Dozens of USU students and alumni liv-ing in or visiting the East Coast last weekend stocked up on supplies and prepared for the worst as Hurricane Irene shook up the eastern United States. Natasha Bodily, who studied at USU for three years before moving to New York City this year, said, “At first I wasn’t anxious about it at all, because I didn’t think it was going to be as bad as everyone was saying. But then my parents and aunts and uncles and cousins kept calling me and freaking out. They were actually quoting, word-for-word, Anderson Cooper on CNN, so I started to get pretty nervous.” The biggest hurricane to hit the states since Katrina in 2005, Irene received exten-sive media coverage with weather advisories issued and evacuations ordered up and down from Florida to Maine. The worst of the storm occurred on Aug. 27 and 28, about six years to the day when Katrina ravaged the Southeast. This time, many more were prepared. “The landlord told us that we should sleep in the living room so that the tree in the back wouldn’t fall down and crush us,” Bodily said. She said that she and her roommates personally prepared by stocking up on flash-lights, food and water. Jenny Corry, who attended USU her fresh-man and sophomore years of college and was in Washington DC at the time, said that hundreds of people there had the same idea. All of the local stores sold every single water bottle and flashlight until nothing was left, she said. Corry said the most exciting part of the storm was mainly the anticipation. She said,

“The day of the hurricane, I played flag football with a bunch of friends in the mud and the rain and that evening is when the storm really picked up. There were really strong wind gusts and it rained for about 18 hours straight.” Some students, such as junior Michael Berry, had family members in hurricane areas. Berry’s brother-in-law, USU alumni Trent Merrell, lives in Concord, N.H. Berry said that Merrell posted the follow-ing on the family’s website: “So far so good. We have plenty of water (both to drink and coming down from the sky outside) and all of our stuff outside is tied down. The wind is blowing pretty hard and at times it is raining side-ways, but we are doing well and it hasn’t been scary, yet. We lost power for a few hours this morning, but we were all sleeping.” Berry said, “When Hurricane Irene was projected to go through his area, of course I was a little worried, but not too bad consid-ering that he is quite up north, and the news said that it would be downgraded. So I wasn’t too worried.” The storm claimed the lives of 43 individuals and destroyed the homes of thousands more. “The New York Times” stated that Irene will likely be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation’s history, with industry estimates suggesting $7 to $10 billion of damage due to heavy rainfall and flooding, crop destruction, sapped power and a negative impact on tourism. Some USU students who experienced the effects of the storm said that it wasn’t nearly as bad as predicted, but many were not living in areas where the damage was particularly bad. Bodily said when the storm hit, it was mainly just incredibly windy and rainy. The

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on the east side of the Taggart Student Center. Bike thefts have been increasing over the past few years. Police say students should lock their bikes with strong locks at approved racks to avoid theft or removal. CODY GOUCHNOUR photo

Freedom to think, learn and share ideas are just a few of the ideologies the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean John Allen said are behind the name of the college’s new biannual alumni magazine “Liberalis.” The inception of this new publication comes as another one of several steps, he said, that the college’s administrators have taken to ensure students, faculty members and doubters of the validity of liberal arts degrees that USU’s humanities and social sciences curricula are here

to stay. “The brand is: A premiere liberal arts college in the midst of a land-grant university, in the mountains of Utah, with scholar teachers as the faculty,” said Allen, a professor of rural sociology and a former journalist. “I want people who are engaged in their scholarship or creative activity, but they love teaching.” He said students who graduate from USU with a bachelor’s degree in any major, or combi-nation of majors, stewarded by CHaSS will argu-ably find better success, over time, than students who earn more typical professional degrees such as business or engineering.

In March, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah legislator Sen. Howard Stephenson said students majoring in degrees such as his-tory, liberal arts, sociology and philosophy are squandering funding and other costly resources by pursuing “degrees to nowhere.” “I was pretty new when (Stephenson’s) com-ment was made,” said CHaSS public relations specialist Kristen Munson. “Talking to students, people were upset about it, and they weren’t upset at him. What they were upset about was that they knew that it wasn’t true.”

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Milne: Bicycle thefts on the rise The USU Police Department received a call Thursday, Aug. 23 concerning a missing Aggie Blue Bike that belonged to the department of natural resources. Later, a different Aggie Blue Bike — which was registered to the Health and Wellness Center — was found in its place. “Someone had taken their department of natural resources Aggie Blue Bike and switched it with an older version,” said Capt. Steven Milne of the USU Police department. David Griffin, the shop manager at Aggie Blue Bikes said they are trying to figure out what

happened, but he doesn’t think it was a theft. “I almost feel like it’s not a theft,” Griffin said. He said there is probably someone who knows what happened with the bikes and that they were switched on purpose, but they aren’t sure what happened yet. Many bikes are stolen from USU’s campus. Milne said that 29 bikes were reported stolen in 2010 and 33 have been reported stolen so far in 2011. He said many more bikes were probably never reported. Griffin said that there has been a rise in bike thefts. “It’s something that is becom-ing more of a problem,” he said. “I’ve been here over three years,

more thefts probably this last year, more people coming in ask-ing if we’ve seen their bike than in the previous two years.” Milne said students need to lock up their bikes. Most bike thefts, he said, are crimes of opportunity. “We encourage people to lock their bikes up, use the bike lock. The majority of the ones that are taken were not locked at the time that they were stolen,” Milne said. Griffin at said students should also be sure to use a quality lock. “This year lots of them have been locked up. Usually, it’s a cheaper lock and somehow they’ve managed to crack the lock or cut through it. You have to have power tools, in all hon-

estly, to get through a good lock,” Griffin said. Griffin said there are several ways to lock a bike and some are more effective than others. He said the lock needs to attach the bike frame to the bike rack. He also said students should lock up anything that has a quick release function. Milne said that joyriding is also a big problem on campus. “We’ll find a bike that was shoved in the bushes somewhere. We find out that the owner had never reported it stolen to start with but noticed it had been missing and somebody had used it to ride across campus and then stashed it in the bushes,” Milne

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“I do think that sometimes students feel that they are being brave when they major in something like the humanities or the social sciences,” she added. “Because we don’t give out a professional degree, like accounting, if you major in accounting, you will most likely be an accountant.” In Liberalis, USU history department chair Norm Jones authored a column refuting the legitimacy of such claims, positing that degrees like these prepare students for interaction with their fellow citizens. He said, con-versely, such majors are “degrees to everywhere.” “If you’re occupationally zeroed in on something, well you are forgetting that it operates in a context,” Jones said. “So you want to take a class in history, right? You think the Constitution is important. Do you know how it came to be?” Jones is also the director of General Education, which oversees all university studies classes such as USU 1330 (creative arts) and (USU 1360 integrated physical science). He said classes like these refine a student and broaden their knowledge base — hence the term “breadth requirement.” “You know, you pick up the newspaper,” Jones added, “and all the time, it’s full of references to literature and history and things; and if you haven’t got that broader education, you have no clue what the conversation is about.” Concepts like these are what drove the creation of the summer issue of Liberalis, Munson said. Munson compiled the stories printed in the periodical and wrote several of them herself.She said, now that it has been a little more than a year since the cleavage of the Caine College of the Arts and CHaSS, producing the alumni magazine seemed like a good way to identify and define what the college is, and what it has to offer. “We didn’t have brochures that didn’t have the arts in

them,” Munson said, “We didn’t have any communica-tions pieces that didn’t mention the arts, and we were kind of in the process of not necessarily rebranding ourselves, but having to kind of give ourselves a slight facelift.” The centerpiece of the first issue of Liberalis, called “Degrees to Everywhere,” is focused on four alumni who graduated with degrees in philosophy and some of the professors who taught them. Munson said the magazine is meant primarily for alumni, but also showcases the high quality of work most USU faculty members and students should be recognized for. Philosophy professor Charlie Huenemann, also an associate dean for CHaSS, said of the various disciplines and respective department housed within the college, students gain more than just something to talk about at cocktail or dinner parties. He said students who study these fields are passionate about them and will gain experience and knowledge they will take with them for the rest of their lives. “If they’re passionate about it, that ties into who they are, and what their personality is,” Huenemann said. “And that ties in to what they’re going to be good at. By following where their passion takes them, that’s going to allow them to be an excellent whatever it is — excellent doctor, excellent plumber, excellent philosopher — as opposed to being a mediocre accountant, or physicist or musician.” Two of the CHaSS alumni profiled in Munson’s “Degrees to Everywhere” feature have gone on to attend law school and medical school, and another combined what she learned in philosophy with what she is passion-ate about to acquire a job as a science writer. “If you major in (philosophy),” Munson said, “what does that mean? It means you can do a lot of things but there’s not like a defined path through our college, or through a lot of our majors. But that doesn’t mean that they’re not degrees of value, because the students are learning skill sets that are of demand. Our students can understand people, they can understand how to com-municate with people.”

