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Show the Briefs Students in paper plane competition Campus & Community ' Utah Governor to hostfirstNative American Summit USU students head to Austria Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., is hosting the 2006 Native American Summit. This is the first-ever gathering of government-to-government leaders representing the State BY D I LEWIS of Utah and Utah's eight Native News Editor American tribal councils on Aug. 30 and 31. They are meeting in an Excelling at an elementary school effort to build and foster relationno-no earned two USU students an allships and increase communication. expenses-paid trip to Salzburg, Austria, Areas of discussion will focus on last May thanks to Red Bull's Paper Wings economic development, infrastrucWorldwide Paper Plane Contest. ture building, education, health care Greg Morris, a senior in aviation techand homeland security/law enforcenology maintenance management, and ment. The meeting will be held and Randy Fischer, an aviation technology at the Sherwood Hills Conference professional pilot major, were two of four Center. Keynote luncheon speaker students nationwide that earned a spot in is Larry Echohawk, former Attorney the international competition. M Photos courtesy of Greg Morris General of Idaho, J. Reuben Clark We qualified through a paper airSchool of Law at Brigham Young plane flying contest that was held in the USU STUDEKTS Greg Morris and Randy Fischer relax in an airplane during some down time at the Red Bull Paper Plane Contest in Salzburg, Austria, in May. University professor and member of Fieldhouse," Morris said. "[Red Bull] procoming into the national competition at a dis- the it away and refold a new plane for the actual Pawnee tribe. vided the paper, we couldn't cut it or tape it, tance of 161 feet. There was also an Aerobatics competition," Morris said. "I felt pretty good you just had to fold it on the spot and throw category that had no entrants. about it though, because in my practice it." The two students outflew more than 9,500 throws, I had consistently been beating the Morris said he showed up unprepared, but participants worldwide to make it to the final previous record from the schools Red Bull had said a lot of people had practiced for the com- gone to before us.*1 petition. Fischer qualified in the Longest Airtime "They gave us time to practice and then category and Morris qualified in Largest • PAPER PLANES Nutrition workshops and cookwe had to crumple up that plane and throw Distance with the longest throw in the world see page 5 ing demonstrations will be held Wed. Aug. 30 to teach the basics of canning food. Suggestions for using fresh garden produce and samples of the demonstrations will also be offered. The 2006 Food Preservation will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Cache County Administration Building, Suite 109 on 179 N. Main Street from 7 to 9 p.m. Reservations can be made at 752-6263. Cooking and canning tonight Childcare and birthing classes GREG MORRIS UNES up for his shot at the long distance competition. He hurt his arm in practice the day before but still placed n t h out of 45 competitors. He said Austria was a learning experience and a lot of fun. • SMART GRANT From page 7 year as not more than 120 credits, but the Department of Education chose aa more restrictive definition." "A number of students were understandably upset," Sharp said. Sapp said he contacted Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) from Utah about the SMART grants and wrote to Tennessee Senator Bill (R) Frist, who . Jamie Crane/jomieaane^ccusu.edu JOHN SAPP SPOKE out about his experience with losing his SMART grant. He says helping out other students will be worth his effort in getting grant requirements changed if it will help future students get their grant money. He said he wishes he could have been told about the mixup earlier to make other financial arrangments for himself and his family. drafted the proposal for Congress. "If it was just me, I probably wouldn't have done anything, but it was 150 other people. Even if the rule doesn't get changed until next year, it will be well worth the effort," Sapp said. Sapp said he expects to receive the decision this week from the Department of Education, which met on Monday to discuss the issue, but that he hasn't met much opposition from them. Sharp said, "I think it had more impact because the students did the contacting. They contacted the media and it's made a difference. I'm happy [the students] took the initiative to do this. If they hadn't received the money already, it wouldn't really have been an issue, and I think it should be an issue." Despite this, Sharp said it was possible but almost unprecedented for the Department of Education to reverse their decision and he wasn't sure it would happen. "I have a wife and three kids," Sapp said. "And I hadn't made preparations to get other money." To get involved, contact John Sapp at jgsapp@cc.usu. edu. -dilewis@cc.usu.edu Getting new buses Natural gas provides better service BY ARIE KIRK Assistant News Editor In an effort to protect the environment, save money and provide a more reliable bus system for students, USU is leasing five natural gas buses, said Alden Erickson, USU transportation coordinator and Aggie Shuttle supervisor. The natural gas buses, due to arrive in October, are expected to save money for the university and students. Erickson said it is difficult to predict just how much money will be saved because of fluctuating prices, but he predicts the cost will be lowered a great deal. The Aggie Shuttle is financed by student fees and the state Legislature. "I am trying to make it the least expensive I can for students," Erickson said. "I am proud of our system and we are doing a good job with students' money." Erickson said natural gas is approximately Jamie Crane/jamiecrane^ecusu.edu USU is LEASING five natural gas buses to save money and care for the environment. $1.16 a gallon for the shuttle. "CNG, compressed natural gas, is a lot cheaper to operate on than diesel — especially with prices these days," Erickson said. The natural gas buses are being leased for five years. Erickson said this will be more cost-efficient because maintenance is included in the lease. As a result of the lease, new buses also will be introduced into the rotation everyfiveyears. Rotation creates greater longevity and service of the Aggie Shuttle. When the lease has ended, Erickson said the buses will be replaced with newer, safer ones that will have the latest technology, increasing the dependability of the shuttle system. The new buses are 40 feet long and seat a maximum of 37 people. Erickson also said he hopes the shuttle will • NEW BUSES see page 4 Sweet Peas Natural Market and Jennetta Billhimer of Association for Wise Childbearing will be hosting a series of fun, informational classes on such subjects as HypnoBirthing, Infant Massage, Comfort Measures for Labor, Birth Doulas, Birth Plans, Waterbirth, Nutrition for Pregnancy, Preventing Preeclampsia, Using Sign Language With Your Baby, Postpartum Health of Mother And Baby, Attachment Parenting and much more. The group will begin meeting September 5, 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday with new stimulating and thoughtprovoking topics every week. These classes are applicable for all people whether they are parents now or will be in the future. Quiet babies in arms are welcome but please make arrangements for older children. A donation of $2 each week to One More Starfish is requested. One More Starfish is a humanitarian organization that was started by birth professionals in the Orem area. This group is working to benefit the lives of children residing in orphanages in war-torn Rwanda. They also are helping to improve birthing conditions for childbearing women there. For more information call 563-8484. USU club develops healing garden The American Society of Landscape Architecture is doing a service project for CAPSA Thursday at 2:30 p.m. They will be developing a healing garden at CAPSA's main office. For more information contact Bryce Ward at wbward@cc.usu.edu. Graduate students awarded four-year scholarships Thirteen USU graduate students received four-year scholarships to offset the cost of out-of-state tuition in other states, the Utah System of Higher Education announced. These students are seeking degrees in veterinary medicine, optometry and podiatry, which are not offered at Utah higher education institutions. In return for the scholarships, the students agreed to return to Utah and practice professionally in their respective fields. ^Compiled from staff and media reports |