf-fic accident. It appears that a vehicle rolled out of a parking stall and struck another vehicle. Police are investigating.

Wednesday, April 8

• USU Police responded to a report in the Biology and Natural Resource building of a male subject looking in the women rest-room. The subject was identified and was given a citation to appear in court.

Thursday, April 9

• Police responded to the west side of the SANT Engineering Building on an animal problem. Police located a goose that was wandering in the area. The goose was transported to First Dam and released.

Friday, April 10

• USU Police responded to a traumatic injury that occurred when a student was playing around at the End of Year Bash Dance and pulled down a stage light that hit another student in the head. Logan paramedics responded and evaluated the individual. The individual was released on scene and stated he would go to the hospi-tal to be checked out.

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state-funded money – which is what is being cut from the university – is only a portion of what the college operates on. Strong said they also receive significant amounts of funding through distance education and research. A variety of clinics around Logan also generate revenue for the college, she said. While students will notice new faces around the college, and increased class sizes in select subjects, Strong said she doesn’t expect her students to feel a strong impact from the budget cuts. Most of the impact will land on the faculty and staff whose salaries are funded largely through state money, she said.

College of Agriculture

The consolidation of USU’s animal farms, and the postponement of certain initiatives is what students in the College of Agriculture can expect next year, said Noelle Cockett, the college’s dean. Currently, the College of Agriculture has animal farms along 1400 North in Logan where they raise sheep, horses and more for educational purposes, Cockett said. The plan is to move all the existing farms to the south farm where the AG Teaching and Research Center is located. This will consolidate all of USU’s animal farms in a central location, and will save the college money, she said. “That’s actually an advantage to our stu-dents because it puts everything in one area, and it’ll save the college money,” Cockett said. While Cockett said it is her hope this move will save money, she said the college may not have all the species it currently has. To determine which animals will leave, she said the college will look at how large the industry involving that species is in Utah, in addition to the number of students involved in that program. “We are looking at programs that are growing and are relevant,” Cockett said. “Students may not have quite as many options.” Budget reductions will also make it harder for the college to move forward with initiatives it has been looking into, Cockett said. “We were going to add more people to AG communications department; we’ll have to put that off for now. It won’t shrink, it just won’t grow for now,” she said. However, this does not mean all initia-tives are being put on the back burner.

Cockett said her college has been planning to build an equine education center by the south farm, and has the intention of mov-ing forward with those plans. She said there is also the opportunity for the College of Agriculture to build a new facility on the east side of the Quad. Other than these minor changes, Cockett said she doesn’t anticipate the students in her college will notice much when they return to school next fall. “It just sounds crazy, but I don’t think our students are going to notice much,” she said. Unlike most colleges at Utah, the College of Agriculture is able to generate revenue in forms other than grants and donations, Cockett said. In the past Aggie Ice Cream has been funded largely through state dollars; however, it will soon be funded solely on its own revenue, which will allow the college to use that money to make up for cuts in other areas, she said. Cockett said her college, too, may experi-ence layoffs; however, early retirement may free up enough money to save jobs.

College of Natural Resources

Loosing too many faculty members in the College of Natural Resources would decrease the amount of external funding received, and could perpetuate budget problems, said the college’s dean, Nat Frazer. “I did a survey in 2006 of all the money spent by our college, and 48 percent of what we spent was generated through external funds received by faculty members,” Frazer said. While Frazer said he is unsure at this time if there will be a need for personnel cuts, he said there is the possibility. If there are cuts, Frazer said it will be necessary for professors to step up and take on extra responsibilities. As a result of fewer professors, Frazer said class sizes might increase, but not by much. He said his college is working diligently to ensure students are affected as little as pos-sible by these cuts. Frazer also said he is impressed with the way his college, the remaining six colleges around campus and USU’s central adminis-trators have handled budget reductions. “From what I’ve seen, having been at other organizations under similar circum-stances, everyone is handling budget cuts in the most humane way possible, which makes me very proud to be under Stan Albrecht’s administration,” Frazer said.

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THE FIRST PAGES OF The Book of Mormon published in the language of Deseret. Access to the books courtesy of USU Special Collections. CAMERON PETERSON photo

The history of an Apocryphal alphabet

English is a strange language. Even though it allows us to communicate with each other, the written rules of grammar often conflict or make little sense. English spelling is mysterious and illogical. Words like through (“oooh”), and thorough (“oh”), give a rough (“uff”), idea of the peculiarities of the language. English spelling isn’t easy for native speakers, much less for speakers of English as a second language. Many have tried to reform English rules of spelling, but most attempts to reform the English language faced the impossible hurdle of the ubiquity of the old; that is, how to teach an entire society a new form of orthography at one time? Brigham Young and the early pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints almost succeeded in clearing that hurdle with the Deseret alphabet, a system of writing English with phonetic symbols. The Deseret alphabet contains 38 letters, each one representing a unique sound in the English language. Many of the symbols are unique to Deseret, while others are taken whole from ancient alphabets such as Greek. LaJean Purcell Carruth, an expert in transcribing documents written in Pitman shorthand and in the Deseret alphabet, learned the Deseret alphabet when she was 11 years old. She said the alphabet succeeds in simplifying a few English words. For example, Carruth said, there is one symbol for the word “the” in Deseret. Other single symbols represent sounds like “ch”, “ay” and “oh”, making it possible write English words like “chew,” “they” and “though” with only two letters.

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SENIOR LEO KORIKOV RIDES his motor bike through Logan Canyon. In Utah the only requirement to ride a motorcycle is to acquire a motorcycle license through the Division of Motor Vehicles. TYLER LARSON photos

Taking a ride on the wild side

Motor bikes thrilling, yet dangerous

Bullet bikes are made for speed, and more speed means more caution for the rider. The great gas mileage, the speed, convenience and the thrill were all reasons why Leo Korikov, senior in avia-tion, chose to get one. “I like speed,” Korikov said. “It’s fun to ride.” In Utah the only requirement to ride a motorcycle is to pass a written test through the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Although the DMV does suggest a safety course for new riders, it is not required. Korikov has been in five accidents since purchasing his first bike in 2004, with the worst accident cutting his right calf as he was side swiped by a semi that pushed him into another vehicle. His bike peg cut into his calf as he attempted to keep himself and his bike from falling over. Korikov had to be rushed to the emergency room to have his calf splice taken care of. He was out on the roads riding again two weeks later. “I have become more cautious now (while riding) and I pay more attention more since my first spill,” he said. Korikov said his biking gear and his helmet has saved him from bodily harm and his helmet has saved his life. While out riding on a colder day in Logan near Angie’s Restaurant and making a turn out of the parking lot, his bike slipped because of bad traction and Korikov fell off the bike and hit his face on the road. “If I wasn’t wearing my helmet, I’d probably would have lost a giant part of my face and would have been severely injured,” he said. In 2007 motorcycle helmets saved 1,784 lives, accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and if all motor-cyclists had worn helmets, 800 more lives would have been saved and helmets are estimated to be 37 percent effective in preventing fatal injuries and 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries. Korikov said he always wears full gear when riding, including at least two to four layers of clothing plus a jacket and always his helmet. Korikov said the warmer the day, the better it is to ride because warmer weather means better traction. Cold weather reduces tire traction. “Sunny, warm days are best,” Korikov said. “My favor-ite day to go out riding are Sunday afternoons in the summer when there are no cars on the road.” Korikov said he has driven to Park City from Logan on his bullet bike and also to the Uinta National Forest and Wyoming. Korikov is not the only student who thoroughly enjoys having a bullet bike. Chris Givens, junior in aviation from Lynchburg, Va., bought a Suzuki SV 650s two months ago. Givens decided to buy his own bike for the simple enjoyment and the sense of freedom he gets when riding.

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Though the Deseret alphabet does sim-plify spelling, Carruth said, the characters are very complicated to write. She said read-ing the characters is difficult too, because they are ornate and there are no heads nor tails to help distinguish between characters and to vary the heights of the lines. Documents written in cursive Deseret are even more difficult to read, she said. Some of Brigham Young’s ledgers and some personal journals of early Mormon set-tlers were written in Deseret, Carruth said. Carruth said the Merrill-Cazier library has one of Brigham Young’s original ledgers written in Deseret in its Special Collections. In his 1953 essay, “The Deseret Alphabet,” BYU professor Samuel C. Monson said unique conditions in 1850s Utah allowed the Deseret alphabet to gain a toehold, and explained why it eventually fell into disuse. Monson said the combination of remote-ness of the Utah territory, the number of Mormon pioneers with little education and the high percentage of non-English speaking immigrants allowed a 20-year window of isolation in which to implement the change, ending with the arrival of the transcontinen-tal railroad in 1869. Monson suggested that Mormon doc-trine also played a part in the adoption of the Deseret alphabet. In his essay, he said early church leaders had looked forward to a restoration of the pure Adamic language, as was spoken before the confusion of tongues at the tower of Babel. The Deseret alphabet may have been a step in that direction, he

said. George Watt, the first Mormon convert from England, could have been the man who interested Brigham Young in the problem of spelling reform, Monson said. Watt was an expert in Pitman shorthand, a system of speedwriting which uses phonetic symbols to represent sounds of words, he said, which is the basic idea of the Deseret Alphabet. Between 1854 and Young’s death in 1877, interest in the Deseret Alphabet waxed and waned in Utah. Monson said the transcribing and print-ing of books proved extremely difficult and expensive. In 1859 Orson Pratt was asked to transcribe Webster’s Dictionary into Deseret. After one month Pratt quit, saying all the gold in California could not induce him to go on. In the next decade, however, Pratt would help to transcribe two school primers, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Bible into Deseret. Only the primers, called “The First and Second Books of Deseret,” and the Book of Mormon were ever published. Apparently little thought had been given to the actual cost of publishing new books, said Monson. “Pratt estimated in 1873 that one thou-sand technical books in Deseret (a meager beginning for any library), would cost $5 million,” he said. Any attempt to fix the flaws of the English language must take into account that the primary purpose of language is to communicate, Monson said.

