USU students gain clear vision of Peru’s needs at open-air eye clinic
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on USU students gain clear vision of Peru’s needs at open-air eye clinicStory & Photos by Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—USU business students participating in a summer tour of South American businesses joined the Hope Alliance eye clinic project to provide Peruvians with the opportunity to see the world through clear-colored glasses. The students volunteered ...
Montana Indian reservation gets help to dig out after flood
Saturday, August 7th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Montana Indian reservation gets help to dig out after floodBy Michael Doxey USU JCOM senior Mike Doxey is a member of the U.S. Air Force’s 446 Aerospace Medicine Squadron, based at Lewis-McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Wash. In June, Doxey’s unit was activated to provide relief after flooding at ...
Slumdog creator to direct opening ceremonies for 2010 London Olympics
Saturday, August 7th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Slumdog creator to direct opening ceremonies for 2010 London OlympicsBy Michael Doxey British film director Danny Boyle will be one of the four artistic directors to design and direct opening ceremonies at the 2012 Olympic Games in England. Boyle, a 2008 nominee for best director for his Slumdog Millionaire, will team ...
Logan Library expanding to meet demand
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan Library expanding to meet demandBy Caresa Alexander LOGAN—Patrons who have not been to the Logan Library for a few months are in for a treat. An expanded children’s area, a Teen Tech Center and a Family History Collections room are just some of the changes ...
Tourists trample ancient Peruvian wonder
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Satenik Sargsyan MACHU PICCHU, Peru—Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas high in the Peruvian Andes, has been re-conquered. This time, by tourists. Nervously chewing coca sweets on the bus to prepare for the altitude, and trying to hide the ...
USU business student loses backpack in Peru mugging
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on USU business student loses backpack in Peru muggingBy Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—A USU business student on a summer study tour of South America was mugged in a Peruvian neighborhood while conducting research on micro-businesses. International business and economics junior Scot Mardsen was gathering data about Internet cafe businesses in ...
Travelogue: The contrasts and markets of Cusco
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Satenik Sargsyan LIMA, Peru—After visiting the major cities of the two most economically advanced countries in South America, Chile and Brazil, I was under the impression that the concept of “less developed countries” in this part of the world must ...
Business students roll up their sleeves to assess Peru entrepreneurship
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Business students roll up their sleeves to assess Peru entrepreneurshipBy Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—The USU business students participating in the Huntsman School’s South America Study Abroad Program started the Peru phase of their summer studies with a joint USU-Peru entrepreneurs initiative, the Small Enterprise Education and Development (SEED) program. SEED is ...
Are You Going to Eat That?
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Are You Going to Eat That?By Michael Doxey LOGAN—In a day when processed food is available on every corner, health concerns have been raised about the diet of the American people. Fast food, prepared frozen meals, packaged snacks and candy may cause your denim to shrink ...
After business hours, Huntsman students get schooled on Rio culture, taxis, beachlife
Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on After business hours, Huntsman students get schooled on Rio culture, taxis, beachlifeBy Satenik Sargsyan RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL—The Brazilian chapter of their summer South America tour left USU business students with the impression that whether a dweller of El Corcovado city or the city of Statue of Freedom or even a small ...
SCAMMED! Female Roommate Wanted
Friday, June 18th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »By Safiyyah Ballard FOR RENT: Room in my 1000-square-foot apartment. The $315 rent includes utilities, cable, and high speed Internet. The apartment is fully furnished, except for the room available for rent. Great location, LTD bus stop and grocery stores are across ...
Garn honors veterans, aviators at air show
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Garn honors veterans, aviators at air showStory & Photos by Caresa Alexander LOGAN—Former U.S. Sen. Jake Garn came to town for the Logan-Cache Airport’s 4th annual Celebration of Flight, sharing the stage and the tarmac with the World War II-vintage B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” Garn, who served ...
USU business students meet South American counterparts
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on USU business students meet South American counterpartsBy Satenik Sargsyn HNC Special South America Correspondent SANTIAGO, CHILE—A team of USU Huntsman Business School students, spending the summer studying in South America, completed two days of visits to Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago on Monday, comparing U.S. and ...
Huntsman students visit U.S. embassy in Chile to explore relations between North-South America
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Satenik Sargsyan HNC Special South American Correspondent SANTIAGO, CHILE—As USU’s Huntsman Summer Program launched students into South American last week to study business practices, students traveling abroad were already navigating busy schedules of business and cultural visits. Students in the Huntsman South ...
Embracing Change: A newspaper editor’s advice to the Class of 2010
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Embracing Change: A newspaper editor’s advice to the Class of 2010By John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor San Francisco Chronicle Editor’s Note: John Diaz, editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, returned to his alma mater last weekend for what has to be a most daunting assignment—to deliver the commencement address to ...
Innocent ID switch leads to bureaucratic bullying
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By April Ashland Heads up: Lending a friend your USU ID card could have you both arrested and charged with a Class A misdemeanor and a police record. I am in a sorority, and some of my sisters and I were ...
Don’t make me laugh, they might sue you
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Don’t make me laugh, they might sue youBy Gene Policinski First Amendment Center What is it about humor that all too often results in situations that decidedly are not a laughing matter? Free speech in comedy attracts controversy as well as belly laughs, and in the case ...
Census count determines federal funding for county services
Friday, May 7th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Census count determines federal funding for county servicesBy Tyson Thorpe LOGAN--To the Chinese, 2010 is the year of the tiger. To the U.S. government, it's the year of the census. And for many students at Utah State University it's a new experience with mixed reactions. According to ...
State to rewrite Driver Ed curriculum, includes texting
Friday, May 7th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on State to rewrite Driver Ed curriculum, includes textingStory and photo by Kayla Harding During a state driver education conference in late April, plans to rewrite Utah’s curriculum, including the dangers of unlawful texting and driving were announced. There are currently no questions that deal with texting and driving on ...
Woman sentenced for driving on suspended license
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Woman sentenced for driving on suspended licenseBy Kate Clark LOGAN--Vicki Johnson was sentenced to 41 hours of community service Wednesday in Logan City Municipal Justice Court for driving on a suspended license. Johnson, who pleaded guilty for the second-time offense, claimed she wasn’t aware of the suspension, ...