Show MAN UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY VOL 77 NO 30 Logan jOngHsyle tions 67 mile stretch ttsten Right Hand Fork and in a lick's Spring was placed Kdutruction of a classification the geacy to forego the preparation of n environmental impact state-eo- t on the project category was assigned by he Project Management Team a idly comprised of six high ranking The L'DOT engineers director of location engineers and en- money According to Dyke LeFevre of the UDOT Ogden office "one problem with this report writing is you spend most of your time not being able to do anything" Brian Beard president of the Utah Sierra Club states that "they (the UDOT) have never adequately studied Logan Canyon It is a very sensitive area and needs the most critical environmental review possible" As defined in the Federal-Ai- action allows in vironmental studies If the proposal were placed in a “major action" category an EIS would have been called for In light of several other types of environmental studies already existing on the canyon the UDOT feels that an EIS may just be a cumbersome waste of time and and local citizens in ppond to road construction qpnCanyon are squaring off for Hiker battle which will cost time much of the maty and perhaps null beauty of the canyon The controversy began last April rta the L'DOT proposal for The One of the specializes importation federal WEDNESDAY DECEMBER S 1979 Canyon construction: the battle begins Department of Ulth The LOGAN UTAH and the depart-ont'- s community rela d Highway Program Manual “major actions are those of superior large and considerable importance involving substantial planning time resources or expenditures "Any action that is likely to precipitate significant foreseeable alterations in land use planned growth development patterns traffic volumes traffic patterns transportation services including public transportation and natural resources would be and considered a Major action" State Senator Charles Bullen stated that “at least S10 million of the taxpayer's money" has been wasted since the first proposal for reconstruction of the stretch was made 12 years ago According to the UDOT present cost of the project will be SI million per mile Planning costs for the project as a whole have now exceeded 500000 man-mad- e By comparison total costs of a new stretch of Interstate 84 have been estimated at 22 million per mile including procurement of right of way and the cost of ramps and other structures The project is clearly a "major action” according to Randy Gaylord president of the Bridgerland Audubon Society The UDOT said that it does not consider the costs or time spent on the project to be substantial given the nature of design and construction difficulties in the canyon "Several other highway projects of a smaller scope have required an EIS" according to Gaylord The National Environmental Policy Act requires agencies to compare their proposals during the process which determines whether an EIS should be done Examples given by the Environmental Protection Agency include replacement of a single bridge in North Dakota and a project in Oregon nearly identical to the Logan Canyon proposaL According to William Helm associate professor of wildlife (Continued on page Winter quarter classes begin Jan 7 Winter quarter classes don't start until Jan 7 but students needing to register must be back to campus for registration to be held Jan 4 Students may still preregister in Old Main Rm 106 Full fees or a 75 deposit must be paid by Dec 18 to hold classes for winter quarter The Statesman will resume publication on Jan 7 USU volleybailers: kj champs or chumps? Jin Suckling Tin USU Women's Volleyball team ntybe be seeded number one in this week national championship but to various intermountain conference teams the defending national dumps are little more than arrogant entertainers The team has earned a national for having a unconventional coaching philosophy reputation ad unique The philosophy stresses players would relax and have fun Comparatively the Olympic style is not as effective wth team members that Marilyn Weiss women’s says many of the few Conference athletics criticisms members comes from practices of running leap frogs or diving die official's stand Teams take f utree actions as an insult "They are not use to it" she said “the i “m trying to show that competition the team a warmup reugh the stands tuaand can be enjoyable” most recent conflict was Wf match with the this University of Wyoming “rher were no rules broken of ethics "said Won It was a Kathy Hildreth for the representatives fWrican Intercollegiate Association ij°Tenrett''cs anc eligibility board Idaho State women's athletic direc- The Aggies were scheduled to "joining on Oct 12 but because play of a tournament set for the same uey asked Wyoming to reschedule match U of W replied they would on Oct 10 on the premise that the dSU varsity players would JMying the Ags two days in advance extra 450 in travel-- t Wyoming an expenses When they arrived at the Spectrum jjwmng Athletic Director Mary Ellen l8r said four of the top six Aggies m down suits and only one of the !TrninR tw° played The clowns as the Widettes performed I® entertaining antics throughout the event and were deemed a real "crowd pleaser" "I never dreamed it would happen because we made a verbal agreement" Cloninger said "We thought we were going to play the first team: so we thought the extra costs were worth it We went the extra miles and were slapped in the face" Although the USU's second team played Wyoming was devastated by a score of 15-- 4 A formal 15-- 8 ' XP- - 15-- 5 complaint was sent to Hildreth and Weiss contending the verbal agreement was breached and it was a bad and degrading experience "I sent them a letter in reply telling them to stop worrying about us and start worrying about how to produce winning teams” said Weiss “They are just too petty" sv 1 ' head volleyball Marilyn McReavy coach also agreed the reprisal is petty She said that they are making a big thing out of nothing and they don't have any major complaints "We could get into their petty fight" she said "but we don't feel it is related This is trivial to me We have a good national reputation” The volleyball team was ranked number one this year after a national coaches' poll One of the other schools within the conference that has had its differences with USU is Northern Arizona Universi- ty Becky Bennett head volleyball coach says the antics have impact specifically on player performance USU games with the weaker conference teams which Bennett admits includes NAU are made into a circus she said "I was kind of surprised they didn't said "I pull anything this year” she t a guess it was because there wasn crowd Anytime a team treats another team differently it is poor Their attitude degrades some teams” the Aggies act the same Weiss argues (Continued on page 71 A member of the Aggie varsity volleyball team entertains the spectators with the University of Wyoming match a during WIDETTES— 91 |