Show A16 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday May 9 2004 jecuwiiuLfc ITHELWEATHER Utah outlook AceuWeatherxom flZSEBffiL Cache Valley outlook Forecast for Sunday locecM1oi' daytime oondtoon LookionlineJoLweatherJnfoJlnks hioMo National temperatures tamowrturBS TODAY MONDAY Partly doudy on Mother's Day with highs in the mid- 70s Partly doudy tonight with lows 40 Partly doudy and Mostly doudy with a 60 percent breezy with chance of rain highs around 60 A 60 percent Cooler and chance of show-aroun- d breezy with highs ere tonight Lows in the upper 50s lows upper 90s in the lower 40s degrees EXTENDED Synopsis and mostly dry southwest flow aloft wH remain over the area through the weekend A strong cold front will cross the area Monday night A cold upper trough wM stal over the bitermountian region through mid week A mild From thp nows wire By The Associated Local temperatures Press Light rein fell over the Midwest and the Great Lakes on Saturday while the southern and central Plains stayed sunny and dry Conditions remained sunny and humid across the Carolinas Ohio Valley Southeast and Gulf Mid-Atlan- Up above Almanac Leo the constellation the sun is Sunrise: 6:13 am Sunset: 8:33 pm Humidity: 29 percent UV Index: 8 (high) CondHIone: Clear Visibility: 10 miles Moon: Last quarter May PoUan: 84 (high) in from Aug 10 to Sept 16 is to locate in the easy sky at a medium height (1:30 am time) The fore part of Leo is a backward question mark and the rear part is a triangle of a sort 11 Coast states In the West skies were dear for most of the Central and Southern Rockies Southwest California and Great Basin The Northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest had scattered light rain In the central states aside from some morning thunderstorms in the Gulf Coast regions of Texas conditions were mostly sunny and dry On Saturday temperatures in the Lower 48 states ranged from 18 degrees in Saranac Lake NY to a midday high of 92 In Thermal Calif cTo astronomy Orocketmallxom EZ3 Wns-ER'W:'M'-- Cache Valley forecast provided brNational WeatherServlce3Up Above feature provided by Astrq Data Students Continued from A1 make sure you have rations and you need a place to keep the rations” he said "You need a refrigerator and if you don’t have a refrigerator you just have to eat dried food all the tune i ri rL f I have tto i i haven't eaten outfarever iut rfRij f depend on fret food Vatsal accepts his current lifestyle because his top priority is making his tuition payments Each month when he receives a paycheck from his multiple jobs he takes the money directly to tiro university cashier to deposit into his account ' “When I came here in December I never had a problem because I could apply for Visa cards” Vatsal said "I’d just apply for them and I could pay for them easily” Now Vatsal has been issued deferred payment notes from USU The deferred notes require that Vatsal pay an fee of $50 and interest each month As if the life Vatsal has to live isn't enough his student visa only allows him to work 20 hours a week "You can only make so much money a month no matter how hard you work” he said “You can max out at about $600 a up-fro- nt month" The amount of money an international student can earn on average is not proportionate to the cost of tuition A graduate student enrolled in 13 or more credit hours at USU would pay more non-reside- nt than $6000 in tuition and fees Add in the extra burden of paying insurance and for other needs and life as a student is tough for Vatsal but he remains focused on his goal of getting a master's degree He has one semester of classes remaining before he completes his requirements Vatsal hopes his last semester goes better than this spring did “I think it’s definitely affecting me now ” he said "It has affected my grades this is by far my worst semester ever in my life" Getting into the country During the time students are applying for college most students in the United States hope they can get into toe school of their choice But for international students the hope is often whether they will be able to get into the country let alone their college Following September 11 2001 foe requirements for individuals to receive visas to enter the US changed said Negar Davis director of die Office of Interna- - : tional Students and Scholars at USU "The US embassies have become much more detailed” Davis said“There been all kind of issiies'goingonat the " embassy levels” Visa applications which typically would have been passed within two weeks started taking up to six months to pass if they were passed at all Davis said The delays were particularly bad in 2002 but towards the end of last year the waiting period started to return to normal At USU Davis said there has not been a significant change in the number of undergraduate applications with the school actually seeing an increase There has been about a 30 percent decrease however in graduate student applications Even though there are fewer applicants the number of students admitted will remain the same because time are still plenty of applications Davis said In the years that it has become more difficult for students to obtain visas other countries have benefited from getting more international students Canada Australia New Zealand and England have received more and more