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The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business has recently added three new staff members to its faculty: professors Jim Davis, Michael Glauser and Bill Shughart. Together, their resumés help put the business school on the trajectory of excellence, Dean Doug Anderson said. Davis and Glauser will be working together to better the entrepreneurial programs at USU as head of the Management

Department and executive direc-tor of Entrepreneurial Programs, respectively. Shughart will be playing a different role with an emphasis on political economy as the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice. Davis is the former head of the University of Notre Dame’s Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Under his direction, Notre Dame’s program was ranked second in the nation for entrepreneurial studies for several years, and remained in the top five until he departed.

Glauser has an equally extensive past as the founder and former CEO of Golden Swirl Management Company and of Northern Lights. He taught at the University of North Carolina for a number of years before entering the private sector. However, he reentered educa-tion when Westminster College requested he start an entrepre-neurial program there. He said he was approached by Anderson after Glauser gave an address at the Huntsman School’s e-Week April 2010, and was asked to join the school’s staff.

“Wouldn’t it be great to graduate with keys to your own business?” Davis asked. “We’re about launch; we’re not about talk. We will have a top-ranked management program and we will have a top ranked entrepre-neurship program.” Explaining how to teach entrepreneurism, Davis said, “What a business school gives is a way to manage risk, a way to build your network … a way to get mentoring that you cannot get any other way. And then to

USU Parking and Transportation Services will not be extending the hours of paid parking at the Big Blue Parking Terrace, Associate Vice President for Business and Finance Dwight Davis said. The Terrace currently allows people to drive out without paying after 9:30 p.m. “We decided at the moment, no, we are not going to change the gate times,” Davis said. He said “(We will) continue to collect data and see if there are ways that we can better utilize the resources that we have.” Davis said the focus is on finding customer service options to improve the overall service on campus, including students, visitors, faculty and staff. Parking and Transportation Director James Nye said the Parking Office is currently collecting data on the Terrace.

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USU aerospace engineering students were given a $5,000 award by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Thursday morning, for a rocket compe-tition they won in April. That same afternoon, the students were able to witness a full-scale test of a heavy-launch rocket at the ATK facility. USU engineering students worked all of last year creating a new rocket design to compete in University Student Launch Initiative, a NASA design competition, in Huntsville, Ala. The first design they created was destroyed in a test, and the engineering students had to rebuild their rocket from scratch in one week. They said their week payed off. They defeated all of the competition, securing first prize for USU. “We beat ‘em all,” said Jamie Wilson, a graduate student of aerospace engineering. “MIT, community colleges, University of Florida, Vanderbilt — there were about 40 schools from across the nation.” As part of their project, the USU engineer-ing students had to do more than just build a rocket; they presented to NASA, wrote reports, proposals, applied for funding and traveled to elementary, middle and high schools around Cache Valley to get students excited about engineering and science. The year-long project was coordinated by Dr. Tony Whitmore, a USU professor, who said that was the third time USU has won first place in the NASA competition. USU’s new rocket design, which success-fully landed without damaging its payload, has enormous potential, said Nathan Madsen, a USU aerospace engineering student. “Theoretically, a similar rocket could be used in space,” Madsen said. “Although there have been budget cuts. There is definitely still a future in aerospace engineering,” Wilson said. ATK employees seemed to agree. Harry Reed, the propulsion director for ATK, said, “Yes there have been budget cuts — ATK recently laid off over 100 workers — but space travel is far from over. The rocket being tested today is evidence of that. We are getting less money from the government, so it is a new challenging environment. It may be slow for a while, but we will definitely bounce back. We simply have to market space travel toward the private sector instead of the public sector.” Charles J. Precourt, vice president and gen-

eral manager of ATK aerospace systems group, agreed. “Times like these only force us to be more streamlined.” Precourt, a veteran of four space f lights and one of the lead designers of the new project, said. The DM-3, the new design, is more efficient than any earlier rocket design, he said. The rocket has five segments instead of four and has the potential to take astronauts to Mars or even to asteroids, in the future. The DM-3 is a

Blast offUSU engineers and ATK advance rocket design despite continued budget cutsBY EVAN MILLSAP

staff writer

demonstrates its new rocket technology at a test site in Tremonton, launching the 22 million-horsepower rocket into a mountainside. Spectators included stu-dents from the College of Engineering and members of the community. EVAN MILLSAP photo

“... ATK recently laid off over 100 workers — but space travel is far from over.”

— Harry Reed,

ATK Propulsion Director

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is one of many parking lots on campus where students can park for free in the evening hours. While many lots open to students after 5 p.m, the Aggie Terrace and the Big Blue Terrace (located near the TSC) open at 9:30 p.m. CARL R. WILSON

Students stay late to avoid parking feesBY CHRIS LEE

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The department of environment and society has officially appointed its two-year interim department head Mark Brunson to take over the depart-ment starting in June. “I think people all across the university are delighted to (have him as the head). I’ve gotten nothing but good reports and people are pleased to be working with him,” said College of Natural Resources Dean Nat Frazer. Frazer said the decision to appoint him was not difficult. “I interviewed one-on-one with every faculty member in the depart-ment and asked them to name three people who they thought would be a suitable candidate to be the depart-ment head … more than one person said ‘Mark, Mark, and Mark’,” Frazer said. Brunson began with a career in the Air Force, as an enlisted public relations journalist, and later became an editor for a city newspaper, in Montana. There, he worked as a jour-nalist for environmental and natural resources issues, until he moved to Oregon State University, where he earned his doctorate degree in forestry. In 1992, Brunson started a career at USU teaching forest resources and since then has spent almost 19 years doing research and teaching classes. For the past two years he has acted as the interim head of the environment and society department. “He’s very level-headed, has an even keel, and he is also a very good teacher, himself,” Frazer said. Along with the respect and admiration he has earned from faculty members, Brunson has been esteemed by many students as an asset to the program. “Dr. Brunson is truly a renais-sance man of the College of Natural Resources,” said college Senator Blake Thomas. “He has inspired me to become more involved in the college and has patiently fielded a myriad of questions from me along the way,” Thomas said. “He is a phenomenal professor. In addition to facilitating learning and growth, he has an incredible sense of humor in the classroom.” “I feel he will be an excellent department head because of his skill in considering the students, faculty and the university when making deci-sions,” he added. For the past two years, as Brunson has acted as head of the department, much of his focus has been on expand-ing the department’s programs with distance education. The recreational management degree is now offered across the state at USU’s regional campuses. “Probably a third of all of our majors are from some place other than Logan,” Brunson said. “They’re in Brigham City, or they’re in Moab. We just had our first student declare their major, who is going to be taking classes in Park City.” Brunson said the department recently hired a faculty member who lives in in Moab, and broadcasts her courses across the state while field

teaching, in Moab. He said opportuni-ties like these are the result of the

expansion effort. With distance education as one of Brunson’s main focuses, he said he plans to keep the department moving forward in what he called “a steady and sustainable pace,” to get aboard the overall direction of the University. “Part of what I’m trying to do is to find and maintain a balance of the three missions we have as a university: to provide outreach and information to citizens throughout the state, provide quality education and to do valuable scientific research to solve the envi-ronmental problems we have as a state and as a country,” he said. Brunson said he is also making efforts to reach out to students who may be interested in the environment and society program and would like to learn more. “One thing I’d like students to know is you don’t have to eat gra-nola and hug trees to be part of our program,” he said. “There are a lot of different things you can do within this field. We have a lot of students that do communication, international develop-ment, volunteer work, fundraising. Many students will work directly with policy makers to influence laws, become wildlife conservation officers, park rangers and anything with jobs in an information division.”

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were turned in to the Public Safety Building. The keys were secured in safekeeping.

Village. A resident received medical attention after a pres-sure cooker exploded in the kitchen area. The resident was transported to the Logan Regional Hospital for additional treatment.

Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011

behind at the University Inn. Police stored the firearm at the Public Safety Office until the owner could be reached to retrieve it.

iting long boards on the corner of 800 East 700 North. Police issued a warning informing the individual that he needs a city permit to solicit his long boards.

top of the parking garage roof above Aggie Terrace. The stu-dents were sitting on the blue rail looking at the sunset.

on Innovation campus. Police arrived and were met by an

employee who set the alarm off. The employee responded to the buildings to reset electronics and air handlers after the power shut off. The responsible party arrived and the alarm was reset.

Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011

Richards Hall. Upon investigation it was determined that the smell had the same odor as marijuana. Police investigated the incident and made an arrest for pos-session of marijuana. The same individual is also under investigation for altering a fire detection device and posses-sion of a narcotic prescription without a prescription.

Monday, Aug. 29, 2011

locating a university student who needed to be put on some medication, and to have her contact the emergency room. The student was located and the message was delivered.

traffic accident with minor personal injuries. USU Officers contained the scene and rendered aid to the injured individu-als. Logan City Officers and medical personnel arrived and took charge of the accident.

Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011

dentally locked their bike to her bike. The lock was cut and the other bike was secured with a USUPD lock.

individual possibly smoking marijuana. The male suspect had left prior to arrival.

middle of the street along 800 East. Two individuals were identified and given a verbal warning about skating on the streets.

Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011

taken down and ripped up by someone in the TSC. Police are investigating.

met with two young men selling newspapers on campus. The subjects were advised of the policy and agreed to leave cam-pus.

quoting scriptures and acting real strange hanging out in the common area of a Living & Learning Center building. The male individual was told to leave and warned that if he is found in USU Housing again without renting, or staying over in any USU building that he will be arrested for trespassing.

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key component of the new Liberty Launch System, which is a new international, commercial space transportation business. USU engineering students were not the only specta-tors at the testing site. ATK employees, Box Elder County locals, NASA officials, and Air Force and Army soldiers also showed up to observe the ignition of the DM-3. At 2:05 p.m., the rocket blasted off. The spectators observed the f lash, heard the deafening explosion and then were hit with a wave of heat. The sand at the exhaust end of the rocket was immediately turned to glass. The rocket burned for about two minutes with 3.6 million pounds of force. The 22 million-horsepower motor forced the rocket to vector back and forth,

and vibrate in the frame. A shadow spread over the mountains as a cloud of smoke blocked the sun. USU engineering students and others broke into applause. Shane Jacobsen, an information technology worker at ATK and an observer of the event, said, “The entire thing was amazing. Space travel is inspiring.” Rebecca Stanley, a Box Elder County resident, said, “Before I heard about this rocket, I thought Obama had kind of killed the space program. Now I realize that I was wrong. It looks like we’re going need more astro-nauts and engineers.”


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USU ENGINEERING STUDENTS receive an award for their work on an innovative new rocket design. The crew submitted its design to the University Student Launch Initiative in which it took first place after having to reconstruct its rocket when the first one was destroyed. EVAN MILLSAP photo

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USU students win NASA award, view explosion

ENVS dept names headBY KEVIN MITCHELL

staff writer

PROFESSOR MARK BRUNSON, who has been serving as the interim environment and society department head, has been selected to resume the position. Photo courtesy of Mark Brunson

“ He's very

level-headed,

has an even

keel and is

also a very

good teacher

himself."