“DEGREES TO EVERYWHERE,” the centerpiece story for CHaSS’s first issue

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said. Milne also suggested that students register their bikes with the USU Police. He said that way the police will have the bikes description and serial number, and students will receive a tag to put on the bike which helps identify it. “It’s a free service,” Milne said. “If we come across the bike it’s much easier for us to locate the owner.” The USU Police gave a presentation to incoming freshmen during their connections class on August 26 in which they gave students some advice on how to prevent bike theft and theft in general. Sgt. Jessica Elder from the USU Police said that the serial number on most bikes is underneath the bike with the gears and chain. She said other frequently stolen items have serial numbers that will help police find missing and stolen items. “When you buy these things it’s important to build a file,” she said. Have your paperwork that goes with those items, serial number, model number, things like that,” Elder said. Some missing items show up in the pawn shop database or on websites like ksl.com, Elder said. Information like make, model and serial number are important if the police are going to retrieve property. Reported incidents of theft have also gone up this year, Milne said. Eighty-two thefts have been reported so far this year. Seventy-three thefts were reported for the same time period in 2010.

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Anything ‘butt’ ordinary

COMEDIAN AND MAGICIAN DEREK HUGHES perfoms a comedic magic act, or a magical comedy rou-

tine, before a full-capacity crowd in the TSC Ballroom Wednesday night. During his performance he pulled a playing

card out of his rear end.The event was of Week of Welcome which has included activities throughout the week to

welcome students to the new school year. CODY GOUCHNOUR photo

He’s no Peter Parker, but Randy Lewis, professor of biology at USU, is broadening the horizons of the work that can be done with spider silk. Often referred to as “Spiderman” by his co-workers, Lewis started research-ing and working with the properties of spider silk at the University of Wyoming, where he worked for 30 years before coming to Logan. “Spider silk is the strongest biological material that exists,” Lewis said. “It’s still f lexible, and it’s still elastic. That is one of the key differences between it and materials like Kevlar.” Earlier this week, Lewis was inter-viewed on CNN. Next Tuesday, BBC will be interviewing him as well. Randi Kaye, the CNN reporter who talked to Lewis, said “This is really interesting — a little bizarre — but really cool at the same time.” The average spider makes six different types of silk in the typical circular orb-shaped web, Lewis said. Each type of silk has different mechanical properties. “Some are as elastic as rubber; some are stronger than Kevlar. There are those that have no stretch at all,” he said. “Some of them, they don’t even know the properties because of the way it is spun.” The hardest part of this research is figuring out the best way to produce the silk in mass quantities. Each web is made from four types of silk. You can’t just go collect webs because you won’t get anything from it. The spiders are also very territorial and cannibalistic, so they do not survive long enough to make enough silk, he said.

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To solve this, the genes for each type of silk have been pulled from the spiders and are being cloned. Later, the genes are transferred into goats and the silk proteins combine with the goats’ milk, Lewis said. The genes are also being transferred into silk worms who combine the spider silk with their own. “We’re still going strong with the goats; we’re still going strong with the bacteria, and we’re starting to work with alfalfa,” he said. The goal is to create a material that can com-bine strength and f lexibility. To produce the proteins Lewis and other scientists use bacteria. “They are easy and fast. I make up a new gene and in months it’s ready,” he said. “They make it, we spin the fibers.” Eventually the silk material will be used and sold for a variety of items. The item highest in demand will be material to repair tendons and ligaments. Right now, if you tear your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), there are no repair methods, he said. It can be replaced by using pieces from elsewhere in your body or from a cadaver. If you tear your rotator cuff, tendons can be sewn together. For someone younger, it will most likely repair and heal just fine. For some-one older it’s just going to make scar tissue, he said. “Scar tissue is much weaker than the natural tendon,” Lewis said. “We can put this in there and hold the ligament together and then do some physical therapy rather than completely immobilizing it; so it will heal (to) a level of at least moderate use.” Lewis said there are companies interested in using the silk materials for a variety of products. “People have contacted me about using it for parachute cords and for catch lines in aircraft carriers as opposed to steel and springs,” he said. “A lot of the things are to use it as a replacement for tools. I’ve been asked about everything from f ly fishing materials to airbags.” Jalila Essaidi, a Dutch bio-artist heard about Lewis’ research and contacted him about her idea to create “bulletproof skin.” The two have worked together to design and manufacture the skin for testing. “One of the goals while producing the silk was to create bulletproof vests and I thought, why even bother with the vests, let’s go directly to the skin,” she said.

Essaidi shot the piece with a .22 caliber rif le at a slower than normal speed. The bullet did not penetrate the skin, but it did put enough pressure on it that enough damage would still be caused to seriously injure or kill a person. “It’s not bulletproof right now,” Lewis said. “Perfecting it is not high on our list right now.” With all the recent national publicity, Lewis said more companies have contacted him about their ideas for the silk. “Tell me what you want and the price you are willing to pay,” he said. “Then I can tell you if

that’s something we can do. “ Lewis said he enjoys his research because it is something the average person is likely to understand. Since arriving in Logan, he has discussed the project with everyone from 3rd grade students to Rotary Club members to graduate students. “It’s easy. Everyone knows what a spider web looks like,” he said. “It’s easy to talk to people about it.

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Suspect arrested in geology thefts On June 6, Dallas Ford was arrested in connection to burglar-‐ies reported from the USU Geology Building, said Capt. Steve Milne of USU Police. He said several pieces of meteorite and a mammoth tooth were among the items recovered from Ford’s home. On May 3, blood was found on broken windows in the Geology Building. Milne said, “Some win-‐dows had been broken and a display case had been smashed, and the items taken from that.” Milne said people came forward June 3 with information concerning Ford’s possible involvement. Police served a warrant and searched his home on June 6, where many of the stolen items were recovered, though Milne said a number of meteorite pieces are still missing. Along with the valuable mete-‐orite, several sample rocks from a USU geology class — never reported missing — were also recovered from Ford’s home, Milne said. According to Milne, Ford origi-‐nally said a homeless man had given him a box of rocks to look after. Milne said Ford, who previously spent time in jail for a different crime, later changed his story. Milne said that according to Ford, “out of anger and spite he started stealing stuff from the uni-‐versity,” because while in jail, Ford’s house was burglarized.

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subway system in New York City was shut down, but that, she said, was about as bad as it got. Others, such as Corry, said houses nearby suffered damage from fallen trees, but she reiterated that the antici-pation of the storm was the most excit-ing part. Forecasting the effects of a hurricane is incredibly difficult, but preparing for them is something that, if done well, can save thousands of lives. Currently, USU plays a unique role in storm preparation. USU’s USTAR Space Weather Center is the leading center in the entire nation that has the capability to establish where feasible lines of communication can be found in the midst of natural disaster. Through the use of computer models and data, the center enables emergency responders to use high-frequency radio communications to aid in contacting friends or families in times of need. “There are no other schools with that capability and no other govern-ment agencies or companies either, so it’s pretty unique,” said Kent Tobiska, director of the SWC. “It represents a very cutting edge way of translating the physics of space weather information so that we can apply it to help us with daily

activities.” Tobiska said when Katrina hit the United States, the fourth largest solar flare in history went off and disrupted communication frequencies that were already frazzled from the storm. Fortunately, he said, no solar activity interrupted communications during Irene, which aided in emergency response. As thousands attempt to recover their homes and businesses in the aftermath of the storm, many were left unscathed despite warnings stating the worse would occur. Bodily, however, said she was grateful for the warnings. “I think that some people thought the precautions were a little overkill, but I think that it’s probably always better to rule on the side of caution,” Bodily said. “Being overly cautious was probably a good thing, even though it was inconve-nient for a lot of people.” Despite casualties, CNN reported, emergency preparedness efforts were much more successful during Irene than they have been in the past, and that could very well have saved many lives.

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BIOLOGY PROFESSOR RANDY LEWIS is working to develop products using the six types of

silk from the average spider. The protein for the silk is received from genetically modified goats’ milk.

Spider silk is the strongest and most flexible biological material and is inexpensive to produce. KYLE PETT photo

Know when to walk way, know when to run

GARRETT SNOW, A JUNIOR in public relations, and PR officer for the Country Swing Club, covers his face while teaching Nicholette Thorne, a sophomore

in special education, and the club’s advertising officer, how to rope during Wednesday’s Day on the Quad. Snow said making “a show of it” helps to bring people in

so that he and other members of the presidency could tell people about the benefits of club membership during the annual showcase for campus clubs and organi-

zatons. CODY GOUCHNOUR photo

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Growing up, Karilynne Wallace was fascinated by space. She enrolled at Utah State University in 1990 because of its world-class aerospace program, hoping for the chance to explore the skies overhead. Wallace never imagined she would one day direct them. The first week of classes she approached Don L. Lind, professor emeritus of space physics, with one question in mind. He was a veteran Navy pilot and astronaut who flew on the space shuttle Challenger in 1985 and had been in charge of lunar operations for Apollo 11 — the 1969 mission that put the first men on the moon. Wallace thought he could tell her how to get there. “Join the military,” he suggested, she said. Wallace walked over to the ROTC building and immediately signed up. “At that point, I wasn’t even sure I would stay the full four years (in the service),” she said. Wallace had turned down a mili-tary scholarship just a few months prior because she was unfamiliar with the armed forces and how they could shape her future. Now a cadet in the Air Force, Wallace found herself spending more and more time in the Military Science building. She discovered that she was a part of something much bigger than herself — and she liked it. “I enjoyed what I was doing,” she said. “I enjoyed the people I was working with. I enjoyed the camara-derie of it. I’ve been in it now for 17 years.” Wallace, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, is the new director of USU’s Aerospace Studies program and commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. “We are very fortunate to have someone of Lt. Col. Wallace’s background leading our Aerospace Studies program here in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences,” said Dean John C. Allen. “Not only is she a Utah State University alum, but she brings a very sophisticated background in military intelligence that will enhance the sophistication of our ROTC students’ training.”

