By Janessa Fillingim janessa2015.wordpress.com Sports Academy and Planet Fitness in Logan have been a lot more crowded over the past two weeks, following the closure of Gold’s Gym on Sept. 1. According to the Health Spa Consumer Contracts for Health Spa Services law, if such a facility closes, the members are entitled to […]
By Parker Atkinson Logan After Dark There was standing room only Thursday night at Helicon West as a large crowd packed into the Jim Bridger Room of the Logan Library for an evening of slam poetry. With topics ranging from sex, religion and relationships to pop culture, beauty, self-image and depression, all nine members of […]
By Shelby Ruud USU Water Research News Two special-topic sessions hosted by a panel of water resource professionals and researchers will be the highlight of the annual Spring Runoff Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. The conference, which will be held in the Eccles Conference Center on the USU campus, will focus on water-related issues involving all […]
By Alyssa Roberts A Woman’s Place She is confident, smart and happy. She is loving and open-hearted. She embraces her flaws. She understands her worth and tries to help others do the same. She is that girl. And, at Utah State University, there’s a whole club of women just like her. This Tuesday, as part of USU’s […]
By Kayla A. Swenson Language Learning In Utah Thirty students sat on a colorful rug and waited for their teacher, Vitoria Floyd, to challenge them on their newly learned Spanish vocabulary. When Floyd pointed to a picture of an umbrella held by a cartoon bear, the class shouted an enthusiastic, “paragua.” The thick Spanish vowels […]
By Conner Rumsey USU Football News Andrew Rodriguez lay motionless. The wide receiver wasn’t so much as flinching a muscle on the football field. And all of Romney Stadium fell silent. The noise of the hit — a crack that could be heard from the stands — brought practice to a halt. Thursday was the […]
By Jillian McCarthy Saving Wild Horses Utah’s Sulphur wild horse population has reached an all-time high, a condition that is causing trouble along Highway 21. On the last weekend of February, 100 Sulphur wild horses were gathered and removed near Highway 21 between Milford and Garrison, Utah. “A couple horses had gotten hit by cars […]
By Camille Strong Service By Students Brody Lambert is a Utah State University alumnus. He loves hunting, fishing, four-wheeling and camping. He is married to his college sweetheart. He has four children ranging from ages one to nine. Lambert also has stage four heart failure. His heart cannot beat on its own. His only hope […]
By Kelsey Schwab Healthy Aggies Sheree Haggan believes HOPE is a four-letter acronym that has the potential to save lives. “HOPE stands for healing, openness, perseverance and empowerment,” said Haggan, Utah State University’s multicultural program coordinator. Inspired by that idea, Utah State University is hosting its first annual “Mental Health is No Joke” week beginning on […]
By Sawyer Hemsley Get Involved USU For the first time, incoming freshmen will be included in the annual Polynesian Student Union luau at Utah State University. The school-wide event will be held in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom starting at 7 p.m. on April 13 during the university’s A-Week. PSU is aiming to recruit freshmen during the luau to […]
By Kayla Watanabe Sustainable Efforts at Utah State Faith and science don’t have to be in competition with one another. That was the message delivered by Katharine Hayhoe, a devout evangelical Christian and climate scientist from Texas Tech University, who addressed a standing-room-only audience on what science says about climate change and why faith matters. […]
By Chase Ringle Northern Utah Lax After nine seasons off and on as an assistant coach on the Logan High varsity men’s lacrosse team, Clay Christoffersen has now taken over as the new head coach. The change follows the retirement of former head coach Doug Ringle. Ringle, who was the head coach from 2002 until […]
By Aubri Liechty Sounds from Little Bear River Professor Kate Skinner of Utah State University will be performing with her alternative band, Born to Wander, at WhySound on April 23. Skinner chose WhySound for the band’s first gig in Utah because she has experience playing there. She has performed at the venue with several different […]
By Sadie Hughes Aggie Exploration Ten Utah State University students and one faculty member returned on Saturday after spending a week serving poverty-stricken people in San Francisco. Alternative Breaks, an organization that offers ways to spend fall or spring break, organized the trip through the Val R. Christensen Service Center. Kate Stephens, the assistant director […]
By Kayla Watanabe Sustainable Efforts at USU Utah State University’s Sustainability Council will be recognizing students, faculty, employees and community members for their efforts in creating a more sustainable community at a symposium to be held in April. The four categories up for nomination include the student sustainability leadership award, the sustainability educator award, the employee […]
By Hannah Rose USUWomensSoccer.blogspot.com The Utah State University women’s soccer team recruited its highest number of out-of-state recruits in the past three years for its upcoming 2015 fall season. Six of this year’s nine recruits are not from Utah. Head coach Heather Cairns attributes the rise in out-of-state recruits to the 2012 change from the Western Athletic […]
By Conner Rumsey USUFootball.blogspot.com Chuckie Keeton is back. The Utah State University quarterback, who missed a majority of last season due to an injury he suffered against Wake Forest University, participated in all drills and took the majority of first-team reps during Monday and Wednesday’s spring ball practice sessions, which kicked-off Monday at Romney Stadium. “It […]
By Jillian McCarthy Saving Wild Horses The Salt Lake Bureau of Land Management will be trying a new process for controlling the herd size of Utah’s Onaqui wild horses. Starting in April, the BLM will be using darts to shoot mares with a chemical that will stop the mares’ fertility. The chemical’s effects will last […]
By Parker Atkinson Logan After Dark During the months of May through August there will be no swing dancing on Monday nights at the Cache Valley Fun Park as the event moves to its summer schedule. Fans of country-style dancing will still have every Wednesday night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to swing dance, two-step and […]
By Kelsey Schwab Healthy Aggies The Utah State University Dietetic Student Association is issuing a set of weekly campus-wide challenges throughout March to encourage students and athletes to live healthier as part of National Nutrition Month. These challenges include making a meal completely from scratch, counting the amount of calories consumed each day, doing at least 30 […]