— Nat Frazer, Dean of the

College of Natural Resources

“We have a program in there that shows us when the gate is lifted and when people exit. And we have occupancy data for every hour of the day,” Nye said. “In the evenings we may be doing some studies about how long the students have actually parked there and when they’re leaving, and gathering some information on what their needs are and trying to meet those needs.” USU student Kamille Clifford said she occasionally parks in the Terrace when there are events on campus that she wants to go to. Students who work on campus often park at the terrace to be able to park close to their job. Kodie Alder said she parks there almost every day because she works at the Fieldhouse at night. She added that many of her coworkers also use the Terrace. “I have a lot of friends that do that, and then they always end up paying to get out,” Alder said. “But they would always try to wait till 9:30 (at night), until a friend would come pick them up, and then they would come back and get their car later.” Loren Brewer, who works at the

Library, said he parks in the Terrace. “It’s close to campus, if not, I’d have to park — I honestly don’t think I’d know where to park,” Brewer said. Davis said the terrace isn’t the only area on campus where students can park without being charged, or without receiving a parking ticket after a certain time of day. “After 5 p.m., 81 percent of all of the

on-campus parking lots are available,” Davis said. Parking lots near student housing require ticketing of cars without park-

said the parking lot behind the library and the Biotechnology Center is also

hours. Nye said another thing that could impact the parking situation is the con-struction of new buildings on former parking lots. “Faculty and staff who had parking permits in these particular areas are affected,” Davis said, “and have to be moved to other parking lots, which does increase the demand for addition-al on-campus parking for faculty and staff.” Davis said the new buildings are good for the school, however. “It’s a wonderful thing for Utah State University. We certainly are excited to see the growth and with that comes opportunities to try and find solutions for parking,” Davis said. One of those solutions could be to make minor adjustments to lots around campus. Parking and Transportation Services sent out a notification that said it has made adjustments to the parking areas around the Spectrum because of the loss of faculty parking in on campus. Parking and Transportation Services also provides students with the Aggie Shuttle, in addition to generally overseeing parking. “We are utilizing the Aggie Shuttle

heavier than we ever have in it’s history,” Nye said. “We carried more people last year than we ever had — we carried over a million people. We have more buses per round than we have in the past. We’re trying to utilize that service to it’s capacity” Cache Valley Transit District works with the school, Davis said. “CVTD will be on campus in a couple of weeks to specifically talk to students about transportation needs,” Davis said. “They will conduct focus groups and do some student surveys.”


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USU Parking may do more studies on parking patterns

“ ... It's a

wonderful

thing for

Utah State

University.

We certainly

are excited

to see the

growth ..."

— Dwight Davis, associate VP for

Business and Finance

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Social invites students to ‘GAS’

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience zero gravity? Are you a creative person who enjoys thinking outside the box and working with a team? All Utah State University stu-dents are invited to attend the opening social of USU’s Get Away Special (GAS) Team Thursday, Sept. 8, at 5:30 p.m. The gather-ing will be held in the Department of Physics Conference Room in the Science Engineering Research (SER) building, room 244. USU’s GAS Team, which takes its name from a former NASA pro-gram that enabled groups outside the agency to f ly experiments of their own design on space shuttles, is largely responsible for one of Utah State’s most well known achievements: USU has sent more student-built experiments into space than any university in the world. “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to join our team — though geeks are welcome, too,” says GAS team member Jenica Sparrow, a veteran f lyer of NASA’s ‘vomit comet’ microgravity jet. “We need people with all kinds of skills and talents — graphic design, liberal arts, business, edu-cation, marketing — you name it.” At the gathering, attendees will enjoy pizza while learning about projects planned for the coming academic year and beyond. GAS team leader Ryan Martineau, also a veteran NASA f lyer, says the team plans to submit a proposal for NASA’s 2012 Microgravity University, in which the team has participated for the past two years, and is also designing a cube satel-lite.

Parking lot closes for construction Maintenance in the “Purple”

parking lot — south of the Old Main

building — is scheduled Saturday,

Sept. 10. The lot will be closed most

of the day.

USU’s Parking and Transportation

Services coordinates the maintenance

that includes crack sealing and paint-‐

ing. Work is scheduled from 6 a.m. to

6 p.m.

Those traveling to campus for

weekend work Sept. 10, who nor-‐

mally park in the Purple lot should

use the Aggie Terrace for any parking

needs that day.

Contact Parking and

Transportation Services with any

questions, (435) 797-‐7275,

Registration is in progress for the 2011 Restoring the West Conference slated for Oct. 18 to 19 at Utah State University’s Eccles Conference Center. Discounts are offered for stu-dents and participants registering by Sept. 30. “Sustaining Forests, Woodlands, and Communities through Biomass Use” is the theme for this year’s gathering, which features talks and workshops led by scientists and land managers from throughout the west-ern United States. “This year’s conference examines how woody biomass harvest can facilitate land restoration projects while supplying much-needed forest products, including fuel for renew-able energy,” says Darren McAvoy, conference co-chair and USU Forestry Extension program associ-ate. “Talks will focus on how biomass harvest can enhance the ecological and financial feasibility of restora-tion projects with an emphasis on collaboration between land owners, public land managers, community leaders, business and scientists.”

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Students try their hand at lassoing

STUDENTS LASSO HAY BALES at Showcase Week, an event put on by the College of Agriculture. Miniature labs were set up by animal, dairy and veterinary science students and researchers, as well as the Biotech and Pre-Veterinary clubs. The USU Rodeo Team taught students how to use a lasso and let them practice on dummies they set up. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo

me, one of the most essential things is it teaches you the way to approach business.” “I can tell you, in a college of business, that’s the place to pick that up,” Davis said. “I’ve had people try to pick it up on the street as they grow their business. Now that’s the school of hard knocks, man. It is very unforgiving.” When asked how one can teach the innova-tion required of an entrepreneur, Glauser said, “It’s very possible to teach entrepreneurship.” Shughart, who previously taught at the University of Mississippi, Clemson University and George Mason University, is ranked in the top five percent of all economists in the world by Internet Documents in Economics Access Service (IDEAS), an online bibliographic eco-nomic database. He worked as an economist for the Federal Trade Commission, has been pub-lished in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and was formerly the editor in chief of Public Choice, a journal examining the intersec-tion of politics with economics. Shugart said he plans to bring the journal to USU, which he said will be an asset to the university. Shugart said the connections he has made through his work with Public Choice, the schools he has worked at, and the FTC will allow

him to help students “get their feet in the door” of the different organizations and graduate programs. “He’s deeply networked in the Capital City,” Anderson stated. All three professors said they were impressed with the atmosphere and drive of the students and university faculty in Logan. “Generally speaking,” Shughart said, “the faculty here is young and energetic.” He said a key reason he came here was the faculty members, with whom he had longstand-ing relationships. “Once I visited, I was very pleased with the environment,” he said. Shughart said he was amazed after sitting in on a Koch Scholars meeting and was impressed with the curiosity of the students associated with the club. Davis said the students at USU are “his kind of student.” He said the school has potential for “excellence beyond anybody’s imagination.” Davis said he never intended to leave Notre Dame, but said he couldn’t resist coming to USU. “It’s almost like I saw a box of building blocks full of potential. All it needs is some structur-ing, some development … and we can be as good

as anybody.” Anderson said the three new hires are key to the school’s growth. He said the first step in becoming a premier college is being the number one school to the students and faculty within the college. If they are enthused, he siad, other things will fall into place. “We know how to get better, and that’s what we are committed to doing,” Anderson said, adding that he is already working on recruiting eight or nine new professors for the coming year.


THE HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS recently hired three new professors from across the nation to come bolster its faculty. Plans are already in the works to hire eight or nine additional professors in the coming year. Photos courtesy of Jim Davis, Mike Glauser and William Shugart, pictured left to right

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New professor says college is the place to learn business

as anybody.”

“ It's almost like I saw a box of building blocks full of potential. All it needs is some structuring.”

— Professor Jim Davis, new hire, College of Business

A Statesman straw poll done Thursday showed that 50% of USU students would vote for Mitt Romney if they had to vote today. The other top candidates were Jon Huntsman with 16% of the votes, and Barack Obama with 15%.

The Statesman will be running a more in-depth poll next week, following the Republican debate, to collect more data. If you would like to participate in The Statesman’s poll, please visit utahstatesman.com

Big moment:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tangled over jobs created in their home states. While Perry touted jobs created on his watch — and despite a recession — Romney highlighted his work both in government and in the private sector, where he spent the bulk of his career. Perry shot back that Massachusetts’ former Democratic Gov. Michael Dukakis created three times as many jobs as Romney. Romney countered that George W. Bush and his predecessor also created three times as many jobs as Perry. From the sidelines, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman piped up that his state led the nation in job creation during his tenure.

Other highlights:

Perry won applause from the audience for saying he never struggled with whether any of the inmates executed during his time as governor might have been innocent. As of Wednesday, 234 people have been executed in the 10-plus years that Perry has served as governor of Texas, the highest number of any U.S. governor. The very mention of that statistic drew applause.

Perry stood by his criticism of Social Security, calling the program for seniors a “monstrous lie”

A claim that prompted Romney to charge that such rhetoric is bad for the GOP.

Key quotes:

“Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt.” — Perry to Romney.

“Well, as a matter of fact, George Bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you did, governor.” — Romney to Perry.

“I hate to rain on the parade of the Lone Star governor, but as governor of Utah, we were the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service. That was 5.9 percent when you were creating jobs at 4.9 percent. And to my good friend, Mitt, 47 just ain’t going to cut it, my friend, not when you can be first.” — Huntsman to Romney.

Top laughs:

“No, but it means that, if he wants to write another book, I’ll write another foreword.” — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, when asked if his foreword to Perry’s book was an endorsement of its contents.

“I kind of feel like the pinata here at the party,” Perry said following his rivals’ criticisms during the debate.

— Compiled by The Associated Press (AP)

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Music helps find cure for diabetes

USU alumnus finds his way back to Logan Because the education necessary for Steve Noel’s current employment was obtained at the University of Idaho’s law school, many people might think the Ogden resident’s heart should lie in Moscow, Idaho. That’s where the Block A, USU professors and a former Aggie basketball rivalry with University of Nevada Las Vegas could prove anyone wrong. Noel, the current chapter president of the Weber region — and soon to be vice president of the USU Alumni Association — calls himself a true-blooded Aggie from Utah. A few minutes of conversation reveals as much, too. His oldest son sleeps in a room laden with Utah State apparel hanging from every corner of the room. With the help of his chapter board, Noel has planned previous alumni golf tournaments that raise money for USU scholar-ships. He has brought basketball Head Coach Stew Morrill into the area to speak with sup-porters of the basketball program. It’s a devotion to a school that Noel said is merited by his own graduation, as well as the fact that his parents met at USU, and four of his five siblings attended here. All Noel said he wonders, is why it should be any other way. “To me, it’s the pure college atmosphere at

USU,” Noel said. “Especially within the state of Utah, I don’t think there’s another university like it — the way it provides the going-away-to-college atmosphere. Hanging out at First Dam with friends, studying on the Quad during the warmer months — it’s just really unique.” Though Noel’s business management and sociology degrees do not directly translate into his current position, primarily as a litigation attorney with Smith-Knowles Attorneys in Ogden, he said he doesn’t have to look beyond Logan to recognize since-retired faculty mem-bers. People who Noel said were pivotal to his academic growth, even before his graduation from USU in 1994. “David Danes challenged me and taught me how to think critically,” said Noel, a two-time selection among Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business Magazine. “He was a good influence on me in terms of my education and approach-ing law school and those types of things.” Danes’ influence on Noel as a former lawyer, earlier in life, along with an internship for for-mer Utah Lt. Gov. Olene Walker that Noel expe-rienced in a summer while he was still enrolled at USU, were critical to Noel’s decision to pursue law in Moscow, his wife Wendy said, who was married to him at the time. “All the experiences we had played a big role in helping us figure out exactly what we wanted

in life,” his wife, an elementary education grad-uate from USU the same year, said. ”We just had such opportunities (at USU).” Such opportunities included the opportunity for Noel and his eventual wife to meet as fellow students. Though she had been dating Noel’s roommate following his return from LDS mis-sion in 1990, after he got back, things changed. “After a few months, she decided that maybe she needed a change,” Noel said. “Truth be told, they weren’t going out anymore. That’s all it took.” The two were engaged on Noel’s 20th birth-day, in July, following five months of courtship, and preceding a September 1991 marriage in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. “And we made each other True Aggies,” Noel said, of the eventful homecoming weekend of that year. “It came a matter of weeks after (get-ting married).” Both parties were quick to say that things are still the same at USU when it comes to enthu-siasm for its basketball program. Noel said he fondly remembers waiting overnight with his wife to enter the Spectrum during one season to be a part of the student section, which would be rooting against a Jerry Tarkanian-led UNLV program, which had won the national champi-onship in 1990 and posted an undefeated regu-

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It’s 2 a.m., and though the rest of the world sleeps, USU alumna Amy Creer wakes up her 10-year-old son Tyler to prick his finger and test his blood sugar. Tyler was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Aug. 17. Since his release from the hospital, finger pricks have become part of the family’s daily and nightly routines. “Before we eat anything, we have to count every single carb that goes in his body. For every carb he eats, we have to put in more insulin,” Creer said. “When he plays sports, it’s even trickier, because you have to test his blood sugar when he’s there and give him sugary snacks at half-time.”