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Eleven years ago, headlining an inter-national tour and releasing four studio albums may have seemed like a pipe dream to Bryce Avery. It’s unlikely back then he would have thought about rocking out with a few thousand college students on a street corner in Logan, Utah. Of course, 11 years ago, Avary was just a 15-year-old kid trying to record music from his bedroom. Avary’s solo-project The Rocket Summer will break a one-year silence to play on the corner of 700 North, near campus, Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Avary said Utah is one of his favorite places to play, which is why he accepted USU’s offer after turning down other venues. “It’s going to be an exhilarating thing to do what I haven’t done in a year,” he said. “I want to feel the energy of the

crowd. It’s inspiring to leave the studio.” Senior Jane Sorenson, a graphic design major, has seen the The Rocket Summer in concert five times, since becoming a fan during her junior year of high school. She said the band is the perfect choice for a Week of Welcome closer. “Other bands like Yellowcard or Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are trendy. Everyone knows them,” she said. “The Rocket Summer is something new and different. It’s refreshing that his music is not played on the radio all the time.” Zach Larsen, ASUSU’s Programming vice president said he is sure The Rocket Summer performance will live up to the hype. “Of all of the reasons Rocket Summer is great, they have interaction with the crowd. It’s phenomenal,” he said. On his website, Avary sells T-shirts with the words “hopeful, melodic, epic, piano, guitar, rock.” He hopes these words will describe his performance. Avary is an

accomplished player of piano, guitar, bass and drums. He writes, produces and plays the instrumentals for all of his albums, which is part of the reason he doesn’t like to stick one label or genre on himself. His new album will stock shelves early next year. “I want to write music that inspires. Music is that friend that convinces you not to jump,” Avary said. “The new album is a step up from everything I’ve done in the past.” Whitney Lundberg, a sophomore majoring in deaf education, said she’s amped to see The Rocket Summer live for the first time. While she knows of some students who are disappointed that ASUSU Programming didn’t choose a big-ger name, similar to past years, she said it will open student’ minds to new music. “He doesn’t have trashy lyrics,” she said. “He has good lyrics with meaning that you can still rock out to.”

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St. Thomas, Jost Van Dyke, Antigua and the Bahamas

“There was this little baby jel-lyfish and I had a Finding Nemo moment. I just wanted to touch it, and then they were everywhere and I was scared I was going to die.”Erin Kelley

business juniorChile, Brazil and Peru

“One of the coolest parts was just getting a feel for the culture in each country. In Chile, it’s the most eco-

nomically developed. You go to Brazil and it’s this really intense energy. Peru is more of an indig-

enous feel.”

Sierra Larsenspecial education juniorGhana

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Richard Orcutteconomics seniorSeattle, Alaska, China

“In China, you get your bed and a foot-and-a-half next to your bed. You get your bath-room and it’s like a toilet and a shower stall. You shower standing on your toilet. They say on any given night you can find one person from any given nation on the planet.”

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Beef tongue — in Spanish it’s called “lengua” — as in a tongue that used to belong to, and was very much attached to, a once happy cow. When I lived in Moab, Utah, I was lucky enough to indulge in some of the best authentic Mexican cooking I’ve ever tasted. Every night, after the dinner rush at the restaurant I worked in, all of the Mexican

cooks would throw together an authentic Mexican dinner for themselves. The greatest part about it was the fact that they let me eat with them; and yes, I’ve eaten “lengua” sev-eral times. A couple of nights ago, I noticed a new restaurant in Providence called Super Burrito Taqueria — also called El Super Burrito — located at 517 W. 100 North, Suite 103. I’m always looking for a legitimate and convenient place to get Mexican food, so I gave it a shot. One of the first things that caught my attention when I looked up at the menu board was that lengua was offered. That’s a good sign it meets the authentic requirement. I also noticed I was the only person in the place other than a man mopping the floor. I could also see a short, stout Latino or Hispanic cook in the kitchen. Sometimes, being the only patron in a restaurant is cause for alarm. A notion comes to mind: “Do I really want to eat here? It kind of looks like nobody else does.” I decided to throw caution to the wind and order some food. I was told by the man with the mop that the best two things on the menu were the Burrito Supreme, and the apt-ly-named El Super. The former is a massive burrito that con-sists of a homemade soft tortilla filled with the usual fare, such as rice, beans, cheese, avocado sauce and a choice of meat – yes, lengua is one of the choices. I decided to opt for the Burrito Supreme with pork, maybe I’ll try the tongue next time. Literally, less than 2 minutes after I ordered my food, it arrived in all of its piping, hot goodness on a paper plate. A red flag goes up sometimes if I get my food too fast. Obviously, it’s better than waiting too long, but it could indicate that a better name for the cook might be “micro-waver.” However, this was evidently not the case. After dumping two of the six different kinds of homemade hot sauces on top of my burrito, I chowed down and nothing indicated that any corners were cut. After tasting, and then subsequently devouring my food, I decided El Super Burrito was likely going to become my new favorite place for Mexican. The greatest thing for me is that it’s right down the street from where I live. For those of you in Logan, get over the idea that Providence is far

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“Colombiana” kills on screen

“Colombiana” is the story of Cataleya (Zoe Saldana), a girl who becomes a pro-fessional killer after witness-ing her parents’ murder. The movie hits fast and hard, and begins with the death of Cataleya’s par-ents and an exciting chase that could only have been dreamed up by French writer/producer Luc Besson who has a signature taste for “parkour,” a style of chase-on-foot scene char-acterized by outlandish acrobatics such as jumping from roof to roof or running up walls. At a young age, Cataleya looks to “Xena: Warrior Princess” for inspiration in dealing with the challenges of living in Colombia, and the death of her parents. Through keeping a valued

secret, Cataleya makes her way to Chicago, where she finds her uncle, grandmoth-er and a place to live and thrive. Through her persistence, and with the help of her uncle, Cataleya grows into an effective assassin with the power to exact revenge on her parents’ killers. Then, the adventure really begins. Cataleya has grace and amazing intelligence as an assassin that is unseen in many of the male action characters such as Jason Bourne and James Bond. This gives a refreshing feel-ing to the action genre, and to the assassin sub-genre. Aside from her intensi-ty, Cataleya houses a frag-ile emotional vulnerabil-ity which becomes known when she can be herself away from her assignments. She is a character of dimen-sion who can relate with movie viewers of all types. Saldana — who has acted in Star Trek and Avatar — has once again proven her value as a deadly-action actress. She is a beautiful, skilled woman, perfect for the role of Cataleya. She should go far in her career as a talented woman who can handle different types of roles, which she demon-strates in “Colombiana.” Amandla Stenberg, who plays the young Cataleya, does an excellent job at portraying a smart, agile, perceptive girl with a fierceness atypical of many young actors. She will play Rue in the upcoming film “The Hunger Games,” and I anticipate her career will be one similar to that of Saldana’s. Cliff Curtis, known for his roles in “Live Free or Die Hard” and “Training Day,” plays Cataleya’s uncle who teaches and guides Cataleya through her train-

ing as she works toward her goal of becoming an assas-sin. A tight-knit group of art-ists came together to cre-ate the fantastic action of “Colombiana:” Olivier Megaton, Besson, Robert Mark Kamen, and Nathaniel Mechaly. Director Olivier Megaton captured the action in a way that puts the audience in the middle of the thrills. Megaton previously direct-ed “Transporter 3,” and he used many of the same components of filming for both movies. Besson, once again, adds another great movie to the action-assassin genre. Although he authored the story behind “Taken,” the “Transporter” movies, “La Femme Nikita” and “Leon the Professional,” he didn’t become redundant in “Colombiana.” Kamen, who co-wrote the screenplay, has worked closely with Besson over the years on some of his box office hits and again helped to deliver a captivat-ing film. The score was composed by Mechaly, who previously composed the score for “Taken.” It fit well for the movie, but it didn’t leave a lasting impression with any memorable themes. Cataleya’s as deadly as she is beautiful, as emotion-ally soft as she is fierce, and she makes “Colombiana” an exciting action movie, perfect for the beginning of a school year.

