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Hard News Cafe—Week in Review
Jan. 10-16, 2011

News about Cache Valley and USU by students of the Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Logan, Utah












January 16th, 2011
USU remembers & celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Heidi Hansen
LOGAN—USU’s celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Wednesday evening featured music, poetry, speeches and a candlelight vigil, but what organizers agreed was most important was that attendees left feeling inspired and ready to carry on King’s work.



January 16th, 2011
Civil Rights: Learning to share power and privilege

By Jess Allen
LOGAN—Nestled in the middle of the Museum of Anthropology on the third floor of Old Main, a small group of listeners gathered Saturday to hear two speakers encourage acceptance and love in remembrance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of the museum’s “Saturdays at the Museum,” the program focused on “Civil Rights: A New Perspective” to commemorate what would have been the slain civil rights leader’s 72nd birthday.

January 16th, 2011
Budget uncertainty continues for USU as 2011 legislative session opens

By Alex Thatcher
LOGAN—As the economic recession lingers, many universities still face tough budget cuts. Although Utah is more economically stable than many states, universities, including Utah State, are still tightening their belts.

January 15th, 2011
South Sudan ambassador asks for prayers for world’s newest nation
Referendum to create new African country concluded Jan. 15

By Shirrel Cooper
Photo by Cathy Morgan
LOGAN—Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth wants Utah State University students to pray for him and his country, which may become the newest nation in the world this weekend.

January 16th, 2011
Ex-CIA analyst brings real-world experience to politics classroom

By Jakob Asplund
LOGAN—Students who enroll in Jeannie L. Johnson’s political science classes often find they get more than they expected when they first saw the pretty, slim, blond instructor.


January 16th, 2011
Media & Society Lecture focuses on press baron Joseph Pulitzer
Life and influence of famed news baron is subject of JCOM Lecture

LOGAN—Nineteenth-century newspaper mogul Joseph Pulitzer will be the focus of a lecture next week by the author of an acclaimed new biography of one of the most famous names in American press history. James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, will deliver the first Morris Media & Society Lecture of 2011 at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Eccles Science Learning Center room 046. The lecture, sponsored by the USU Journalism & Communication Department, is free and the public is invited.


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