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from the Department of Journalism & Communication
February 18, 2013
All the Local News:
Art professor dies in his office; local response to Pope’s resignation; Aggie Blue Bikes gets only new fee increase; middle school assembly turns into rock concert; local romance writer’s latest; USU power outage; Jane Eyre the musical, ATVNews, sports and more.
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| Mendon Peak and the Wellsvilles under (rare) blue skies and a nearly virgin snowfield. TED PEASE photo |
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School assembly morphs into surprise rock concert with a message
Story & Photos by Jessica Sonderegger
PROVIDENCE—Spring Creek Middle School students crowded the gymnasium
to attend what was scheduled to be just another school assembly. There
was a dull chatter among peers and any effort to quiet the hum was
ineffective. As the students organized themselves into tidy rows, each took a seat
as they had done hundreds of times before. For all they knew, this was
nothing more than yet another attempt to discourage drug use, encourage
school attendance and promote a bully-free campus. But those expectations were quickly abandoned as their “lecturers”
invited them to rush the stage and properly enjoy the upcoming,
full-production rock concert. Take the bus! Cache Valley riders cash in to improve air, win prizes
By Seth Merrill LOGAN—Aggie Shuttle, Cache Valley Transit District and the Cache Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the Cache in for Clean Air program, which will run until the end of the month. The contest encourages residents to use buses instead of cars during the inversion-heavy months of January and February by offering prizes from local businesses.
Smithfield romance writer RaeAnne Thayne’s career flourishes
SMITHFIELD — “I have a sign in my office. It says ‘I may not change the world, but I can change somebody’s afternoon,’” local bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne said. “My objective is to make somebody’s day a little better.” the former journalist’s most recent romance novel, Currant Creek Valley, will be released in March. “I fell in love with creating worlds of my own. It is so different from journalism. I’m the one in control, that’s how it works.”
Plowing snow, marking fire hydrants all part of Paradise business
By Dawn Otterby PARADISE—Snowy road conditions were the biggest concern when the Town Council met Wednesday. “I’ve had quite a few positive comments on the way the roads have been taken care of,” said Councilman Jay Rinderknecht, who oversees road maintenance. Mayor Leland Howlett and resident Lee Atwood are taking care of plowing. “If you look at our fuel and labor bill—that was pretty high. But multiply that by 10 or 15, if you hired that out to a contractor,” Howlett said. “We tried to save money where we could and we haven’t really broken anything, so the cost has been pretty low.”
USU NEWS
Graphic design professor Alan Hashimoto dies in department officeLOGAN—Alan Hashimoto, 58, an associate professor of graphic design at Utah State University, died in his Art Department office Monday morning of an apparent heart attack. Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts, expressed “profound sadness” at Hashimoto’s death. “This is a huge loss for many of us personally and for the college,” Jessop said. “Alan was a man of boundless energy and enormous vision, and he will be sorely missed by all of us.”
50¢ more for Aggie Blue Bikes, but fee board rejects other requests
By Kyle Heywood LOGAN—Student fees at Utah State University are increasing—by 50¢. After a $41 fee increase this year, the student fee board rejected most of the new fee requests it received, but approved an additional 50 cents to support the campus Aggie Blue Bike program.
Banquet-goers go hungry to raise awareness, combat poverty
By McCall Bulloch LOGAN—USU’s Students Together Ending Poverty will serve up its annual Hunger Banquet on Wednesday, and many will leave hungry, guilty or inspired. Banquet director Sarah Menlove said the purpose of the event is to raise awareness about global poverty while also providing students with a small taste of the disparity people throughout the world feel every day. “Even if it’s just for the few hours they’re here, people walk out with a new outlook on life,” she said.
Falling in love? In the end it’s a chemical romance
By Jonathan Larson
LOGAN – Love is nothing more than a chemical response to ensure the survival of the human race, researchers say. According to the National Retail Foundation, American spent $1.6 billion on candy for Valentine’s Day. While those millions of pounds of chocolate and sweets were being devoured Thursday, physiological responses were being triggered that make individuals feel in love, a USU researcher says.
Aggie TV News—Reactions to Pope’s resignation, Mardi Gras, basketball scoring record & more
LOGAN—This week, the ATVNews team brings world events home to campus, and looks into local events, anchored by Kelton Wells and Emily Landeen, and produced by Loren Brewer. Local reaction to the Pope’s resignation. Want to talk to your state Rep—how about Saturday morning? What happens if you’re caught drinking on campus? A Mardi Gras without masks? Is a $3 million gift enough to keep the Fry Street Quartet making beautiful music? Sports, weather and more. Click here for full newscast.
Lights out? Cause of campus power outage still unclear
By Shayna Marcure LOGAN — Concession gates down, computer labs closed, classes dismissed — all thanks to the power outages that plagued Utah State University Wednesday morning. Multiple buildings throughout campus—including Old Main, the business building, Merrill-Cazier Library, and the agriculture sciences building—experienced moments of no lights, no internet, and no cafés for as much as three hours.
ARTS
Musical ‘Jane Eyre’ pushes emotion ‘over the edge,’ composer saysStory & Photos by Dani Hayes LOGAN—Some may argue that the arts are a luxury, but for Jay Richards, they are a necessity for life.Although he never formally studied music, Richards is a nationally known composer for his original score in his adaptation of Little Women,and is the founding director of Music Theater West, headquartered in River Heights. His latest production, Jane Eyre: A New Musical, for which he both composed the music and wrote the script, premieres Thursday at the Ellen Eccles Theater in Logan. Click here to listen to Dani’s Utah Public Radio story.
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