–brendon.butler@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Speed: Students enjoy excitement of ride -continued from page 5

It wasn’t terribly hard learning how to ride a motorcycle since throughout his childhood he rode dirt bikes, Givens said. “I wasn’t new to the concept of two wheels,” he said. “I definitely wasn’t buying the bike because of the image, I bought it because they’re fun, to be hon-est.” Riding precautions include always wearing long-sleeve shirts and long pants down to the ankles and wearing a long-sleeve jacket. Because of the extremely hot exhaust pipes on bikes, wearing pants is impor-tant so the rider and the backseat pas-senger are not burned, commonly on the lower leg, Korikov said. Korikov, a California resident who obtained his motorcycle license in California, said motorcycle Utah laws and California laws are quite different.

According to www.home.ama-cycle.org, California law requires riders to wear helmets while Utah only requires safety helmets for people under the age of 18 – though it is encouraged to wear them, it’s not required. Also, the site states California law requires a state-funded rider education course under age 21, while in Utah law it’s not required but is open for all appli-cants. Another major difference between riding in Utah and California is that in California lane splitting is allowed while in Utah law it is illegal, and also turn signals are required in California but in Utah they are not. Korikov said he hopes that sometime in Utah’s future that Utah lawmakers require helmet wearing because it saves lives.

–candice.sandness@aggiemail.usu.edu

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Lucille Hansen, origi-nator and coordinator of the well-known summer Logan Tabernacle noon concerts, will be the recip-ient of the 21st annual “Women Over 65 Lifetime Achievement Award” Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in the East Ballroom of the TSC. Sponsored by USU’s Women’s Center, this award honors women in the community whose achievements and lives have made a positive impact. Students, faculty, friends and community members are all welcome to attend. Camille Odell, member of the Women’s Center advisory board and faculty member of the psychology department, said it is the advisory board’s respon-sibility to choose award and scholarship recipients for the Women’s Center. Odell will give Hansen’s biographical sketch and introduction at the award ceremony. “These are women that you probably know because they have been

instrumental in not just furthering women, but the entire community,” Odell said. According to the Women’s Center Web site, www.usu.edu/wom-encenter, nominees for the award must be over 65, currently reside in Cache Valley, cannot be on the staff of the Women’s Center or on the advisory board and must “dem-onstrate leadership and significant progress in her chosen field of endeavor ... and should include the advancement and equality of life for women.” Nominations are made without notifying the nominee and must be accompanied by two let-ters of recommendation. Anyone can nominate and The Women’s Center wel-comes all nominations. The Women’s Center Web site also states the award counters society’s emphasis on youth in America and educates that people live very active and productive lives in later years. This is true of Lucille Hansen. Hansen raised four chil-dren as a single mother, is the proud grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of three. Hansen received her bachelor’s degree from BYU in 1957 in elementary education and music. For 10 years she stayed home with her children and then returned to teaching after a divorce. She moved to Logan in 1978 and taught at USU’s Edith Bowen

Elementary Laboratory, among other schools. Twenty-three years after earning her bache-lor’s, Hansen earned her Master of Education From USU. “I have a huge thirst for knowledge and am always taking a class,” she said. Even at 74, her educa-tion continues. Currently she is enrolled in religious studies and LDS Institute classes. Hansen said she also enjoys travel and learning about other cultures. She has visited six of the seven continents, has either judged or helped coordi-nate Utah’s Geography Bee for the past 21 years, and has taught Islam at U of U and been involved in their Middle East outreach programs. Before formally retiring from teaching in 1998, Hansen spent one year teaching in China at the University of Science and Technology. Though a retired educa-tor, Hansen has not been retired from life. In 2001, Hansen said she became a Logan Tabernacle Visitor’s Guide. Odell said Hansen believed the beauty of that building, with its amaz-ing acoustics, was being wasted. Odell also said Hansen believed it was a waste not to hear all the talent in the valley. The idea for the summer Tabernacle Noon Concerts was born, where five to six days a week, local artists put on 30-minute to one hour

concerts at no expense to the public. Hansen spends non-summer months recruiting and organizing summer Tabernacle performances. Hansen’s Tabernacle project not only provides a forum in which local artists can perform, but quality entertainment for anyone who visits the val-ley. “One of my passions is to encourage young people to perform and improve in the area of theater, arts and music,” she said. Hansen is also one of the largest contributors to Tremonton’s Old Barn Community Theater. Odell said the life-long community contribution, such as the service Hansen has given, is at the very heart of the award. “These women (who receive the Over 65 Lifetime Achievement Award) continue to con-tribute long after 65. This is our opportunity to thank them,” Odell said.

–jennifer.whiteley@aggi-email.usu.edu

By JENNI WHITELEY

staff writer

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Monday, April 13, 2009 Page 7AggieLife

DomesticDomination

With the cross pollination of cul-tures that has come about in the past 200 years in the United States, Asian food has become common place in cit-ies around the U.S. Lucky for me, most of the Asian food I have experienced has been in the country of its origin. Having spent the latter 12 years of my life in Asia, I’ve eaten wild bore stew in the mountains of Japan, Indian food in Hong Kong (an even crazier experience than at a gas station) and had sketchy roasted chicken with sticky rice in a pseudo, back country, mountain restaurant in Thailand. During my travels, and even in the U.S., I have often found the Asian food that tastes the best is the kind made by people from that country. I take that into my kitchen as well. If I want to learn how to make a good Asian or foreign dish of any kind, I ask someone from that country. While on a recent excursion in Salt Lake City, I found myself with a han-kering for Pho (pronounce fuh), a tradi-tional Vietnamese soup made with beef broth, paper-thin slices of sirloin steak, rice noodles, bean sprouts, jalapeños, green onions and fresh herbs. If there is any food that can cure an ailment, it is pho. This soup is the ramen of Vietnam – easy, simple and delicious. After my experience in Salt Lake, I thought it was about time I found a good recipe for it. When I found out my friend Mark Vuong is Vietnamese I asked him for his mom’s recipe. Phuong Ly, Mark’s mom, agreed to give me her recipe but, like most cultural cooking, there is not an accurate mea-surement for how much water, salt or beef broth should be used. It all relies on what has been passed down from generation to generation and the desired taste that one wants. I came up with measurements that are semi accurate but really this recipe depends on what you want in your pho taste wise. Easy and delicious, this recipe will challenge you to dominate your kitchen and be the pho king.

You will need:

One package banh pho, or Vietnamese rice noodles

1/2 to 1 pound paper-thin sirloin steak slices.

2 to 4 quarts instant beef broth (depending on how much pho you want to make)

1/2 pound bean sprouts

3 or 4 slices of jalapeños

1 cup mint leaves

1/2 cup minced cilantro

4 green onions

2 limes sliced into wedges

hoison sauce

fish sauce (if you can find it)

1 tablespoon cracked pepper

srirachi chili sauce

salt

– Fill a medium sized pot halfway with water, add the steak and bring to a boil. Boil the steak until it is cooked to your desired consistency. Drain the beef and set it aside.

– Heat the beef broth in a pot, add hoison sauce and fish sauce till you get the taste you want. It should be a little sweet and a little salty. If you want more salt, add in some salt.

–Add the pepper and green onions and simmer with a lid on the pot for 15 minutes.

– While the broth is simmering, take the desired amount of banh pho noo-dles from the package, place them in a colander in a bowl and pour boiling water on them. Allow them to steep for 10-15 minutes.

– Arrange the limes, bean sprouts, mint leaves and jalapeño slices on a plate. Everyone who is partaking in the pho experience will add the desired amount of each to their own bowl.

– When the noodles are done, drain them. Divide them up between the bowls and add the beef broth and sir-loin steak slices.

– Serve hot with the plate of vegetables and a bottle of srirachi chili sauce.

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Save some change and swap clothes Spring has sprung and it is time to revamp the closet. Kick those old clothes to the curb at the Exchange for Change clothing swap Wednesday and leave with some used/new dress items. The Aggie Family and Consumer Science club (FACS) and dress and humanity 3080 class are hosting the clothing exchange for anyone interested in trading clothing items that are not the right style or size anymore for someone else’s previously worn clothes. “A clothing swap is a great way to change up your wardrobe without break-ing the bank,” said Shannon Mankins, sophomore in family and consumer sci-ence education. Lindsey Shirley, adviser for Aggie FACS, said this event will be hosted Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. in the Agricultural Systems Technology and Education building, located at 800 E. and 1498 North and parking will be free. Shirley said anyone who wants to participate needs to bring a bag of cloth-ing and $5 in order to leave with all the clothes they can fit in a bag. That small fee, Shirley said, will be donated to a nonprofit organization focused on raising money to end world hunger. Tierra Davis, sophomore in family and consumer science education, said she is excited for the event.

