• BEST IN STATE—Senior Courtney Schoen Lewis was named Best PR Student in Utah. Story
  • CROWBAR—Athletes compete in annual Crowbar backcountry race in Logan Canyon. CHRISTIAN HATAHWAY
  • HINDU FESTIVAL—Hundreds of Hindus and friends gather for annual Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork. DANA IVINS
  • RAINBOW CELEBRATION—Holi celebrants joyfully paint themselves at Hindu festival. DANA IVINS
  • HUT! HUT! HUT!—ROTC teams compete in Ranger Challenge at Camp Williams. ALISON OSTLER. Story
  • SNOWBARD JAM—Boarders show their stuff on the Quad during Entrepreneur Week. CASSIDEE J. CLINE. Story
  • SNOWBOARD TRICKS as hotdoggers show off on the Quad during Entrepreneur Week. CASSIDEE J. CLINE. Story
  • WINTER A and the American flag over a snowy USU campus. WHITNEY PETERSON
  • QUADVIEW—A springtime view of the USU Quad and Old Main from atop the business building.
  • PRESS CONFERENCE—USU President Stan Albrecht briefing journalism students. CHRIS ROMRIELL. Story
  • HIGH-HEELIN’ IT—Men in high heels and their female supporters walk a mile to protest sex abuse. TY ROGERS
  • ELK PICNIC—Elk and humans mingle at the winter refuge at Blacksmith Fork's Hardware Ranch. CARESA ALEXANDER. Story

Imperial Glee, American Heritage Youth Chorus perform May 17

May 8th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | No Comments »

LOGAN — The next concert at the Logan Tabernacle will be a combined performance by the Imperial Glee Club and the American Heritage Youth Chorus, May 17 at 7 p.m. The “Sing for Spring” is free and open to the public. The Imperial Glee Club of Logan, directed by Warren Barton, is one of the [...]

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Logan man suspected of stealing make-up

May 4th, 2012 Posted in News | No Comments »

By Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – A Logan man was given a citation for retail theft Thursday at Smith’s Marketplace, located near 700 North Main St. Logan Police Lt. Brad Franke said Carlos H Castro, 44, was caught attempting to leave Smith’s Marketplace with make-up that he didn’t pay for. Smith’s security called Logan Police. Castro [...]

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Converting algae to biofuel with solar power? USU’s almost there

May 4th, 2012 Posted in News, Outdoors | No Comments »

‘The beauty of using algae is that every part of it looks to be usable,’ said Steve Hansen. ‘You don’t have any waste.’ Story and photos by Steve Kent LOGAN — When Ron Christiansen thinks of Cutler Reservoir on the Bear River in northern Utah, he remembers water skiing with his family. “It’s a nice, [...]

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Roman gods run rampant in annual reenactment of the Battle of Actium

May 4th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | No Comments »

By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—Some students celebrate the end of the semester by burning their notebooks and partying. But USU classics students observe the completion of another school year in quite a different way: by wearing togas and playing the parts of characters and gods from ancient Rome in the period leading up to the famous [...]

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Parking at River Heights park has neighbors at odds with city

May 3rd, 2012 Posted in News | No Comments »

By Sean O’Sullivan RIVER HEIGHTS –- A new parking proposal has been brought forward to try to appease the residents of 600 East in River Heights. This road is the main border of Ryan’s Place Park, and there is real concern over the parking habits of the park-goers. People are parking across the street in [...]

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False ID makes Logan woman’s underage-drinking troubles worse

May 3rd, 2012 Posted in News | No Comments »

By Steve Kent LOGAN — A woman was arrested May 1 on suspicion of giving false information to the police. Megan Lee Jacques, a 19-year-old from Orem, was booked into the Cache County Jail on counts of providing false personal information, a class A misdemeanor, and being a minor in possession of alcohol, a class [...]

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Humane Society volunteers give loving care to homeless pets

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | No Comments »

‘There is no time limit at the shelter. They stay with us until they’re adopted. We even take the trickier dogs and cats. We try to give every pet a chance.’ – Diane Malmquist Story and photos by Jimena Herrero LOGAN — Abagail is a 4-year-old purebred German shepherd, born with a birth defect and [...]

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Blind in a sighted world: Independence means everything

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | No Comments »

‘I decided if I wanted this I just had to go for it, and I let go of the pillar and started walking into the crowd, and nothing has been the same since.’ – Kasondra Payne Story and photos by Chris Lee LOGAN — At 5 a.m. every weekday morning Kasondra Payne wakes up and [...]

