Martin Frey has spent decades in the business world, but when it came time to give advice to the Utah State University Entrepreneurship Club on Wednesday, he turned to the top of the world. The former managing director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development told club members gathered in Huntsman Hall that the […]
The Utah State University Student Association’s election committee turned to Twitter on Tuesday to take questions from audience members to participants in a student government debate in the Taggart Student Center Hub. “We’ve done Twitter in past elections to update people on dates of events and general information about elections,” said Chris Glaittli, the public […]
The Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University announced this semester the addition of a new bachelor of fine arts degree. The new degree will allow students in the Department of Theatre Arts to study film production within the design and technology emphasis program. This is the first time a film degree has been […]
The Utah State University women’s soccer team held a new off-season tournament Saturday against teams from three other schools. The tournament, which provided an opportunity for the teams to play during a time usually limited to conditioning and single-team practice, was held in the Stan Laub Indoor Training Center on campus. The visiting schools included […]
Marketing and finance junior Ben Vera amassed nearly half the votes in the Utah State University Student Association primary election for business senator. Aaron Bytendorp, who took about a fifth of the votes, came in second and will face Vera in a final election starting Wednesday. The primary results were announced at 5 p.m. on […]
The HURD is stirring. The raucous Utah State University student fan group has begun preparations for the evening of March 7, when men’s basketball coach Stew Morrill will coach his final home game. “We are working to make this a special game for Stew,” said Thomas Rodgers, a HURD committee member. “We want to celebrate […]
A thank-you video has been added to the Student Alumni Association’s annual Love-A-Donor Week, which began Monday and will continue until Friday. The video will be sent out to donors via email on Thursday. The video includes a range of students and organizations expressing gratitude to alumni who give back to Utah State University. “SAA […]
As the winter of 2015 continues to have higher than average temperatures and lower than average precipitation, farmers in Cache Valley are preparing for a growing season with less irrigation water than in previous years. “There’s going to be less water to use for irrigation this year,” said Laurie McNeill, associate professor of civil and […]
Unusually warm weather has had a big impact on the instances of inversion this winter in Cache Valley — but that won’t change local and federal efforts aimed at reducing pollution in more typical weather years. From December to early March the Cache Valley is generally more susceptible to an inversion that traps the pollution […]
Utah State University Student Association candidates gathered Monday evening in the Taggart Student Center to present their campaign platforms to members of the USU fraternity and sorority community at the annual Greek Town Hall. Candidates for all offices proposed a spectrum of changes to improve the experience of Utah State students and fraternity and sorority […]
A big living room and wood flooring were the first things Seth Merrill noticed about his new house in Logan. The Utah State student immediately thought his home would make a great venue for a live acoustic show. “I’m kind of an introvert but I love communications and event planning,” said Merrill, who will host […]
The Utah State University Big Blue Scholarship Fund held its final luncheon of the season on Monday, commemorating head basketball coach Stew Morrill’s retirement. The luncheon, held at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan, highlighted Morrill and his 17 years of coaching. Utah State athletic director Scott Barnes was effusive in his praise for a […]
A team of students from Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business was selected on Wednesday to compete in the 2015 Wake Forest University School of Business Marketing Summit. The summit, which will take place from April 6 to 8, is a competition in which business students are asked to identify solutions to […]
By Chase Checketts GivingBackCacheValley.wordpress.com Students from Utah State University’s Alternative Breaks Program will be providing service to individuals in California and Southern Utah during the school’s spring break March 9 to 15. Three groups of students will be going to Moab and parts of San Diego and San Francisco to work with local non-profit organizations […]
By Madi Watson On Friday, Humans vs. Zombies will return to the Utah State University campus as a one-night charity event benefiting the Cache Community Food Pantry and Four Paws Rescue. Last Night on Campus, the official title of the event, is a choose-your-own-story style game open to students of the university, said Jennica Blasi, […]
By Noelle Johansen PARK CITY—As callous as it sounds, teenagers with cancer seem to be in vogue these days. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is the edgier, artsier version of last year’s novel-turned-blockbuster, “The Fault in Our Stars.” Many films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival will end up lost somewhere in the […]
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By Noelle Johansen PARK CITY—If the Sundance Film Festival isn’t independent enough for you, the concurrent Slamdance Film Festival should do the trick. Slamdance, a festival for and by filmmakers, is like the friendly kid sibling to Sundance—less pretentious, more approachable. Case in point: While Sundance redefined Jesus Christ’s persona in “Last Days in the […]
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By Kayla A. Swenson Susan Shaw – an author, ordained minister and professor at Oregon State University – provided a voice to feminist theological perspectives during her brown bag speech Wednesday in the Merrill-Cazier Library. Students and teachers came together to hear Shaw’s remarks on how bodily passions are endowed of God. “Jesus came to […]
By Sarah Keyes Starting Tuesday evening and concluding with two shows on Saturday, students of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University performed “Sondheim on Sondheim” at the Caine Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan. The cast of nine Utah State students started rehearsing for the program, their first spring production, in October. Excluding […]
ASCAP music café opens with thrills from every genre By Noelle Johansen PARK CITY—People peeled off their winter coats as they crowded into the cozy venue, taking a break from film hopping by warming their insides with booze and swaying to the beat of the live music. The Sundance ASCAP Music Café held nothing back […]
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