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‘Be Kind to Yourself’—sororities promote eating disorder awareness

By Jessica Sonderegger LOGAN—Hairstyles of all lengths and styles, adorned with purple bows, created a sea of color as USU students—primary women—gathered in the Taggart Student Center auditorium as part of Body Image Awareness week. Everywhere, light purple hair bows showed support for eating disorder awareness, and as a symbol of each woman’s pledge to […]

Tags: body image, Brooke Parker, eating disorders, Eri Bentley, Heidi Smith, Kelly Morse, sororities

Slip-sliding away: Logan to target homeowners who don’t shovel

By Jessica Sonderegger LOGAN—Whether Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of an early spring was accurate or not, melting icicles are singing a sweet song throughout the valley after a dreary winter. “Can’t wait,” said James Geirer, Logan’s Neighborhood Improvement manager. “It’s been an ugly winter on the Island.” Most city officials seem to agree. But their issue […]

Tags: Logan City, neighborhood imporvement, sidewalk, snow

Aggie handball players win national singles, doubles titles

By Curtis Lundstrom LOGAN—Utah State’s club teams took another step forward thanks to senior handballers Ryan Campbell and Jon Larson, who brought home a pair of championships from the 2013 National Collegiate Handball Championships. Battling a field of 250 of the nation’s top collegiate handball players, Campbell took the men’s 1B division, and paired with […]

Tags: handball, Herm Olsen, Jon Larson, Kim Butcher, Ryan Campbell

Cleaning up Cache Valley’s air: ‘You’ve got to start somewhere’

By Paul Christiansen LOGAN— A bill before the Utah Legislature sponsored by state Rep. Ed Redd, R-Logan, to implement vehicle emissions testing in Cache Valley recently drew a crowd of supporters to a public hearing at the Cache County Council. Rallying against the valley’s air quality problem, members of the multitude carried protest signs and wore […]

Tags: air quality, Cache County, Jean Lown, Niles Urry, Randy Martin

Enough snow and dogs already; Paradise looks for spring

By Dawn Otterby PARADISE—The Town Council reviewed winter operations and began planning for spring  Wednesday night. After approving a building permit for a new home to be built at 230 W. 8700 South, the council turned their attention to roads. Mayor Leland Howlett and Paradise resident Lee Atwood were in charge of snow removal for […]

Tags: dog clinic, Leland Howlett, meeting time change, Paradise Town Council, snow removal

North Logan council considers how to prevent child abuse

Story and photo by Jon Larson NORTH LOGAN — “North Logan city’s greatest asset is our children, now and for the future… All children deserve to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment to ensure they reach their full potential.” Those are the words from the newly ratified proclamation by the North Logan City […]

Tags: Child Abuse Month, Kristen Anderson, Lloyd Berentzen, Nancy Potter, North Logan City Council

Millville residents concerned about new school’s impacts

Story and photo by Tanner Simmons MILLVILLE – Worried residents are expressing concern with the announcement of a new high school. When the family of deceased landowner Oscar Monson sold property to the Cache County School District for a new high school, residents and city officials were shocked at how quickly the school board decided […]

Tags: Cache County School District, Frank Smith, Mike Johnson, Millville City Council, new high school

ATVNews: Bank robbery, fatal building collapse & @Napping Aggies

By the ATV News Staff LOGAN—It was a busy news day for the Aggie TV News staff on Thursday, as journalists covered a bank robbery and car-jacking in Brigham City, along with the collapse of the old Brigham KMart that killed a demolition worker. And then there was the fire in the basement of the […]

Tags: AGRS fire, bank robbery, building collapse, car-jacking, napping Aggies

USU Eastern debate team is no more, but 30-year record lives on

By Shadayah Jones USU Eastern Eagle Staff Writer PRICE—For more than 30 years, Neil Warren was the debate coach at what was then the College of Eastern Utah. During his career, he and his students won 202 national team trophies and 125 plaques. Some of those trophies are being displayed in the West Instructional Building […]

Tags: Neil Warren, USU Eastern debate team

Women’s b-ball target of 3rd athletics audit at USU Eastern in 2 years

By Seth Richards News Editor USU Eastern Eagle PRICE—For the third time in two years, the National Junior College Athletic Association is auditing USU Eastern athletics for academic eligibility. The women’s basketball team is being audited by the NJCAA, says Eastern athletic director Dave Paur, following audits last year for Eastern’s volleyball and men’s basketball […]

