Commencement 2012: Aggies have less debt than national average
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Kristi Ottley LOGAN—Graduation from college is an exciting time for most seniors as they celebrate their accomplishments and prepare for what they hope is a bright and successful future. But not all college students get to bask in the joy of ...
‘Great Shakeout’ drill went well at Utah State, coordinator says
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on ‘Great Shakeout’ drill went well at Utah State, coordinator saysStory and photo by Shannon McCleve LOGAN -- No one really thinks it will happen to them, but are you prepared if we have a major earthquake in Logan? In a statewide drill to help people prepare for what they would ...
Wellsville residents’ opinions divided on proposed truck stop
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville residents’ opinions divided on proposed truck stopBy Jimena Herrero WELLSVILLE -- Nearly a year after Steve Kyriopoulos first filed an application to build his All-American Auto Plaza, the topic continues to divide Wellsville residents. The Planning Commission held a public hearing Wednesday night to allow public input ...
HNC Weekly News Roundup
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on HNC Weekly News RoundupNews about Cache Valley and USU from the Department of Journalism & Communication LOGAN—All the Local News from Northern Utah: Fight nears over damming Oneida Narrows on the Bear River northeast of Preston. USU dominates student journalism awards in the ...
JCOM honors Class of 2012, outstanding students; awards scholarships
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »LOGAN—The Department of Journalism & Communication at Utah State University honored its best and brightest Friday in ceremonies to name its outstanding students of the year, and to award more than $31,000 in scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. Departing from ...
New names in Nibley: City manager Zook and municipal judge Cook
Friday, April 20th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on New names in Nibley: City manager Zook and municipal judge CookBy Tmera Bradley NIBLEY -- The City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve David Zook as city manager and Trevor Cook as judge of the city's justice court. After 15 years, Larry Anhder is retiring as city manager and Zook is taking ...
Hyrum city promises help for home owners in Wapiti Bluff subdivision
Friday, April 20th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »'Some of the repairs we just won’t be able to do, we just don’t have the budget for it. But we’ll look at it and decide what we can do to help.' - Mayor Dean Howard By Tara Alvey HYRUM -- Thursday ...
Wellsville turns down request for commercial rezone
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville turns down request for commercial rezoneBy Jimena Herrero WELLSVILLE -- The City Council voted Wednesday night against amending the Land Use Map to allow properties to be rezoned from residential areas to commercial. The Planning Commission had recommended the rezoning, and on Wednesday night the council ...
Aggie TV News for April 19, 2012
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Aggie TV News for April 19, 2012LOGAN—Rockin’ Dick Clark dies at 82. Logan city may close Willow Park Zoo—where will the critters go? Local party politics from the Cache County GOP convention: In local politics, individuals really matter. Proposed truck stop in Wellsville has neighbors up ...
USU journalists dominate annual regional Mark of Excellence Awards
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on USU journalists dominate annual regional Mark of Excellence AwardsDENVER—Utah 4-year college journalists dominated this year’s Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award competition, collecting more than half the honors awarded to colleges and universities across the four-state region. Of the 83 prizes for the best student journalism ...
Laketown man gets August trial date for ER sex charge
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Laketown man gets August trial date for ER sex chargeBy Tmera Bradley LOGAN -– Charged with a first-degree felony of forcible sodomy, Hal Lavaun Weston, 46, of Laketown, appeared in 1st District Court Monday. Weston’s attorney, Shannon Demler, said they have no resolution to the case and asked Judge Clint Judkins ...
Richmond Council approves use of building for Zumba class
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Richmond Council approves use of building for Zumba classBy Chris Lee RICHMOND -- Zumba might be taught in the park and occasionally in the Community Building in Richmond. Rebecca Gathercoal, who teaches Zumba at Park School, asked the City Council if she would be able to use the Community Building ...
JCOM Prof, SLTrib Photographer Win Journalism Ethics Award
Monday, April 16th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on JCOM Prof, SLTrib Photographer Win Journalism Ethics AwardLaPlante’s stories on ‘mingi’—Ethiopian infanticide—win Ancil Payne Prize from UOregon EUGENE, Ore.—Journalists Matthew LaPlante of the USU Department of Journalism & Communication, and Rick Egan of The Salt Lake Tribune are winners of the 2012 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in ...
Weekly HNC News Roundup
Monday, April 16th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Weekly HNC News RoundupLOGAN—Top news from Hard News Café staffers collected into one handy news digest, including: • Aggie Journalists Win Big at Regional Conference, by D. Whitney Smith • Van Crash: Remembering that awful day in text, photos, video—and the new memorial plaza, by ...
Aggie journalists collect 17 prizes at annual Mark of Excellence Awards
Monday, April 16th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Aggie journalists collect 17 prizes at annual Mark of Excellence AwardsBy D. Whitney Smith DENVER—Utah State University journalism students cleaned up at the Society of Professional Journalists 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards at the Region 9 Conference in Denver this weekend. USU student journalists came home with 17 awards for some of ...
ATV News: Frat drinking, the BYU gay video, baby animals and more
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on ATV News: Frat drinking, the BYU gay video, baby animals and moreLOGAN—The Aggie TV News team talks to members of USU fraternities about last fall’s underage alcohol arrest. Other stories: Fundraising beyond one’s self, the BYU student video of being gay and Mormon, “It Gets Better,” Baby Animal Days in Wellsville, ...
Remembering the 2005 van crash victims at Ag building memorial
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Remembering the 2005 van crash victims at Ag building memorialBy Allie Jeppson LOGAN—It was just over six-and-a-half years ago, on Sept. 26, 2005, that tragedy struck Utah State University—eight students and an instructor on their way home from a fieldtrip in Tremonton were killed when a tire blew on their ...
GUEST COLUMN: Obama leads the way in kindness, civility
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »Citizens have an obligation toward civility. As the president wisely observed, 'When we can no longer even engage in a conversation with each other over things that really matter, we lose something about ourselves and the democratic process in which ...
USU journalists win big in Top of the Rockies; Powell lands 4 firsts
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on USU journalists win big in Top of the Rockies; Powell lands 4 firstsDENVER—USU journalists were tearing up the annual Top of the Rockies competition for journalistic excellence among professional journalists at the annual regional conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) on Friday night. • 2011-12 Student Mark of Excellence Awards to ...
Logan woman sentenced for selling meth
Friday, April 13th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan woman sentenced for selling methBy Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – A Logan woman was sentenced Tuesday in 1st District Court to between one and 15 years in state prison for dealing methamphetamines. Guadalupe Ruiz will spend one year of her sentence in the Cache County ...