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Show UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Friday, April 22,2005 Partly cloudy skies with a chance to be free from the rain. High: 62, low: 36 Sports Aggie Life USU splits doubleheader with SUU. Rock concert brings smiles to faces of children. Page 13 Page 6 USU faculty survive fatal car crash BY A A R O N FALK Sports Editor Two Utah State University faculty are OK after being involved in a fatal car accident Wednesday evening near the Sherwood Hills turnoff in Sardine Canyon Gaylen Chandler, head of the management and human resources department, and Henry Nowak, a special projects manager at USU, were driving south through the canyon at about 5:12 p.m. when their car was struck head on by a driver who had lost control of her vehicle. Vicki Cottrell,. 58, lost control of her vehicle and spun into oncoming traffic, said Utah Venturing outside of the lecture hall Students gain more by watching the arts, professor says BY JON RASH Staff Writer Nearly 1,000 Utah State University students are learning each semester that to become a citizen and a scholar, they need to be personally involved in the arts. Tom Peterson, instructor for USlTs Creative Arts and Art Symposium courses, said he offers his students an education that he feels cannot be completely obtained by merely sitting in a lecture hall. Highway Patrol Sgt. Rick Mayo. Mayo said all three were taken to Logan Regional Hospital where Cottrell was pronounced dead. "Indications at the scene were that if she hadn't passed [away], she was close," he said. Chandler, 48, was treated for cuts and bruises and was released Thursday night. Nowak suffered multiple broken ribs, Mayo said. Icy road conditions on U.S. Highway 89-91 Wednesday were probably the reason for the accident, he said. "She lost control in slick and slushy roads," he said. "Drugs and alcohol were not a factor. And there are no indications that she was speeding. The roads were slushy and she just lost control." Cottrell, of Salt Lake City, was the director of the Utah chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally 111, a nonprofit organization that offers support for families and friends of people with severe mental illnesses. -acf@cc.usu.edu Administrator of the Year Working in the interest of students Peterson's courses were designed to expose students to a wide variety of creative arts while fulfilling breadth and depth education requirements for graduation. Students are required to attend several art-related performances and exhibits throughout the semester, he said. When the courses were created initially, there was some concern among Cache Valley community members that students were purchasing all the available tickets for performances and then acting inappropriately during ARTS See Page 3 USU searches for a new look BY D I A N A MAXFIELD Staff Writer A new logo is in the works as part of a marketing campaign aimed at giving Utah State University a more consistent image. There is confusion about what the symbol of USU is, and this creates confusion about what USU is about, said John DeVilbiss, executive director of the integrated marketing project. There is no single overriding theme," DeVilbiss said. "We are telling people, You decipher what we are.'" DeVilbiss has been working with Tim Vitale and Whitney Wilkinson, both of the public relations and marketing department for the university to come up with a new logo, or word mark. The current word mark, created in 1994, consists of "Utah State" in bold letters, with the word "University" in smaller letters underneath. This logo was initially hand drawn, then converted later to a computer font, Vitale said. USU is at a different place than it was in 1994, DeVilbiss said, and he feels like the visual representation of the university should change to reflect that While a new logo is just a part of a bigger project aimed at bringing consistency to USU's image, it is the most visual part, Lom Statesman file photo RON GODFREY is leaving his post as vice president of business and finance at USU to serve an LDS mission. BY A A R O N FALK Sports Editor After attending a couple of quarters as an undergraduate at the University of Utah, Ron Godfrey decided to transfer to Utah State University. As he walked from the student center to Old Main on a visit to the campus, two people said hello to him two more than ever said anything to him at the U Years later, with a call to serve a three-year, Latter-day Saint mission in Knoxville, Tenn., Godfrey is now saying his goodbyes to USU and, he said, it'll be hard to leave the place he has called home for the past five years. "I'll miss Utah State," he said. "I'll miss that friendly atmosphere." Three years ago, Godfrey was working for Shriver Foods as an executive responsible for the company's manufacturing plants when he received a call from a friend at USU There was a teaching position open in the business department and Godfrey said it was extended to him because of his practical experience. As an educator, Godfrey said his love for teaching grew. "I love sharing with students what they don't get in the text books, where the rubber hits the road, decision making and human resource skills " he said- "I love working with students. They're so vibrant and just want to learn." Last year, however, Godfrey was promoted to an administrative position when he was named the vice presi- dent of business and finance. Godfrey said he has enjoyed the challenge and differences between the two positions. "Teaching is just imparting everything you've learned onto students," he said. "Administration is the practical application of all those things." Godfrey said he has three goals in everything he does: 1. Do your best 2. Treat people the way the want to be treated. fJODFRFY See Page 4 See Page 4 Canyon construction to increase road safety' BY SHALANE PEERY Staff writer Ryan Ta\bot/rtalbot@cc.usu.edu HIGHWAY 89 WINDS DOWN the hillside into Garden City, near Bear Lake. Construction is planned for this summer to improve this section of road and will affect both students and tourists travelling from Logan. The Utah Department of Transportation will soon undergo a large construction project in Logan Canyon that is anticipated to be completed in the fall of 2006, UDOT spokesman Andy Neff said. An official groundbreaking of the construction will take place April 21. This project will start to impact traffic situations throughout the canyon the last week of April, Neff said. "The purpose of the construction project is to bring roadways up to current road safety standards," Neff said. To make the roads safer, UDOT is going to widen roads, add passing lanes, smooth out sharp curves and make intersection improvements. Neff said this will decrease the high accident rate that is currently present throughout Logan Canyon. They will also add facilities with tourist information, restrooms and a picnic area, and there will be construction done on a Bear Lake Overlook. Neff said this project has a $21.8 million budget to make the roads safer for travelers. According to a press release, the Logan Canyon Construction Project is going to run between the summit of Logan Canyon to Garden City. About seven miles of U.S Highway 89 will be closed on and off throughout the construction. UDOT is trying to increase awareness about this project. Neff said they realize that this is a high-traveled area for many students and summer travelers. It will impact people who travel to Bear Lake CONSTRUCTION See Page 3 |