Story and photo by Kate Rouse LOGAN — Utah State University may have broken a world record Thursday, or it may have just shown thousands of onlookers that being a geek is cool, especially when it involves 20,000 bouncy balls and a helicopter. The northwest parking lot of USU’s Romney Stadium was packed with people […]
Tags: bouncy balls, Geek Week, USU
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN— If a County Council meeting is held and nobody gets to see it, did it actually happen? And who is supporting such a potential silence? Like knowing if trees actually make a sound when they fall if would-be listeners are absent, it’s a riddle that station KUTA TV8 wants to avoid […]
Tags: broadcast meetings, County Council, GAP, KUTA, TV8
Story & Photos by Cathy Morgan LOGAN—People with disabilities may be told they’ll never be able to accomplish anything, but those involved in the blind and visually impaired sport of goalball at USU will tell you differently. A pair of Europeans—Austrian Hanz Lorenzen and German Sepp Reindle—invented goalball in 1946 to help rehabilitate blinded WWII […]
By Noelle Johansen WELLSVILLE — Students who walk to school need safer walkways, Willow Valley Middle School assistant principal Stacie Gomm told the City Council Wednesday. Gomm told the council about the School Neighborhood Access Program (SNAP) plan, designating specific and safe walking routes for students traveling to and from the school. She talked the […]
Tags: Child Abuse Prevention month, city council, SNAP, Wellsvile
Cache Valley could be isolated when the Big One hits. By Kate Rouse RICHMOND — In the wake of last week’s disaster in Japan, Councilwoman Terrie Wierenga stressed the importance of preparing locally for an emergency situation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “If an earthquake hit (Cache Valley), we could be cut off from supplies […]
Tags: disaster, earthquake, Richmond, survival, Terrie Wierenga
By Lis Stewart RIVER HEIGHTS—The status of a local home-based lawn care business and the upkeep in the southwest part of River Heights were on the table at a public hearing Tuesday night. One of the main concerns of city Planning Commission members was where the vehicles for JV Lawn Care, owned by Juan and […]
Tags: conditional use permit, JV Lawn Care, Planning Commission, River Heights
Story and Photo by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—Parking at the USU stadium was worse than usual Thursday—the lot was packed, but not with cars. Thousands of kids, students and community members huddled in the wind, cameras ready, hands blocking the sun as they peered at a helicopter roaring overhead, all awaiting the promised once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. Then […]
Tags: ball-drop, bouncy balls, College of Science, Geek Week
Story & Photos by Natasha Bodily Editor’s note: Natasha Bodily is trying out USU’s Army ROTC, to see if she has what it takes. See her first dispatch from the front. “Nobody would notice if I missed,” I thought. “And even if they did notice, they would easily forget….” “Ugh, Do I really have to […]
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By Katie Smedley NIBLEY—Nibley City will soon begin construction on a long-range plan for a $5 million, 50-acre, state-of-the-art sports park that will include five baseball fields, four soccer fields, a basketball court and tennis courts. City Manager Larry Anhder says Nibley is the fastest growing city in Cache Valley. Construction on the park, off […]
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LOGAN—The national Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has announced that Utah State University journalism students have combined to win 12 Mark of Excellence Awards for their 2010 work on the Hard News Café, Utah Public Radio, and ATV News. The awards, marking the best student work at colleges and universities in the Intermountain West will […]
Tags: ATV News, JCOM, Mark of Excellence, Region 9, SPJ, Utah Public Radio
Story & Photos by Jess Allen Utah Public Radio Report by Chanae Weller LOGAN—The Nelson Field House filled with the sound of beating drums and singing as dancers moved to the rhythm. Hundreds watched from the edge of the Pow Wow circle and vendors lined the perimeter of the warm building. USU’s 38th annual Pow […]
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Story & Photo by Courtney Rhodes Utah Public Radio Report by Landon Hemsley LOGAN—The Q&A ranged from President Obama’s politics to teacher tenure to Middle East conflicts and health care reform when Utah’s senior senator came to Utah State recently as a guest of the USU College Republicans. Skipping prepared remarks, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, […]
Tags: College Republicans, Obamacare, Orrin Hatch, politics
By David Cuillier I’m going to spend spring break in Utah. Not a lot of partying, and not much sunshine. In fact, it’s so dark in Utah right now that on Wednesday I will be in Salt Lake City to present the governor and Legislature the Society of Professional Journalists’ national “Black Hole Award” for […]
Tags: Black Hole, David Cuillier, FOIA, Freedom of Information, GRAMA, SPJ
By Courtney Rhodes LOGAN—As Utah State University students return from Spring Break and head toward the end of the school year, most are feeling the pressure. Competing deadlines, research projects, papers and reports, and the endless exam schedule put students under pressure to perform within competing deadlines. In many instances, these activities represent a major […]
Tags: academic dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism
By David Bowman Going to college can be a great experience. Students meet new friends and experience adventures that they would never have had if they didn’t attend. Some experiences, however, might be best not to have had. These can be extremely traumatic events or can be as simple as a bad roommate. Jason Burtoch, […]
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By Jess Allen LOGAN—Who’s packing heat on campus? The answer to that is anyone’s guess, said USU Police Chief Steve Mecham, who said he doesn’t even have any idea how many USU students, staff and faculty have legal concealed-weapon permits, let alone who is actually carrying. “I interpret [the law] as most college campuses in […]
Tags: Guns on campus, Utah firearms law, Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN — Governor Gary Herbert has now signed House Bill 477, a law that restructures Utah’s Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) and hides many records from public view, including politicians’ text messages and e-mails. The bill passed through the Senate an uncharacteristic 90 minutes after it was passed in the […]
Tags: distress, GRAMA, HB477, professors, staff, students, Utah State
By Storee Powell WELLSVILLE – An apartment fire forced renters to evacuate at 6 a.m. Sunday after the chimney on a pellet stove started smoldering. All the occupants were safely evacuated from the apartments attached to the White Buffalo outdoor goods store at 39 E. Main Street. However, as of 7 a.m., three cats belonging […]
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By Teresa Nield LOGAN — A Logan man pleaded guilty in 1st District Court Tuesday to two charges of providing alcohol for a minor. Jordan R. Phelps, 21, was sentenced by Judge Thomas Willmore to 180 days in jail, with all but two days suspended. Phelps was also given two days in the Cache County […]
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Story and photo by Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY — At the groundbreaking for the new city hall, Nibley Mayor Gerald Knight said, “We hope that this is a place that will meet our needs for the next 15 plus years.” Many members of the community came to support this event though the weather was a little […]
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