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Show Take Note: A Study Abroad Fair will be held Sept. 12 in the TSC International Lounge 5 Monday; Sept. 112006 797-1769 features@statesman.usu.edu Make a decision and smile about it Where were you Sometimes you just have one of those days. During Christmas break of my freshman year, our dorm room flooded with more than three feet of water. As we drove back to school, I worried about all my books, clothes, bedding and pictures, but my roommate, Emily, was grateful the school i ^ - ^ » i ^ ^ w a s already Emmo Tippetts doing their Five yedrs after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, USU students remember where they were that day. Josh Newman, a senior majoring in forestry, said, "I was in my 1 high school history class, and! . I remember my teacher thought it was an acci-i dent at first." dent Hying wild land survey, said, *I heard from someone who heard it on the radio, so I only heard it secondhand.;I didn't actually see pictures of it until a year later, so it hit me just as Hard the second time.1 Craig W illace, a-s&phomore majoring ii L public health,1sai<3, j : "Well, I wa wtiCwjMng;up a bit late for sch Pi-one'day and 1 noticed my mom w j£1||j£hing tKe news, r She came i nS:got me, and that's j when we si w. the second'airplane; fly into the towers kad I was likei r 'Holy cow.'SpT Van to.school and] '. nobody kne\y yet, so -J was telling! people andjljeyturrieid oh the loqal news chani i^^Md'Saiw the "towers had fallen. |(^M»a1 pretty bad day.". '••'• m • •r 1 '• -• Moji Dariane, a sorjhomore studying finance, said, "I was in Iran and I found out from the news. I was playing soccer and after I carrle back home, my dad said,1 'Itjs going ' to be world war III and I was like, 'What?' He said airplanes had crashed into the towers and I was shocked. I v saw pictures of it on tfee news 'after that. It was very sad." I ^ , V •;'• Pora Brunson, who is a business- man!.| ^ e i ^ n the economics department, said, ii C >vas athome where I watched it on .TV and rt it just didn'f even hit me. It looked like a ^ '{ movie^njd they,started repeating it a^ain f ^tind'agairi^arid it just didn'Lhit m6 that it] was real. An airplane hit thfcjj.ower$, butM | when I came back totyo{%refuity iiit and \ 'then I realized it was reAani5^w.as;s5?sSd i *tbe wholeday,l;t;annot believe "that sorn^ I one wouldd6 iliat. I cannot believe that "^v [Iwoujd happen." h Cheryl .Philips, a Criiorfnalbrmg^n as, m tKe* hospitalJ _ie doctor came irT' aWsaid/D.6ypti | ljnow what is goingj on?' So he' turned it * qn.JheTVand\yas eXplainirij Had happi "' 1 ^ Kerns', sfeid, "I was lomore majorind; I ^school-while I wg i 'i jeof ihapioing ialssyjj \j.i*t'"-. Mil ; got do^t in 'srei jlfBienihe building f.^1:^ " ' < • ' " ' & ; " • .•.'.: ' 1 •i Vi t M>1 • a •% best to remedy the situation. A s we entered the canyon, amidst snow flur- •-. *% Pass It On ries enppetti@ccuiu.edu w and jnrj ! Photos and information compiled by Jamie Crane/jamiecrane@cc.usu.edu. • BE HAPPY see page 70 Student wants to swim with Sprite bubbles Utah Statesman: What does the T in your name stand for? US: Then why didn't they name you Weston? US: When do you graduate? Hansen: Timothy, the school knows me as Timothy, but my name is Weston. Hansen: Because Weston Hansen: I graduate in May. US: What's that about? Hansen: It was a middle name mishap that's been a piece of [crap] ever since. US: Have you ever gone by Timothy? Hansen; Nope, never. Caught„ Campus on ffanddrrTCcimpus Profiles* T. Weston Hansen Sandy, Utah Senior Political Science US: Why? Hansen: Because my parents wanted me to go by Weston. Timothy Hansen sounds stupid, but Timothy Weston Hansen just rolls off the toneue. US: What are you going to do when you graduate? Hansen: (Silence) US: OK, what was the last movie you saw in the theater? Hansen: Last time I tried to go to the theater it was closed because the toilets were overflowing. US: When was that? Hansen: It was last weekend. US: What theatre was it? Hansen: It was the Cinemark in American Fork; they turned us away at the door. US: If you had five hours of free time and money wasn't an issue, what would you do? Hansen: I don't know, probably buy something. US: What would you buy? Hansen: A swimming pool full of Sprite. • HANSEN see page 6 m car lost power. My parents were traveling behind and pulled over. After determining that there was no quick fix, we began to unload the contents of my car into the truck in the middle of the snow and wind. Shopping bags full of clothes, towels andjunk tore as we piled them into the open bed of the truck in the storm. Emily and I scrunched in the front seat with my mom and we drove on, leaving my dad to deal with the car. I was worried about my car, frustrated at the situation, upset about the snow and on the verge of tears when Emily cheerfully said, "This is kinda fun. I've never been in a flood before." My mom and I both looked at her with a certain degree of confusion and exasperation before we all started giggling. We arrived at the apartment and two of the other roommates were already there. All of our belongings were in one heap in the living room, drawers, bedding, clothes, computers, pictures, books — everything. During the next 14 hours, we moved back into our apartment, uncovering soaked sheets, sodden textbooks, waterlogged printers, stinky bedding ana ruined pillows. Still, Emily was optimistic. "It's like rock climbing through our stuff," she said. "This is definitely going to have to be a scrapbook page and something for the journal." Her optimism gave the rest of us the ability to laugh through our tears. Being happy isn't a consequence; it is a choice. I grew up with two older brothers. My Barbie doll heads were constantly being pulled off, I was always teased for being the smallest and the weakest, keep-away was their favorite game and worst of all, I was always being picked up by my head, my ears, my ankles and my pants. My mother always said, "Don't let them make you mad." Yeah, right. My 6-, 7-, 8-, 9- and 10-year-old self (allie6rover/callieann@c(.usii.edu WESTON HANSEN, A SENIOR IN POLITICAL science says he wants to swim in a pool of Sprite * because of the bubbles and he wants to trade in his unlimited supply of monkeys for one angry baboon. y |