— Spencer Palmer is a gradu-

ate student working toward

an MBA with a recent bach-

elors in mechanical engi-

neering. He enjoys watching

all sorts of movies. E-mail

him at spencer.palmer@aggi-

email.usu.edu.

“Colombiana”Grade: A

Spencer Palmer

movie Review

“Colombiana” kills on screen“Colombiana”

Surviving the reading I know the feeling. You walk into class, look at the syllabus and see the reading schedule and instantly want to walk back out. And, you would if it weren’t for the fact that this is a class you must take to graduate. The panic sets in, and even the crazies like me who love to read are overwhelmed by the work load. Don’t give up. I promise you it can be manageable. Your attitude is half the battle. It may sound like something your mother would say, but if you go into your reading with a bad attitude, you will hate every minute of it. Just remember how much you like being in college and with a few simple tips even the most reluctant reader can survive.

1. Breathe: I know it may seem like a lot, but just staring at the page hoping those numbers will disappear isn’t going to do anything. I have found the best thing to do in this situation is: just sit down, breathe deeply, and convince myself it really is not that much reading. Grab a paper bag if it helps, just don’t let yourself get too worked up, or you’ll spend the amount of time it takes to read the material complaining about how it is too many pages.

2. Dive in: Talking about how much reading you have to do isn’t going to get it done any faster, so just dive in and commit yourself to getting it done. I also would set aside a longer chunk of time than you think it will take. Its better on the mood to get done earlier than you planned, rather than feeling depressed when you have no time left and 20 pages left to read.

3. Do not get behind: Failing to complete your reading with the attitude that you will make it up later never works, trust me. In three years of college English classes I have learned it is extremely hard to catch up once the pile begins building. As soon as you forget one day, your reading doubles. When you’re an English major like me and 100 pages a night becomes 200, you give up really quick.

4. If you do get behind, catch up: There are a few ways to do this. You can chug a liter of pop and stay up all night reading, although I would make sure you are in an area with a good restroom. Or if you are desperate, I have found a good trick for reading quickly and still understanding the material. Read the first paragraph of the chapter, and from then on read the first and last sentence of every paragraph. Then you can pick and choose to read the sections you don’t understand. That way you still know the general idea of what your teacher wanted you to study, and will do a little better on any surprise quizzes.

5. Highlight: Especially when reading a textbook, it really helps to highlight passages you may think are important. It doesn’t take much time, and you remember the passages better than if you just read right over them. It also helps when it comes time to cram for an exam because the highlighted passages stick out for easy reviewing.

See? Its not as bad as you think it is. Next time you look at your syllabus and begin to hyperventilate, remember to calm down, breathe and just start reading.

— Kellyn Neumann is a senior majoring in English literary

studies. She spends every minute possible reading her Kindle.

Her favorite books are classics and historical fiction. If you

have any book suggestions you want her to read, email her

at kellyn.neumann@aggiemail.usu.edu.

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Surviving the reading

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CONCERT, From Page 4

The Rocket Summer closes Week of Welcome with concert

BURRITO, From Page 5

Taqueria is quick, affordable

Take a bite out of college life

GRAD STUDENT CAMI JONES HOLDS onto a huge Ice cream cone as Senior Kirsten Frank tries to take a big bite. During the Aggie Ice cream give away on the TSC Fountain Patio. Both were there to give out free ice cream to the student body. CARL R. WILSON photo

away — it’s not.

When you see the menu, you’ll agree that the drive is

worth it. The most expensive thing available at El Super

Burrito is only $7.50, and I know the majority of college

students want to pay “free-99” for their meals as often as

possible. Anybody looking for an authentic Mexican meal

that will fill you up, and not put you in the poorhouse,

should check this place out.

My total came to $10, which included a massive gut-

bomb of a burrito for $6, a Dr Pepper with unlimited

refills for $1.50 and a $2 tip — if there’s a tip jar and/or

somebody brings your food to you, do the right thing and

leave at least a 15 to 20 percent tip. I’d like to dispel the

myth that tipping is optional when you go out to eat. It’s

not. And besides, good tippers go to heaven.

I give Super Burrito Taqueria an A for quality of ser-

vice and courtesy of the staff and an A+ for the food. Do

yourself, and your wallet, a favor and check this place out.

If going during lunchtime, expect the place to be busy. I

went at night and, as I said, nobody else was there.

— D. Whitney Smith is originally from Pennsylvania and

moved to Utah 5 years ago. After 11 years experience wait-

ing tables at a total of 23 restaurants, he decided to enroll at

USU in hopes of losing his server apron for good. Have sug-

gestions for a restaurant to review? Email him at dan.whitney.

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The Rocket Summer was set to per-form on USU’s campus a few years ago, but due to miscommunication the event fell through. Kellen Hansen, director of the Student Activities Board (STAB), said it was a long process to choose a band, but The Rocket Summer not only gave the council “the best bang for their buck” but the timing also worked out perfectly. “We got a pretty good deal, price-wise, and they weren’t busy or touring too much,” he said. “We spent less than we did on Red Jumpsuit, We the Kings or any of the big bands we’ve had.” Hansen said that while the concert is a huge campus activity, it also has a role

as a recruitment tool. He said STAB and Programming have gotten calls from

people as far away as Nevada, who plan to come to the show. “There are a couple schools that are notorious for their religious beliefs, or that are commuter schools, like Weber

State or Utah, that don’t necessarily program a lot for on-campus students,” he said. “In Logan, we’re in a unique situation where we get to do that. It does get tough budgetwise, but the more free or cheap events we do, the better we’re doing as a programming board.” Avary said he has a couple of goals for the concert: Inspire students and rock out. “I think you can find beauty and inspiration in everything. I want to brush away the bland,” he said. “I’m always learning”.

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Ags look to burn TigersUSU football team travels to Alabama to take on national championsBY TAVIN STUCKI

sports editor

Saturday, Sept. 3, at 10 a.m., Utah State will take the field in their first meeting ever with the defending national champion Auburn, in Alabama. The Tigers were ranked No. 19 in the preseason AP poll and No. 23 in the USA Today “Coaches’ Poll.” “(Auburn) will be really good,” USU football head coach Gary Andersen said. “They could pick up the phone last year and have pretty much anyone in the country come and visit their program so I’m sure that they’re going to have quality athletes.” Those quality athletes Auburn recruited will come in handy. This year the Tigers lost all but five starters from the team who won the national championship a year ago, including Heisman trophy win-ner quarterback Cam Newton and defensive end Nick Fairley. “There are a lot of positions out there,” Auburn football head coach Gene Chizik said. “We’re anxious to see how they prepare

and how they play in front of 90,000.” It will be interesting to see how Utah State plays in front of so many people, too. Romney Stadium seats a mere 25,513 — approximately a third of Jardan-Hare Stadium. “The environment that we are walking into is going to be, probably, from what I understand, one of the best in the country,” Andersen said. Unlike the Tigers, USU has much of the team intact from the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Running back Robert Turbin led the team in rushing two seasons ago, and is back from an injury which kept him out of action last year. Creating room for Turbin to be such a force will be a veteran offensive line led by sophomore center Tyler Larson and seniors Funaki Assisi and Philip Gapelu at guard. Chizik said the experience USU has across the board will cause problems for Auburn’s young team. “Offensively, they have a lot of returning starters,” Chizik

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Volleyball loses to Idaho State in five sets

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY volleyball’s middle blocker Vanessa Muir spikes a ball down on the Utah State defense. The Bengals went on to win the match in five sets. CARL R. WILSON photo

JUNIOR TRANSFER ADAM KENNEDY takes a snap from sophomore center Tyler Larson in the football scrimmage on Aug. 31, 2011. Kennedy is one of the two quarterbacks who will be named the starter when the Aggies take the field in Auburn, Ala. TODD JONES photo

Arsenal on ‘O’BY TAVIN STUCKI

sports editor

These are the guys you’ve all been waiting for. The players who score touchdowns, break 90-yard runs and throw the deep ball. In this last of a three-part series previewing Utah State football, take a look at the guys who make it all happen — at least when they are not injured on the sideline — the skill guys. Quarterback:

If you know who the start-ing quarterback is, you must be gazing into a crystal ball, because nobody else knows yet. Junior transfer Adam Kennedy and true freshman Chuckie Keeton have been splitting the practice reps exactly in half, and one of them will be named

the starter as the Aggies take the field against Auburn, Sept. 3. Kennedy was brought in from San Joaquin Delta College to compete for the starting spot with Alex Hart and Jeremy Higgins, both of whom have since left the team. The job is Kennedy’s to lose, but he has not separated himself from Keeton, a highly talented and sought after recruit from Cypress Creek High School in Houston, Texas. The two QB’s play with very different styles; Kennedy is more of a traditional pocket passer, while Keeton is the dual-threat-type quarterback similar to Diondre Borel, who took snaps for the Aggies since 2008. Kennedy said the offense will not change much, regard-