“I’m excited to bring old clothes and leave with new ones,” she said. Davis also said there will be a redesign station for people who wish to alter cloth-ing items. “Because students will be getting clothes without purchasing new ones, they can feel good about using recycling techniques in their outfit choices,” she said. Mankins, the public relations visual officer for Aggie FACS, agreed that the wardrobe swap will be a great way to get students involved in helping the environ-ment. “The more I learn about sustainability, the more it becomes important to me to support the environment,” Mankins said. “Synthetic fibers pollute the air when new clothes are produced, so used cloth-ing is a great way to go.” The reason the event is titled Exchange for Change is because the small fee charged for the swapping of clothes benefits the cause of the Starter Kit for Change, Mankins said. This starter kit is a little box filled with items that serve as reminders about how to save the environment one choice at a time and is distributed through the nonprofit organization, RockLovePeace. For more information about RockLovePeace, visit www.starterkitfor-change.com, and for questions about the clothing swap e-mail aggiefacs@aggi-email.usu.edu.

–courtney.schoen@aggiemail.usu.edu

By COURTNEY SCHOENstaff writer

MondaySportsApril 13, 2009Page 8

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Defense shines in scrimmage Six days removed from its f irst scrimmage of the season, the USU football team took the field at Romney Stadium again Saturday and already looked much improved. Most notice-ably better was the defensive unit, after being run over during the first scrimmage. “We just made more tackles and swarmed a lot more compared to the last scrimmage,” said senior cornerback Kejon Murphy. “We improved in knowing our assignments and just playing the game. We need to just play the game and not think so much. That was key to the improvement.” After struggling mightily in the first scrim-mage, the defense stuffed the offense on its f irst two possessions – holding them to a back-to-back three and outs – to set the tone early. Murphy finished with four tackles and a drive-stopping interception near the end of the scrimmage, while the freshman safety Cache Morgan led all players with 10 tackles. “The defense played much better, we had better emotion with the first two groups,” said USU head coach Gary Andersen. “They tackled much better, it was a much more com-petitive scrimmage. It is what you would look at and say, ‘That is Division I football.’” The scrimmage was indeed competitive and that attitude was embodied in a play that took place between wide receiver Austin Alder and safety James Brindley. Brindley appeared to intercept a pass thrown by quar-terback Diondre Borel, but Alder was able to wrestle the ball away from the safety, giving the offense a f irst down at the 11-yard line.

“The last two weeks Austin has done a really nice job, he is really starting to make that contested catch,” Andersen said. “At the first of spring practice we had a hard time catching the ball, but now we are starting to make some plays.” Alder finished with six receptions for a scrimmage high 61 yards. “Last scrimmage it was all run game but I felt like today the passing game finally kicked in,” Alder said. “The line is blocking well and picking up the blitz and the receivers are run-ning better routes. It was an all around good effort.” Despite the defensive improvement, there was impressive play by more than the receiv-ers on the offensive side of the ball. Sophomore quarterback Diondre Borel completed 19-of-24 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns, as well as rushing for 84 yards on six carries – including an impressive 70-yard jaunt. Equally impressive on the day was the play of redshirt freshman quarterback Exavier Johnson. Johnson worked with the second team Saturday after working with the third team in the previous scrimmage, and he made the most of his time. Johnson completed 11-of-19 passes for 103 yards and rushed for 40 yards and two touch-downs – both punishing rumbles into the endzone. “I am not real excited about the quarter-back ducking his shoulder and taking guys on, but it does show a kid that has got a lot of f ire,” Andersen said of Johnson’s perfor-mance. “He’s got something to prove and plays with that chip on his shoulder. We need more of that, we need to have more of that swagger.”

The scrimmage concluded with the first-, second- and third-team offenses going against their respective defenses in late-game situa-tion drills. The offense got the ball on its own 30-yard line trailing by four with 1:15 to play and two timeouts. During the battle of the first team crews, the offensive drive was cut short by Murphy’s interception. The senior had an opportunity to return the pick for a touchdown, but slid down to preserve the win. In the matchup of the second teams, the offense had more luck. This time, under the direction of freshman QB Adam Eastman, the offense was able to find the endzone. After driving nearly 50 yards down the field, Eastman connected with sophomore wide receiver Stanley Morrison for a 22-yard TD with six seconds left. “What we have challenged them to do now is take that next step, they need to expect more out of themselves,” Andersen said. “I felt like we have had some kids step up and do that today.” After the scrimmage Andersen talked about his teams improvement since the first scrimmage, but also talked about the team’s new slogan, “respect the process.” “What it means to me is that this is a year-long process,” Andersen said. “The first thing is to respect the process of how to live your life socially. You have to take care of your business athletically, then also take care of your business as far as academics.” The Aggies will continue to work in prac-tice this week before showcasing their tal-ents at the annual Blue & White game this Saturday at 2 p.m.

–t.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edu

USU WIDE RECEIVER AUSTIN ALDER, 24, and safety James Brindley, 3, both fight for the ball after Brindly appeared to intercept the pass. Alder won the tussle and ripped the ball from Brindley for an 11-yard gain and a first down for the offense during Saturday’s scrimmage at Romney Stadium. TYLER

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By TIM OLSEN

sports editor

The USU track and field team sent squads to two different meets over the weekend, with athletes competing at UCLA and Weber State. The Aggies performed well at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, high-lighted by sophomore Sonia Grabowska’s school and confer-ence record setting pole vault height of 13-09.75. Grabowska’s performance is good enough for an NCAA regional qualifying spot – she finished second only to Nike pro-athlete Chelsea Johnson who was invited to compete. Grabowska now holds school records in both the indoor and outdoor season. “Sonia set another school record,” said head coach Gregg Gensel. “I’m excited for her that she now has both the indoor and

the outdoor school records. We did well this weekend against some high-caliber competition at the UCLA meet. We are show-ing continued improvement and that’s what we always want to see.” Multiple Aggies hit NCAA qualifying marks in their events including, senior Katie Thatcher who ran the 400m hurdles in 60.73, seniors Nick Karren and Keith Williams who finished third and fourth respectively in the men’s 400m hurdles with times of 51.99 and 52.33. Williams also took the top spot in the men’s 110m hurdles in 14.50. In the women’s 100m hurdles junior Ashlee Cannon finished in second place at a time of 14.34 Senior Krista Larson set a new personal best in the discus with a throw of 154-08, f inishing fourth in the event, while on the men’s side Daniel Cruz took sixth place with a PR throw of 161-00. Also

setting a PR was senior Blake Hadfield who took third place in the triple jump with 46-09.50 and Casey Parker tho finished third in the high jump, clearing 6-06.00. Freshman shot putter Bryce Hall performed well taking fifth place in his event, throwing 52-06.00 feet. Ruth Hilton took second place in the women’s 3,000m steeple-chase with a NCAA qualifying mark of her own, crossing the tape at 10:43.64 Tyler Ellis f inished with a new shot put season best of 52-05.50, enough for third place. Sophomore Steven Atkinson had a PR in the 3,000m steeple-chase finishing in 9:30.64 for 13th place. Heidi Hopkins had a PR of her own while f inishing in eighth place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 61.90. Jessie Chugg finished sixth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:38.90, followed by Alicia Holt

who finished in 10th with 4:41.63 and Kim Quinn who was in 15th at 4:49.89 Steve Strickland had a PR time in the 1,500m clocking in at 3:54.59 for eighth place. The squad at Weber State did well with senior John Strang lead-ing the way finishing in second place in the 110m hurdles at 14.85 as well as getting second place in the high jump after jumping 6-09.00. Junior Cortine Broadus had a PR in the shot put with a third-place throw of 41-02.50. Kelsie Pacham had her season best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:08.88. Jon Goble had a new PR in the discus with a throw of 132-08. The squad reunites this week to host the Mark Faldmo Invitational at Ralph Maughan Track Stadium just north of USU’s football f ield. Admission is free.

–c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu

By CONNOR JONES

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NBA recapsCavaliers 107, Celtics 76

CLEVELAND (AP) – LeBron James made five 3-pointers and scored 29 points before dancing in his seat, and the Cavaliers throttled the NBA cham-pions to move within one win of matching the 1985-86 Celtics for the best home record in league history. At 39-1, the Cavs can tie Boston’s mark against Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Equaling those Celtics of Bird, McHale and Parrish, though, won’t mean anything if the Cavs can’t dethrone the current guys in green sometime this spring. The Cavs led 31-9 after the first quarter, opened a 30-point lead in the second and turned a possible playoff preview into a rout. It was Cleveland’s most lopsided win ever in 173 games against the Celtics.

Heat 122, Knicks 105

MIAMI (AP) – Dwyane Wade scored 55 points, one shy of the franchise record, and the Heat wrapped up the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the New York Knicks 122-105 on Sunday night. Miami will play fourth-seeded Atlanta in the first round of the playoffs. Wade shot 19-for-30 from the field, set a career high with six 3-pointers, and nearly topped Glen Rice’s team record of 56 points before leaving with 1:06 remaining. Michael Beasley fin-ished with 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Heat, who also got 15 points from Mario Chalmers. Al Harrington and Tyson Chandler each scored 21 points for New York.