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease in which the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to make glu-cose and give cells energy. It is more common among children but can also occur in adults. “Tyler is so good,” Creer said. “He just says things like, ‘I’ve got it. There’s nothing I could do to prevent it. There’s nothing I could do to change it. I’m going to live with it.’” There is no cure for this disease yet, but the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is a worldwide organization dedicated to finding one. According to the JDRF website, the organization has raised $1.5 billion for research since it began in 1970. Last year it funded $107 million for research in 19 different coun-tries. “Our biggest fund-raiser is our walk program,” Utah’s JDRF Special Events Coordinator Stacey McAllister

said. JDRF’s Walk to Cure Diabetes occurs annually and starts in Logan Sept. 17, at Willow Park, at 9 a.m. To get the community thinking about diabetes, junior Mike Balls, a computer science major, said he is organizing the Rock Against Diabetes concert Sept. 10. Balls works at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he said the employees are asked to raise money for JDRF every year. “We did another concert in 2007, and I learned a lot,” Balls said. “I’ve been planning this second event in my head ever since the end of the first one.” Balls said his mother has Type 1 diabetes, so the per-sonal connection gives him a greater desire to help. “I just look at how she has to handle that, and I can’t imagine a kid doing that,” Balls said. There are 175,000 people in the world who have diabetes, but only about 10 percent are Type 1, according to Laura Western, executive director for the Utah chapter of JDRF. “Statistically, we are slight-ly higher here (in Utah), but that could be because we have more children,” Western said. The event in 2007 raised $2,200. Balls said he’s been able to apply what he learned and adapt the event to run more smoothly this year. “The event starts at 11 o’clock in the morning and goes until 10 at night,” Balls said. “We have 11 bands — 10 of which are local. It will be in the Chase Fine Arts Center courtyard, just north of Kent Concert Hall. There’ll be concessions and T-shirts, and it’s just going to be a fun and rockin’ time.” Balls said this year the Caine College of the Arts has agreed to help sponsor the event, thus adding to on-cam-pus publicity. Tona Bronson, a represen-tative from Thermo Fisher Scientific who is heading up the event, said they hope to significantly increase fund-raising with this event. “This disease has a lot of affects on the body,” Bronson said. “It can lead to blindness, kidney failure, and people live with it until death.”Bronson said Thermo Fisher Scientific provides media,

along with the bioprocess containers used in research for JDRF. Since 2006, she’s been involved with JDRF and served on the state board of directors for a couple of years. “For me, (JDRF) is impor-tant because it’s just helping people, knowing we can make a difference in children who

are suffering,” Bronson said. “We’re asking for a $5 mini-mum admission donation, and I don’t know where else you can go to a concert for that cheap that’s for a good cause.“ One of the bands that will be playing at Rock Against Diabetes — For Tomorrow We Die — recently played at

the Vans Warped Tour. Band synth player Rex Davis said he prefers concerts like the one they’ll play tomorrow. “Really, we like playing shows in Logan a lot more,” Davis said. “They’re just so much more personal, and it’s a really good cause.” Davis said he, like Balls,

has family members with diabetes, and he likes seeing the community support this cause. “Diabetes is a huge prob-lem,” Balls said. “And if we could find a cure, that would be awesome.”


alumnus who will

be vice president of the USU Alumni Association.

Since graduating college, he has spent most of his

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most common in children, although it can occur in adults as well. Mike Balls is organizing the Rock Against

Diabetes concert Sept. 10, to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Photo courtesy Jene Thompson

BY MARIAH NOBLEstaff writer

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-

“I just look at how she has to handle that, and I can’t imagine a kid doing that,” Balls said. There are 175,000 people in the world who have diabetes, but only about 10 percent are Type 1, according to Laura Western, executive director for the Utah chapter of JDRF. “Statistically, we are slight-ly higher here (in Utah), but that could be because we have more children,” Western said. The event in 2007 raised $2,200. Balls said he’s been able to apply what he learned and adapt the event to run

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The first hike of the year is always a hike that creates your aware-ness of either how in-shape you are, or how breathlessly out of shape you have become over a beautiful, relaxing summer. My job is to introduce all of you to the hikes, climbs, camping areas and other fun places around our lovely university, so everyone can enjoy

the outdoor activities that tend to be free — What’s better than that? First off, I’d like to remind you all that the ORP (Outdoor Recreation Program) has given a $20 credit to each full-time student, which makes camping, climbing and other outdoor activities a little bit easier for those who do not have the proper gear. The ORP is located just East of the Romney Stadium. My first hike of the year was the River and Crimson Trail combined. Only two weeks into the semester, most students have a little bit of extra time on their hands, which this trail needs. Starting just past the mouth of Logan Canyon, on the Nature Center Trail, the River Trail is the point of origin. This

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Lawyer defends policeman

For the sake of full transparency, I am going to cut to the chase. The only real reason I’d watch “Straw Dogs” is because Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Charlie, is a sexy hunk of Scandinavian man. He is the tallest, blondest, manliest Swede I ever did see. Enough of my verbal ogling. “Straw Dogs” is the remake of the 1971 thriller starring Dustin Hoffman, which was based on the book “The Siege of Trenchner’s Farm” by Gordon Williams. David Sumner (James Marsden) moves his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth) to her Southern hometown where she appears to have some unfinished business in the form of her high school boyfriend, Charlie. Charlie hasn’t gotten over Amy, and I don’t really understand how Amy got over Charlie. Marsden is a cutie, but over Skarsgard? Charlie must have been a real jerk. If he wasn’t a jerk then, Charlie definitely is now. Intimidation of Amy’s husband escalates quickly into harassment and fur-ther into full-blown assault. The trailer opens with David and Amy calling the police from inside their house while bricks are lobbed through windows by former linebackers. Marsden becomes crazy brave and, naturally, resorts to throwing boiling water on his attackers and nail gunning their hands into walls. While it seems as if Amy and David are definitely the victims in this story, there are too many loaded, secretive glances for comfort. Especially between Amy and Charlie — they’re up to something. Truthfully, I am intrigued by all the fishy behavior between characters, and Skarsgard is as foxy as ever. However, rumors of a rape scene and the overall creepiness of the “Straw Dogs” trailer lead me to preemptively avoid this film.


Set to be released on Sept. 16, “The Whale” tells the true story of a killer whale who befriends his human visitors on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. After being separated from his family, Luna, the young Orca, causes controversy among his visitors and his “friends.” Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, an actor that we just can’t seem to get enough of these days, the 89-minute long documentary seems to be somewhat light-hearted and, let’s just say, lacking some substance. From what I have seen, the only real reason to see this “touching film” is because it is based on a real whale, and his real fans. For those who do decide to see it, I’m sure that it will make you take a side. If you’re an animal-lover, you’ll side with the folks who break the rules to befriend the whale, and if not, you probably won’t see the movie. “The Whale” should be cute, in short. I do not expect this G-rated film to be extremely popular among stu-dents, but to those who are whale fans, I am sure you will be uplifted.


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Pre-Emptive

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With an independent feel to it, I think it will go far. It

will not be the next “Twilight” or “Harry Potter” but will

probably be among those sweet and simple productions

like “Martian Child” and “500 Days of Summer.” A

complex, yet original plot is depicted in the trailer, and

it looks like a film that is easily related to.

It is a story of life and death, and how short or fast it can pass by. “We have so little time, to say the things that we mean,” says Enoch Brae (Henry Hopper), a boy who attends strangers’ funerals. Annabel Cotton, played by Mia Wasikowska, is a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for Enoch. Let’s not forget about the ghost Hiroshi Takahash, who is a WWII Japanese kamikaze pilot, and Enoch’s best friend. The story of the three characters comes together in a drama that will tug at the heart strings. Wasikowska, who was recently seen in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Jane Eyre,” is becoming the next “it” actress. I am less familiar with Henry Hopper but am always pleased to see a fresh face leading a new film. The director, Gus Van Sant, is known for his accom-plished films “Milk” and “Good Will Hunting.” With that said, I think it is safe to say that “Restless” will also be praised for a job well done. If you are looking for a heart-wrenching type of film and chick-flick that can really be enjoyed by everybody, it looks like “Restless” will be just that. I preemptively think I would enjoy this movie.


‘Restless’

Testing your body’s fitnessHiking the

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Allyn Bernkopf

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lar season the following year. Taking on opponents on a regular basis is a standard proce-dure for Noel as well. Late in the fall of 2005, Noel faced what he described as one of the most interesting cases of his career, when he defended an Ogden police officer who had been chasing a speeding driver who killed both the driver and the passenger of another vehicle, along with an innocent bystander. The family of the deceased driver filed a lawsuit against the officer, claiming an unreasonable pursuit. That branch of the case closed with the officer being found innocent. “Those cases are very challenging because someone lost a family member dear to them, which nobody would want to hap-pen,” Noel said. “Yet, at the same time, the question remains of whether the officer or the city is responsible. That’s very chal-lenging because of the emotions and sympathies and real-life aspect to it.” Nor is it easy to defend a case so ironic, he added. “It’s a difficult thing. If the officer doesn’t try to stop (the driver), he could harm others later on that evening, and the offi-cer gets faulted for not trying to stop them,” he said. “But if (the officer) stops them and someone gets hurt in trying to stop them, (the officer) is faulted for trying to stop them.” The case is currently on appeal and will be argued in the Utah Supreme Court this month, though Noel said the convict is cur-rently in prison for failing to yield to law enforcement, along with a felony regarding the deaths of the occupants the car he hit. Despite the realities that law continually faces, it’s not some-thing from which Noel is about to step away — despite the fact that he consistently manages 30 to 50 cases in a given day. “I do like the challenge of the dispute,” he said. “Disputes can be challenging; they carry with them emotion and positions that parties have taken. I’ve found that no two disputes are alike, so even though many disputes across my desk are similar, I have never run into one the same.” Patty Halaufia, the executive director of the alumni associa-tion, said she is just glad that it’s not a challenge for an alumnus like Noel to credit the university for being a significant spring-board to where he stands today — whether that be in front of a judge or elsewhere. “I often hear alumni say things from campus from 10, 20, 50 years of ‘Oh, I loved my time at Utah State,’” Halaufia said. “They have a lifetime connection to it.”