See SKILL, Page 10

Meredith Kinney

A Tomboy’s

Take

It’s not crazy, it’s sports

It is a question I’ve been asked throughout my life. “Why do you care about sports? You’re a girl.” There are a couple of rea-sons why it is a most difficult question. For one, it’s like ask-ing someone why they like a specific food. At some point you have to say “I just do.” The second reason is: the list keeps growing; with each game I add something new to the list. Call me competitive, but I love when there is an oppor-tunity to win — card games, job interviews and most of all sports. I hate to lose, and I hate when my teams lose. I love the thrill of the victory and even the agony of defeat. Both are such raw emotions. I love baseball. I love how a player can be so hot one year and the next fall is moved to the back burner. Cleveland Indians pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez was a Cy Young front-runner for much of the 2010 season with the Colorado Rockies. He had a 19-8 record last season but this year fell to a 6-9 and was traded halfway through the season. This rule goes the other way as well. It is not uncommon for an unknown player to blos-som into a star. In 1998, the University of Michigan started a quarterback that was No. 7 on their depth chart the year before. The quarterback went on to win three out of four Super Bowls he played in for

See KINNEY, Page 9

Meredith Kinney

Tomboy’s

See FIVE SETS, Page 9

BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM

staff writer

What started out as an encouraging and pleasant night for the Utah State Women’s Volleyball team ended in painful agony. After racing to a 2-0 lead, the Aggies collapsed and dropped a heart breaker to the Idaho State Bengals in five sets. Junior outside hitter Shay Sorenson had a career night for the Aggies despite the loss. She tied her personal best at 16 kills to finish the night with a hitting percentage of .333. When asked about her outstanding performance amid the loss, Sorenson said that it wasn’t enough to get the win. Luckily for Sorenson the Aggies will get another chance soon. They play game two of the Utah State Invitational against Syracuse at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2. Head coach Grayson Dubose said the Bengals played a lot tougher than his Aggies. “They showed a lot more guts and heart than we did and that’s really disappointing,” Dubose said. “You have to win three games, and when you lose the last three games, it doesn’t help a ton.” The Aggies had Idaho State down to their last breath, leading 19-15 in the third set but weren’t able to put the final nail in the coffin.

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KINNEY, From Page 8

This is why I love sportsthe New England Patriots. Yes, Tom Brady was No. 7 on the depth chart during his sophomore year of college. He now has the fifth-highest career passing rating of all time. Good choice Michigan. Sports are the Gorilla Glue of life. What else did as much to bring a devastated New Orleans back to life as the 2010 New Orleans Saints Super Bowl victory? People may still be without shelter, but they danced in the streets with the rest of the world when the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts. So what if no one believed the underdog Saints didn’t appear to stand a chance against Peyton Manning’s powerhouse? I think even Colts fans secretly wanted New Orleans to win. Sports make people feel better. Like the people of New Orleans desperate for good news, no matter how big or small our problems are, every-thing disappears come game time. The technical term for this is “basking in reflected glory.” This means people feel successful by association, like when your dad was always just as happy as you were when you hit that homer in Little League. Whether it’s a coincidence or not, it is a fact that on Feb. 22, 1980, the day United States hockey beat Russia (think “Miracle”), the suicide rate was lower than all other February 22’s from 1972 to 1989. It’s this kind of shared identity that makes sports fans so avid, and the rivalries so heated. It’s also important to note that success isn’t neces-sarily a prerequisite for sports fandom. Most fans will claim they are die-hards, but I’m

willing to argue that no one is more die-hard than a Chicago Cubs fan. The Cubs are far from successful but their fans are the most loyal in all of Major League Baseball. I had a friend reveal to me once how the Cubs gave him hope in the most difficult year of his life. He admits they aren’t the best team in the league, but during that year he threw himself into the franchise and became one of the team’s biggest fans. The team was his outlet. Being a fan was more important than winning. Then there’s the inspiration factor surrounding sports. Fans inspire athletes to suc-cess, and athletes inspire fans in everyday life. I’ll never forget the Western Oregon University softball player who hit a 3-run homer for the win, but tore her ACL rounding first base. She was given a choice — give up her homerun for a single and a pinch runner, or have her teammates help her off the field and be called out. Instead, members of the opposing team picked her up and carried her around the bases gently touching her foot to each bag. It didn’t matter how the act resulted in an eliminati on loss because the players did the right thing. Stories like this are so common in sports and, all too often, get overshadowed by bad things. They keep me going. They are the reasons why I love sports.

— Meredith Kinney is a

junior majoring in broadcast

journalism. She loves hockey

and lacrosse. Her goal is

to be a big-shot sideline

reporter.

From Page 8

Five sets not enough to cage Bengals

USU OPPOSITE SIDE HITTER Shay Sorenson tied her career high of 16 kills and broke her personal best of eight block assists in the game against Idaho State University on Sept. 2, 2011, in the Dee Glenn Smith Spectrum. CARL R. WILSON photo

Led by senior middle blocker Vanessa Muir, the Bengals turned the tide and managed to pull off the improbable victory. After coming up with a couple of key kills during a pivotal stretch of the third set, the Bengals found some momen-tum and after a couple of errors by Utah State’s frontline, the Aggies found themselves down a point. Junior outside hitter Josselyn White explained what brought about the col-lapse causing USU to drop the set 26-24. “We were up by a lot and then they went on a run and we just panicked and our passing broke down and our hitting, defense and blocking — it just all went downhill from there. We didn’t know how to rebound.” Having lost all of the momentum and dropping the third set, the Aggies self-destructed and dropped the fourth set, 25-18. They could do little right, and the Bengals were doing little wrong. The Aggies seemed to get back on track to start the fifth set, quickly jumping out to a lead. The bad news for USU was Idaho State had the answers and closed the gap. The nail-biting fifth set went back and forth, but the Aggies ran out of gas at the end, fall-ing 12-15 to end the match. The Aggies have high hopes for this season despite having lost some of their senior impact players from last season. “We’re just trying to figure some stuff out,” Sorenson said. “I think that we have enough experience coming back that we should be better than what we’re doing.” DuBose said the team let Idaho State dictate the game. “They just knocked us in the mouth and we didn’t respond,” Dubose said. “We just stopped doing the things we were doing for the first two games, which is discouraging.” Despite the loss, White said there were high points. “I think we saw glimpses of what we can be,” White said. “Those first two games we

played pretty well. The score might have been closer than the match indicated. I think we had the upper hand most of the time. It will be hard to find positives, but I guess we can if we look hard enough.” It was a sour way to end a match that began so well for the Aggies. “That’s the past,” White said. “It already happened. We’ve got to look forward to tomorrow and come out stronger and play with more heart and passion. I think things will go better for us.” The Aggies host Syracuse at 7 p.m. in The Spectrum Sept. 3.

— curtis.lundstrom@aggi-email.usu.edu

MEREDITH KINNEY

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Temperatures approached 90 degrees on the Chuck and Gloria Bell soccer field, Tuesday. Despite the heat waves rolling off the grass, the Utah State soccer team held their most difficult practice of the week. As the practice came to an end, the girls lined up on the endline without any complaints. After each sprint they pushed harder. After each whistle, Head Coach Heather Cairns said, loudly, “This is for Utah.” The undefeated Aggies will play in front of a home crowd Friday afternoon when in-state rivals, the University of Utah, travel to Logan. The USU players agreed, they couldn’t be more excited to face the Utes on the Aggies home pitch. “I’m so excited. This is our year to beat them,” Aggie forward Kendra Pemberton said. If recent history repeats itself, Pemberton may be right. The Aggies are only 2-10 against Utah all time but have split wins the past two years. Last year the meeting between the two ended with a 2-1 Utah victory. Last season’s match up found the Aggies playing catch-up after a first half largely controlled by the Utes. Utah struck first on their home pitch in the 45th minute. Utah

State didn’t give up easily though. They tied the game with a goal off the foot of Aggie all-time goal leader, Lauren Hanson. The game winning goal came in the 78th minute when U. striker Morgan Skeen scored her first goal of the season. Skeen deflected the ball off of an Aggie player and into the net for the game winning score. The 2010 game was a heartbreaking loss for the Aggies, but this year the women have shaken it off and are feeling much more optimistic about the match up at home. “We’re excited to have them on our home field, and have our home crowd behind us,” Cairns said. Players like striker Shantel Flanary have grown up playing youth soccer in Utah. There are only three Aggies on the roster who didn’t attend high school in Utah. “I love it,” Cairns said. “It’s an in-state rivalry. Our kids have grown up playing with their kids. It’s a great rivalry.” Utah is currently looking for it’s first win of the season. The Utes are 0-2-1 in 2011, drawing with Cal State Fullerton and losing to BYU and Nevada. The U. is battling both injuries and suspensions to many starters. With their depleted depth, the Utes are looking for younger players to step up. In the University of Utah’s loss to the University

of Nevada, Aug. 28, all 10 of the starting field players were underclassmen, includ-ing five true freshmen. The Utes return defender Lauren Dudley to the back line against the Aggies. The senior was suspended for receiving a pair of yellow cards in Utah’s 4-0 loss to a BYU team ranked 8th in the West region Aug. 23. Dudley will provide a threat to Flanary who has scored in all four of USU’s games this season. In goal for the Aggies will be senior Molli Merrill. Merill has a .75 goals against average (GAA) and nine saves on the season. Merrill’s biggest threat might have been Lauren Porter, but the senior center back is out with a knee injury suffered during the BYU game. Look for Jen Ericson who has taken a team-high 5 shots to step up in Porter’s absence. Leading the defense for the Utes is senior goalkeeper Hannah Turpin. Turpin has a 2.00 GAA but has nine saves on the season. The University of Utah has not scored a goal this season, but have hit the crossbar five times in their first three games. Utah State looks to extend their win-ning streak to 5 games at the Chuck and Gloria Bell field at 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2.