Hornets 102,

Mavericks 92

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Chris Paul narrowly missed his seventh triple-double with 31 points, 17 assists and nine rebounds. David West scored 31 points to help New Orleans (49-31) move a game ahead of Dallas for the sixth playoff seed in the Western Conference. Each team has two games left in the regu-lar season.

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Softball goes 0-3 over weekend HONOLULU – Playing in only their fourth game under the lights, Utah State softball fell victim to the hard-hitting Rainbow Wahine of Hawaii, drop-ping the first game of the series 9-1 in six innings at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium in Honolulu. USU is now 8-26 and falls to 1-6 in Western Athletic Conference play, while Hawaii improves to 18-20 and 6-4 in WAC action. Hawaii started strong with Tanisha Milca start-ing the bottom of the first inning with a single up the middle. The sec-ond batter of the inning, Clare Warwick, walked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Makani Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu then fol-lowed with an infield single. Starting pitcher Lindsey Benson was able to get the next three outs with a run crossing the plate. USU was not so lucky in the bottom of the second inning. Traci Yoshikawa reached on an error by rightfielder Emily Reilly. With two outs, lead off hit-ter Tanisha Milca launched a home run to leftfield to give the Rainbow Wahine the early 2-0 lead. Hawaii increased its lead to 6-0 once again using the long ball. Leftfielder Audrey Andrade hit her second home run of the season to rightfield. Traci Yoshikawa reached on a single to center and was brought home by a double to deep center by Milca for her third hit of the game. Clare Warwick her third home run of the season to bring home Milca and give the Rainbow Wahine the 6-0 lead. It was the 33rd home run hit by the Rainbow Wahine this season. The Aggies fought back in the bottom of the fourth inning. The inning was started with an infield single by senior Aubrie Stroman who moved to second when fellow senior Jeanine Hernandez walked. Both runners advanced a base with a sacrifice bunt

by junior Emily Reilly. With two outs, sophomore Megan McDonald earned her sixth RBI of the season with a single up the middle to drive home Stroman. UH added three more runs to take the 9-1 lead. The Rainbow Wahine scored one in the bottom of the fifth inning and added two more in the bot-tom of six to earn the eight run advantage. Benson pitched her 15th complete game and fell to 1-16 with the loss. She allowed nine runs seven of which were earned. Benson struck out nine batters in the loss which was her sec-ond-highest of the season. She struck out 12 against Utah Valley on March 31. Game 2 and 3 Despite losing both ends of doubleheader to Hawaii, the Utah State softball team played well on Saturday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium in Honolulu. USU lost the first game 4-3 in 10 innings and dropped the second 3-2. In both games, the Rainbow Wahine over-came deficits to take the win. USU is now 8-28 and falls to 1-8 in Western Athletic Conference play, while Hawaii evens out its record 20-20 and 8-4 in WAC action. The Aggies have now lost six-straight games. Game one was the fifth extra inning game of the season for the Aggies and the first since a 6-3 nine-inning win over Cal State Bakersfield on March 9. USU is now 1-5 in extra frames this season. In game one, USU started strong scoring two quick runs off of starting pitcher Courtney Baughman. With two outs, freshman Rayna Bradshaw doubled to right center. Fellow rookie Jasmine Harris got her team lead-ing 15th RBI of the season with a single to left center-field, scoring Bradshaw. Harris made the score 2-0 after junior Simone Hubbard drilled her first triple of the season. Hawaii got on the board in the bottom of

the third inning. Tanisha Milca launched her eighth home run of the season and second in as many games. Milca cut the lead to 2-1 with the shot to deep centerfield. UH tied the score in the bottom of the fourth inning once again using the long ball. Audrey Andrade hit her third home run of the season and her second of the series to tie the score at 2-2. USU re-took the lead again in the top of the fifth inning with a single run making the score 3-2. Junior Emily Reilly started the inning with a single to short rightfield. Pitcher Courtney Baughman made an error on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Rachel to put runners on second and third. Nicole Rupp’s single to left brought home Reilly to give USU the lead. Hawaii switched pitchers, and Stephanie Ricketts the winner on Friday took the mound. Ricketts got out of the jam with no more harm done. The Rainbow Wahine tied the score with a two-out single from catcher Stacey Yamada that scored pinch runner Alex Aguirre to tie the scored at 3-3. In the inning, sophomore Megan McDonald was hurt diving for a ball in left-field. Hawaii ended the 10-inning affair in the bottom of the 10th inning. With one out, Audrey Andrade walked to start the rally. Traci Yoshikawa followed with a double to put run-ners on second and third. Greenough intentionally walked Pu’u-Warren to load the bases. Catcher Stacey Yamada ended the first game with a single to right center to score pinch runner Richie-Anne Titcomb and give UH the 4-3 win. Kate Greenough pitched well allowing only eight hits and four runs in 9.1 innings, while striking out five. With the loss Greenough falls to 5-7. Bradshaw was one of three Aggies to have a pair of hits in game one along with Rupp and Hubbard. In game two, Utah State started similar to the front

half of the doubleheader scoring two runs in the top of the first. Nicole Rupp started the game with her sixth double of the season. Emily Reilly followed with a bunt single that put Rupp on third. Rayna Bradshaw drove in her 15th run of the season with a single to left. An error by Rainbow Wahine shortstop Traci Yoshikawa allowed the sec-ond Aggie run to cross the plate. In the bottom half of the inning, the Rainbow Wahine cut the lead in half with one run to make it 2-1. Game two starter Lindsey Benson hit Audrey Andrade with one out. Mikalemi Tagab-Cruz pinch hit for Andrade. After the three runs scored by the two teams in the first inning both Benson and Ricketts settled down. Another run was not scored until the bottom of the sixth inning. Hawaii’s third home run of the day gave the Rainbow Wahine the 3-2 lead. This time the home run came off the bat of Amanda Tauali’i with one runner on and turned out to be the game-winning hit for Hawaii. Lindsey Benson dropped to 1-17 with the loss, while Stephanie Ricketts earned her third win of the series and improved to 14-7. USU is back home for a non-conference twinbill with in-state foe Utah Valley Tuesday, April 14. Admission to all home Aggie softball games is free to the public.

Aggies drop two The USU women’s tennis team hit the road to play New Mexico State and No. 15 Fresno State over the weekend and lost both matches, 6-1, 7-0, respectively. This was not the first time USU has played a top-50 team. Earlier this year, USU played against then No. 43 BYU and then No. 38 Boise State, losing in both matches as well. Troubled times seem to be plaguing the Aggie women as of late. They are riding a losing streak of nine matches dating back to March 14 when they beat Seattle University. Since then the Aggies have come extremely close, but have been unable to get over the hump. USU was also unable to win any doubles set over the weekend, as both New Mexico State and Fresno State swept out the Aggies, amassing 42 games won to USU’s nine over the six sets. The lone Aggie able to win her match this weekend, Monica Abella, won a grinder. She won the first set 6-3, sur-rendered the second, 4-6, and won the ensuing tie breaker, 10-5. Hailey Swenson, the team’s leader and holder of the No. 1 spot on the roster, praised her teammates’ effort, recogniz-ing Abella’s win. “Monica had a really good match against New Mexico,” Swenson said. “She knew what she had to do to beat the girl and she just did it.” Swenson is pitted against the best player from the opposing team on every single outing. She said she was pleased with how she played against Fresno State, but not against New Mexico State. “I played the girl from New Mexico,