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Herbal remedies, natural medicine growing more popular

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | 4 Comments »

‘Natural medicine works on the problem and not the symptom.’ – Sharon Miller, herbalist and massage therapist Story and photos by Tmera Bradley LOGAN — When James Israelsen was 2 years old, he complained about his ankles hurting when he’d try to walk. “We’d been to many doctors,” said his mother, Jill Israelsen of Young [...]

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Mongolian journalists visit USU to develop partnerships, connections

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Rebecca Holliday LOGAN—Journalists from Mongolia visited Utah State University Friday to tour the campus, meet with international program officials, and share ideas about education and journalism with faculty and students. Mary Hubbard, vice provost for International Education, says this is one of a handful of exchanges the university has had with Mongolia. Other groups [...]

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Swapping schools: Logan, Cache districts accommodate requests

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Tara Alvey LOGAN — Kirk McRae doesn’t have the easiest job in the world. He is the director of the human resources department for Cache County School District. And although McRae’s job might not be listed as one of the most stressful professions of all time, any job involving parents, their children, and their [...]

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Family celebrates 100 years of business on Main Street

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Business | Comments Off

By Steve Kent LOGAN -– Much can change in a century, but one Logan business has been family-run for 100 years. Charles Jenkins opened the store as Logan Hardware in 1912 at 45 N. Main in Logan. Today, his grandchildren Greg Jenkins and Martha Rose own Bennett’s Paint, while their brother owns and operates Bennett’s [...]

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Logan filmmakers struggle for audiences, more exposure

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off

By Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – Jace Woodstock had just finished a short film he had been working on for about a month and a half, and while excited and proud of his accomplishment, he couldn’t help but feel a little disheartened. “I spent so much time on this,” Woodstock said. “In between work and, you [...]

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GRAMA request reveals missing faculty conflict-of-interest forms

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Caitlin Moffitt LOGAN—Utah State University may be in violation of federal and state regulations that require the school to report and manage the conflicts of interests of its employees. That’s because the university has left much of the responsibility for oversight to the employees themselves—and some have chosen to not fulfill their legal obligation. [...]

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Fun-loving students with a serious mission—to build schools in Mali

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off

By Rebecca Holliday LOGAN—An innovative group of Utah State students aims to raise $60,000 by the end of the year to build a school in Mali, Africa. The crew of quirky guys is working on a business that raises money for Mali Rising by selling books featuring artwork from artists around the world. Tyler Tolson, [...]

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Full heart, full house equal joy for Mendon woman with 9 disabled kids

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off

By Rebecca Holliday MENDON—Greta Anderson-Davis lives in a 5,000-square-foot home with nine disabled children, none of them her own. Anderson-Davis has managed to survive a soap opera-­worthy divorce, the death of a daughter, eight months in an apartment with nine disabled children, and a grueling night-school program—and come out with her chin up. Her resilience [...]

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ACL injury lands snowboard pro in months of rehab

May 2nd, 2012 Posted in Sports | Comments Off

‘I always heard about blowing out your knee as being a career-ending thing, but so far it has been pretty mellow.’ —Cale Zima Photo and story by Josh Ruggles SALT LAKE CITY—The clanging of skateboards, wood and metal echoed as professional snowboarder Cale Zima sat on the front porch of his Salt Lake City home. [...]

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Journalism prof known as quirky, dedicated, passionate, inspirational

April 30th, 2012 Posted in Arts and Life | 2 Comments »

By Kristi Ottley LOGAN—USU alumna and longtime journalism professor Nancy Williams is an adviser, a cheerleader, a professor, a confidante, a friend, and a mentor to many students in the journalism and communication department, and those roles don’t end after her students graduate. “She gives good advice, she loves her students and she loves teaching,” [...]

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History named top teaching department at USU in fierce competition

April 29th, 2012 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—Every year, Utah State University seeks out its most accomplished departments to find just one to honor with the Departmental Teaching Excellence Award (DTEA). This year, the Department of History took the cake. “We’re flattered and pleased and not at all humble,” History Department Head Norman Jones said. “It’s a very competitive [...]

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Astronomer warns of ‘Death from the Skies’ in Science lecture

April 29th, 2012 Posted in News | Comments Off

Story & Photos by Mary Stocking LOGAN—Dr. Philip Plait is known by many titles: astronomer, writer, blogger, speaker, comedian, anti-science crusher, and “The Bad Astronomer.” Plait appeared at Utah State this week to talk about “Death from the Skies.” Plait was on campus as part of the College of Science’s regular Friday “Science Unwrapped” lecture [...]

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