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less of which man gets the nod. “I think in the overall scheme of things,” Kennedy said. “It won’t have too much of an effect on our offense as a whole.” There is not as high of a need for USU to have an all-powerful standout at quar-terback this year, he said. The team just needs someone to run the offense and get the ball to one of the many offensive weapons at running back and wide receiver. “It definitely takes a lot of pressure off of me,” Keeton said. “I know I have reliable receivers and I know our running backs can run the ball as much as they want to throughout the game, and we

can still come out on top.” Running Back: The day has come: Robert Turbin has returned. The 5-foot-10, 216-pound junior from Fremont, California, sustained a knee injury last season. In 2009, he ranked third in the WAC and 20th in the Football Bowl Series with 108 yards per game. “I’m good, I’m 100 percent,” Turbin said. “I love the game of football and it was hard not to play. I’ve been keeping count of how many days it’s been since I’ve played in my last football game — Nov. 29, 2009.” When the Utah State squad takes the field against Auburn

on Sept. 3, Turbin will reach a count of 644 days. Turbin wasn’t the only one injured last year. Senior Michael Smith hurt his foot in the third game of the season and was awarded a redshirt for the lost season. This year, look for both to make a big impact in the backfield. Junior Kerwynn Williams will also make good things happen for the Aggies whether he is running back kickoffs for touchdowns, lining up as a slot receiver or taking handoffs. The multiple-threat athlete from Las Vegas set the FBS record for single-season kick return yards, racking up 1,444 yards last year.

Wide Receivers: The Aggies scored a meager eight touchdowns through the air and averaged nearly 180 yards passing, per game. With the addition of Chuck Jacobs, a transfer from Laney Junior College, and the return of Matt Austin, who was injured in the game against Oklahoma last year, the receiver corps will be vastly improved from the 2010 season. Jacobs joined the USU football team days before fall training camp started and won the No. 1 receiver spot. “It’s very challenging,” Jacobs said of competing for the starting position. “It’s more of a fast pace and everything is

on the fly. I came in, and they kinda threw me into the fire. I learned everything very quick.” This season might be the deepest the Aggies have been in the wideout position, in several years. Anderson said Austin is a receiver worth noting on the field. “Matt Austin… played very well against Oklahoma last year,” Anderson said. “He was a dynamic player, did some nice things for us. He’s been hurt twice in our program and both were very unfortunate injuries.” The key to success for the passing game in Logan will be execution. The receivers are good enough to go up and catch a ball in the air or outrun a cornerback, but the question

will be How well do they run their routes, and how much communication will they have with the quarterback? In addition to Jacobs and Austin, look for junior Dontel Watkins and sophomore Travis Van Leeuwen to make an impact in the games. “We all bring something different to the team,” Jacobs said of the receivers. “We’ve got the speed guys; me, Stan and a few other guys. Matt is bigger and more of a physical receiver who can catch the ball in traffic. It’s pretty good, we all challenge each other in dif-ferent ways.” — tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.

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Cross-country preparing to race well in 2011 seasonBY MEREDITH KINNEY

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The Utah State cross-country team is back on the trail for their first meet of the season this week as they host the Utah State Open, this Saturday at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville, Utah. The Aggies have four meets this season, the one this week in Logan, the Montana State Open in Bozeman, Montana, the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana, and the Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin. For this weekend’s meet, the Aggies are hosting Weber State University for the men’s competition and BYU, Weber State and the U of U for the women’s race. The Aggie men will take on a 7K course, while the Aggie women will run a 5K. “The home meet is always a nice time for them to run in front of family and friends,” head coach Greg Gensel said. The men’s cross-country team is looking to rebound after a disappointing finish in the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet last year. Before 2010, the Aggie runners won five WAC champi-onships in a row, beginning in 2006. This season they are returning two seniors including Brian McKenna who was named WAC Male Cross-Country in 2009 Athlete of the year and Daniel Howell who was named to first team all-WAC in 2010. The Aggies also return junior Aaron Clements, who was named to the second team all-WAC.

McKenna finished second in the WAC Championships last year. The senior has a storied career, including a first place WAC championship finish in 2009. McKenna is the male cross-country runner to watch for in the 2011 season. Howell is also looking to have a strong season this year. The senior finished 2nd in the 2009 WAC championships. He fell to fifth place in 2010, but that placement doesn’t tell the story of his 2010 season. As a junior Howell earned academic all-WAC honors and cross-country all region honors. Howell said he is looking to the 2011 season as a chance to improve. “I feel like I’m coming into it pretty good,” Howell said. “We still have to work on some things and get some speed behind us.” The only returning senior on the women’s side is Kim Quinn, but they also return junior Ruth Hilton who earned first team all-WAC honors, as well as sopho-more Kaylee Campbell who earned second team all-WAC honors in her freshman year. The Aggie women finished second in the WAC championships in 2010, and have first place finishes in 2006 and 2008. “We don’t know how it’s going to look so far,” Hilton said. “We have a few fresh-men who are question marks right now and I hope we can turn them into exclama-tion points.” Hilton finished fifth at the WAC cham-pionships in 2010, and is definitely the runner to watch on the women’s team.

“I have high expectations for our girls,” Hilton said. “We’d like to do as well as we can and hopefully bring home a WAC championship at the end of the year.” Campbell started off her Utah State career with a second team all-WAC honors and finished 13th at the WAC Championships. Expect Campbell to improve on last year’s finish. Aggie cross-country needs improve-ment. They have only held eight formal practices this season, so getting into a groove has been tough, Howell said. “It’s a little hard,” Howell said. “But it’s good. It lets you see what you still need to do, and what you still need to work on.” Despite the limited practice time, the Aggies feel ready for the season. Gensel said he is looking at the first meet as a starting point to make improvements. “Because it’s the first meet, it’s really just a test to see where things are at, and look at what we need to do to make them,” Gensel said. Gensel said because of the short pre-season, it has been difficult to gauge his expectations of the team. He doesn’t expect to see a Personal Record out of his athletes in every meet, but said he is excited to watch his team grow as the season unfolds. “Each week, each practice, each meet we go to, we want to improve on what we’ve done,” Gensel said.

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said. “It’s going to be a challenge for our defense. Everything starts with the offensive line, as we know. They have some vet-eran guys up front, which will be challenging for our young defensive line.” Aggie quarterback Chuckie Keeton said he is confident in the offensive weapons Utah State has in receiver Matt Austin, Turbin and others. “I have faith in who we have around us,” Keeton said. “Not just in the skill positions but our offensive line as well.” Lining up at defensive back positions to stop the Aggie corps

of receivers will be sophomores Chris Davis and Demetruce McNeal, junior T’Sharvan Bell and senior Neiko Thorpe. Aggie wide receiver Chuck Jacobs said he hasn’t noticed any of those four on film. “We’re all human,” Jacobs said. “It’s really just going out there and doing my assignment and executing.” Offensively, the Tigers will be playing a few running backs in juniors Philip Lutzenkirchen and Onterio McCalebb, as well as sophomore Michael Dyer, who was named the Offensive MVP of BCS National

Championship Game last year, after rushing for 143 yards. Andersen said he expects Dyer to be a big part of the Auburn offense. “Michael is very elusive with power,” Andersen said. “He has great speed; he has tremendous ability to get to the edge of the defense and hurt you.” Linbackers Bobby Wagner and Kyle Gallagher will handle things from the defensive side of the ball, causing problems for Auburn’s young quarterback Barrett Trotter. Perhaps most vital to the success of the South Eastern Conference power will

be how well Trotter performs in his first start for the Tigers. Chizik said he is excited for Trotter to make his first start. “He doesn’t need to try to be Cam Newton,” Chizik said. “Really and truly, that’s about the length of the discussion. I think he understands that.” Also causing problems for Trotter and the Auburn line will be a potent defense fronted by junior college transfer Al Lapuaho, at the nose tackle position. “We have linebackers blitzing,” Lapuaho said. “We have cornerbacks and safeties

blitzing, the offense won’t know what we’re doing and I think we’re going to do good things from the front.” The past two money games for Utah State were at Oklahoma in 2010, and at Texas A&M in 2009. Both meetings ended as close games — USU losing to the Sooners, 31-24, and the Aggies of A&M, 38-30. Kennedy said the players who remember those games know what it is like to play in such a hostile environment. “I think people should expect a team that’s going to come out with confidence,” Kennedy said.