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The people propeling sorority life The five fraternities and three sororities that have chapters at USU are taking pledges next week. This means students will have the opportunity to find out what exists beyond the stereotypes in the movies and try to become members of one of the organizations, if they so choose. And what better way to hear about sorority or fraternity life than from a few of the adults who work with them? Vanessa Garcia has been the adviser for the Alpha Chi Omega chapter for two years and said she joined the sorority as an undergraduate at USU. Garcia said she didn’t really know about sororities when she first experienced the recruit-ment process. Her knowledge was limited to the typical negative stories that cultivate on campuses everywhere. After learning more about her sorority, she realized it was a lot more diverse than she had originally thought.

“I was from about five hours away, and as a minority student I wanted to have a real college experience. Through the sorority I was connected to campus and to new people,” Garcia said. “For people who want to have that real col-lege experience and get involved with campus, and new people, it is a very positive experience.” She said that her experiences as an under-grad are the reason she is now giving her time to the organization as an adviser. Garcia said she was particularly impressed with the amount of leadership the women, and “Greeks” in general, took part in. She said that over the years this involvement — particularly as leaders of various ASUSU positions — has only increased. The house parents (adult authority figures) of the Kappa Delta sorority said they were also surprised by how much goes on in a sorority house. McKinzie and Clair Hawkins, a mar-ried LDS couple, were not involved with such organizations until this year, when they became house parents. The Hawkinses both said they

have found the experience to be enlightening and enjoyable. “All the girls are really nice. People have a kind of misinterpretation about sororities,” Clair Hawkins said. “We didn’t have any idea — just what’s in the movies — but its nothing like that. The girls are all very studious, way more studi-ous than it would be in a dorm.” Clair Hawkins said he considers the on-campus location to be an advantage to the girls, as well as safer. The couple agreed, they have really enjoyed that after only a week or so with the girls, they have developed a relationship with them. McKinzie Hawkins said the unity of the women, the cheers they do and the way they greet their “mom and dad” are all impressive. She said she has been amazed at the hours of practice the girls have put into preparing for Rush Week. The Hawkinses both agreed that it was rewarding to have the women be so appre-ciative of what they do. Working with sorority members does have

its challenges. Garcia said the hardest part for her is finding the balance between being there for them with help and advice, and when to let the group take the lead. Garcia said each new chapter and group of women has their own way of doing things. For Clair Hawkins the hardest part, he said, comes from worrying about the women. There are around 40 Kappa Delta members, currently, and having worked with them, he said he is definitely protective of them. McKinzie Hawkins agreed, she said they hope everything will be okay with the girls. Clair Hawkins said he hadn’t realized the extent of how much service the different soror-ity organizations perform. He said the girls are involved in a lot of philanthropic causes, which he finds impressive. Garcia said these organizations can involve everybody, giving students a chance to serve, lead and network around campus.


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road. You will get to the trailhead and almost immediately there will come a fork — stay to the left. You can continue straight, but I haven’t discovered where that goes just yet, so good luck! This is the beginning of the Crimson Trail. The Crimson Trail is fairly steep on both the uphill and the downhill. I found myself having to run down the hills on the other side because the loose rocks and dirt will love pulling your feet out from under you. This hike is only about two miles from one side to the other, but it will seem like you’ve been walking for ages. Once you reach the top and sit on the flat rocks, though, the viewing experience is phenomenal. You can see from the valley all the way to Beaver Mountain. In the upcoming fall season, the trees are starting to change from green to the beautiful reds, oranges, yellows and browns that our lovely Utah weather provides. I would suggest packing a lunch, at least two bottles of water (per person), and a significant other or best friend to experience this hike with you. When you start heading back down, the forestry becomes thick, and the flies and fleas will love the sweat that’s dripping from your nose and ears. When you get back to your car, I hope your legs and body feel as accomplished as mine did, after hik-ing over 10 miles on the first hike of the school year.

Notes: 1. Information about the hikes was found on http://www.go-utah.com/Logan/Hiking/. I highly recommend this site to everyone interested in new or old trails around the Logan area. 2. If you want to hike only the Crimson Trail, you can park at the first campground past Third Dam and begin at the Crimson Trailhead just up the road.

— Allyn Bernkopf is a senior at USU majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing. She writes, reads and hangs

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Remember the “Blair Witch Project” or “Paranormal Activity”? Remember how many audiences believed it to be true? “Apollo 18” felt like that — real. Of course, it is obviously not but there were clips in the film that were almost boring because the creators wanted that realistic feel. “Apollo 18” was refresh-ingly well done, in a style that rarely exists these days. Apollo missions were NASA’s missions to the moon. The government and history books tell us that we stopped going to the moon after Apollo 17. This movie suggests that Apollo 18 was a secret mission of two men that were sent to the moon to find more rocks and samples for testing. Little did they know, that was not the reason they were sent on a dangerous and secretive mission. The two astronauts, Benjamin Anderson (Warren Christie) and Nathan Walker (Lloyd Owen), stepped foot on the moon only to come back to the question: “Is there life residing on the surface of our moon?” While collect-ing samples the strange and unexplainable events start

to happen; The American flag was tipped over. There were tracks on the moon that were not human. There was an abandoned Russian air-craft, and consistent noises appeared closer and louder inside the rocket. “Apollo 18” starts out slow but only to build anticipation and intensity. Halfway through the film, I had my fingers cross-ing my mouth and eyes, along with my knees to my chest and feet on the chair. Nathan Walker becomes infected when something is lodged into his skin just under the rib cage. He becomes men-tally and physically ill. This is where the suspense comes from, that, and the unseen extra-terrestrial life lurking in the dark craters of the moon. Christie and Owen acted impeccably, by carefully and accurately depicting what astronauts are like, and what they would have to face in a crisis. I did not question for a second their ability to portray their characters correctly. The only thing I questioned was a couple of lines in the script. They seemed unnatural and unrealistic at times. But even then, it was just for a second. I wondered if Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen were cast in these roles due to the fact they are not well-known, so, if there was a question of authenticity, it would be easi-er to leave the audience puz-zled. They both have done small parts but have never done a big production. With the successful acting skills in “Apollo 18,” they might have

just gotten the break they needed. This sci-fi thriller has so much to offer an audience. It is a new and original con-cept not often seen in mov-ies. The filming and direct-ing technique is also not seen regularly. “Apollo 18” was not infested with illuminating and exotic colors, and graph-ics or sounds, but it still con-tained creativity. These days, directors, producers, graphic designers and sound techni-cians are so caught up with the “wow” factor that original-ity in story-lines and dialogue tend to be lacking. On the other hand, the fact that it looks like scenes were taken from old footage, but in reality were created from scratch, is impressive. And the fact that the creators were able to craft something that looked real, like the moving rock and other forms of life living on the moon’s surface, and still make it look vintage, was also very impressive. It helped that the theater I sat in still used a reel that made the clicking noise just behind my head which added a vintage factor to the experience. A good soundtrack nor-mally sets the mood and can define a good scene from a bad scene. “Apollo 18” is the exception. In fact, I think the lack of music was what made it more chilling and exciting. It made me feel like I was right in there with them, experienc-ing the odd scratching and tapping noises happening in the rocket. The movie also brought

up some other questions of whether the government would really leave behind astronauts or soldiers, if they were a potential danger to the United States. Is that a real controversial issue? Whether I questioned the film or not, I left satisfied. “Apollo 18” was indeed well done. However, it is not a film that changed my life, though it might change some-one else’s if they believe it is authentic footage. This would not be hard to confuse. If you are looking for a fascinating piece of entertainment, put “Apollo 18” on the top of the list, especially if you are a space nerd like me.

— Anike Pullens is a senior majoring in public relations

and minoring in theater and speech. She has written movie

reviews for a year. She enjoys movies any day of the week.

She can be contacted at [email protected].

edu

“Apollo 18”Grade: A

Anike Pullens

movie Review

‘APOLLO 18’ MAY NOT have been realistic, but was so well done many viewers could be deceived. The movie has few special effects or cool graphics, but the plot made up for it.

“Apollo 18”


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LOGAN, Utah - The Utah State volleyball team will travel to California this weekend to compete in the Long Beach State Baden Classic Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10. USU will begin the tour-nament against Oregon State (5-2) on Friday at 6 p.m. (MDT), and then face host Long Beach State (3-3) and SMU (3-3) Saturday at noon and 6 p.m. (MDT), respectively. Live stats will be avail-able for all six matches during the tournament, while live audio and video streaming for Long Beach State’s matches will be available through www.longbeachstate.com. Utah State has won each of its last three matches and is now 4-3 on the season after posting a five-set win at Weber State in its last match. The Aggies are led by senior All-American outside hitter Liz McArthur who is hitting .126 and averag-ing 3.37 kills, 2.27 digs, 0.57 blocks and 0.20 ser-vice aces per set. Junior outside hitter Josselyn White is hitting .178 and averaging 2.64 kills, 2.68 digs, 1.14 blocks and 0.29 service aces per set, and junior opposite side hitter Shay Sorensen is hitting .128 and averaging 2.13 kills, 1.13 blocks and 0.63 digs per set. As a team,

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WIDE RECEIVER RYAN MOATS looks to go upfield after making a catch at a summer scrimmage. Moats and the rest of the Aggies look to run over Weber State, Saturday. TODD JONES photo

BY TAVIN STUCKIsports editor

After the near win at Auburn last week, the Aggies now return to Logan to face 0-1 Weber State. The Wildcats led Wyoming by four points through most of the fourth quarter. They failed to stop a last-minute touchdown drive with 22 seconds left, or nail the 53-yard field goal as time expired, to secure the victory. “Everyone in that program probably felt like they should have won that game and beat a Mountain West school,” USU head coach Gary Andersen said. “That is not a football team either that is going to sit back and say, ‘It was just great to be there and be close.’” This may sound familiar. The story is eerily similar to USU’s almost program-defin-ing season opener, last week in Alabama. Andersen said the Auburn loss was as difficult as he has ever seen. “We didn’t win,” Andersen said. “To say there is no moral victories is an easy way to say it, but it is a lot worse than

that; it’s a lot deeper than that. I think that there is a part of me that is on that field that will be there forever.” The key to a Utah State victory will be how well the Aggies bounce back from a heartbreaking loss and rede-fine their season. Weber State was picked to finish fifth and sixth in the Big Sky Conference, accord-ing to conference preseason media and coaches polls. But last week’s contest suggests the Wildcats are much better than expected. Weber is breaking in new quarterback Mike Hoke. The 6-foot-2 junior, from Hawaii, appeared in 16 games in his two years for the Wildcats and is able to run the ball if need be. Last week, Hoke completed 19 of 28 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed 13 times for 91 yards. He threw one interception in the loss. Hoke has the job of replac-ing Cameron Higgins, Weber State’s all-time career passing leader with 12,274 yards and 98 touchdowns. Weber State’s Xavian

Johnson will most likely be Hoke’s favorite target against the Aggies. The redshirt, freshman wide receiver from Las Vegas caught seven passes for 118 yards and a pair of touchdowns last week. He could prove to be a problem for the Utah State secondary. Line play will be vital for the Aggies on both sides of the ball, especially defense. This may be a problem since the Aggies allowed Auburn to throw for 286 yards, and win through the air in the final minutes of the game last week. If Higgins has time to throw the Aggie defensive backs will have a tough time shutting down Johnson. Offensively for Utah State, The Aggies had the ball for over 37 minutes against Auburn. The line made it all happen by dominating the Tigers in the trenches — at least offensively. Expect the veteran front to make room for running back Robert Turbin to have a breakout game. The X-factor for the Aggies will be quarterback Chuckie

