By Sarah Keyes Child and Family Support An appointed teacher from each school will now lead Logan School District’s After School Club. In previous years, Logan Parks and Recreation appointed an independent aid to run the program at each school. For convenience and to better help children involved in the 2014-2015 school year, the program […]
By Chase Ringle Nortern Utah Lax The 2015 Utah State University men’s lacrosse team has the most out-of-state players it has ever had. A team that has traditionally been filled with athletes from all around the state of Utah now has more players from outside of the state than it does from within. “The 2015 team […]
By Kayla A. Swenson Language Learning in Utah The second Alisha Green’s first grade students walk into class they are immersed in the language and culture of China. This year the North Park Elementary first and second grade students are enrolled in a Chinese dual language immersion program. Last year the school started the program with […]
By Shelby Ruud Water Research at USU With snowpack levels below normal this winter, Utah State University researchers are paying closer attention to snowpack and snowmelt data provided by a research site located in the T.W. Daniel Experimental Forest. Snowmelt provides about 80 percent of Utah’s water supply and the spring runoff season is expected […]
By Madi Smith Cache Valley Design Milieu Design, a Logan architectural and interior design company, is heading the design of a new building for Smithfield. The new building will be part of a larger business park that will be going up between 700 South and 800 South. The general contractor, Jeff Jackson of Ironwood Construction, […]
By Jaesea Gatherum Behind The Scenes Utah State University’s Department of Theatre Arts designed its spring play, “Rabbit Hole,” in a way that hasn’t been done before at USU. The audience will be seated along three sides of the stage, while the fourth section cuts directly through the set, creating an arena setting. “It puts the […]
A Utah State University environmental engineer is hoping his research in aquaponics might someday help developing-world communities build sustainable agriculture systems. Aquaponics is a rising trend in agriculture that uses the waste products of fish to provide fertilizer for plants. Those same plants then put out bacteria that purify the fish’s water. “Fish poop and that feeds […]
Not everyone is in favor, but a group of students representing the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University sent a letter on Friday to the USU board of trustees supporting a tuition increase for the business college. In the letter from the Business Council, Sen. Scott Laneri wrote that the rise in tuition was […]
Fifty-eight students sat positioned with string, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments at the ready. Carly Ewell entered, saluted the audience and then turned to her harp. Sergio Bernal raised his baton. What came next had the audience at the Kent Concert Hall applauding even after Ewell left the stage. Ewell was one of five musicians […]
With a narrow victory now behind him, newly elected study body present Trevor Olsen is turning his attention to the goals that were part of his campaign platform. The senior in international business and finance at Utah State University received 50.44 percent of the vote in the general election that ended Thursday — 145 votes […]
Utah researchers this month passed the halfway point of a five year research effort dedicated to gathering information about Utah’s water resources. iUtah is a collaborative project shared between Utah State University, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, along with other universities in the state, said Professor Douglas Jackson-Smith, one of the principal […]
From Logan to London, students from Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business will explore international business this spring break. Fourteen undergraduate students from Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business will leave for a trip to London on March 7 as part of the Global City Breaks program. The trip […]
The Utah State University women’s gymnastics team posted its second best overall score of the season on Feb. 20 — but it wasn’t enough to beat Southern Utah University. Tonight the Aggies will get a chance to equalize. Utah State will face SUU and Denver University in the Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah, just […]
Utah State University’s monthly open-mic night will be the setting for a UNICEF fundraiser on Saturday. This will be the first time Poetry and a Beverage, also known as PoBev, will team up with UNICEF at USU to raise money for impoverished children. The event will be held in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge […]
Nearly half the states in the union, including four of six bordering Utah, have legalized some form of marijuana use — and a Utah State University Wellness Center staff member has predicted that could lead to more drug-related cases on campus. Oregon’s recreational marijuana laws are set to go into effect in July. Colorado legalized […]
Improvements being made to the Utah Water Research Laboratory’s data collection methods are helping to better monitor water usage in Cache Valley this winter. The Utah Water Research Laboratory is combining environmental information collected by AggieAir, an aerial surveying drone, with satellite data, said Alfonso Torres-Rua, a staff member and research engineer at the lab. […]
Facing lower than average precipitation levels and a rapidly growing population, the Cache County Council reiterated its goal to form a Cache County specific water conservancy district in a meeting on Jan. 13. “A water conservancy district is a legal entity that will protect our water rights and you’re able to do more with funding […]
Utah State University students cast 20 percent more votes in this year’s primary election over last year’s primary. By the time voting ended on Tuesday at 3 p.m., more than 3,000 students had cast a vote. “Usually we have anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500,” said Whitney Fletcher, the USUSA public relations and marketing director. “We’ve […]
Local organizations Nordic United and the Utah Conservation Corps will host the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center auditorium. Erik Syrstad, a board member of Nordic United who helped coordinate the film festival, hopes the festival will bring awareness to the human-powered winter experience. “This […]
Due to Logan’s unusual mild winter, the Utah State University men’s golf team has had additional practice time to prepare for upcoming spring tournaments. “We usually start practice sometime in the middle of March, on average,” said Grahm Schmaltz, a senior on the golf team who set a university record with a second-place finish in a […]