“I don’t think anyone around here is too scared. After playing last year, obviously I wasn’t here, but the guys playing at Oklahoma and listening to them talk about it, that was a huge, huge deal for these guys.” Competing is one thing, but what will the outcome be? Will Utah State get over the hump and actually pull out a victory from a game against one of these powerhouse teams? “I truly expect to win,” Keeton said.

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A buried-secrets drama interwoven with Nazi-hunting intrigue, “The Debt” roots itself in real-ity more plausibly than most contemporary spy films without sacrificing the genre’s tense thrills. Splitting its story between two years, 1966 and 1997, it follows three Mossad agents forced to ask them-selves what constitutes justice after the Holocaust’s unthink-able crimes.

Though Helen Mirren features most prominently in advertising materials, the film’s heart beats with the younger version of her character, played by this year’s breakthrough actress Jessica Chastain (“The Tree of Life,” “The Help”). It is Chastain who survives the film’s most chilling encounters: As Rachel Singer, an agent pursuing “Surgeon of Birkenau” Dieter Vogel (perpetrator of Josef Mengele-type concen-tration-camp medical experiments), she poses as an East German fertility patient and must allow the man she’s hunt-ing to give her multiple medical examinations. We know from the film’s first scenes (set in 1997) that Singer’s team will capture the doctor, who will later be killed trying to escape, and that the three will be hailed as Israeli heroes. It’s also clear they share secrets dating back to this period: Just as a book celebrating their decades-old mission is published, Singer’s old partner David (Ciaran Hinds, who also starred in the Israeli-espionage thriller “Munich”) kills himself. But how they caught Vogel, and their attempts to bring him back alive, are the meat of the story, and director John Madden proves better at sustaining the suspense of near-misses and dramatic escapes than might be expected from the director of the fluffy “Shakespeare in Love.” Chastain and co-stars Marton Csokas and Sam Worthington enact a tight-quarters love triangle in which sexual tension is shadowed by losses each character suf-fered in the war. The three actors share a chemistry only heightened by their East Berlin hideout - a dump with a leaking roof, decaying plumbing and, eventually, a bound-and-gagged war criminal on the living room floor. Their hostage becomes an increasing psychological bur-den as the team waits to smuggle him out of the city. Jesper Christensen, as Vogel, speaks dispassionately in his attempts to get inside his captors’ heads, but never turns hammily, Hannibal Lecter-ishly menacing. The matter-of-factness of his contempt for Jews (offset by occasional, baffling expres-sions of empathy) is unsettling enough. Structurally, the film bounces back and forth a little, but it essentially lets the 1967 story play out before moving to the action 30 years later. That’s the simple route, since it keeps the trio’s secrets under wraps until the last minute, but it risks leaving the audience spent just as Mirren’s yarn begins. A more daring script (this one is adapted from the Israeli film “Ha-Hov”) might have found ways to tell the stories in parallel, doling out just enough information to keep viewers involved. But, as it is, “The Debt” grasps the viewer pretty firmly, delivering thrills without trivializing the moral quandaries that set it in motion. — “The Debt” (114 minutes) is rated R for violence and some foul language. By John DeFore, special to The Washington Post

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SEPT. 6 “Hanna” (PG-13, 111 minutes, in English and several other languages, with occasional subtitles): The mesmer-izing heroine of “Hanna,” a semi-feral 16-year-old raised by her stay-at-home dad in a Finland forest, can rattle off facts and figures about anatomy and geography in seven languages, but she’s also a ruthless killing machine. Hanna has activated some kind of electronic homing beacon that tells the movie’s bad girl, Marissa Wiegler (a gloriously over-the-top Cate Blanchett), where to find them. In short order, “Hanna” turns into a chase flick as the film lunges from Finland to Morocco to Spain to Germany, where Erik and his daughter have agreed to rendezvous. Who exactly is Hanna, and why Marissa wants her so badly are just a couple of the film’s many mysteries, which writers Seth Lochhead and David Farr unravel at just the right pace. One mystery the film doesn’t handle so well: Why should we care? Contains violence and brief obscenity. DVD extras: commentary with director Joe Wright, making-of and martial arts featurettes, alternate ending, deleted scenes. “Everything Must Go” (R, 97 minutes): Based on the short story “Why Don’t You Dance,” by Raymond Carver - that late, great master of literary alienation and loneliness - “Everything Must Go” has been described as a “dramedy.” But the laughs are few and far between. Here, Carver brings us the tale of an alcoholic named Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) who, in the space of 24 hours, loses his job, his wife, his house, his bank account and his bearings. There’s a certain desperate absurdity to that, along with a lot of pain. But comic it ain’t. Contains obscenity and a brief sex scene. DVD extras: commentary with director Dan Rush, behind-the-scenes featurette, Ferrell featurette. “Rebirth” (not rated, 108 minutes): For nearly 10 years, director Jim Whitaker’s cameras at Ground Zero captured the dynamic of devastation and rebuilding that has defined the World Trade center site; his documentary “Rebirth” combines that footage with five survivors’ interviews recorded over seven years. What began as a historical record of Ground Zero ended up being a gripping, inti-mate portrait of the human toll of the defining event of the young 21st century. Tanya, Tim and Brian each lost a loved one who was a firefighter; teenager Nick’s late mother had worked in the financial industry in one of the towers; and Ling worked at the New York State Tax Department and suffered horrific burns and excruciating medical treat-ments after escaping the 78th floor of the south tower. (This film also will be aired Sept. 11 on the Showtime net-work.) Also: “Assassination Games,” “A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song,” “The Office: Season Seven,” “The Colors of the Mountain,” “Community: The Complete Second Season,” “Scarface Limited Edition Steelbook,” “Fringe: The Complete Third Season,” “Two and a Half Men: The Complete Eighth Season,” “The Entitled,” “First Dog,” “A Horrible Way to Die,” “Remembering 9/11: 10 Year Commemorative Collection” (National Geographic), SEPT. 9 “X-Men: First Class” (PG-13, 132 minutes): “First Class” begins, like the comic book series itself, in 1944. That’s when a young German boy named Erik Lehnsherr watches his parents being hauled off to Auschwitz. In a fit of fear and rage, he bends the metal gate separating him from his family, commanding the attention of a scientist eager to harness young Erik’s telekinetic powers. Twenty years later, the grown Erik (Michael Fassbender) contemplates his revenge against the man who went on to ruin his life and who now goes by the name of Sebastian Shaw. Meanwhile, the genially telepathic Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) is earning his doctorate in genetic research at Oxford, with his shape-shifting friend and surrogate sister, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), by his side.

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CHARIKAR, Afghanistan - They die in assaults on lonely mountain checkpoints and in group beheadings captured on hand-held video cameras. They are engulfed by flaming car bombs and are shot at point-blank range by men who often dress up in the same plain gray uniform as theirs. Forever maligned as corrupt, incompetent and drug-addled, Afghan National Police officers have sacrificed unlike any force in the country, foreign or domestic, taking casualties at a rate far higher than Afghan soldiers or their partners in the U.S.-led coalition. Over the past year, 1,555 Afghan police offi-cers have been killed. That’s more than twice the number of Afghan soldiers who died in the same period, although there are 35,000 fewer officers than soldiers in the country, according to the U.S.-led coalition. In the same period, 474 U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan. The police death toll in June, 246 officers - a rate of eight a day - was 50 percent higher than in any other month in the past year. The 135,000 Afghan police officers generally receive less training, more-rudimentary equip-ment and lower pay than their army colleagues. Although soldiers drive around in armored Humvees, most police officers travel in pickup trucks, even though they are often called upon to operate in areas rife with insurgents. But U.S. military officials are hoping the police can become the primary long-term solution to Afghanistan’s woes, a force they envision as growing even as the more expensive army shrinks in the future. For now, they remain the weakest, and most regularly hammered, link in the war against the Taliban. “The army is looked after very well - they get good food and Pepsi,” said Lt. Mohammad Qahir, 41, a police officer based at the gover-nor’s compound in Parwan province, north of Kabul. “The police stand in the sun all day and don’t get anything.” Qahir was away from his post on a day last month that has come to typify the grim exis-tence of Afghanistan’s police. When he heard a commotion begin on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 14, he was unarmed, he said, because there were not enough guns to go around for the small team guarding the governor’s gate. His colleague, Rahimullah, said that he was stationed at the door when a black Toyota Corolla pulled up and men in police uniforms demanded entry. Rahimullah said he soon rec-

