By Todd Hamann NORTH LOGAN—The crowd lining both sides of 2500 North cheered as 300 Greenville Elementary Students ran the “Greenville Mile” last week. The event is an annual run that promotes physical activity and aims to teach students a life lesson, that when you focus on your goals, you can make huge improvements. “I […]
By Max Parker Dahl SALT LAKE CITY — Dredg’s new album, “Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy,” has received some of the more scathing reviews of the decade from hard-core fans who feel they have been abandoned by their favorite dark, experimental rock group. I will admit that I salivated at the thought or mention of the […]
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Review and photo by Max Parker Dahl SALT LAKE CITY — The Avalon Theater is a quaint little venue on the east side of State Street in Murray. An unassuming gray building with an empty message board, it is nestled between a barber shop, a car lot and is a stone’s throw away from one […]
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Story, Photos & Videos by Jess Allen LOGAN – There wasn’t a dry eye in the place as The Scotsmen, Utah State University’s new highland bagpipe band started by a freshman, conducted its first Highlands concert and performance at the USU Performance Hall. “There’s something about a bagpipe,” said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine […]
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By Ben Zaritsky Nearly 10 years ago, I sat and watched a plane collide into the Twin Towers. Instead of learning about geometry, or whatever it was I was supposed to study in school that day, my afternoon was spent listening to speculation as to what had happened. Was it an accident? Did something go […]
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Story, Photos and Video by Jess Allen LOGAN—The vibrant tones hang in the air in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church as the choir comes to an end of a song. Watching and listening attentively to Cathy Ferrand Bullock, conductor of the Westminster Bell Choir, the members of a local handbell group create music […]
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LOGAN—Nearly 4,600 students graduated from Utah State University this weekend, heading into a tough job market with optimism and enthusiasm. Led by President Stan Albrecht, Provost Raymond Coward, with the trustees and dignitaries, the procession of faculty and then hundreds of students stepped off from the Quad to the Spectrum in spring sunshine—uncharacteristic in recent […]
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It’s a simple lifestyle that has always been a small piece of the “31 flavors” of religious orders in the Catholic church. Story and photos by Lis Stewart OGDEN — Ever since she was five years old, Sister Danile Knight said she knew she wanted to be a nun. “I never wanted to be anything […]
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‘I don’t like it when people go out of their way to make me feel different. I’m just a guy who happens to like guys. I have to do laundry; I have to go to class; I have allergies – like everybody else.’ By Mariah Noble LOGAN — It was winter break my junior year […]
By Emily Pannell Johnson LOGAN—This time last year, Ang Haroldsen was graduating from Utah State University unsure of what she’d do next. She’d spent her last three years of college volunteering with the Val R. Christensen Service Center, so when her adviser encouraged her to apply for a position as USU’s AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service […]
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By Brandon Hadley CACHE COUNTY — Anyone who has driven along the benches in Cache Valley lately may have noticed what seems to be a growing population of deer roaming the foothills and in some cases, even neighborhoods. This has people from Smithfield to Avon and every town around and between asking what can be […]
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‘We call ourselves ruggers and we’re a unique bunch. We play in rain and snow and return to practice after practice with skinned knees and blackened eyes.’ Story by Noelle Johansen Photos by Noelle Johansen and Kat Stowell LOGAN — I overflowed with pride at my first real rugby bruise. I wore shorts just to […]
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LOGAN—Storee Powell, 2011 summa cum laude JCOM Graduate of the Year, is the only Utah State University student journalist whose regional Mark of Excellence Award winner has won a Society of Professional Journalists national award. Her piece for Utah Public Radio was named one of the three top student radio news stories in the United […]
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“I am amazed at the similarities between Islam and the LDS faith. The conservative environment here in Utah makes me feel close to home.” By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN — Allia Abu-Ramaileh strolls down a campus sidewalk at Utah State University wearing a soft, hooded scarf, an Aggie ice cream in hand, and receives both smiles […]
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Working group of citizens and officials will decide GRAMA’s future this summer By Kate Rouse LOGAN — When Joel Campbell walked into a Utah House of Representatives committee hearing on March 3, he had no idea the bill discussed that day would be passed by the House in less than 24 hours, that it would […]
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“It is calming. I feel rewarded and a sense of accomplishment. I feel more competent and yeah, I love it!” Story and photo by Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY — “There are three reasons why my wife and I decided to start our own small farm,” Wade Olsen, a small farm owner in Nibley, said. “First, it […]
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Agencies pass the buck, say it’s someone else’s problem Story and photo by Teresa Nield LOGAN—The collapse was almost two years ago, but troubles and worries continue. Despite the fact that most of the wreckage has been cleared away from the area where the canal broke, residents of Canyon Road living below the out-of-use canal […]
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Story & Photos by Natasha “Sarge” Bodily LOGAN—As the semester ends, I think it is about time I reveal my little secret: I was never actually planning to join the Army. As in: never in a million years. • Editor’s Note: JCOM print/PR major Natasha Bodily has documented her semester-long “embedded” experience with the Army […]
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Story & Photos by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—They either love her or hate her. That seems to be the consensus among Penny Byrne’s journalism students. Byrne has the reputation of being the “dreaded” mass media law professor whose class has a rumored fail rate of 40 percent. Her bluntness is often misconstrued as rudeness and her […]
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By Heidi Hansen LOGAN—USU Interior Design students may think they’re good at what they do now, but according to a visiting designer who addressed students at the Performance Hall Wednesday afternoon, they are only going to get better. “You can make it as interesting as you want,” said Ghislaine Vinas, a New York City-based designer […]
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