• BEST IN STATE—Senior Courtney Schoen Lewis was named Best PR Student in Utah. Story

USU business students take first place at BYU competition

November 27th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

Special to the Hard News Cafe LOGAN–Three Utah State University students bested teams from business schools around the country in a competition earlier this month that tested not only their ability to make sound business recommendations, but required that they present their solutions in Spanish. A Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Spanish-speaking team took […]

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Judge sets preliminary hearing for Nibley woman

November 27th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Amanda Pierce LOGAN–A Nibley woman was charged with forgery and theft in 1st District Court Tuesday. Debra Lund, 40, faces one count of forgery, a third-degree felony, and two counts of theft, one count a third-degree felony and the other a class A misdemeanor, according to information filed by Tony C. Baird, Deputy Cache […]

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Wellsville proposes taking ownership of Red Slide subdivision

November 27th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Nick Rust WELLSVILLE–City recorder Don Hartle has proposed a plan that would transfer all “open space” land in the Red Slide subdivision to Wellsville city. The city plans on inviting Red Slide lot owners to meet and discuss the plan. Hartle said the plan would renovate West Park in the subdivision and would include […]

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Craving pizza? Find your fix at Fox’s

November 27th, 2009 Posted in Business |

By Kara Kawakami LOGAN–Unique in Utah, Fox’s Pizza Den offers Cache Valley residents something new, intriguing, and delicious. Fox’s Pizza Den is spacious and open, as well as contemporary and welcoming. With reddish-orange and green painted walls, there are tables for dine-in customers. Also an attraction to college students is a separate room with a […]

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Student who downloaded naked child photos in USU computer lab gets 1 year in jail

November 24th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Brendon Butler LOGAN–A Utah State University student was sentenced to one year in the county jail Monday after pleading guilty to a single second-degree felony count of sexual exploitation of a minor. Seven identical charges were dropped in a plea arrangement. Tyson F. Stokes, 24, was originally charged in April with downloading eight pornographic […]

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Animal control works with humane society to solve problem of stray cats and dogs

November 24th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Kara Kawakami LOGAN–Animal control officers keep the streets of Logan safe from biting dogs and feral cats. Any given day on the Logan City Police Department’s blotter, there is at least one report of a stray animal or some kind of animal incident. Animal control is normally call-oriented, said Capt. Tyson Budge. “We’re pretty […]

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Probation violation lands woman back in court

November 24th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Seili Lewis LOGAN–Chelsea Lee Kerr, 19, of Provo, was sentenced to meet the requirements of her probation in 1st District Court Tuesday. Judge Thomas L. Willmore ruled that Kerr must try once more to meet the requirements of her probation, which were set in May. Willmore said Kerr must pay a fine of $580, […]

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Press coverage of woman candidates biased, student researcher finds

November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

LOGAN–For journalism major Kate Reeves, the timing of Sarah Palin’s national tour last week to promote her new book couldn’t have been better. And the national news media cooperated, too, focusing a generally mocking eye once again on the former GOP vice presidential candidate. Reeves was scheduled to present her Honors thesis research, which focused […]

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Nibley is first city to reap reward of county road sales tax money

November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Benjamin Wood NIBLEY–Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon visited the City Council meeting Nov. 19 to present a $658,000 check for the recently completed construction on 3200 South. Lemon called the project a “worthy purpose” and said the funds came from the Cache County Road Sales Tax, approved by general election in 2007, which helps […]

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Man pleads guilty to third DUI

November 22nd, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Heidi Hansen LOGAN— Hans Peter Arendsten, 27, of Logan, charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, pleaded guilty Monday in 1st District Court to the first charge in exchange for having the second charge dropped. Arendsten faces up to five years in prison for his third DUI offense. […]

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Golden Spike—USU junior wins regional public relations competition

November 21st, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Kevin Mouritsen LOGAN—She’s the best in the state, and Courtney Schoen Lewis has the Golden Spike Award to prove it. The Utah State University junior from Texas won those bragging rights after being named Utah Public Relations Student of the Year this week at the annual meeting of the Salt Lake-area Public Relations Society […]

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Boise State thunders past Aggies in Romney Stadium rout

November 21st, 2009 Posted in Sports |

By Brendon Butler LOGAN–Friday night the 6th-ranked Boise Broncos ran amok in Utah State University’s Romney Stadium to take an easy 52-21 victory over USU. The game looked like a live one after Boise QB Kellen Moore’s first touchdown pass was quickly answered by USU’s Michael Smith when he rushed for a 22-yard goal. And […]

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Tweeting? Blogging? New Cache club helps people use social media

November 21st, 2009 Posted in Arts and Life |

By Rebecca Hansen LOGAN–Walking into Club New York, your eyes have to adjust to the almost non-existent light. The only lights illuminating the corridor and snack area are blacklights, making any white surface glow. At the end of the hallway is a cozy room with a small stage where half a dozen people are setting […]

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Student pleads guilty to theft of friend’s camera, possession of drug paraphernalia

November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Cassidee Cline LOGAN–A Utah State University student pleaded guilty to charges of theft and possessing drug paraphernalia Wednesday in 1st District Court. Jeremy Jase Torres, 20, admitted to stealing a bike and selling it on KSL.com, stealing a camera from a dorm on campus and possessing drug paraphernalia within 1,000 ft. of USU’s campus. […]

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Sub for Santa needs more Cache Valley helpers

November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Brendon Butler LOGAN–The non-profit Sub for Santa program hopes to help nearly 1,500 needy children with gifts this Christmas, said director Connie Bodily, but now the program is almost out of sponsors and may have to refer needy children to the back-up Shopko “Sharing Tree” if new sponsors don’t volunteer before Dec. 9. “We’re […]

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Rwandan president honored by USU for rebuilding country after 1994 genocide

November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By J.P. Rodriguez LOGAN – Rwanda’s ambassador to the United Nations, Eugene-Richard Gasana, accepted the Presidential Merit Medal on behalf of Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Utah State University yesterday. He addressed an audience of faculty and students at the Taggart Student Center Auditorium about Rwanda’s efforts to recover from the 1994 genocide. Gasana said […]

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Search warrant results in arrest of three North Logan residents

November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Brendon Butler LOGAN–Three young North Logan residents woke up Wednesday morning at their home on 395 E. 2700 North to a surprise visit from agents from the Cache-Rich Drug Task Force. Edward H. Rutan, 22, Felix O. Parda, 19, and Tammy L. Augustus, 21, were asleep when detectives entered the home on a search […]

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Hyrum adopts NIMS as incident-management policy

November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Heidi Hansen HYRUM—A resolution to adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as Hyrum’s official incident code of conduct was unanimously approved by the City Council Thursday. Blake Christensen, Hyrum city’s safety officer, who spoke in favor of the resolution, said adopting NIMS would be beneficial to Hyrum because it provides a way for […]

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USU’s David Peak named 2009 Carnegie Professor of the Year

November 19th, 2009 Posted in Arts and Life |

Aggie physicist ‘infects’ students with love of learning, passion for research By USU Media Relations Infect with passion. Decode the arcane. Encourage the unencouraged. Research is teaching. These are among the “effective professor mantras” Utah State University physicist David Peak mutters to himself each day as he walks about campus. “My colleagues might believe I’m […]

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An unwatched pot always boils—and sometimes catches fire

November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion |

By Kelly Greenwood LOGAN–Someone’s been cooking up a storm—or a fire, for that matter. Logan City Police and the Logan Fire Department responded to a call today at 11:55 a.m. at 755 E. 700 No. in Logan, where someone had left a pot on a stove, leaving the contents to overcook and smolder, Captain Jeff […]

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