Ravitz: Writing with empathy, resisting fluff, and making a difference

By Katie Swain LOGAN—CNN Digital reporter Jessica Ravitz has focused her career on long-form, in-depth storytelling in a day that is increasingly more consumed by 140-character tweets, sound bites and abbreviated news. She returned to Utah Wednesday to share the story of her ongoing journey and success in a Morris Media & Society Lecture, “Persistence, […]

Tags: Aesha Mohammadzai, JCOM, Jessica Ravitz, Matthew LaPlante, Morris Media & Society

What’s your beef? Logan seeks feedback on neighborhood concerns

LOGAN—The city of Logan has organized a series of neighborhood meetings to get citizen input on city government actions and issues confronting residents on a neighborhood level. James Olson, the director of the city’s Community Development Block Grant office, coordinates the Neighborhood Council meetings, and has put together a summary of the issues residents discussed […]

Tags: Logan City, Logan Neighborhood Council, neighborhood concerns

Fire damages USU ag building, no one injured

By Shayna Marcure LOGAN – A fire Tuesday night is to blame for an estimated nearly $50,000 in damages to the  AGRS building at Utah State University, said Teryl Roper, head of the department of plants, soils and climate. “USU’s security responded just after 8 p.m. to fire alarms in the basement of the ag building,” […]

Tags: Ag Building, AGRS, Craig Humphreys, fire, Teryl Roper, Utah State

Redefining ‘beauty’—USU grads take on sexism in SI swimsuit issue

By Dani Hayes LOGAN—Lindsay and Lexie Kite have taken aim at one of the top icons of male chauvinism—the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue—as part of their campaign against media sexism. Protesting SI’s objectification of women (“soft porn,” they call it), the University of Utah PhD students are using sticky-notes with phrases like, “You are […]

Tags: Brenda Cooper, feminism, gender, Lexie Kite, Lindsay Kite, sexism, Sports Illustrated

Crowd packs County Council hearing, demands action for better air

Story and photo by Paul Christiansen LOGAN—Dozens of concerned Cache Valley residents— many bearing protest signs— converged on the Historic County Courthouse Tuesday evening for a public hearing and opportunity to voice outrage over polluted winter air. The throng filled the Cache County Council chambers to capacity, spilling into the foyer, and most in attendance […]

Tags: air pollution, Cache County Council, emissions testing, inversions, public hearing

CNN reporter comes to USU to talk about compassionate journalism

By Danielle Manley The Utah Statesman LOGAN—CNN enterprise reporter Jessica Ravitz will be on campus Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Agricultural Science Building as part of the Morris Media and Society Lecture series. Ravitz is well known for her coverage of the mutilated Afghan teen Aesha that adorned the cover of TIME magazine in […]

Tags: JCOM, Jessica Ravitz, journalism, Morris Media & Society Lecture

Coughing Cache residents protest Council inaction on air pollution

Story & Photos by Dani Hayes LOGAN—Wearing medical breathing masks, protesters gathered in front of the Cache County Historic Courthouse on Tuesday to demand government action against increasing air pollution in the valley, specifically vehicle emission tests. The County Council was holding a public hearing on imposing the tests. “There is a severe economic crisis […]

Tags: air pollution, Cache County Council, Jack Greene, Jean Lown, vehicle emissions

Paradise wants $80,000 from RAPZ tax fund for work on park

By Dawn Otterby PARADISE — The Town Council will ask the Recreation, Arts, Parks and Zoos tax fund for $80,000 this year, and put any money received toward a new town park. Jason Summers, the Paradise resident who has been overseeing the project, attended the meeting Feb. 20 to update the council. “I don’t know […]

Tags: equestrian park, Jason Summers, Leland Howlett, Paradise, RAPZ tax funds, town council

ATV News: Old Main Hill, napping Aggies, sports and weather

By the Aggie TV News Staff LOGAN—On Aggie TV News this week: sledding, hunger, video games, shuttle buses, campus café options and Aggies caught napping. Old Main sledding is a Cache Valley tradition—but really dangerous! reports Courtney Robinson. Years later, one injured sledder won’t set foot on the slope. What caused the Lake Bonneville flood […]

Tags: ATV News, napping Aggies, shuttle bus, sledding, student fees, video games

Under the sea . . . USU students dredge up biotech solution for implants

By Mary Taggart, Sam Bennion, Landon Kohler, Hannah Heninger and Amanda Ahlman The Blue Streak LOGAN—Inspired by aquatic creatures like sharks, whales and shellfish, and tested on the hulls of ships, microtexture has become an important addition to the medical field. Soon, with the help of Utah State University research, it could soon be implanted into thousands of medical […]

Tags: biotech, microtexture