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Show Take Note: 5 Monday, Sept. 25,2006 Chuck wagon breakfast today from 8 to 10 , a.m. on the TSC patio as part of Ag Week. 797-1769 features@statesman.usu.edu Friends of the Library to hold lecture BY KATHRYN KEMP Staff Writer Cache Valley has a rich and unique history, and a group called the Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library hope to share that history with the community this week with its annual fall lecture. Kenneth Godfrey, a renowned author and historian, will give a lecture titled "An Identity All Its Own: 25 Pivotal Events That Changed Cache Valley's History." He will highlight important events in Cache Valley's past. His lecture comes from a recently published book called "A History of Cache County: Towns, Families, and Commerce and Organizations." The book includes histories of each town in the valley, prominent businesses and more than 200 family histories. Godfrey wrote the preface of the book, the histories of each town and the sections, "Cache Valley before the Mormons" and "The Mormons Come to Cache Valley." "We were looking for an author who would have a regional appeal," said Blythe Ahlstrom, chairman of the Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library, noting Godfrey's book has that appeal. At the lecture, Godfrey will talk about the Native Americans who inhabited the valley before the LDS Church members came here, and what happened once they arrived. "A lot of people don't realize that it was not an empty valley when they got here," he said. Godfrey will tell about the coming of sports to the valley, and tell the story of six Idaho basketball players called the Weston Wonders, who won all of their games and even went on to beat a team in Chicago. He will also talk about the changes brought by the arrival of the railroad and the radio, the coming of politics to the valley and prominent women in Cache Valley who made a difference. And of course, he couldn't leave out the history of Utah State University. Godfrey, who has written or contributed to 32 books and has written more than 200 scholarly articles, has a strong connection to the area. He grew up in Cache Valley and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in history and political science from USU. He received his doctorate in history of religion from Brigham Young University. He was a teacher and administrator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 37 years, including serving as the director of the Logan LDS Institute. For six years, he wrote a column in the religion section of The Herald Journal, and contributed several articles to the Cache Citizen, a publication that is not longer in circulation. He has served as president of the Mormon History Association and is currently on the board of directors for the Leonard J. Arrington Foundation, as well as the Friends of the MerrillCazier Library. His wife, Audrey, is also a historian and they have written several books together. Currently, they are working on a history of the LDS Church Education System. The project came as an official mission call from the LDS Church and will last for two years. "We're the only members of the mission," he said. "My father wondered if were going to have a reunion," he said, noting he expects to complete the book sometime in 2008. Godfrey is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of The MerrillCazier Library, the group who is sponsoring the lecture. The Friends is an organization that provides support and contributions to the library. "In essence, our reason for being is to try to spotlight the library and its collections," Godfrey said. There are around 500 members of the Friends group; made up of anyone who makes a donation of more than $25 to the library. Most of these donors are alumni, and these group members are The answer is no. I've often been asked if I am a feminist. Again, the answer is no. There are certain things in life most men do better than most women, and on the same page, there are some things that most women do better than most men. And most importantly, there is nothing wrong witn that. The differences between men and women have brought about many great things we now enjoy every day, liRe toilet seats that automatically get put down, instructions on tne outside of a screwdriver set, and my personal favorite, Emma Tippetts the everclassic board game, Battle of the Sexes. Tyler LarsonAmlarson@ccM5u.edu FRIENDS OF THE MERRILL-CAZIER LIBRARY will be featuring Kenneth Godfrey, a renowned author and historian, in a lecture held at the Merrill-Cazier Library. The organization provides support and contributions to the library here at USU. located all over the country. There are 12 members on the Board of Directors and most of them are located in the area of Cache Valley. Because the members are spread out across the country, the group often goes unnoticed. "In a sense, it's an invisible organization," said Ahlstrom. The Friends most often uses its funds to buy books and materials for the library, said Ahlstrom. He doesn't believe that the library has enough materials to meet the standards of a research library, and they want to change that. "We're primarily concerned with adding to the collection," he said. Most recently, they helped the library obtain and put together a New York Times index. The group recently had a special fundraiser to raise $20,000 to create a new Pass It On However effppefrs@ccusu.edu dinerent, men and women are coequals in every way that matters. But there are too many girls who never got this memo. Instead, they got one that told them to be a doormat, to sit down and keep their mouth shut. This idea is reinforced by popular reality shows that send the message that a little cleavage can go a long way and depict Jessica Simpson as a newlywed who is little more than a dumb blond. Because this stereotype is reinforced, too many girls are too concerned with being •nice or liked to really say what they think and stand up for what they want. We are taught that we mustn't hurt anyone's feelings or someone might "feel bad." The result of this line of thinking is generations of girls who are timid, scared, self-depreciating, and reserved, with little or no confidence in their own abilities. My grandmother recently went to dinner with our family. After ordering, we waited almost 45 minutes for our meal. When it finally arrived, Grandma was presented with something she did not order. In order to avoid causing trouble or making the waiter feel like they did something bad, she refused to say anything and instead chose to pay for and eat something she didn't order and didn't like. It is OK for a woman to • FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY see page 6 • FEMALES see page 7 Professor afraid of alien abduction while camping \Ratidom-t Campus Profiles\ Scott Bates Seattle, Wash. Professor Psychology BY MANETTE NEWBOLD Senior Writer Statesman: Why did you choose USU? Bates: My wife (Melanie Domenech Rodriguez) got a job here and so I followed her. I was a trailing spouse. And then a position opened up that fit my skills pretty well, I thought. psych department couple. what would it be? US: What made you choose psychology? Bates: Recently, my motto and quotation has been, "Think small." I think it's a little bit of a personal motto because I do a lot of really large tasks, so to me, it's about breaking them down into smaller tasks to accomplish things. I get so busy and if I look at the big picture, it's overwhelming. So I'm constantly reminding myself, "Just write a page and you'll be fine" or "Get this lecture done — don't be thinking about the entire class." Bates: Initially, it was about helping people. I thought I was going to be a therapist and then I discovered on the research end of the field that it's easier to help more people. So, the research that I do is sort of targeted on that idea. It's really about service, I guess. US: Had you ever been to Utah before moving here? Bates: Once for a conference. It was a skiing conference. But I moved here having never been anywhere other than Park City. US: What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? US: Do you ski then? Bates: I don't know that. I'm not really much of a risk taker, actually. I'm pretty sure of things before I try them. US: So she works at the university, too? Bates: I do. But I'm not very good at it. US: You've never been bungee jumping or something? Bates: She's actually in the Dsvch department. We are a US: If there was a motto or quotation that you lived by, Bates: No. Not really, I just Tyler LorsonAmlarson@ccusu.edu Scon BATES, A PROFESSOR in the psychology department, said he doesn't take many risks in his life and he followed his wife, also a professor in the psychology department, to USU. i don't. I test things out first. When I started dating my wife, we actually had lunch first because I thought lunch was a good way to sort of see if there was something there. Dinner seemed so much like a date, but lunch just seems like it's lunch. When taking a risk, I try • CAUGHT see page 6 |