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Flynn scores lone goal to propel Aggies

tries to win the ball against Rice midfielder Nikki Storness. Flynn helped the Aggies secure their seventh consecutive win of the season. TODD JONES photo

BY ADDISON PACEstaff writer

The USU women’s soccer team has done it again. The 7-0-0 Aggies beat the Rice Owls 1-0 at Chuck and Gloria Bell Field on Thursday, Sept. 8. “A really enjoyable back and forth game,” USU head coach Heather Cairns said. The lone goal of the game was scored by sophomore midfielder Jennifer Flynn from Draper, Utah. In the 53rd minute sophomore Kendra Pemberton played a through ball to the left side of the box. It was an opportunity that Flynn couldn’t pass up as she placed the ball just past rice goalkeeper, Amy Czyz. Aggie senior goalkeeper Molli Merrill saved three shots on goal in the second half and had several saves outside the box

throughout the game. The Aggies were geared up for a tough match. The Owls are ranked eighth in the Central Region, comparable to the Aggie seventh place ranking in the West Region. During the first half, nei-ther team scored, prompting an aggressive fight for first blood that increased in intensity as half-time neared. About midway through the first half, the Aggie defense stepped up their game, allowing only four shots. The Owl defense also came to play as the Aggies only had 2 shots in the first half. In the first half Aggie top scorer, senior forward Shantel Flanary, played much lower on defense than in the second. From this position she cleared more head-

ers of the box. “We count on her to destroy teams’ set plays,” Cairns said. The second half was even more excit-ing than the first. Just 8 minutes into the half, the game’s only goal was scored. Pemberton’s assist was placed perfectly for Flynn who converted on shot.

Team Elite ready for flag footballBY MEREDITH KINNEYsports senior writer

It’s a warm, sunny after-noon. One by one, players arrive dressed out and ready to play. They meet in a deserted corner of the packed HPER field and run through a lim-ited set of drills. It is a popular childhood game, an American right of passage — flag football. Last season, Team Elite came one game away from a USU intramural champion-ship. Until the championship game, Elite had only notched one loss all season, a solid record for an intramural squad. “Last year, we were a dominant that met some hard times,” said Team Elite captain George Ferris. Team Elite’s loss was helped along by a combination of injuries and fatigue, some-thing they struggled with all season. Despite the injuries to key players, the team put points on the board until the opposing team ultimately got the best of them. Team Elite is stacked. Many of the current players have the all-state and all-league titles on their football resumes. A few of them even played at junior colleges before coming to USU. Three former players have even gone on to collegiate football programs. Travis Swan, a big play maker for Team Elite, is play-ing football for Utah State. Swan returned from a two-year LDS mission and used Team Elite as a stepping stone to get back into football shape. Swan is providing depth to a strong USU linebacker corps that includes Bobby Wagner and Kyle Gallagher. Another former player Alfonso Smith was an all-state safety, in Utah. After last season, Smith was recruited as a preferred walk-on for Weber State University. The third player, Justice

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“ ... Jen is known for her long-range shooting.”

— head coach Heather Cairns,

USU soccer

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Every student needs to go to every single one of the football games. Did you get it? Maybe I should say it another way. Fill Romney. There is passion on cam-pus, in Logan. Section F possesses the vocal chords to drown out a home crowd at the Marriott Center. I myself have participated in ripping to shreds the confi-dence of opposing basket-ball teams and players. Where is that in the fall? Remember the Hawaii game? That’s because there was hardly anybody there. It was raining pretty hard. From an outside perspec-tive, it looked like Aggie football fans are fair weath-er fans. Those precious few who bleed Aggie blue are far outnumbered by those who don’t understand how important a football pro-gram is to a university’s suc-cess, don’t care, or cheer for another blue team, in Utah. Most of you are entering your sophomore or junior year and you think you understand what it means to be a true Aggie fan. I suggest all of you partially understand. At the same time, nearly every single person lacks the vision of the bigger picture. Have you ever seen the movie Rudy? Have you ever been to a game in Autzen Stadium or taken a road trip

to the Rose Bowl? That’s what we need the crowds to be like around Merlin Olsen Field, at Romney Stadium. The reason those programs are so dominant is because of all the money being pumped into them far outweighs the cash flow through the Big Blue Scholarship Fund. It’s pretty simple. When we have more students on the east side of the stadium, it’s easier for the guys on the team to play with emo-tion. When they play with emotion, they win. When they win, more fans come and pay to see them play. The more money made at games, the more money Coach A. can put into recruiting, training athletes and paying quality assistant coaches. For those of you who are die-hard Aggie fans, I applaud you. The guys and girls on the front row, who paint their chests every game, do an excel-lent job. The girl last Oct. 1, with the sign reading: “Make the world a better place, punch a Cougar in the face,” did a pretty good job that day, but I didn’t see

anyone in a blue duct tape dress after that monumen-tal game. The guys who wrote the “Bull Sheet” have graduated, and someone who has passion mirroring Fafner’s needs to step up and be heard. Or should I say HURD? Speaking of which, why isn’t everyone in the HURD? People outside the university call the entire stu-dent section the HURD. Why don’t we just make it official and have every-one join? The fee isn’t a lot, but if everyone chips in, it will be. That way, when your kids come to Logan for school, there will be a lot more of a financial base for success. The team needs you to do more. I don’t think there should be much necessity for me to say anything else, espe-cially after the excitement of the Auburn game last week. I’ll say it again. Fill Romney. Oh, and happy Oct. 1, by the way.

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Former Aggie excited for NFL opening day

FORMER AGGIE CORNERBACK Curtis Marsh lines up in a defensive stance during the Aggies victory over BYU. Marsh will be suiting up for the Eagles on Sunday. TODD JONES photo

BY TYLER HUSKINSONassistant sports editor

The bright lights of the National Football League burned bright once again Thursday evening, Sept. 1, and Jarrett Bush, a former Aggie, kicked off the 2011 season as his Green Bay Packers took on the New Orleans Saints. Curtis Marsh, a former Aggie defensive back and current defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles, will have to wait until Sunday to suit up, but Marsh couldn’t be more excited to be playing at the next level. “It’s been amazing — a dream come true,” Marsh said. “I couldn’t be happier. Just practic-ing and everything — it’s real competitive. Being a pro has been great.” The Eagles drafted Marsh as the 26th pick of the third round. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound defensive back said he wasn’t surprised at all when the Eagles called his name on draft day. “My agent had told me that I would get drafted somewhere between the second and fourth round, so that’s what I expected; it’s what everybody was saying,” Marsh said. “I was real excited and real thankful when it happened.” Marsh joins six other Aggies, who are all currently in the NFL ranks. Tight end Chris Cooley is in his eighth season with the Washington Redskins, while Utah native Kevin Curtis is in his first year with the Tennessee Titans — in his eighth season overall. Former quarterback Diondre Borel, long snapper Pat Scales, defensive back Rajiric Coleman and cornerback Chris Randle all signed free-agent contracts with NFL teams, but were recently cut. Offensive tackle Spencer Johnson signed a free-agent contract with the Eagles and was able to be with Marsh on the squad before he was also cut. “I remember we were running around all

day (on Draft Day),” Johnson said. I remem-bered wanting to get home to watch Curt get drafted. During one of the commercials, Curt got drafted and my house got so excited.” It was no surprise to Marsh that some of his fellow teammates signed free-agent contracts with NFL teams. “I wasn’t surprised,” Marsh said. “Those guys are tremendously talented. They give everything they’ve got. I’ve always felt that we had a really talented team at Utah State.” Some kids dream of being in the NFL their entire lives. Marsh has had the opportunity to play against one of the most talented quarter-backs to play the game in Michael Vick. “The best part about playing in the NFL is being able to compete against the best,” Marsh said. “Just being able say that you’re competing with some of the best in the world; getting to guard guys like DeSean Jackson in practice is the best part. “I’ve been looking up to Vick since middle school — one of the most amazing athletes to come out in a long time. Ronnie Brown used to be one of my favorite running backs in college and high school. I was a little starstruck at first.” Marsh still remembers his roots as an Aggie and is thankful for everything he learned. Marsh wasn’t always a defensive back, and he switched his junior season when Head Coach Gary Andersen came on the scene. One of his most important lessons came during his practices as an Aggie. “Just focusing on my technique as a player,” Marsh said. “My position coach at the time, Cory Raymond, just really focused on technique and that’s how you are going to win in the end. It was very true and I got to learn that in college.”

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Keeton. Speculations arose before the season about how well the freshman would handle himself mentally, as the general of an offense. Keeton buried the criticism at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but how will the 18-year-old handle coming back from a gutting defeat? The in-state match-up is slated for Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m., on Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. It will be a test of how well both teams can bounce back from heartbreak-ing losses, when each team thought they had the victory sealed. In recent past, Utah State has a history of playing extremely well against a big-name opponent one week and very poorly the next, against a team they are expected to beat in a lopsided victory. Last year, Utah State pounded out a 31-16 victory on Oct. 1, against Brigham Young University, and dropped a 24-6 loss to Louisiana Tech a week later on the

road. The Weber State game this season will also be a little more special for Andersen, as he will face Weber State head coach Ron McBride. “(McBride) is a dad for me,” Andersen said. “He pushed me to get into this profession and encouraged me. And I take some pride in the fact that I have been able to do what he thought I would do, when I was 20 years old and basi-cally confused on what the next step of life would be; and he told me where to go and what to do.” Andersen played for McBride at University of Utah 1985-86, and coached under him as an assistant from 1997 to 2002. “I don’t want to be a proud papa this week-end,” McBride said. “Truth in all things: Gary loves you, but wants to kick your ass.”


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USU gears up for Weber State Wildcats

I’m not the biggest football fan in America, but come September, I am definitely craving some gridiron action — college football, not that circus that is the NFL. There is something about the marching bands and the top-40 hits blar-ing out of the speakers that gets me every year. Week one is done. The final buzzers have sound-ed but the 2011 season is far from over. At the risk of sounding redundant, it is now time to look at Utah State’s loss at Auburn with a little bit of objectivity. Now that the dust has cleared and the tears have dried, it’s important to take a step back and look at week one relative to the rest of the season. A 42-38 win is far from the blowout everyone was expecting, especially when you consider the Ags were leading with three-and-a-half minutes left. Let’s face the facts, freshman QB Chuckie Keeton played like a sea-soned vet in his first outing as an Aggie. It is a shame a defensive breakdown and textbook on-side kick spoiled his debut. He ran for two touchdowns and was accurate too, com-pleting 70 percent of his passes. Yes, the final score still hurts a little or, rather, a lot, but the victory Utah State achieved despite the final score says it all. It’s going to be one hell of a season. Utah State’s exception-al play pushed Auburn out of the AP Top 25. The Tigers are just the sec-ond defending national champions to drop out of ranking during the first

week of play, since polling started in 1950. But this is all stuff you’ve heard before, so let’s be real. The Aggies face Weber State at home Saturday, a game that up until a few weeks ago looked to be a shoe-in win for USU. The Wildcats are a power-house this year. Our in-state rivals lost to Wyoming last week by a field goal but dominated the stats sheet against the Cowboys in almost every category. Their high-pow-ered offense should pro-vide an annoying itch for the Aggies to scratch. Utah State home-coming foe Colorado State University barely escaped an embarrassing defeat to the University of New Mexico, pulling out a 14-10. New Head Coach Steve Fairchild and a record-setting play by starter defensive end Nordly Capi had CSU talk-ing big heading into 2011. Capi set an NCAA single-game record with four forced fumbles in the New Mexico game. The sophomore has also recorded seven tackles so far in 2011. If the Aggies can keep Capi in check, the game should be an easy W for the Aggies. I say this with a grain of salt. If the Rams pull off a victory my dad will never let me forget it. He’s a CSU alumnus. The Aggies take the field against the school that must not be named

in Provo, Sept. 30. If you have forgotten last year’s match-up, you shouldn’t call yourself a true-blood-ed Aggie. The 31-16 upset over BYU is etched into Aggie lore. With Utah State’s newfound talent, watch for a repeat of last year’s game. The Cougars opened the game with a big win over Ole Miss, and they face a tough road challenge at the University of Texas. BYU then faces the University of Utah and the University of Central

Florida just in time for the Aggies to come in and knock them off their game. I love an upset, espe-cially when the Aggies are on the winning end. With dismal Aggie football sea-sons hanging in the recent past, the Chuckie era is upon us.