and I didn’t really get into a good groove,” Swenson said. “She also played really well. The girl I played from Fresno well, she’s 14th in the nation, but I played better against her than I did in the New Mexico match.” Swenson and USU’s Bridgette Strickland had the unenviable task of confronting the No. 1-ranked doubles pair in the country, Fresno State’s Anastasia Petukhova and Renata Kucerkova. Fresno’s top three singles spots are ranked in the top 100 in the nation, and facing them over the week-end Swenson, Abella and Strickland. USU surrendered all three matches in straight sets. “It was a little bit intimidating,” Swenson said, “but at the same time, you have nothing to lose. They just knew how to finish off the points. We didn’t have too many unforced errors.” Also notable in the match against Fresno State was USU’s Taylor Perry. Although she was defeated by Fresno’s Tinesta Rowe, she managed to win more games against Rowe than any other Aggie in the match, amassing seven over two sets to Rowe’s 12. Next to Perry, USU’s most competitive performance came from Carla Limon, who managed to win three games against Fresno’s Laura Pola. Overall, the attitude of the team is somewhat positive. “I think it was OK,” Swenson said. “It’s not fun to lose, but I think we did OK.” The Aggies will be hoping the home-court advantage can help them this week when they take on San Jose State and Louisiana Tech Friday, April 17 and Nevada Saturday, April 18 at the Logan Sports Academy and Racquet Club.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – The Masters delivered the show everyone wanted and a champion no one expected. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket at Augusta National on Sunday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning collapse by Kenny Perry. Indeed, this Masters had it all. Two shots behind with two holes to play, Cabrera fought his way into a three-way playoff when the 48-year-old Perry, on the verge of becoming golf ’s oldest major champion, bogeyed the final two holes. Even in a playoff, Cabrera looked like the odd man out. He drove into the trees, hit another shot off a Georgia pine, but still scrambled for par with an 8-foot putt. He won with a routine par on the 10th hole when Perry missed the green badly to the left and made yet another bogey, this one the most costly of them all. “I may never get this opportunity ever again, but I had a lot of fun being in there,” Perry said. “I had the tourna-ment to win. I lost the tournament. But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him.” Cabrera, who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont two years ago, finally earned a green jacket for Argentina. It was 41 years ago when Roberto de Vicenzo made one of golf ’s most famous gaffes, signing for the wrong score that denied him a spot in a Masters playoff. De Vicenzo gave him a picture of a green jacket two years ago when Cabrera returned home as U.S. Open champion and told him to go for it. On this turbulent day, it took everything Cabrera had. “This is a great moment, the dream of any golfer to win the Masters,” Cabrera said through an interpreter during the green jacket ceremony. “I’m so emotional I can barely talk.” He closed with a 1-under 71 to get into the first three-man playoff at the Masters in 22 years. Chad Campbell finished with a 69 and was eliminated on the first playoff hole when he found a bunker from the middle of the 18th fairway, then watched his 6-foot par putt lip out of the hole. The final hour was almost enough to make a dizzy gal-lery forget about the Woods-Mickelson fireworks hours earlier. For those who feared Augusta National had become too tough, too dull and far too quiet, the roars returned in a big way. Mickelson and Woods played together in a final round of a major for the first time in eight years, and they proved to be the best undercard in golf. Mickelson tied a Masters record with a 30 on the front nine to get into contention. Woods chased him around Amen Corner, then caught him with three birdies in a four-hole stretch that captured the imagination of thou-sands of fans who stood a dozen deep in spots for a view. But it ended with a thud. Mickelson lost his momentum with a 9-iron into Rae’s Creek on the par-3 12th, and when he missed a 4-foot eagle putt and a 5-foot birdie putt down the stretch. He had to settle for a 67 that left him three shots behind. Woods bogeyed the last two holes for a 68 to finish another shot back. Then came the Main Event. Perry did not make a birdie until his 20-foot putt on the 12th curled into the side of the cup. Campbell, playing in the group ahead, narrowly missed two eagle putts on the back nine to forge a brief share of the lead. Then it looked like Perry had the green jacket buttoned up when he hit his tee shot to within a foot of the cup on the par-3 16th hole for a two-shot lead over Campbell and Cabrera, who made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th just

to stay in the game. But after going 22 consecutive holes without a bogey, he made two at the worst time. From behind the 17th green, Perry’s chip was too firm and tumbled off the front of the green for a bogey. Then, he hit the biggest tee shot of his life into the left bunker

on the 18th, pulled his approach left of the green, and missed his 15-foot putt for par. “I had a putt to win,” Perry said. “I’ve seen so many people make that putt. I hit it too easy. You’ve got to give that putt a run. How many chances do you have to win the Masters?”

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Masters delivers magical show

ANGEL CABRERA of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. AP photo

Jazz need to win to avoid Lakers SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The Utah Jazz have put themselves in a precarious posi-tion entering the last week of the regular season. The Jazz need to win and get some help in order to avoid a first-round playoff series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. Utah is alone at No. 8 in the Western Conference standings at 47-33, one game behind Dallas (48-32) and two back of New Orleans (49-31). The Jazz hold tie-breakers against both teams, but that

won’t matter if the Hornets and Mavericks win out. The Jazz are on a three-game losing streak and can’t afford to fall further behind. Utah is at home Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers, then closes out the regular season on the road against the Lakers. New Orleans, which pulled ahead of Dallas with a win over the Mavericks on Sunday, has games remaining at Houston and San Antonio. The Mavericks close with Minnesota and Houston.

UTAH JAZZ FORWARD ANDREI KIRILENKO shoots as Golden State Warriors Ronny Turiaf, left, defends during the second half of their NBA basketball game Saturday in Salt Lake City. The Warriors defeated the Jazz 118-108. AP photo

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Language is a funny thing. There are hun-dreds of languages in the world and yet we all still manage to communicate with

each other. Some stick around, but many forms of communication go the way of Beta. Brigham Young’s Deseret Alphabet is one of these. The Deseret Alphabet seems so bizarre upon first thought, even though it’s a great deal more logical than our modern English, which is now accepted more places than Mastercard. This is odd, because English is a strange, often frustrating language, which even its native speakers seldom learn fully or correctly. Before a bunch of angry letters to the edi-tor flood our inbox, consider a few common grammatical errors: its/it’s, there/their/they’re, your/you’re. Contrary to what’s acceptable on Facebook, these are not interchangeable. “Its” is a possessive adjective while “it’s” is a contraction of “it” and “is”. When about to write “it’s”, take a moment and consider whether the word you’re using could be replaced with “it is”. Same with “they’re” and “you’re” – could you instead say “they are” or “you are”? If it’s a possessive, use “their” or “your”. “There” is used as an indication of a location. To/too/two is another com-mon mix-up. “Too” denotes an addition or higher degree of something, while “two” is the number sandwiched between one and three. “To” is the most-used of the three, expressing a direction or relationship with something. Silent letters are found throughout our language, making things more difficult. Third-graders everywhere have to remem-ber there’s an h in “ghost.” Later on, we find a p in “subpoena” and a c in “indict”. Some words are just plain hard to spell, too, such as “bureaucrat” or “necessary.” And then there are those words which dif-ferentiate from each other by only a letter or two but have very different meanings. The mix-up of “apostle” and “apostate” recently, for example, made national news. Thank you very much, spell check. Even if something is spelled correctly doesn’t mean it’s right. English is a pretty messed-up language when it comes right down to it, with plenty of hard-and-fast rules that need breaking with every other word. There are words and spell-ings from every corner of the globe, making it a conglomeration of different languages, as well as being an independent tongue. It is a spectrum of contradictions and exceptions. Can we really blame Brother Brigham for try-ing to simplify the process?

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There are a lot of questions swirling around NASA lately:

When will it ground the space shuttle for good? When will it launch Constellation, the next manned program? Where should it ultimately go, what kind of rocket should it use, and how much will it cost? How much money should unmanned programs get? With NASA approach-ing three months with-out an administrator, and mixed signals coming from the White House, it might be easier to plot the path of orbiting space junk than to figure out where the agency is heading. NASA badly needs a leader and a plan. The future of the U.S. space program, billions of dol-lars, and thousands of jobs, depend on it. Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, who served nearly four years under President George W. Bush, was a strong advo-cate for Constellation and its original goal of reaching the moon and Mars. He championed Ares, a rocket he helped design, despite cost over-runs, technical problems and competition from alternatives that support-ers claim would be faster and cheaper to build. He pushed for narrowing the projected five-year gap between the 2010 retirement of the shuttle

and the first launch of Constellation. But Griffin resigned Jan. 20. President Barack Obama hasn’t brought much clarity to these issues. He began his pres-idential campaign calling for delaying Constellation and spending the sav-ings on education. Three months before Election Day, while campaigning in Florida, he reversed engines and declared his support for the original timetable. The new president’s first budget proposal would raise NASA’s annual budget slight-ly to $18.7 billion next year. It would keep the shuttle on schedule to retire in 2010, and main-tain funding to develop Constellation. It doesn’t set a target for the next program’s first launch, however. It suggests the White House supports return-ing to the moon, but it’s unclear about going to Mars. Obama has com-pounded the uncertainty by taking his sweet time naming an administrator, and remarking that the next NASA leader needs to address “a sense of drift” at the agency and carry out “a new mission that is appropriate for the 21st century.” That seems to leave the door open to major changes. The uncertainty is agonizing for the thou-sands of workers at the

Kennedy Space Center whose jobs will disappear when NASA grounds the shuttle, and for anyone else with a stake in the Space Coast’s economy. It also leaves unsettled how long U.S. astronauts will have to hitch rides on Russian spacecraft to reach the international space station. With the federal gov-ernment now borrow-ing trillions of dollars to prop up the economy, it’s understandable that Obama would weigh carefully the value for taxpayers in every fed-eral program. But if big changes are coming in the space pro-gram, the price of delay-ing them, in money and time, could be steep. If the Obama administration intends to switch rocket designs for Constellation, for example, it should cut off work on Ares as soon as possible. The right investments in space can yield sci-entific, technological and strategic benefits. That explains why other coun-tries, including Russia and China, are moving ahead with their space programs. With so much at stake, Obama needs to make sure America’s program doesn’t get lost in space.

