Show swine A3 and regional news Local state -- ta©k aft ©aofts By Arrin Brunson staff writer USU holding Angst over fall enrollment at Utah State University is subsiding as students continue to arrive and enroll in ' die course offerings that have been threatened by legislative budget cuts tuition increases and the passage of nee legislation in recent months Kennit L Hall president of Utah State said enrollment figures are about even compared to last year’s ' numbers so far although historically the numbers have been known to increase significantly by day IS of the semester a marker for adding and dropping classed at USU A positive note regarding enrolU ment growth at Utah State according to Hall is die fact that graduate stu- dent numbers are up This is relevant he said because one of the institu- - ' don’s goals is to build the quality and USU enrollment pared to 8502 steady as of 9S01 Total headcount j Fufl Time Equivalent com-- 2002 2001 20345 20362 15780 16145 size of die graduate programs especially at the doctoral level Since one year ago the total number of students enrolled in one or more classes at Utah State University campuses throughout the state is up approximately 08 percent The num-bstudents those with of e 12 or more credit hours has increased approximately 231 potent according to J A Kinkead vice provost Studies and Research at USU "These are good numbers for Utah State and about where we thought we er full-tim- would be” Hall said “We are not being funded for any new students so adding on a lot more does not make economic sense Moreover we have a ratio and simply high student-facult- y in students more letting only compounds an already difficult problem What we are attempting to do is grow the quality of the student population which will produce better retention graduation and learning experiences while retaining our historic commitment to providing access” In light of a recent commitment by USU officials to improve retention by raising the standard of the student-bod- y 230 freshman applications were denied this fall because they didn’t meet admissions standards compared to 141 a year ago Kinkead said In terms rtf denials for transfer students 107 were not granted admission See LEVEL on A6 U Utah colleges see moderate enrollment growth in 2002 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Preliminary enrollment figures from the Utah’s public colleges and universities indicate the enrollment statewide is growing at a lower rate than last year Five schools are reporting increases ranging from 2 percent at the University of Utah to 11 percent at Utah Valley State College in Orem two schools expect no growth and two others expect a slight drop in enrollment ' In contrast last year saw 8000 new students enter the system with three schools having doubledigit increases and some being forced to turn away students Having just weathered state bud-- Police sketch of suspect in i get cuts and stock market losses in endowment funds some adminis- trators welcomed the slowdown in ‘ growth ’Too many students would be bad so would too few" said Brad King a' vice resident at the Colkge of Eastern Utah which reputed an enrollment of 2216 up one student from the same time last year King said CEU would be to handle many more stu- dents because it has fewer faculty this year due to the Legislature’s budget cuts However more students mean more tuition revenue and some hard-presS- ed ' See GROWTH on A6 Logan man faces : charges related to Securities fraud molestations made public By Jason Bergreen staff writer A court summons was issued Wednesday for a Logan man accused of cheating two Cache County residents and five other people out of thousands of dollars in securities certificates in 1999 The Cache County Sheriff’s Department issued the summons to Marlin N Toombs 72 Wednesday mom-- ' ing at his home Sgt Chad Jensen said Toombs is charged with seven counts Of securities fraud and two counts of sales of securities by an unlicensed broker- court doc- -dealer uments state All are third-degrfelonies The alleged frauds occurred between July and October of 1999 “The total sales (of securities) is less than $55000” Cache County prosecuting attorney Don Linton said " But it’s still a crime to sell the secu- rities when they are ee r By Jason Bergman staff writer Logan police have released a d composite sketch of a man they are looking for in connection with the alleged ' molestation of three Logan females computer-generate- inAugiist The sketch made public Friday depicts a Caucasian male in his 20s or early 30s with short reddish-blond- e hair a mustache and a goatee The sketch was composed with the help of one of the alleged victims who also described ha attacker as a heavy-sman between 3 feet 9 indies and 6 feet tall The man police are looking for allegedly fondled the breasts of a 12-- and a 13-- y d girl and a 19 Utah State University stuyear-ol- d dent The attacks reportedly occurred in broad daylight on Aug 3 28 and 29 Each of die attacks was reported in the northeast section of Logan Police released the sketch Friday after one of the victim’s was unable to definitively pick out a possible suspect Thursday during a police Logan police beefed up surveil- Hooky said the the alkged tims have indicated that the man they are looking for may be mentally retarded or “just a little slow” One girl told me that thq way that he talked seemed like he was a little uneducated malybe or possibly alittk bit mentally handicapped” Hooky said last week Anyone with information about the attacks is asked to contact die Logan Police Department at vie-- 1 Crime news tip? Cll policefcowt reporter Jason Bogreeu 752-21- ExL 330 Jbergreeahtiiewsxoa C thari $55000 but it’s still a crime to sell the securi- ties when they are j j unregistered" ‘ ear-ol- lance patrols on the northeast side of Logan after the Aug 29 attack Hooky said Police have also notified city bus drivers to keep an eye out for anyone fitting the description of the suspect Since die added patrols nq new incidents have been sales (of securities) is lessn "The total unregistered” Linton said he was unsure how the securities were sold or if any of the money had already been returned to its owners ‘ “This (information document) doesn't indicate where he was working out of either” Linton said “ It just says he sold these things and they investigated it and he didn’t have a license to sell them All of die sales at kast occurred here in Cache Valley” Toombs was investigated by the Utah State Depart- ment of Commerce Divisions of Securities for nearly a year beginning in 2001 before the Cache County Attorney’s Office was asked to fik charges against him The alkged Cache Valley victims reside in Logan and Hyrum Linton said The other alkged victims reside in the Salt Lake City area and California A request made by The Herald Joumal to have the Cache County Attorney’s Office release a copy of the investigative reports on Toomhs was denied A GRAMA or public records request has been submit- ted for the release of those documents j Toombs is reportedly scheduled to make his initial appearance in court on Monday et lineup “It wasn’t die guy” said Curtis Hooky lead detective in the case " I had seven people in die lineup and we were looking at one of than She (alkged victim) was definite that none of those people were die ones” 1 : - (j6ttinQ 111 a ally practice El LuceroHarald Journal Dewey Ray of Mesa Adz plays the bagpipes n the parking lot of the Plaza Motel in Preston on Thursday morning He plays the bag-pipes for the Mesa Fire Department’s Honor Guard He said that With the bagpipes you have to practice almost every day to keep your lungs in shape My two cents worthCache Question: How big of an effect has the the road ! Valley views on topics of the day 7 s V construction in Logan had on you? J- By Tiffany Erickson staff writer 'V r- Sitopping going slowing and I waiting are what many Cache Valley residents encounter when traveling on Main Street but by the time the Utah i Department of Transportation’s work is done die state will have widened the intersections at 400 North and Main Street and 1400 North and Main Main Street’s stoplights will have been synchronized and Logan will have been left with a new rood surface between 600 South and 1000 North It won’t come with out traffic delays though and many Logan residents have gotten in the habit of avoiding Main Street all together losefa Mataga Rebecca Lambert Logan Logan JT Oman Logan Jennifer Thacker David Craw Logan Logan i have gotten into the habit of avoiding Main Street anyway ”1 because of the traffic so it has affected me very little" avoid Main Street as much as I can anyway because the lights aren't "I evert synchronized" “I think they should have ished it this summer before the students came back and the roads got busy" fin- s make sure avoid Main "I "The I Street because one time I had to sit there for 15 minutes” ' construe-tio- n S is in too many places to : make any quick progress mak-in- g driving on Main a mess1 |