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After the game, Jennifer stated that the success of her shot was based on the fact that they had multiple people attacking the goal causing the defenders to have to watch more than one player. Which meant that when they con-verged on left footed kicker Pemberton, Flynn was open for the shot. “Jen is known for her long range shooting,” said Cairns. This is Jennifer’s second goal, her first came off anoth-er long shot (20 to 25yards out) at Colorado College on August 26. During the second half, the Owls had possession of the ball for more time than the Aggies. Despite the uneveness

in possesion time, Aggies were able to defend well even as the Owls stepped up their game after the Aggies scored. Coach Cairns stated this was possible because their back line was strong and their mid-fielders always returned to defense when play was on their end. She did wish they could have controlled posses-sion of the ball more after the goal and used that as a defen-sive strategy. The USU woman’s soccer team takes the field again Sunday, facing off against Idaho State University at 1 p.m.


SENIOR MIDFIELDER CHANDRA SALMON- CHRISTENSEN does a flip-throw in the Aggie win over Rice

University at Bell Field, Thursday evening. CODY GOCHNOUR photo

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Aggie soccer on a streak

ARIZONA RUNNING BACK KEOLA ANTOLIN is stopped by an Oklahoma State defender in

the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla. AP Photo

No. 9 Cowboys rout WildcatsSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The sight of two opposing players running back his passes for touchdown was bothering Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden. It didn’t take long for him to make amends. Weeden completed his first 13 passes and threw for 397 yards and two touchdowns to Justin Blackmon, Joseph Randle ran for two more scores and the ninth-ranked Cowboys beat Arizona 37-14 Thursday night in a rematch of last year’s Alamo Bowl. Weeden completed 22 of his first 23 passes and the Cowboys (2-0) scored on their first three drives to open a 21-0 lead in the first 16! minutes, then put it away with two scores mid-way through the second half. “I’ll take that any day of the week. I was just dialed in,” Weeden said. “I was dialed in early. I think I was making good decisions, and I think that’s one thing I didn’t do last week.” Weeden was still kicking himself after throwing three picks — two returned for touch-downs — to go with 388 yards in a blowout of Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.

“I felt like I let my offense down a lot, and I can’t do that. I’m too good of a player, and we’ve got way too many guys around me that are way too good,” Weeden said. “It’s just inexcusable.” Randle had 121 yards rushing and nine catches for 99 yards, and Blackmon had 128 yards on 12 receptions to extend his NCAA record streak to 14 straight games with at least 100 yards receiving. Weeden finished one less yard passing than Arizona’s Nick Foles in a duel between the nation’s top two passers from the first week of the season. Foles had a Bowl Subdivision-best 412 yards passing and a career-best five touchdown passes in his opener against Northern Arizona. The Wildcats (1-1) played without Juron Criner, who was the Pac-10’s top receiver last season and tied the school record with 11 touchdown catches. He had an appendectomy on Monday, and it’s unclear whether he’ll be able to return in time for Arizona’s home games the next two weeks against No. 6 Stanford and No. 12 Oregon.

Patterson was one of the top Junior College running backs from the state of California. After playing a year with Team Elite, Patterson trans-ferred to Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Patterson is sharing reps at OPSU with all-American running back Darryl Brister. Their depth is mainly on the defensive side, but Team Elite has some powerful offen-sive weapons, as well. This season, Team Elite has added running back Brandon Hall, a one-time all-state team mem-ber for the state of Arizona. “We have some really strong defensive backs, and we’re looking for some offensive players as well,” said Ferris. “That’s why we brought in Brandon Hall.” Despite a strong first season, Team Elite is moving forward and looking to the future. With last season’s final loss hanging in recent history, they are looking to dominate,

in 2011. The team reloaded after last season. They combined with HRB, another USU flag football powerhouse, and are better then ever. “We’re going to be faster, bigger and stronger,” said former HRB captain Stuart Allen. The newly-revamped Team Elite, is looking to come out strong when the season opens in two weeks. “We only won one playoff game last year,” said quarter-back Bryan Haslip. “So hope-fully we can go a little further this year.” For Team Elite defensive end Matt McGee, winning a championship would just be motivation for next year. “If we win this year, it just means we have to build upon it and win again next year,” McGee said. Haslip said this year the team has more speed then they have in the past. Their quick feet should help Team Elite overcome the rushing rule at USU. “They can rush right away,” Haslip said. “So the important thing is just to have speed.” Team Elite is looking to replicate their past success when the season opens on Sept. 23. They will try to improve on last year’s 6-2 record.


The team reloaded after last season. They combined with HRB, another USU flag

better then ever. “We’re going to be faster, bigger and stronger,” said

Allen. The newly-revamped Team

“We only won one playoff

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this year.”

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further this

year.”

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Haslip,

Team Elite,

flag football

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Utah State is hitting .153 on the year as compared to a .132 hitting percentage for its opponents. Oregon State is 5-2 on the season and led by junior outside hitter Camille Saxton who is hitting .258 and aver-aging 3.04 kills, 1.39 digs and 0.54 blocks per set. As a team, OSU is hitting .243 on the season and its opponents are hitting .148. Oregon State returns six starters and nine letterwin-ners from last year’s team that went 9-23 on the season and finished in ninth-place in the Pac-10 Conference with a 2-16 record. Long Beach State, who is ranked No. 22 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association, is 3-3 on the season and led by senior outside hitter Caitlin Ledoux who is hitting .223 and aver-aging 3.74 kills, 1.87 digs and 0.70 blocks per set. As a team, LBSU is hitting .225 on the season and its opponents are hitting .146. The 49ers return five starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s team that went 25-8 overall

and finished in second-place in the Big West Conference with a 12-4 record. SMU is 3-3 on the season and led by senior outside hit-ter Dana Powell who is hit-ting .133 and averaging 3.62 kills and 4.10 digs per set. As a team, SMU is hitting .166 on the season and its oppo-nents are hitting .188. SMU returns five starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s team that went 25-6 and finished in second-place in Conference USA with a 17-3 record. Utah State is 1-0 all-time against Oregon State and 6-30 all-time against Long Beach State, while its match against SMU will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Utah State is 61-84 (.421) in road matches during the last 12 years, which includes a 24-30 (.444) record in non-conference matches. USU is also 51-47 (.520) in regular season tournaments over the last 12 years, which includes a 36-25 (.590) record on neutral courts.

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GREEN BAY PACKERS’ AARON RODGERS throws before an NFL football game against the

New Orleans Saints Thursday in Green Bay, Wis. AP Photo

Packers outlast SaintsGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Super Bowl hang-over and the NFL lockout weren’t about to slow down Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. The New Orleans Saints just couldn’t keep up. Rodgers came out on top in a memorable opening-night duel with Drew Brees, and the Packers made a goal-line stand on the final play of the game to beat the Saints 42-34 on Thursday night. Packers rookie Randall Cobb caught a touch-down from Rodgers and ran a kickoff back 108 yards for a score in the third quarter — tying an NFL record for the longest kickoff return in history. Rodgers threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns. “It’s a good night for us,” Rodgers said. “I felt good about the way that I was throwing the ball. Missed a couple I probably could have hit.” Brees threw for 419 yards and three touch-downs, including a late touchdown to Jimmy Graham that cut the lead to 8 with 2:15 left. After a Green Bay punt, Brees marched the Saints to the Packers 9-yard line and spiked the ball with 3 seconds left. Green Bay’s A.J. Hawk was called for pass interference and the ball was placed at the 1. Led by Clay Matthews and safety Morgan Burnett, the Packers defense swarmed Saints first-round rookie running back Mark Ingram short of the goal line and the game was over.

“You’ve got to get a yard,” Ingram said. “It’s goal line to win the game, got to get a yard.” It was a big night for Donald Driver, who tied James Lofton’s Packers franchise mark for career yards receiving with 9,656. Rodgers wanted to get him the record at home. “We tried to get him the ball again, we just didn’t have an opportunity,” Rodgers said. Cobb’s big return gave the Packers a 35-20 lead, but the game wasn’t over. Darren Sproles answered with a long kickoff return of his own, and Brees drove the Saints for a 29-yard touch-down to Devery Henderson. The Saints forced a punt and marched to the Packers’ 7-yard line, but failed on a fourth-down conversion attempt and gave the ball back to the Packers. Green Bay drove again, and Rodgers handed the ball to John Kuhn on third-and-goal for a 1-yard touchdown and a 42-27 lead early in the fourth quarter. The Packers’ defensive struggles made for some nervous late moments, but they came through when they had to. If Thursday’s game was a referendum on the importance of player-led team workouts during the lockout, the results are in: The workouts Brees organized over the summer weren’t enough to help the Saints take down the champions, and the Packers’ decision not to get together as a team certainly didn’t seem to hurt them.

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BY GREG GORDONMcClatchy Newspapers

oon after her mom diedaboard the first hijackedplane to hit the World TradeCenter, Carie Lemack vowed

“to make sure it never happensagain” and launched a career fight-ing terrorism. Last year, she won anOscar nomination for her film exam-ining its global impact.

C. Lee Hanson, who lost his son,daughter-in-law and 2-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter on Sept. 11,has spent part of his retirement trav-eling to Guantanamo Bay, telling theU.S. attorney general of his opposi-tion to civilian trials for terroristsand protesting construction of amosque near Ground Zero.

Christie Coombs, widowed withthree kids on 9/11, was so moved bykindnesses from friends andstrangers that she coached her chil-dren to “pay it forward.” They’vehelped raise upwards of $500,000for others facing hardships andtragedy.

Spouses, parents and children ofthe nearly 3,000 victims haveendured constant reminders over thelast decade of the horrors of Sept.11 — anniversaries, a drumbeat ofterrorism alerts and arrests, thedrawn-out identification of bodyparts and the recent killing ofOsama bin Laden.

But Lemack, Hanson andCoombs are emblematic of manyfamily members who’ve found innerstrength, even inspiration, despitethe holes in their hearts.

In 2007, a Rand Corp. study con-cluded that relatives of 9/11 victimshad amassed “a powerful voice” inWashington. Forming groups andorganizing online, they were“remarkably successful in pressur-ing the U.S. Congress to establish acommission to investigate the 9/11attacks, getting the White House toapprove it, and then ensuring thatthe commission’s most importantrecommendations were enacted intolaw,” it said.

While some family membershave been locked in depression foryears, here are three who found theirway forward.

‘A life my mom would be proud of’

When her mother, Judith CamillaLaroque of Framingham, Mass.,died on American Airlines Flight 11,Lemack, then 26, lost “my bestfriend and confidante,” she laterwrote.