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It is OK, waste can be stimulating

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As the $787 billion stimulus package starts to flow, the message from on high is

clear: No one dare waste a dime of it. “This plan cannot and will not be an excuse for waste and abuse,” President Barack Obama declared last month, after he designated Vice President Joe Biden the “sheriff” in charge of patrolling for misuse of stimu-lus funds. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has warned officials overseeing the money that “we must ensure that haste does not make waste” and that even mini-mal amounts of misspent money would be simply “unacceptable.” And California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed an inspector general to oversee “every single dollar” of the $50 billion flowing into his state. Missing amid all these high-minded calls to protect taxpay-er dollars is an awkward ques-tion: When the whole point of a major government spending pro-gram is to stimulate the faltering economy as quickly as possible, what exactly counts as “wasted” money? After all, if some stimulus cash is misspent – say an errant offi-cial or contractor buys himself a Cadillac or a Harley Davidson, only to suffer the full force of

law – might not such fraud boost the economy more than if the cash languished in a law-abiding state account? All that monitor-ing, however well-intentioned, may undercut recovery by com-pelling officials to spend more slowly to avoid hearings, pros-ecution, or embarrassment in the media. Officials tracking the money recognize the dilemma. “We want this money to be spent, and yet it has to be spent in ways that are consistent with the purpose of the act,” said Chris Mihm, managing director for strate-gic issues at the Government Accountability Office. “It’s some-thing that we’re struggling with.” Some observers are not as diplomatic. It’s a bit rich, they say, for elected officials who voted for the biggest stimulus package in history – and urged at the time that it be spent quickly – to be covering for that vote now with calls for tough oversight. “If the goal for the stimulus spending is to minimize fraud and waste to the point of zero, I know how to do that: All I have to do is not spend the money,” said Steven Schooner, co-director of George Washington University’s Government Procurement Law Program. “Are we capable of grasping the concept that in a

struggling economy, it’s more important to throw money at the problem, even if it’s possibly inefficient and possibly inaccu-rate?” Underlying this contradiction is a broader tension in the stimu-lus law. Obama sold the pack-age as a “down payment” on his goals for energy, education and health care and has expressed the hope that it will also renew confidence in government. From that perspective, it’s crucial that the money have the desired pol-icy impact and be spent in an aboveboard manner. But the stimulus package’s main stated goal was to jump-start the economy by getting billions of dollars into circula-tion fast, and that requires a different mind-set. Just as the economy needs consumers to at least temporarily throw some caution to the wind and start spending again, it also may need the government to worry less about crossing every “t” before cutting a check. Instead of catching a break because of the time pressures, the stimulus is receiving far greater scrutiny than regular gov-ernment spending. The Interior Department’s highly regarded inspector general, Earl Devaney, is heading a new stimulus over-

sight board, and the law sets aside $350 million in oversight funds, which allows the federal agencies’ inspectors general and the GAO to hire hundreds of additional auditors. Federal agencies and depart-ments must produce weekly reports on how they are disburs-ing their part of the stimulus. On top of the usual paperwork, state officials handling the money must tell Washington how many jobs are being created and get governors to sign off on spend-ing. The government has set up a Web site, Recovery.gov, to track spending, and 40 states have similar ones. Left undefined is just what kind of “waste” is being targeted. Some congressmen and inspec-tors general seem to worry about blatant forms of abuse, while oth-ers define it as anything that falls short of the bill’s specific policy aims. At a Senate hearing this month, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., foresaw a recipient of part of the $15 million that is going to the Urban League of St. Louis for weatherizing homes “giving a second cousin who has a pickup truck and two friends a bunch of money ... and they put

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weather-stripping around the doors and that’s all that happened.” Rob Nabors, the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House’s point man for the stimulus, conceded that there is a “discrep-ancy” between the attention paid to the stimulus funds and normal government spending. But the increased oversight is justified because “we are planning for this money to leave a lasting legacy,” he said. “We expect to show not just X numbers of jobs created but X num-ber of homes weatherized. We’re looking to improve our parks system, modernize our infrastructure. Any dollar distracted from those purposes really is a wasted dollar.” The threat of further spending delays is particularly acute because even as currently designed, the stimulus is not expected to fully ramp up until later this year and early next year, partly because of the planning and paperwork that many programs require. As of Tuesday, $54 billion had been “obligated” to be spent, while $11.7 billion had actually been disbursed. Alan Chvotkin, a lawyer for the Professional Services Council, a trade group for federal contractors, said that the oversight is putting a scare into federal officials whose agencies are undermanned as it is when it comes to contracting and procurement. One such individual he spoke with told him that the White House was behind the official “with a hot pitchfork to get the funds out,” Chvotkin said, “yet he knows whatever action he takes is going to be reviewed by a lawyer or his inspector general or Mr. Devaney, so he’s saying, if it’s going to be (me) in a sling, this is going to be done on my timetable.” At the state level, officials say that they’re early enough in the process — and so grateful for the money — that they regard the rules as a challenge they are eager to meet. But the bureaucratic trappings are slow-ing some spending. For example, officials must wait until July, while Washington writes the guidelines, to apply for the $2 billion that states and cities can use to purchase and renovate foreclosed homes. Amid the calls for oversight, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, issued a rare dissent. “Does this make sense?” he said at a hearing last month. Officials “are filling out all these reports and they’re going to ask the question, `Do they want us to do (stimulus) or are they more interested in the reports?’ “

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Long before she began forming her campaign for gover-

nor of California, Meg Whitman got cybersquat-ted. Media speculation in early 2008 that the billionaire former chief executive of eBay would seek the state’s highest office prompted a Santa Monica man to nab rights to several Web sites that evoke Whitman’s name, inc luding WhitmanForGovernor.c o m a n d MegWhitman2010.com. Whitman spent much of last year trying to get those sites back. Her early attempts to negoti-ate failed, and she lost an Internet arbitration because her extensive business and political activities did not make her name “commercial” enough to warrant pro-tection. She then initi-ated costly and poten-tially fruitless litigation that, had events run their course, might have con-cluded after California’s gubernatorial election. In the end, though, Whitman’s substantial checkbook solved her problem. She settled with the cybersquatter out of court for an undis-closed sum. Not coincidentally, the cybersquatter’s windfall came on the same February day that Whitman formed an “exploratory committee” – a precursor to a full-blown campaign organi-zation. Whitman is just one of many candidates to face the phenomenon called political cybers-quatting. Politicos make inviting targets because they often launch candi-dacies well after media and public speculation begins, giving cybers-quatters a head-start to buy-up sites. For instance, B a r a c k O b a m a 2 0 0 8 .com was acquired only hours after the then-sen-ator’s eloquent address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. RudyForPresident.com was snapped up just eight days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Many political cyber-squatters simply hope to

ransom their purchases to candidates who must quickly secure a site in a time-sensitive environ-ment. Others’ motives are more menacing. In 2004, for example, a cybersquatter deceitfully solicited funds through JohnFKerry -2004.com, which was nearly identi-cal to Sen. John Kerry’s authorized site. Likewise, in 2008, the cybersquat-ter site JohnMcain.com featured a contribution page almost indistin-guishable from the simi-larly spelled official cam-paign site, JohnMcCain.com. Such counterfeit contribution pages raise serious monetary- and identity-theft concerns; they are also likely to become more common as others imitate these schemes. Worse, today’s pre-ventive and remedial measures are ill-suited to resolve the underlying issue. A candidate cannot buy in advance all possi-ble site-name variations. Negotiation gives cyber-squatters exactly what they want – a chance to receive an exorbitant sum. Litigation is often too expensive and slow for campaigns, which are typically short-term, low-budget operations. The Federal Election Commission is unable to assist because of juris-dictional limits. And, as Whitman learned, Internet arbitration pan-els usually protect only commercial trademark rights in Web sites, not political interests. So what should be done? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the adminis-trative body that runs the Web, should create “.pol” – a new top-level domain (as the end of a Web address is known) for political candidates and entities. Only politi-cal candidates and groups would be allowed to register “.pol” sites, just as U.S. government entities and educational institutions have exclu-sive access to “.gov” and “.edu” sites. A “.pol” domain would reduce cybersquatters’ economic incentives to

hoard candidate sites because candidates’ easy access to “.pol” sites would undercut cybersquatters’ ransom price for similarly named sites ending in .com.net and .org. Creating such a domain would also be a relatively non-inva-sive solution because political cybersquat-ters would lose nothing but the opportunity to take advantage of can-didates in an entirely new area of the Internet. Moreover, a top-level domain reserved solely for candidates and vot-ers to fundraise, orga-nize and communicate would lessen the dam-age done by political cybersquatting. Internet users would be able to easily locate candidate sites because the “.pol” ending would provide a reliable shortcut for find-ing and identifying offi-cial Web pages. So even if a cybers-quatter builds a coun-terfeit contribution page on a “.com” site, as hap-pened in 2004 and 2008, informed campaign donors could visit a .pol site for assurance that their money would go to the intended recipient. A .pol domain would signif-icantly reduce the extor-tion, confusion, fraud and reputation exploi-tation associated with political cybersquatting. Meg Whitman resolved her predica-ment on her own. But future candidates are cer-tain to face cybersquat-ting issues, and few are likely to have Whitman’s means to satisfy cyber-squatters’ demands. ICANN should immedi-ately introduce this top-level domain to mitigate the harm caused by polit-ical cybersquatting and to preserve the Internet as a useful medium for real-world democracy.

This editorial was writ-ten for The Washington

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A longer version of this proposal was published in the February issue of

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Water qualityBy 1970, Lake Erie was so pol-

luted it was declared “dead.” Riverswere dumping grounds for chemicalwaste and sewage. The Rhine Riverbecame known as “Europe’s sewer,”and in 1969, Cleveland’s CuyahogaRiver — polluted with oil andindustrial waste — burst intoflames. Today, water treatmentplants keep sewage from flowingdirectly into rivers. Still, water pol-lution worldwide has increasedsince the 1970s as more people andindustries have strained the system.And the problem goes beyond qual-ity: Water scarcity affects one-thirdof the total world population.