ognized that the men were suicide bombers. As the Taliban insurgents stormed the com-pound, Rahimullah was shot in the left leg, took grenade shrapnel in his back and broke his ankle, he said later from his hospital bed. Another police officer, Aynuddin, woke from his nap, rolled off his cot and rushed to the doorway of the police shack. As he stepped outside, a bullet pierced his left thigh, he recalled. He fell down and passed out. Seeing this unfold, Mohammad Azim, a 31-year-old officer who had been lounging in the shade in a blue plastic chair when the Taliban attack began, said he fired some shots from his Kalashnikov, then ran to hide in an empty kitchen as the suicide bombers stalked the grounds. He was alone. The room was dark. He had three bullets left. “I believed they would come and kill me at any second,” Azim recalled. “At that moment, you forget about everything. You only think about yourself.” He was not thinking about the fact that of the 15 police positions allotted for the gov-ernor’s office, only four have been filled, not including the governor’s personal bodyguards. Or that the surveillance camera affixed to the building closest to the gate was broken and hadn’t been repaired. Or that the officers don’t have body armor or helmets. Or that he makes $150 a month and supports a family of 12. “We have three Kalashnikovs for four peo-ple. How can we defend the compound?” Qahir said. “If we were fully equipped, I swear no sui-cide bomber would enter the compound.” To address the high rate of police casualties, the NATO training command in Afghanistan is giving the force 3,400 new armored Humvees over the next eight months - the police now have 1,000, and last year they had none. The training curriculum, expanded from six to eight weeks, has been revised to include more survival and first-aid training, as well as driv-ing instruction, because some casualties stem from traffic accidents, U.S. military officials said. The force is largely illiterate, so each student takes reading and writing classes intended to get them to at least a first-grade level. The role of Afghan police as the first line of defense often puts them in vulnerable spots. They guard government officials who are frequent targets of assassination. They man poorly fortified checkpoints along dangerous roads, presenting a wealth of soft targets for the Taliban to choose from. With a thriving insur-gency, they are often thrust into a demanding paramilitary role.

“Our job is to enforce law and order, but sometimes we’re sent to the front lines to fight, and that’s not the duty of the police,” Qahir said. Despite these vulnerabilities, fewer police officers walk off their jobs than soldiers. In 17 of the 18 months between January 2010 and June, the rate of “attrition,” or dropouts, among police was lower than that of the army. In June, 5,027 soldiers left the Afghan army; 2,043 officers left the police force. Police officers still have a bad reputation in many parts of the country. They’re often accused of extorting money and abusing power or operating at the whim of a local power broker or tribal leader. Their behav-ior in some areas has driven residents to turn to the Taliban for help. The beleaguered officers at the Parwan governor’s office say they are committed to their jobs and country, come what may. The insurgents who attacked the compound killed at least 20 people, blew up offices, torched cars and sprayed a torrent of bullets - but the police officers were back at their jobs the next day. Special correspondent Sayed Salahuddin con-

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AFGHAN POLICE: Afghan police officer Mohammad Azim, standing in the kitchen of the gover-nor’s compound in Parwan province, describes the Taliban attack on the complex last month. Afghan National Police officers have sacrificed unlike any force in the country, foreign or domestic, taking casualties at a rate far higher than Afghan soldiers or their partners in the U.S.-led coalition. Joshua Partlow The Washington

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It was a Wednesday in August 1963. Melody and electricity were commingling in the breeze as a quarter of a million Americans sang along with Joan Baez on the Mall. We shall overcome, some-day. After that came Bob Dylan, Odetta, Peter, Paul and Mary, Marian Anderson, Josh White and the SNCC Freedom Singers, all raising their voices against racial injustice at the March on Washington. While the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words changed history that after-noon, the songs surrounding it epitomized a decade of politi-cally charged pop music that gave a soundtrack to the civil rights movement and rebuked the war in Vietnam. But nearly a half-century later - with unpopular wars quietly raging overseas and end-times economic panic blaring at home - protest songs seem to have lost their power, potency and appeal. How did this happen?

It’s a long, slow fade that British author Dorian Lynskey tracks in his recent book “33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday to Green Day.” Chapter by chapter - 33 in all - Lynskey examines the work of Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, the Clash, Bruce Springsteen and others who made fire at the intersection of music and activism. But in the tome’s epilogue, the author wonders if he’s actually written a eulogy for the protest song. “If it is a eulogy, it’s a eulogy for the idea of the mainstream pro-test song,” Lynskey says over the phone from London, “the undeniable mainstream pro-test song which soundtracks certain events and maybe even changes people’s minds.” Somehow, mind-changing, mainstream protest songs don’t seem to have survived into the 21st century. But those who say protest music itself is dead may not be paying very close attention. “They aren’t listening,” says Tom Morello, former guitarist of Rage Against the Machine.

“There may have been more unity around a song like ‘We Shall Overcome’ at the height of the civil rights movement, there may not be that one global, unifying anthem, but certainly there are strands of protest music now that are a vital part of today’s fight for justice.” On Tuesday, Morello will release his second solo album of protest songs under the name the Nightwatchman, making him one of countless contemporary artists mesh-ing music with protest. But he’s peddling it to an America that’s grown dubious of super-star musicians flexing their political muscles - or lack thereof. During George W. Bush’s presidency, the outrage of our rock stars consistently failed to register in our earbuds. Neil Young, Radiohead, Erykah Badu, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bright Eyes, Pink, the Beastie Boys and many others wrote well-publicized songs oppos-ing Bush’s policies and the war in Iraq. But ask someone on the street to try and hum one.

MUSIC PROTEST SINGER: Tom Morello, the electric guitar wizard of Rage Against the Machine, has been reborn as the an old-fashioned folk singer who stands up for the working man. “The idea of the lone troubadour standing there with three chords and the truth on a flatbed truck at the barricades is appealing,” says Morello, 47. David Malitz (c) 2011, The Washington Post.

Public Enemy’s definitive 1989 hit “Fight the Power” might have been the last great, galvanizing American protest song. Sonically innovative and lyrically trenchant, it arrived at the end of a decade when musical activism felt more like celebrity do-gooding. “We Are the World” and Farm-Aid were noble causes, no doubt, but they fostered a certain dis-trust of artists who were seen as merely burnishing pious images. The chain is broken? Twenty-five years ear-lier, protest singers still had America’s trust. “With the possible exception of Peter, Paul and Mary, they really were not making money of out of this,” says Dick Weissman, author of “Talking ‘Bout a Revolution: Music and Social Change in America.” “But when you’re making hit records singing about revolu-tion, you kind of get to the absurdity of Mick Jagger singing ‘Street Fighting Man.’ I mean, Mick Jagger has prob-ably never been in a street fight in his entire life.” When “Fight the Power” was released, Public Enemy wasn’t a group of stars who had suddenly developed a political stance; it was a group with a political stance that made the members stars. And they were part of a lineage. “The tradition of writing

protest songs was handed down informally,” says Lynskey. “If you were of Dylan’s generation, you could look back to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. If you were a punk, you could look back to the angrier records of the

late ‘60s, as Joe Strummer did. If you were a rapper like Chuck D, you could look back to James Brown and Curtis Mayfield.” But after Public Enemy, Lynskey says, “that chain kind of stops.”

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TV reunions can sometimes backfireSPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST

If a producer could dream up the ideal TV show, it would probably look something like this: a lot of drama, a heroic storyline, a bit of reality, a famous host and a set of characters about to receive the surprise of their lives. That’s the formula for TV’s latest phenomenon: surprise reunions between returning service members and their families. Two shows that debuted this year - “Coming Home” on Lifetime and “Surprise Homecoming”

on TLC - engineer surprise reunions and capture tearful moments on camera. But mental health experts say the surprise reunions aren’t necessarily happy and healthy beneath the surface. They obscure the possibil-ity that children are caught in a jumble of emotions, includ-ing sorrow resulting from the separation and lingering confusion over why the par-ent left. The presence of an audience and TV cameras, the experts say, may add pressure to an already overwhelming moment. For decades, research has shown that children with deployed military parents suffer higher levels of anxiety and emotional problems than their peers in nonmilitary families. But a 2010 study uncovered a less obvious point: After the homecom-ings, spouses’ anxiety returned to normal, but children’s remained high. For one-third, it was “clinically

significant,” meaning severe enough to warrant attention from a professional. Catherine Mogil, clinical psy-chologist with UCLA’s FOCUS project, which assists military families, worked on the study. She says the reason for kids’ persistent anxiety isn’t clear, but military kids face frightening questions - could something terrible happen? - that they normally wouldn’t face until they’re older. When you surprise anxious kids in front of TV cameras, she says, it’s hard to predict the results. “Surprises, even when positive, can be challenging and really emotionally laden for them,” Mogil says. Catherine Meyers, execu-tive producer of “Surprise Homecoming,” and Tom Forman, chief executive of RelativityReal, which pro-duces “Coming Home,” both say they relied on parents’ assessments of their kids’ ability to handle the surprise.

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