Something clicked when Lemackread a newspaper story quoting sur-vivors of those killed in the 1988terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Theylamented the failure of their 13-yearcampaign for tighter airline securityto prevent the 9/11 hijackings.

“I talked to my sister and said weneed to make sure mom’s murder isenough,” Lemack said.

A novice on terrorism and poli-tics, she co-founded Families ofSeptember 11, one of the largestsurvivor organizations, and was avice president of another groupspearheading the push to create the9/11 commission.

Her height — 4 feet 103/4 inches— belied steely determination asshe strolled the halls of Congresswith other survivors to push forimplementation of the panel’s keyrecommendations, including over-hauling the intelligence community.

She showed tenacity again byforeswearing rights to compensationfrom a $7 billion federal victims’fund and joining 94 other families insuing American Airlines and UnitedAirlines over alleged security lapses.Lemack’s family and all but oneother have accepted settlements.

By 2008, Lemack had graduatedegrees from Stanford and Harvardand represented the United States ata United Nations symposium for ter-rorism survivors.

A year later, in Amman, Jordan,scene of a horrific 2005 hotel bomb-ing, she co-founded the GlobalSurvivors Network. The group iscirculating her award-winning shortfilm, “Killing in the Name,” whichsends a powerful message about ter-

rorism’s impact on victims’ families.The Rand study hailed Lemack

as a “truly inspirational figure.”Now 36, Lemack said she’s only

trying to “live a life my mom wouldbe proud of, and to make sure thatothers don’t suffer the way that sheand thousands of others have.”

High on peoplePhoning from United Airlines

Flight 175, Peter Hanson gently toldhis father that hijackers appeared tobe planning to crash the plane into abuilding.

“Don’t worry, Dad. If it happens,it will be quick,” Peter said, with hisKorean-born wife, Sue, and their lit-tle girl, Christine, sitting on theplane beside him.

Moments later, C. Lee Hansonwatched on television as his son’splane hit the World Trade Center’ssouth tower and burst into a fireball.

Hanson, a recently retired corpo-rate executive, and his wife Eunice,the registrar in their hometown ofEaston, Conn., were knocked side-ways with shock. Christine was theyoungest of all the 9/11 victims.

Tearfully, Hanson sorted out theirestate and, assuming they’d beenvaporized, collected toothbrushesand hair follicles containing theirDNA at their home in Groton,Mass., in faint hopes of recoveringtheir remains.

Sometime later, a New Yorkpolice detective phoned to saythey’d identified a small bone ofPeter’s.

Hanson was surprised to be“really happy.” He and his wifejoined those seeking an expandedsearch for body parts aroundGround Zero and at a landfill inFresh Kills, N.Y., and grew increas-ingly outspoken.

“Life changes,” Hanson said.“You’re doing things you neverthought you’d be doing.”

In 2006, he wept as he describedPeter’s final calls while testifying at9/11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui’sdeath-penalty trial.

The Hansons were among sur-vivors who met with AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder, objecting tothe proposed trial in New York ofsuspected 9/11 mastermind KhalidSheik Mohammed. They also trav-eled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,arguing on behalf of victims’ fami-lies that the terrorism detaineesthere should be relegated to militarycourts.

Last year, Hanson spoke into amicrophone near Ground Zero, say-ing that he feared Islamists wantedto build a mosque nearby “to showconquest, domination and humilia-tion of their enemies.”

While he respects Islam, Hansonsaid “the wheels of my son’s air-plane … were embedded forawhile” in the building that would

house the mosque.Controversies aside, Hanson said

he’s been deeply touched byAmericans’ generosity and is “highon people.”

In 2003, volunteers in Grotonrebuilt the dilapidated playgroundwhere the Hansons’ grandchild hadplayed. They renamed it “Christine’sPlayground.”

Something positiveThe day after 42-year-old Jeffrey

Coombs died aboard AmericanFlight 11, a restaurateur friendshowed up unsolicited at the fami-ly’s home in Abingdon, Mass., setup a breakfast buffet in the garageand kept the meals going for twodays — gratis.

A 9-year-old girl from a nearbytown who shared Jeff’s birthday sentthe Coombs her birthday money. Akid with a paper route gave the fam-ily a week’s collections.

Broken-hearted at the death ofher college sweetheart, ChristieCoombs was struck by the outpour-ing of kindnesses big and small. Afreelance journalist, she sensed thatshe “needed to put all that negativeenergy from 9/11 into somethingpositive.”

She beckoned her kids —Matthew, 13, Meaghan, 11, and

Julia, 7 — to “pay it forward, dosomething good for other peoplebecause of what people have donefor us.”

Soon, donations poured in for ahuge yard sale and auction for theJeffrey Coombs MemorialFoundation. Arizona native Coombseven got a baseball autographed bystar pitcher Randy Johnson of theWorld Series champion ArizonaDiamondbacks.

In one morning that November,the family raised $50,000 for fami-lies of immigrants who died work-ing in the Windows on the Worldrestaurant atop the Trade Center’snorth tower and to other 9/11 vic-tims’ families facing financialpredicaments.

They’ve continued to raisemoney for the foundation, largelywith an annual 5K race that hasgained a reputation among seriousrunners. Since 2007, the Coombshave held holiday parties for fami-lies of U.S. troops overseas.

Her tragedy, Coombs said, has“changed my appreciation for whatother people go through on a dailybasis.”

But not even a 21/2-year relation-ship with a new love has eradicatedthe pain.

At a recent wedding, she and herdaughter had to leave the room dur-ing the father-daughter dance to thesong “Butterfly Kisses” when bothremembered how Jeff had brushedeyelashes with his kids.

The family preserved the deckthat Jeff was building when he diedeven though it didn’t fit perfectlywith plans for a new swimmingpool, and the shirt and boots hewore still hang over his work benchin the cellar, Coombs said.

A new pantry had to be builtaround a bulletin board that the kidsplastered with pictures of Jeff, shesaid, because she’d be “disrespect-ing Jeff and the way the kids honortheir dad if I were to disrupt any ofthat.”

Jeff’s pictures hang all over thehouse.

“He is still the love of my life,”Coombs said, “and he always willbe.”

F O L I O L I N E M c C l a t c h y - T r i b u n eF O L I O L I N E

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CARIE LEMACK

Lost her mother onAmerican Airlines

Flight 11

Lemack said she’s trying to

“make sure that others don’t suffer

the way that (her mother) and

thousands of others have.”

C. LEE HANSON

Lost his son, daughter-in-law

and 2-and-a-half-year old granddaughter

on United AirlinesFlight 175

“Life changes,”Hanson said.

“You’re doing thingsyou never thoughtyou’d be doing.”

CHRISTIECOOMBS

Lost her husbandaboard AmericanAirlines Flight 11

Her tragedy,Coombs said, has “changed

my appreciation forwhat other peoplego through on a

daily basis.”

For victims’ families, 9/11’saftermath still looms large

OLIVIER DOULIERY/ABACAUSA.COM/MCT

Carie Lemack sits by a photo of her mother, Judith Camilla Laroque, who was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when itwas hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

JAY REITER/MCT

A shrine honoring Jeffrey Coombs, who died aboard AmericanAirlines Flight 11, stands in the kitchen of his wife, Christie.

COURTESY OF C. LEE HANSON

Clockwise from left, Sue, Peterand Christine Hanson werekilled on United Airlines Flight175 when hijackers crashed theairplane into the World TradeCenter south tower.

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10 YEARS LATER 9 II

Anyone who remembers that crystalline morning may instinctively shy away from seeing “Rebirth,” a docu-mentary about people who lost loved ones or barely sur-vived the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. As the movie opens - with a chirpy 8 a.m. weather report on New York’s all-news WINS radio station, whose headline story at that moment was the city’s may-oral primary - a heavy feeling of dread sets in. We all know how that day ended. But, for all the grievously familiar contours of its story, “Rebirth” holds an improba-bly store of surprises, thanks to the deft, sensitive direc-tion of Jim Whitaker. Inspired to document the rebuilding that started almost imme-diately at Ground Zero, Whitaker installed fourteen time-lapse cameras at the site, taking five-minute snap-

shots of detritus, destruction and, finally, reconstruction. He also interviewed sever-al survivors, five of whom are on camera here, every year from 2002 to 2006, and he intercuts their reflec-tions with footage from the static cameras. With “Rebirth,” Whitaker takes what could have been a maudlin, unhealthy rumina-tion on senseless violence and suffering and creates an absorbing, albeit wrenching, testament to perseverance,

healing and, as one witness puts it, the art of letting go “without letting go.” That indelible voice belongs to a young woman who lost her firefighter fian-ce as he rushed into one of the towers. During her first interview with Whitaker, her anguish still raw, she recalls her denial-fueled bewilder-ment when her fiance’s col-leagues arrived at her house with food. Another firefight-er’s best friend recalls his buddy’s last words and final embrace, later facing his late friend’s wife who demands he tell her that her husband is still alive. A firefighter’s brother, who immediately began helping with the res-cue and recovery effort, dreams of airplane parts and human remains; seeing an old shoe can trigger an emotional spiral. A young man who lost his mother

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Documentary ‘Rebirth’: After 9/11, letting go but holding oncan’t accept his father’s new wife and gets thrown out of his house; a financial execu-tive who suffered horrible burns undergoes dozens of excruciating surgeries while battling feelings of hopeless-ness. Would it shock you to know that “Rebirth” has a happy ending? The personal journeys of these individu-als are so fascinating, so singular, that to give any more details would be akin to spoiling a finely crafted thriller. Suffice it to say that Whitaker, a film executive before turning his hand to

directing, has found five riv-eting protagonists for this story of unresolved grief and eventual redemption, their personal transformations thoroughly living up to the obliquely spiritual mean-ings of “Rebirth’s” title. (The time-lapse material, over-seen by cinematographer Thomas Lappin, has been elegantly shot on 35 mm film, set to the familiar osti-nato of a Philip Glass score.) Viewers may initially be confused at the filmmaker’s decision not to name his subjects - even as we feel that we’re beginning to

know them intimately, we never know their names. It turns out to be a potent technique to draw viewers in to their stories, rather than hold them at a safe remove as someone else’s unique experience. “Rebirth” may be organized around 9/11 and its physical and psychic aftermath, but it’s about the trick everyone needs to mas-ter sooner or later: letting go without letting go. By Ann Hornaday

(c) 2011, The Washington Post Unrated. Contains

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“Contagion,” a thinking man’s horror movie about a viral pandemic from the writ-ing-directing team of Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns (“The Informant!”), plays less like a conven-tional medical thriller - think “Outbreak” - than like a dra-matic reading of a “Nova” episode, performed by Hollywood’s elite. It’s stuffed with A-list actors - Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Elliott Gould - running around frowning and spit-ting out terms like “pathog-nomonic,” “fomites,” “para-myxovirus,” “phylogenetic” and “R-naught number.” A few of them are defined; most are not. That’s the scari-est thing about “Contagion.” We never know exactly what it is we’re supposed to be afraid of, as one character notes, early in the film. Then again, that’s not entirely true. Based on Soderbergh’s shooting style in the film’s first few seconds, which include ominously tight close-ups of a hand on a bus pole and a bowl of cocktail peanuts in a bar, it’s anything and everything that we come in contact with that’s terrifying. I’ll guaran-tee you one thing: Before this movie is over, you will stop unconsciously touch-ing your face (or, if you’re a critic, sticking your pen in your mouth). What “Psycho” did for showers, “Contagion” aims to do for shaking hands and shared water glasses. Otherwise, “Contagion” is not all that disturbing, except perhaps on an intel-lectual level. That’s partly due to Soderbergh’s restraint. The script, which is reportedly based on solid scientific research about disease and its transmission, treatment and control, is admirably unsensationalistic. And that’s even considering the fact that the virus at the heart of the story - dubbed MEV-1, though what that stands for is never explained - has a shorter and more lethal incubation period than any-thing we’ve previously seen. (SARS, swine flu, H1N1 - “Contagion” drops the names of real-life medical scares like mad.) Paltrow, whose Beth Emhoff is the first to come down with the new disease, is dead mere minutes into the movie, after lapsing into a scary, mouth-frothing sei-zure. “Oh, my God,” says the coroner upon opening up her skull and seeing what’s inside, “should I call some-