By the numbersThe average American’s dailywater use (for all purposes, in-cluding energy and industry):1,500 gallons (about three timesthe world average)

Number of people without ac-cess to safe drinking water:1.1 billion

Amount of carbon dioxide(caused by human activity) ab-sorbed by the ocean:50 percent

Ocean conditionsOf the 100 million tons of plas-

tic produced each year, about 10percent ends up in the ocean. AUnited Nations study estimatesabout 46,000 pieces of plastic litterare floating in every square mile ofocean water. That includes theGreat Pacific Garbage Patch, afloating mass of trash — mostlyplastic — that is estimated to betwice the size of Texas. For the past50 years, it’s been collecting in twoPacific gyres, vast areas of swirlingwater. There’s no plan for gettingrid of the plastic, and scientists saycleanup would be a task that’salready too large. The NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration is studying thedimensions and makeup of thefloating mess.

Land useOn the first Earth Day, concern

about land use wasn’t a priority.Throughout the 1960s, a desire topreserve green spaces was classi-fied as “conservation,” with con-cerned citizens focused on preserv-ing parks and recreational areas.But in the past few decades, we’verecognized that it’s crucial to payattention to land use, from agricul-ture to urban landscapes. We’vebegun to see land use as an environ-mental issue — and to consider theimpact of agriculture, populationdensity and development on wet-lands, grasslands, forests and otherecosystems.

By the numbersThe world’s predicted popula-tion by 2050:9.2 billion

Portion of the world’s popula-tion that lives in the UnitedStates:5 percent

Portion of land area in the Unit-ed States used for agriculture:About 40 percent

DevelopmentAs U.S. population grows and

household population decreases,more and more houses are coveringthe land. Land is converted fordevelopment at twice the rate ofpopulation growth. Most of that isfor “sprawl” development — roads,shops and houses in suburban andrural areas.

ForestsA swath of forest the size of

Panama is lost every year, and theloss of forests produces about 20percent of all manmade carbondioxide emissions. Though defor-estation of the Amazon rainforest isdeclining, one-fifth of that foresthas been already lost. Scientistspredict that it’ll keep disappearing,thanks to illegal logging and thepractice of clearing the land tomake room for cattle farms.

AgricultureAs scientists investigate ways to

reduce our dependence on fossilfuels, the importance of biofuelscontinues to grow. While biofuelsburn cleaner and emit fewer toxins,they demand a lot of crops. InBrazil, Malaysia, Indonesia and theUnited States, forests and grass-lands are being rapidly converted tofarms to grow soybeans and sugar-cane, crops for making biofuels.But getting rid of the carbon-absorbing grass and trees, some sci-entists say, actually increases green-house gases — canceling out thebenefit of using biofuels.

Air qualityAir quality was a visible prob-

lem by 1970. Smog had beenobscuring the skylines of cities suchas Detroit and Los Angeles fordecades. But dirty air wasn’t just anAmerican problem. In August 1970,smog sent more than 8,000 Tokyoresidents to the hospital in fivedays. In Venice, dirty air causeddamage to the ancient Greek bronzehorses in St. Mark’s Square. Astrengthened Clean Air Act was oneof the changes the first Earth Daybrought about. Air quality hasimproved nationwide, but a numberof cities still don’t meet govern-ment standards.

By the numbersEnergy-related carbon emis-sions worldwide:29 billion metric tons

Trees needed to absorb thecarbon dioxide emitted fromone U.S. car each year: 240

Asians who die each year fromthe effects of air pollution:1.5 million

People worldwide who live incountries with pollution levelsabove the EPA’s National Am-bient Air Quality Standards:103 million

Approximate number of coalplants built every week in Chi-na: 2

LegislationThe Clean Air Act — first enact-

ed in 1963 but amended andstrengthened in 1970 — set stan-dards for national air quality andauto emissions standards. But thosestandards proved too high for theauto industry to meet, so deadlineswere extended. In 1990 the CleanAir Act was updated again, withtougher emissions standards. In2008, the EPA announced it wouldtighten smog standards, predictingthat 345 counties in the UnitedStates wouldn’t pass the test.

FactChina has overtaken the United

States as the biggest emitter ofgreenhouse gases. Beijing, the siteof the 2008 Summer Games, is sopolluted that athletes were con-cerned for their health.

Waste, landfillsBy 1970, America’s consumer

culture was expanding, andAmericans were discarding thingsat alarming levels: 7 million cars,100 million tires, 20 million tons ofpaper and 48 billion cans everyyear. Philadelphia and SanFrancisco expected to run out oflandfill space before 1972. Today,Americans recycle about five timesmore than in 1970. Landfills arefewer and better-managed, thoughalso much larger. Still, we manageto keep only one-third of our wasteout of the trash heap. And in an agefull of electronic gadgets, “e-waste”is a growing problem.

By the numbersAverage waste produced byAmericans each day:1970: 3.3 pounds per person2006: 4.6 pounds per person

Average waste recycled in theUnited States:1970: 6.6 percent2006: 32.5 percent

Average amount of paper prod-ucts recycled in the U.S. today:56 percent

Average amount of “e-waste”discarded in the U.S.:1.9 million to 2.2 million tons

Average amount not recycled,landing permanently in land-fills:About 82 percent

Hazardous-waste sites in theUnited States: 1,301In Texas: 45In New Jersey, which tops the list:117In North Dakota: 0

RecyclingThe first recycling center was

opened in New York City at the endof the 19th century. Recycling re-emerged in the 1960s, but despitegreater awareness, most local gov-ernments didn’t start recycling pro-grams until the late 1980s and early’90s. Now there are more than8,000 curbside recycling programsin the United States — even so,only about 32 percent of solidwaste is diverted from landfills.

Hazardous wasteIn 1980, Congress approved the

Superfund, a temporary programdesigned to clean up hazardouswaste. It was amended in 1986 andcontinues today. Thanks to the pro-gram, today about 70 percent of thecost of hazardous-site cleanup ispaid by the responsible parties.

Energy, transportThat first Earth Day, pollution

was a bigger concern than energy.U.S. oil production peaked thatyear, and efficiency — in buildingand in transportation — wasn’t apriority.

Today, Americans use moreenergy than ever before. But we’realso learning new, cleaner ways togenerate it. Renewable energy is thesmallest portion of energy sources— only 6 percent — but it’s alsothe fastest-growing sector. We’refinding more responsible ways toconsume energy, too. We have morefuel-efficient cars, homes and appli-ances.

By the numbersNumber of vehicles worldwide:1970: 246 million2008: 600 million

Number of vehicles in the Unit-ed States:1970: 111.2 million2005: 247.4 million

Transportation’s share of U.S.greenhouse gas emissions:27 percent

Average American householdelectricity use:1970: 6,367 kilowatt hours peryear2004: 10,660 kilowatt hours peryear

TechnologyIn 1975, new cars were made

with catalytic converters, which cuthydrocarbon and carbon monoxideemissions by 96 percent and nitro-gen oxides by 75 percent, helpingvehicles meet tougher U.S. emis-sions standards. Today’s new carspollute about 90 percent less thantheir 1970s counterparts.

Renewable energyTexas leads the nation in wind

power development, with aninstalled production capacity of4,446 megawatts. The state has fourof the five biggest wind farms inthe country. By the end of 2007,Texas had 60 percent more produc-tion capacity than at the end of2006.

About 10 percent of discardedplastic ends up in the ocean.And much of that plastic hasbeen swept into a giantswirling vortex in the Pacific.

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The top three U.S. states lead-ing the nation in annual car-bon dioxide emissions in 2004:

652.5

389.9

282.5

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Pennsylvania

California

Texas

SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

Americans drive more thanthey did in 1970, but vehiclesare more efficient, so fewergallons of fuel are consumed.

SOURCE: ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION,ANNUAL ENERGY REVIEW

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

1970 2005 1970 2005

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Miles Gallons

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By Alyson Ward, McClatchy Newspapers

The first Earth Day, held April 22, 1970, started an effort that is still moving forward.The United States created the Environmental Protection Agency later that year, which led

to legislation requiring cleaner air and water. Almost four decades later, here’s a glimpse athow far we’ve come — and how far we still have to go.

