Story & Photo by Safiyyah Ballard LOGAN-Where can you get New Orleans-style beignets served with locally made Week’s Raspberry Preserves in Logan? You can find these and a menu full of original breakfast items for weekend brunch at the new Iron Gate Grill, now on Federal Avenue in downtown Logan. A young customer, Kieren Condie, […]
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Story & Photos by Satenik Sargsyan LOGAN—The team of USU business students that spent several weeks touring businesses and cities across South America this summer returned home with suitcases full of cultural and business knowledge. The Salt Lake City airport was filled with exclamations of, “I can’t believe it’s over!” and “I want to go […]
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Story & Photos by Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—USU business students participating in a summer tour of South American businesses joined the Hope Alliance eye clinic project to provide Peruvians with the opportunity to see the world through clear-colored glasses. The students volunteered in an open-air clinic in Trujillo, Peru, where the Hope Alliance was armed […]
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By Michael Doxey USU JCOM senior Mike Doxey is a member of the U.S. Air Force’s 446 Aerospace Medicine Squadron, based at Lewis-McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Wash. In June, Doxey’s unit was activated to provide relief after flooding at the Chippewa Cree Rocky Boy Indian Reservation near Havre in far-northern Montana. ROCKY BOY […]
By Michael Doxey British film director Danny Boyle will be one of the four artistic directors to design and direct opening ceremonies at the 2012 Olympic Games in England. Boyle, a 2008 nominee for best director for his Slumdog Millionaire, will team with Beijing 2008 Games designer Mark Fisher, TV director Hamish Hamilton and producer […]
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By Caresa Alexander LOGAN—Patrons who have not been to the Logan Library for a few months are in for a treat. An expanded children’s area, a Teen Tech Center and a Family History Collections room are just some of the changes that have taken place during a recent remodeling. The library’s children’s section, once a […]
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By Satenik Sargsyan MACHU PICCHU, Peru—Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas high in the Peruvian Andes, has been re-conquered. This time, by tourists. Nervously chewing coca sweets on the bus to prepare for the altitude, and trying to hide the childish excitement pouring out of me, I was ready for a solemn temple-like […]
By Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—A USU business student on a summer study tour of South America was mugged in a Peruvian neighborhood while conducting research on micro-businesses. International business and economics junior Scot Mardsen was gathering data about Internet cafe businesses in a modest Peruvian neighborhood when he felt his “backpack was torn from my […]
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—JCOM alumnus Cody Huot, an assistant golf pro in Arizona at the TPC Scottsdale, pals around with visiting duffer President Bill Clinton, who was in town for a couple of rounds with some local political cronies. Huot, a former Aggie golf team stand-out who graduated in public relations from USU in 2006, manages the […]
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By Satenik Sargsyan LIMA, Peru—After visiting the major cities of the two most economically advanced countries in South America, Chile and Brazil, I was under the impression that the concept of “less developed countries” in this part of the world must only mean leaving trash bags on the sides of the street, having a slightly […]
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By Satenik Sargsyan TRUJILLO, Peru—The USU business students participating in the Huntsman School’s South America Study Abroad Program started the Peru phase of their summer studies with a joint USU-Peru entrepreneurs initiative, the Small Enterprise Education and Development (SEED) program. SEED is a micro-loan partnership program run by Utah State University and DanPer in Trujillo, […]
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By Michael Doxey LOGAN—In a day when processed food is available on every corner, health concerns have been raised about the diet of the American people. Fast food, prepared frozen meals, packaged snacks and candy may cause your denim to shrink or your derriere to expand. The World Health Organization attributes a sharp rise in […]
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By Satenik Sargsyan RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL—The team of business students from the Huntsman South America Program completed the Brazilian phase of their trip across the continent this week with vivid business impressions. USU students visited major corporation in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, including key international players, such as Petrobras Oil Company, Banco […]
By Satenik Sargsyan RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL—The Brazilian chapter of their summer South America tour left USU business students with the impression that whether a dweller of El Corcovado city or the city of Statue of Freedom or even a small town in Utah, humans are a part of a small world, sharing common traits. […]
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By Safiyyah Ballard FOR RENT: Room in my 1000-square-foot apartment. The $315 rent includes utilities, cable, and high speed Internet. The apartment is fully furnished, except for the room available for rent. Great location, LTD bus stop and grocery stores are across the street. Will need a $150 deposit, a list of three references and […]
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Story & Photos by Caresa Alexander LOGAN—Former U.S. Sen. Jake Garn came to town for the Logan-Cache Airport’s 4th annual Celebration of Flight, sharing the stage and the tarmac with the World War II-vintage B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” Garn, who served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, the Utah Air National Guard and […]
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Story and Photos by Caresa Alexander SOMEWHERE ABOVE CACHE VALLEY—The vintage World War II bomber roared along the runway the Logan Cache Airport as spectators waved. Sitting in the waist section of the plane, five of us grinned in anticipation. Inside the B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast” the engine noise was so loud we had […]
By Satenik Sargsyn HNC Special South America Correspondent SANTIAGO, CHILE—A team of USU Huntsman Business School students, spending the summer studying in South America, completed two days of visits to Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago on Monday, comparing U.S. and Chilean higher education systems and using economic tools to evaluate the effects of […]
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By Satenik Sargsyan HNC Special South American Correspondent SANTIAGO, CHILE—As USU’s Huntsman Summer Program launched students into South American last week to study business practices, students traveling abroad were already navigating busy schedules of business and cultural visits. Students in the Huntsman South America Program students visited the U.S. embassy in Santiago, Chile, where they […]
Photo by April Ashland ON THE BANKS OF THE COLORADO RIVER, ARIZONA—I’m pretty sure we’ll never get such a picture to go on Hard News like this one…. I took it (along with 50 million others, jeesh!) on my trip to Arizona. It was taken over the Colorado River on the Dine (Navajo) Nation in […]
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