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Show UTAHHSTATESM AN WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12,2005 High school students to occupy Innovation Campus Charter school is one of six in state that received funding Campus & Commnnity Registrar's Office is extending hours BY KATIE ASHTON News Editor Innovation Campus will see a younger classroom audience beginning Fall 2006. Through the BLQ and Melinda Gates Foundation, the state of Utah will host six college-based high schools each receiving $500,000 as seed funding. One of those six schools will located at Innovation Campus, said Dean of the College of Education Carol Strong. The Cache Valley facility will offer more opportunities to students because of its location, Strong said. The availability of resources at the Innovation Campus will aid the students in hands-on experiences, she said. "It should be a wonderful opportunity for both entities," Strong said. USU President Kermit L. Hall said in a press conference that Innovation Campus has pledged land for the new school. Director of Innovation Campus Michael Brooks said it is an opportunity to bring the high school students to closer involvement with the business environment "Obviously, we're very happy to work with various groups involved " Brooks said. However, this high school is not for every student, Strong said. The students need to apply to the school and will be chosen through a lottery to increase the diversity within the The Registrar's Office has extended hoursfromJan. 10-14 and 18-19. The front counter and help desk will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. However, the other areas within the office will maintain 8 a,m. to 5 p.m. office hours. As of Jan. 20, the office will return to their advertised hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Michael Sharpy'michaelsharp@cc.usu.edu ONE OF THE NEW buildings at the Innovation Campus located on 600 East behind Lee's Marketplace stands incomplete. The campus will host one of six early college-based high schools in the state of Utah. Attending students can acquire college credit in a specified field of interest. school, Strong said. "This school is not just for the best or the brightest," she said. There are efforts to recruit underrepresented groups to apply for the lottery, Strong said. The curriculum will primarily focus on mathematics, engineering and science. There is supportfromthe Utah State University English department for help developing reading, writing and research curriculums for the school. The school will be intentionally constructed to support a small student body of no more than 300 students, Strong said. Smaller class sizes create better learning environments for students and are supported by the Gates Foundation, Strong said. However, there is no funding for building the school, Strong said. Regardless of a building or not, students are scheduled to attend school in Fall 2006. However, the partners of the charter school - USU, Cache County School District, Innovation Campus and valley businesses - are searching for donations. SCHOOL See Page 4 $600,000 endowment given to new USU program BY BROOKE NELSON Assistant News Editor The religious studies program at Utah State University, still waiting for official approval, has received an endowment of $600,000 from the Tanner Charitable Trust to purchase library resources. USU History Department Head Norm Jones said the endowment is badly needed and came as a welcome surprise. "If you're going to offer a degree, you have to have the library resources to back it up," he said. "The budget is already under intense stress, so we knew were , going to have to come up with a way."- , "We were delighted they met it so completely," he said of the endowment Jones said Islam, Asian religions the new proand Judaism would gram is still need to be increased going through in order to provide "If you're going the official with a comto offer a degree, students process for plete education, approval, but you have to have Jones said. expects to be "[The endowthe library able to enroll -ment] is extremely students by Fall important because it resources to 2006. The will provide resources back it up " library scholars will need resources were Norm Jones, and students will be able to use," examined in history dept head Humanities, Arts and preparation for Social Sciences Dean the program Gary Kiger said. and needs were Jones, who has taught in the found, he said. "We found some strengths and area of religious studies for 26 we found some holes. We're pretty years, said the need for a religious studies degree at USU has been strong in Christianity and very recognized by many faculty and strong in Mormonism because of students. our special collections," he said. But resources referencing "We're a natural for a place to study religion and how you do it," he said. "If you think about it, religion is much more important on this campus than race or ethnicity. Your religion is one of the first things you ask people." Kiger said while the program will initially offer only an undergraduate degree, he said the are places for it to quickly expand into graduate studies. "We have a fair number of professors in our college who teach in the area of religious studies anyway," he said. "This will be a really attractive program for our students and for our faculty." Religious studies applies and holds interest for many students other than religion, he said, including those students studying FNnnWMFNIT See Page 4 ALBRECHT From Page 1 new president with the possibility of losing ground for the university in thefirstUtah Legislative session. Professor Stephen Bialkowslri motioned for an informal vote to measure the senate's support for Albrecht Geology professor Jim Evans said it is important to consider the possibility of an abbreviated or national search, yet the senate members could simultaneously be in support of Albrecht as the future USU president. "It's the regents who have the marbles; we have nothing," said Evans about approaching Briefs the regents with the senate's recommendation. Although not every senate member was in favor of the procedure being used, Bialkowski stressed the importance of supporting Albrecht at the regents meeting Wednesday morning. "[Albrecht] works