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KANGAROOS ARE SEEN at the Belconnen Naval Transmission Station near Canberra, Australia. Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem, kangaroos. AP photo

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – They bounce across the roof of Parliament House. They collide with cars. They come in through the bedroom window. Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem – too many kangaroos. Authorities have tried giving them vasectomies and oral contraceptives, to no avail. They say trucking them to new and distant pastures is too expensive. Now they’re propos-ing a cull. But many people are aghast at the idea of their best-known marsupial being shot en masse in the national capital. A government survey has found that more than 80 percent of Canberra residents think the wild kangaroos should stay. On the other hand, in a different survey, 17 percent of drivers in the district reported having collided with a kan-garoo at least once. Canberra’s latest man-vs.-roo horror story concerns a confused beast, standing about 5 feet 9 inches on its powerful hind legs, which last month bounded through a closed bedroom window onto a bed where a couple hud-dled with their 9-year-old daughter, then hopped into their 10-year-old son’s bedroom. The animal was wrestled out of the house by the father, Beat Ettlin, and headed for the hills, leaving claw marks on

a bed and a trail of blood from broken glass. Maxine Cooper, environment commissioner for the government of the Australian Capital Territory, says humans aren’t the only ones at risk – the kangaroos are destroying the grassy native habitat of endangered species such as a six-inch-long lizard known as the earless dragon. But “Compare that to anything furry with big eyes – the human emotions generally respond to furriness and big eyes,” Cooper said. In fact, culls are nothing new. Barry Stuart, who runs a kangaroo abattoir 220 miles north of here, shoots more than 25 on most nights with a license from the govern-ment. “You don’t like to destroy them, but when the time comes, you’ve got to do it.” “They’re a beautiful bloody animal,” said Stuart, 60. But a cull in the capital is likely to be a different matter. Last year, during the killing of about 400 kangaroos that had eaten themselves close to starvation on fenced military land in Canberra, the protests were so heated that the killers, using stun gun and lethal injections, had to work behind screens. This time the opposition will be no less vigorous, warns Pat O’Brien, president of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia, whose patrons are the family of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.

O’Brien insists that, earless dragons notwithstanding, Canberra’s kangaroos pose no environmental problems. “It’s disgraceful that people want to shoot our national symbol,” O’Brien said. “The days when wildlife is managed with a gun should be long passed.” Populations began exploding after European settlers arrived some 220 years ago and felled forests into which the plant-eating kangaroos swarmed and multiplied.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – If you are a female about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds and willing to stick your head in a toilet, a northern Wisconsin prosecutor wants your help in proving a high-profile homicide case. The Vilas County district attor-ney plans to recruit volunteers for a second round of controversial tests designed to prove that a woman was drowned by her husband in a toilet – and didn’t commit suicide as he claims. The experiments involve position-ing women the size of the late Genell Plude of Land O’ Lakes at a toilet to determine whether the version of events told by her husband, Douglas Plude, is plausible. Defense lawyers say it’s junk sci-ence. Plude, 42, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in 2002. But the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the conviction last year after learning that an expert witness who conducted the first round of toi-let tests exaggerated his credentials.

Plude has been released from prison pending the second trial, which is expected to begin in October. Prosecutors contend Plude mur-dered his 28-year-old wife because she was about to leave him. They say he poisoned her with a migraine drug and pushed her face into the toilet to drown her while she vomited. Plude says his wife was depressed, committed suicide by taking the pills on her own and then drowned. He claims he found his wife slumped over the vomit-filled toilet and tried to per-form CPR to keep her alive. Prosecutors called on expert wit-ness Saami Shaibani to shoot down Plude’s story at the first trial. Shaibani said that, based on his tests involving volunteers he posi-tioned at a toilet, Plude had to be lying about the positions he claimed to have found his wife in. Genell Plude also could not have inhaled toilet water on her own and someone must have forced her head into the water, he testified. Defense lawyers from across

the country have derided the tests and call them an example of unfair expert testimony. One of them, North Carolina lawyer David Rudolf, who clashed with Shaibani in another case,laughed about the tests in an inter-view last year. “He had women sticking their heads in toilets!” he said. “That’s just not science. How do you peer review that? How do you test his conclu-sions?” The state high court ordered a new trial for Plude after discover-ing Shaibani lied about being a clinical associate professor at Temple University who taught physicians and surgeons there about injuries. He had no relationship with Temple; years earlier he had a “loose courtesy affilia-tion” that gave him parking privileges but little else. The Wisconsin Department of Justice is considering whether to charge Shaibani with perjury. “The testing is likely to be the same type of testing that Shaibani did,” Moustakis said.

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C238-97 Clerk/secretary 6.55/hourC171-95 Note Taker $6.55/hrC134-09 Laboratory Technician mini-

mum $7C154-08 Engineering Tutor For Cee &

Ece Student 8.00/hrC135-09 Customer Service Repre-

sentative-slc 8.50C296-05 American Sign Lanugage

Interpreter $14-$26+C208-96 Tutor $7.25/hrC033-06 Late Evening Custodian

(part Time) $6.55 per hourC243-09 Undergrad Metal Machining

Researchers Monthly stipendsC203-06 Manager

C483-00 Laboratory Assistant 10 - 15 C397-06 Coordinator/database Man-

ager 6.50C360-09 Research Assistant nego-

tiableC366-09 Integrated Pest Manage-

ment Assistant $9-10C037-09 Sibling Care Classroom Co-

ordinator depends on experienceC368-09 Water Quality Research

Technician $8-10/hrC070-07 Cil Lab Programmer $12C378-02 Accounting/finance Seminar

Coordinator $8.00 per hourC441-08 Agricultural Research Coor-

dinator $10.00C372-09 Field Camp Cook $500 -

$750/session DOEC447-01 Farm Laborer BOEC083-95 Teacher Assistant (regular &

Substitute) $6.55C112-02 Information Specialist 9.50/

hrC379-09 Saturday Museum Assistant

$10.00C330-06 Painter Laborer $8.50 to

$12.00/hr DOEC381-09 Health & Safety Assistnat

Scootah Steve • Steve Weller stephen.weller@aggiemail.usu.edu

Wedding Info? Send the Good News to office@statesman.usu.edu

MondayApril 13

TuesdayApril 14

WednesdayApril 15

StatesmanBack BurnerMonday, April 13, 2009

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Free Range • B. Whitehead Brain Waves • B. Streeter

Pearls Before Swine • Steve Pastis

- A-Week, all day- Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Utah PR Conference, Eccles Conference Center, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.- Free Aggie Ice Cream after tasting hamburger, Nutrition and Food Science 209, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.- Using Concept Maps to Assess Online and Traditional Classes Seminar, Merrill-Cazier Library, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.- Computer Information Literacy (CIL) electronic presentations workshop, Eccles Science Learning Center 053, 4:30 to 5:20 p.m.- Aggie Day Music Festival, TSC Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom, 5 to 10 p.m.

- A-Week, all day- Partners in Business Women in Business Seminar, Eccles Conference Center, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.- A-Week, tying baby blankets, TSC Patio, 12 p.m.- Computer Information Literacy (CIL) information law and ethics workshop, Eccles Science Learning Center 053, 2:30 to 3:20 p.m.- Grad School Session and Charity Activity, Old Main, 4 to 5:30 p.m.- A-Week, Senior Celebration, TSC Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom, 7 p.m.- USU Chamber Singers, Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

- A-Week, all day- College Students and Coping, all day- Interior Design Senior Exhibit, Twain Tippetts Exhibition Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.- Work and Family Life Faculty Forum, Skyroom Restaurant, 12 to 1 p.m.- A-Week Legacy House Visit, 2 p.m.- USU Wind Orchestra/Symphonic Band, Kent Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

The WRC is collecting old cell phones for CAPSA. Bring in your used cell phones to TSC 315. We will send them to CAPSA and help protect women against violence. Questions? Call 797-1728 or womenscenter@usu.edu.

Monday, April 13 the Aggie Day Music Festival will be in the TSC West Ballroom. Music at 5 p.m., tickets $4 advance $5 at door. There will be a concert and raffle. All Proceeds will be donated to SEED Foundation.

Thursday, April 16, 6 to 8 p.m. will be an Engineers Without Borders fundraiser at Cafe Sabor. The cost is $15 for a burrito or taco salad. There will also be a raffle and live music.

Visit the Student Living Center Disc-golf Course on A-Day, Friday, April 17, to participate in the ORC’s free Disc-golf Tournament. Prizes for first, second and third place. Call 797-3264 for details.

Public relations is having a conference Monday, April 13 in the Eccles Conference Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone is invited and ice cream will be served.

April 14 at 7 p.m. Hanna Abbott will be performing a junior violin recital at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Featured works are from Bach, Mozart, Shubert and Wieniawski.

“The Madwoman of Chaillot” will be performed Wednesday, April 15, at the Morgan Theatre, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Free grad school seminar Wednesday, April 15 in Old Main room 121 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dinner served and please bring any school sup-plies to donate for kids.

Chippin’ For Charity Golf Tournament, four man scramble, 18 holes, April 18, cart and dinner provided, and prizes. Long drive, chip-ping and putting contest also. E-mail lteredorange@gmail.com for info and reg-istration.

Run for Your Life Race is April 18. Funds go to human-

itarian aid through the Red Cross. Registration forms in Biology and Natural Resources 101. Preregistration $8 with student ID, $10 without, $15 day of race.

April 18 at 7 p.m. Hyrum Barker is performing a junior recital at the St. John’s Episcopal Church. This is a cello recital where works of Lalo and Bach will be performed as well as an original com-position for four cellos. Admission is free.

USU ice skaters will per-form in Once Upon a Time 2009 Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Center.

Single and pregnant? Free, confidential coun-seling and support for anyone facing pregnancy outside of marriage. Pre marriage counseling, preparing for single par-enthood, and adoption counseling. Assistance with medical and commu-nity resources. Call LDS Family Services/Sandy at: 435-752-5302

More to remember ...

EWB fundraiser

Donate cell phones

Disc-golf tourney

Aggie music festival

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