’Contagion,’ is a thinking man’s horror movie

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one?” “Call everyone,” replies his frightened col-league. Hundreds of millions of victims follow, though Beth’s husband, Mitch, played by a schlubby-look-ing Matt Damon, remains immune, both from the bug and from our emotions. As a hero, the film treats him with an oddly clinical detachment. Rather than putting Mitch in the thick of things, “Contagion” pretty much sends him into immediate quarantine. Along with his teenage daughter (Anna Jacoby-Heron), Mitch spends most of the movie sensibly holed up inside his house, as the world around him descends into a chaos of looting and Internet-fueled panic. One of the film’s clever-est touches involves a sec-ondary sense of the word viral. Using the Web as his pulpit, an unscrupulous blogger (Law) foments gov-ernment conspiracy theo-ries from the sidelines, tout-ing an untested homeopath-ic “cure” for the disease called forsythia. Law’s character, a shad-owy, Julian Assange-like demagogue called Alan Krumwiede - whose face appears, throughout the film, plastered on posters labelled “Prophet” - is funny and seductive. He’s almost creepier than MEV-1. And speaking of creepy, several scenes that seem calculated to frighten - shots of panicky shoppers stock-ing up on bottled water and hand sanitizer, and of peo-ple coughing without cov-ering their mouths - were met with not with gasps, but with titters of nervous laughter. Though “Contagion’s” trailer would have you believe it’s a nail-biter, its pleasures are mostly cerebral, not visceral. Its real heroes are not the Homeland Security offi-cers (led by a dour Brian Cranston) who initially attri-bute the plague to bioter-rorism, or even Damon, who, as the biggest name in the movie, is mysteriously underutilized.

Instead, they’re the but-toned-down bureaucrats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (run by Fishburne) and the medi-cal professionals working behind the scenes to identi-fy, treat and contain the dis-ease (Winslet, Cotillard and others). The breakthroughs in the action, if it can even be called that, come not in the field but in the lab, first with the replication of the virus by a protocol-busting researcher (Gould), and then with the discovery of a possible vaccine, admin-istered in her own thigh in an act of selfless bravery by a CDC researcher (Jennifer Ehle). If this is an action-thriller, it’s one that makes med school look sexier than the Marines.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Anfa Habib Mohamed’s skin is leathery and wrinkled, her face gaunt as an old woman. Her cloudy eyes stare blankly at the ceiling, as flies land on her forehead. Every few seconds, she moves her thin, tiny fingers, the only visible sign that she is alive. Anfa is 3 months old. On her medical form, she weighs 5.5 pounds, but even that seems generous. Her cheeks are more bone than flesh. Her mother admits that her child is closer to death than to life. “I am afraid,” said Nasteha Jana Mohamed, 16, holding her still child in her lap. “If she remains like this, she will die.” Inside this overcrowded, understaffed hos-pital, evidence of Somalia’s worst famine in two decades is all around. Turn left, and a baby suffering from severe malnutrition is listless, too weak to cry. Turn right, and a baby’s face is crisscrossed with white tape to hold the feeding tube slipped into its small nostrils. Then look at the baby a few steps away with the peeling skin, suffering not only from severe malnutrition, but also from measles and malaria. Hunger not only warps the body, but the entire immune system. The scenes at Benadir Hospital reflect the immense challenge facing this Horn of Africa nation, already besieged by multiple woes, from civil war to radical Islamist militants to a weak transitional government incapable of governing effectively, despite massive support from the United States and its allies. This week, the scale of the challenge came into sharper focus: the United Nations declared that Somalia’s famine has spread to a sixth region and warned that at least 750,000 people are at risk of dying in the next four months if aid efforts are not stepped up. Tens of thou-sands have died, U.N. officials say. Most are children. The center of the crisis is in southern

Somalia. Tens of thousands of people have trekked for hundreds of miles to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. Thousands more have arrived here in Mogadishu, settling down in 188 makeshift set-tlements around this capital city. They are the fortunate ones. Al-Shabab, the al-Qaida-linked militia that controls large swaths of southern Somalia, has prevented many people from leav-ing famine-stricken areas, U.N. officials say. For two years, Anfa and her mother lived as refugees in the Afgooye Corridor, a stretch of road northwest of Mogadishu that houses large settlements of displaced people.

They had escaped civil war. Then came a drought, and by July, a month after Anfa’s birth, the United Nations declared a fam-ine. But as the crisis grew, al-Shabab barred humanitarian aid from entering Afgooye, as it has in other areas it controls. Anfa was sick from the day she was born, said her mother. And with each passing day, her frail body deteriorated. On Monday, with Anfa virtually motionless, Natesha cradled her in her arms and took a minibus to the capital. They left early to avoid al-Shabab fighters, and arrived at the hospital at 9 a.m.

By 11.45 a.m., they had yet to see a doctor. Anfa moved her tiny head, and turned to reach her mother’s breast. But even that effort was a struggle, and soon Anfa gave up. Even if she had the energy, disappointment lay ahead. “I am not even getting breast milk,” said Natesha. In the next bed, Luley Ibrahim looked down at her 14-month-old daughter, Momine. But there was no response. Momine was blind, a result of severe malnutrition and vitamin defi-ciency. Sores peppered her skeletal head and protruding rib cage. “We didn’t even know that a hospital exist-ed,” said Ibrahim, looking down again at her baby. “I hope she will be able to see again.” The hallway of the children’s ward was crowded with mothers carrying their sick babies. Some were so weak that they dangled like rag dolls. Many were dehydrated. Most suf-fered from severe malnutrition, diarrhea and diseases such as measles, malaria and meningi-tis. Yasmina Hiller, a youthful German nurse, examined the babies, writing down their weights and other vital statistics. She had been at the hospital for 10 days. During that time, she had seen between two and four babies die every day, she said. She and a medical student were the only ones monitoring 70 children in the ward. “It’s really hard to stabilize them,” said Hiller, who has also volunteered in other African war zones, including Liberia and Angola. “They need milk, and they also need water. But you can’t overload them. So it’s really a risk.” Most children, she said, seesaw between life and death. One day, a baby appears to improve. Two days later, she’s near death. And even those who become strong enough to leave the hospital often struggle with weight and diseases within weeks, said Hiller, visibly frustrated by the sense of helplessness.

Inside a Somalian hospital are famine’s littlest victims

NASTEHA JANA MOHAMED, 16, holds her baby girl, Anfa Habib Mohamedis, inside Benadir

Hospital in Mogadishu. Anfa is 3 months old and weighs only 5.5 lbs. She suffers from severe malnutri-

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burgundy-colored restaurant guides, bringing it features aimed at local businesses and advertisers. Zagat will add an array of reviews of hotels, food, shopping and other categories, Mountain View, California-

based Google said in a blog post. The announcement hurt shares of OpenTable Inc., a Google partner that lets users review restaurants and make reservations online. The deal marries the world’s biggest search engine

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with a company that got its start in print 32 years ago. Zagat, famous for reviews that mix quotes from different users, will build on Google’s current services, such as Places, which helps local businesses call attention to themselves in search results. “Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering - delighting people with their impressive

array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary (and ordinary) experiences around the corner and around the world,” Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president of local, maps and location services, said in the blog posting. Zagat, based in New York, had said in June that it decided against selling the

company and intended instead to expand with new invest-ments to tap growth in its Internet business. In announcing the deal Thursday, Zagat framed it in the form of a review: “Zagat, a ‘pioneer in user-generated content’ and creator of the world’s most ‘influential’ and ‘trusted’ consumer reviews, has been acquired by another ‘renowned innovator,’ Google.”

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The Office of Study Abroad moved. Its new location is Room 118 of the Military Science building’s first floor. Enter in the door on the south side of the building, just north of the TSC. Learn more about semester exchanges, short-term faculty-led programs, English study or build language skills. Semester exchange programs are based on USU tuition costs. Most scholarships and financial aid apply. Call 435-797-0601.

The Housing and Residence Life Office moved. Come see us at our new location 1125 N. 1000 East, which is located at the north end of the parking lot directly east of Romney Stadium, and west of Aggie Village.

The Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity (AA/EO) Office relocated to Old Main, Room 161. Our office provides advice and assistance on a range of subjects including illegal discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual harassment, pregnancy, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and status as a protected veteran for students, staff, faculty and those served by USU. Drop in or give us a call at 435-797-1266 if you have questions.

Hear one of the hottest country bands in the nation, the Nashville Tribute Band, Sept. 9, at the Kent Concert

SA Office moved You Need to Know:

AA/EO in Old Main

Tribute band

See new location

StatesmanBack BurnerFriday, Sept. 9, 2011

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Calendar and Comics at

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Tuition and fee payments due “I Am Healthy” Health Expo 11 a.m. to 2

p.m. in the TSC International Lounge Open Racquetball Tournament 5 p.m. to

10 p.m. at the HPER racquetball courts Aggie CARE’s Celebration of Children

and Families from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. “In The Miller Mood” from 7 p.m. to 11

p.m. in the TSC BallroomGallery Walk and Live Music by Kris

Krompel from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Open registration continuesFall 2011 Rush begins and continues

through Friday Free math and statistics tutoring from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Graduate student registration purge – no registration permitted on Sept. 10-11

Rock Against Diabetes 2011 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall Courtyard

Football vs. Weber State beginning at 6 p.m. in Romney Stadium

Today’s Issue

Today is Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Today’s issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Whitney Baker, a freshman majoring in elementary education from Smithfield, Utah.

WeatherHigh: 85° Low: 49°Skies: Mostly sunny

with no chance of

percipitation.

Today in History:

On this day in

1942, a Japanese

floatplane drops

incendiary bombs

on an Oregon state

forest — the first

and only air attack

on the U.S. main-

land in the war.

Almanac

Utah StatesmanThe

Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $9 for students. NTB has produced hits for Lady Antebellum, Leann Rimes, Jessica Simpson, SHeDAISY, Little Big Town, Be Be Winans and many more. They will perform songs from their just-released CD “The Work: A Nashville Tribute to the Missionaries.”Phone: 801-582-2799 On Sept. 9, the one-man-band Scott Olsen will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Scott has an amazing repertoire with a wide variety of styles. Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza is located at 99 E. 1200 South. There is no cover charge; everyone is welcome. On Sept. 10, Jazz duo J&L Jazz will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. If you haven’t heard them before, this is your chance. These are fantastic musicians who play a nice variety of familiar tunes ranging from old standards to modern jazz. The 9/11 Day of Service commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, though service!. For 24-hours, from 9 a.m. on Sept. 10 to 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, we’ll be doing service projects across the valley and we need volunteers. Come to the Historic Courthouse Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. to sign up for a project or submit a project of your own at http://www.911dayofservice.blogspot.com/. Check out the website for more details. On Sept. 10 walk to END Alzheimer’s. Join this year’s walk starting at USU’s track where you can register to participate in a 5K Run/Walk or choose to loop the track.