students while fewer have decided to come to the US Davis said Having international students at the school is valuable and Davis said USU recognizes that In 2002 the school implemented an international recruitment and marketing plan and since then inquiries about the school have tripled While international students may face delays getting into the United States and may find problems like Vatsal in paying tuition both Davis and Vatsal said USU is a very positive place to be Davis said there may be one or two problems a year with an international student not liking their experience at USU but overall students love their experience at the school and the community reaps the benefits of the diversity that is created by Continued from A1 to struggle with her injuries walking with a cane Her dramatic rescue from a Nasiriyah hospital on April 1 2003 captured worldwide headlines and transformed the woman into an instant hero and sought-aftmedia celebrity Later reports that the dangers of die hospital raid had bent embellished (fid Bale to tarnish Lynch’s luster Over the last year she has been the subject of a book a TV movie and numerous interviews hobnobbed with Hollywood celebrities such as Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio and spoken at motivational seminars The world has learned much about die woman it first met in a grainy Pentagon video showing her rescue But England remains a mystery — a grinning face in a sheaf of grotesque prison photos Family and friends describe her as direct and d capable of enormous generosity — she paid a close friend’s car insurance — but willing to buck expectations and act impetuously At age 19 she married a longtime friend They divorced within two years England went to Iraq in May 2003 as part of the 372nd Military Police Company charged with guarding Iraqis at Abu Ghraib a prison near Baghdad known for its torture chambers during Saddam Hussein’s reign of terror England’s family says she was a “paper pusher” whose job was to process inmates and they say she has become a scapegoat in the widening scandal They say she didn’t even work inside the prison itself but only went there to visit friends who worked in contact with inmates But it is her presence at the prison in those shocking photos that has caused an international uproar In one England is smiling a cigarette in her mouth leaning forward and pointing to the soft-spok- en er hattKa the students &&&£ aiuhtudU Women hi lus- (Jortjfci axiid QUflTQimSwS to-- strong-wille- Continued from A3 1800s goes by a cowboy alias and shoots a single actions colt 45 because it was the gun of the time Judkins credits his quarter horse Tommy Chex for winning this year’s shooting competition genitals of a naked hooded Iraqi man In another she holds a leash looped around die neck of a naked Iraqi man lying on his side on the cellblock floor his race contested At a news conference Friday her sister insisted that England was only following orders “I don’t believe my sister did what was in those photos” Jessica Klinestiver said "Certain people told her what to do I believe they were posed” Last week her mother Terrie England told The (Baltimore) Sun that "everyone we know is being supportive because theyikaow Lynndis nd this is not Lyhndie that they are showing” “Some people may think that I’m ashamed of her” she added in the interview "I’m not ashamed of her I’m proud of my daughter” England now faces military charges including assaulting the detainees and conspiring with another soldier Spc Charles Graner to mistreat prisoners Family members say England is four months pregnant with Grarier’s child Potential penalties for England could range from to imprisonment and a punitive disarepnr charge according to military officials England’s tour was set to end this month but she has been reassigned to Fort Bragg NC Relatives say she doesn’t want to leave the base fearing she’ll be recognized As the disturbing prison photos filled newspapers and television screens another photo quietly disappeared At her family’s request a picture of England was removed from a Mineral County courthouse display of local men and women serving overseas in the military England family members say despite support and from friends their relations with classmates have come under strain in the last week And some people in Fort Ashby say they fear that their community will be unfairly tarred as backward In contrast Lynch’s neighbors have held candlelight prayer vigils rebuilt her family home to accommodate her wheelchair and hosted a huge homecoming parade "If it wasn’t for him I probably wouldn't have won the championship down there” Judkins said "He’s bred a lot better than I am and eats a lot better than I do” Judkins trains Tommy Chex up to four days a week in an indoor arena in Tremonton during the winter and outdoors during the summer "He’s so well trained at this point in time it’s more about keeping him in conditioning” Judkins said Though this year’s competition in Norco was tough the world champion doesn't go home richer in prize money "Xou ride for the glory and you a belt buckle if you win” Sit said Judkins plans to return in 2005 to defend his title But can he repeat such a feat? "I hope so” he said "You just do the best with what you got” ttoUvJL iufiOdJtr JUxImxo- 'mi-ffl- wi nma mu |