Show STUDENT LblJu Lssettp w JJ u 75 NO 37 LOGAN UTAH Monday January 23 1978 VOL break a bit harrowing for USU student Christmas Josephson staff writer Sheree b Howling winds smrhn snow seven days of nothing but King in a 'i "ipt ratuies and a cascading avalanche are extreme sub-7sr- o lan rt nit mbers of Christmas break 1977 what one LSL fresh 4 mountain ilunbiru txtursion on Mount Shasta in northern i California turned mV nightmare with a happv ending for Jav h s buddies from f remont Calif Thomas and three The four mountaineers t mbarked Dec 27 on a climbing holidav up tent in ri'an Tliev were due home Jan 2 but a storm w uld delav their return until Jan 6 The storm sent avalum hes and niph winds tearing across the mountain and stranding the i limbers at the 12 elevation for five dav s and six uigl ts The violent storm held off anv rescue the h severe snow 500-fo- attempts The four hikers had taki n three davs to ascend the lev slopes to the ( Linb required the use of crampons — a spiked boot shaped nu ta! which attaches to hiking boots piece Combing without hs up the 75 pent nt slope mountain was an adventure We could have fallen at arv time but we Thomas said forced the thought t d saster out of our minds ' m the second dav of the hike with two feet of The storm began t snow falling that u iv d i he said but we were determined to beat 12500-fo- level The r weather ' the fourth dav T stonn had become so severe the group was forced to set up c urn a d trv to wait it out The second da of the camp an avalanche swept through the area A California newspapier reported that the av a'a t he knot ked down four towers of a ski lift at a the On miles from where the camp was situated attempt to set up camp was tried in three different places in a continuing search tor !x ttc r shelter" Thomas said A mam tent was set up on a four-foridge he said but collapsed under the weight of snow 4o minutes later The four then dug a cave in the snow for shelter onlv to have it collapse too Snow covered one of mv friends who was inside the snow cave when it collapsed but we were able to dig him out” Thomas said Meanwhile another one of mv friends was swept 500 ards down themountain Hewasableto swim'andstav on top of the snow Fora resort four The i ( ontinued on page 5) staff photo by Roy Miller Jay Thomas a freshman here discusses his ordeal of being snowbound for five days and six nights on California's Mount Shasta Thomas and three companions had to deal with high winds heavy snows and avalanches as a severe storm turned their mountain climbing excursion into more of an adventure than they wanted relationshi p reviewed by Logan City’s new mayor y University-communit- Buckley staff writer Ixigan s newly elected mayor Walter Nickel said he wants to create more of a "we” feeling between the universitv and the city while he is serving his first term in office Nickel who took office on Jan 3 said there are no formal plans as of yet between the university and the city but there are issues that are being looked into such as citv university relations and transpxirtation problems I don’t like to see th4 city and university divided” he said with the vast bank of learned individuals up on campus I would be foolish not to use them ” Nickel said that already he has professors helping him choose staff members and understanding problems in the city B Austin Haws a professor of entomology is helping me with the mosquito problem in the valley and Iarzette Hale is assisting me in picking an accountant for my staff already” he by Doug -- ‘ said “Both of them are very professional in their fields and are helping me greatly ” Whether or not transportation from campus to the downtown area is feasible Nickel said that he is working on getting some feedback from the students through a survey “I think its a perfect way to use the transportation resource” he said “but if we have something of that type it will have to be ” fairly Nickel said that student participation in city affairs was good especially in the parks department “I will be using students in the computer operation and possibly forming a night crew of computer operators from the campus” he said When questioned on problems that a university would cause to a city Nickel said that the city liked having the students “You’ll always have dissatisfied individuals in (Continued on page 3) Grading system surveyed too by Most students satisfied with library poll shows Craig LaRoco staff writer Almost nine out of ten USU students feel the library is meeting their needs according to a student opinion poll taken fall quarter More than 86 percent of 248 students questioned said they were satisfied with current library hours 8 9 percent expressed dissatisfaction with library hours Some students who said they were dissatisfied wanted the library to remain open all night others would like to see it open all week and all night The poll was sponsored by Associated Students of Utah State University (ASUSU) Special Projects Vice President Cindy Farr who commissioned Mark Jennings and Deborah Hoff-- ( Continued on page 5) |