toward solutions," he said. "Support for Stan would be support for the faculty." Evans said he was concerned about the procedure approaching the regents, and didn't want the Faculty Senate to leave the impression that the regents didn't have options. "These are people who have a sense of great self worth," Evans said. "Don't box people like that in." The senate unanimously agreed on a resolution to support Albrecht as the future president of USU while indicating the importance of a national search as well. Three regents will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday with three members of the Faculty Senate at USU -kcahston @ cc.usu.edu ICE CREAM from Page 7 Images courtesy USU Public Relations THESE DESIGNS ARE THE TWO FINALISTS for the new cartons at the Aggie Ice Cream and Cheese store. Students can vote for their favorite design at the store's Web site, www.aggieicecream.com. health food requirements when ice cream is being served, he said. Cups would make it easier to sell ice cream at such locations as basketball games, he said. McMahon said the cups would be six of the most popular flavors caramel cashew, chocolate chip mint, chocolate cookie fudge, cookies 'n' cream, cookie dough and strawberry cheesecake. Aggie Ice Cream would like to offer more flavors in the cups, but freezer space is limited, McMahon said. "A long-term goal is to expand the freezer area," he said. When the weather gets warmer, Aggie Ice Cream may invest in a bicycle so someone can ride around a sell ice cream cups on campus. Another change will be the new look of the ice cream cartons, Wilkinson said. Each carton will have a history of Aggie Ice Cream and the story of the students who made the ice cream printed on it, she said. The front will also have a new design. The decision has been narrowed to two designs, she said. Alumni have been voting and so far the two are "neck and neck," she said. Students have the opportunity to vote on the store's new Web site, www.aggieicecream.com. The Web site also allows people from all over the country to order" Aggie Ice Cream, Wilkinson said. The ice cream is packed in dry ice and shipped overnight to any location, according to the Web site. Soon people will be able to order cheese gift baskets on-line as well, McMahon said. McMahon said he hopes the Aggie cheese will sell better in the remodeled store. Higher cheese sales would allow more internship opportunities for students in the Nutrition and Food Science facilities, McMahon said. All the profits from the store products go back to the department to help with research and teaching, Wilkinson said. Currently the department has been researching new cheese products. Two new kinds of cheese have been created, McMahon said. Old Juniper is an aged cheddar cheese and Aggiago is a Parmesan-style cheese. The name Aggiago was suggested by a professor in the department, McMahon said. The name incorporates both the Italian flavor of the cheese as well as Aggie spirit, he said. The Aggie Ice Cream and Cheese sales store has a long history at USU, beginning in 1888 in the basement of Old Main. It is a big part of a student's experience at USU, Wilkinson said. "Everyone has a memory and a favorite flavor of Aggie Ice Cream," she said. -ashschiller@cc. usu. edu USU student joins Bennett in D. C. A Utah State University college student, Maren Famsworth, joined Sen. Bob Bennett's D.C. office for the winter semester and assist the senator's staff with administrative and legislative assignments. Famsworth, a journalism and political science major, has worked for the USTTs Public Relations and Marketing office and Nolan Karras' gubernatorial campaign, and volunteered as a public relations director for USlXs community service center. A member of the Pi Sigma Alpha honor society, Famsworth graduates in May 2005 and will pursue a career in either journalism or political communications. State of USU address cancelled The State of the University Address at Utah State University, originally scheduled for Jan. 18, has been cancelled because of scheduling difficulties and the impending departure of President Kermit L. Hall. Hall has been named as the new president of the University of Albany, which is part of the State University of New York. He assumes that position Feb. 1. Hall said he wants his presidency at Utah State to end with no public fanfare and with the focus on students. Rather than holding a farewell reception, he has asked for additional donations to the inaugural scholarship fund that he established on his arrival four years ago. The scholarship fund began with a $10,000 personal donation by Kermit and Phyllis Hall. The fund replaced a traditional inauguration ceremony. A campaign is underway for the fund to reach the $1 million mark in donations as President Hall leaves Utah State University. Art exhibition by faculty at gallery The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, located on the campus of Utah State University, Logan, will host the USU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2005, featuring artworks by the 18 studio faculty. A reception recognizing the artists and exhibition will be held at the museum Thursday, Jan. 20, at 5:30 pm. The exhibition opened Jan. 10 and continues at the museum through Feb. 19. The exhibition features diverse media, including ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Faculty members will present free gallery talks at the museum each Wednesday at 5 p.m. during the exhibition. Information about the museum and the exhibits is available at (435) 7970163, fax (435) 797-3423, or at www.artmuseum.usu.edu. Film series at USU continues The Utah State University Museum of Anthropology and Cache MicroCinema present the classic Jean Rouch film "Le Jaguar" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in Old Main room 115. Jean Rouch was a pioneer of "shared anthropology," in which he blurred the distinction between subject, anthropologist andfilmmaker."Le Jaguar" follows three young men who leave the savannah of Niger to find work in the city. Jay Ruby, a professor of anthropology at Temple University in Philadelphia, will introduce the film. A reception will be held in the Museum of Anthropology, Old Main 252, following the film presentation. COMPILED BY STATESMAN STAPF |