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Show Wedding Info: Send the (jood News to office@statesman.usu.edu UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SUMMER WORKSHOPS The Spring Formal lets students dress up and hit the town before finals hit BY BKITTNY GOODSELL JONES Staff Writer FROM ART TO WEBSITES HAVE FUN AND GET CREDIT! Finals week is fast approaching for USU students, and stress is in the air. To help ease the pain of coming finals, Megan Smith said she recommends students taking a breather this weekend by dressing up, going out and getting down at USU's annual spring formal. "It's time to take a break," Smith, spring formal chair and senior in history, said. "USU has only a few fancy events to go to, and this is a really fun tradition." Karilyn Flake, Associated Students of USU traditions director, said to keep in mind that the cost for a couple to attend is "cheaper than going to a movie" and that the different genres of music are sure to entertain. "It's a cheap date and especially if people like to swing dance, there will be L- . \ For a complete list of Summer Credit Workshops, please visit logan.usu.edu or call 435.797.8223 REGISTRATION: Students can register up to two weeks before the workshop begins. Please register early as space may be limited. Register online or at the Eccles Conference Center, room 103. UNDERGRADUATE TUITION: $182 per credit hour GRADUATE TUITION: $210 per credit hour BY RANDY A . SAL AS KRT Aw.irds Program «St Reception April 25, 2007 3=30 - 5:30 pin Eccles Conference Center Auditorium, ECC 216 Reception lollcnviny in ECC 205-207 Full 2006 Valedictorian—Carli C. Potter— M:ithcin;uic* ek Stati.stit.s Spring 2007 VateJictomn—Melody R. Anderson—Biology Scholar of the Year—Elizabeth A. Lund—Chemistry ex. Biochemistry Undergraduate Student Researcher ot the Year—Jan Marie Andersen—Physics Graduate Srudent Researcher Phi")—Justin E. Heavilin—M;uhemntics & Statistics Graduate Student Teacher of the Year—Matthew Bailey—Physics College of Science Undernniduati.' Research Mentor of the Year—Joseph Li—Biolm^' College of Science Researcher of the Year—Piotr Kokoszka—Mathematics & Statistics College of Science Teacher ot the Year—Lance Seefeldt—Chemistry "Si. Biochemistry College of Science Advisor of the Year —Scott Ensiyn—Chemistry &t Biochemistry The Weber State University Marching Band and The Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps present Corps Encore Drum & Bugle Corps Competition WSU Ticket Office 801.626.8500 about them" after their performance. And for those students who love to have an excuse to dress up, Flake said now is the time. "Any girl loves to get dressed up and put on their big frou-frou dress," she said. Smith also said dressing up formal is a must for this event. "Spring formal is viewed more fancy than Homecoming," she said. "It is formal, very fancy." A variety of refreshments will also be served in the Walnut Room during the dance, she said. Chelsea Stephens, a senior in English, said this year will be her first year attending the dance. Attending functions like these can help increase school pride, Stephens said. "I wanted to experience it before I graduated," she said. "As a student you should try to experience all that USU has to offer, especially including things outside of the classroom." Flake said although an obstacle in planning the formal dance has been advertising to the right audience, she has tried to get the word out through different means. To buy tickets for the Blue Carpet Ball, students can go to the Taggart Student Center Ticket Office, Room 212, or buy tickets at the USU ticket office located in the Spectrum. Ticket prices per couple are $12 before the event and $15 at the door. The event takes place in the Taggart Student Center. Those interested in attending Robins Awards can contact Karilyn Flake at robinsawards@cc.usu. edu for more information. —britg@cc.usu.edu Guitar Hero II comes to the Xbox 360 The College of Science Honors Top Student?. &. Fncuitv Tickets Available at: USU's swing band performing," the senior in elementary and special education said. The formal dance, which Flake said has been going for more than 30 years, is one of the strong end-ofthe-year traditions organized for USU students. Smith said this year's spring formal, dubbed the Blue Carpet Ball, begins at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday directly following Robins Awards. With one disk jockey, two local bands, the USU swing band and a string trio performing, Smith said the Blue Carpet Ball offers something for everyone. The two local bands performing, Smith said, are Wind River Band and Fender Bender. Flake said these two bands also performed at USU Homecoming in fall 2006 and they are being brought back because ASUSU "heard good things Monday July 30 - 7 PM Stewart Stadium Ogden, Utah www.corpsencore.com Group Sales: 1.888.306.DRUM (3786) (ft gttat (flight of(family. UPS«EACH Xbox 360 owners, are you ready to rock? You can, now that the video-game sensation "Guitar Hero II" _ once the exclusive domain of PlayStation 2 head-bangers _ is available for your system. And it is sweet! For Xbox 360 mavens who turned up their noses at something that wasn't theirs and for the adult-contemporary masses, "Guitar Hero II" is the latest in a hugely popular series of rock-music games in which the player gets to be an ax god (or goddess). To further sell the concept, gamers wield a guitarshaped controller that comes bundled with the premium version of the game. It is possible to play "Guitar Hero II" with a stan- dard video-game controller. It's also possible to pluck "Stairway to Heaven" on a ukulele, but no one would like how that turns out, either. The guitar controller has five fret buttons, a whammy bar and a strum bar, whose up-and-down action mimics a strumming motion. During a selected song, the player is prompted to hold down one or more fret buttons while pressing the strum bar to make the notes sound in sync with the music. For sustained notes, tugging on the whammy bar adds style and points. Anyone can play, and the game is loads of fun, especially at parties. The "Guitar Hero" games are electrifying not only rocker wannabes in family rooms and basements, but also on college campuses and in nightclubs, where "Guitar Hero" Night is all the rage. That reach should extend even further now that "Guitar Hero IV is out for the Xbox 360, one of the newer video-game systems. The game mechanics are unchanged from the version for the venerable PS2 _ which makes the new release, like its predecessor, one of the best video games going. The Xbox 360 version has all of the PS2 version's 64 songs _ some of which have to be earned or "purchased" in the game's career-mode store _ including Motley Crues "Shout at the Devil," Rush's "YYZ" and Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine." The new release adds 10 tracks, including Pearl Jam's "Life Wasted," Deep Purple's "Hush" and Rick Derringers "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo." Rock on, dudes! The Sibleys will play at the Eccles Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 and are available at the Spectrum and TSC Ticket Office as well as from Import Auto, Citrus & Sage, Maya's Corner and Sunrise Cyclery. —tliljegren@cc.usu.edu BLUEGRASS From page 5 "(The society) brings a little more diversity to the community so people don't have to go to Salt Lake to hear music," Wagner said. • GRILLING BEARS From page 5 The only thing that remains to be seen is who would win in a fight, Bear Grylls or Chuck Norris? I know we all admire Chuck because if we didn't, Chuck would unleash a fury of roundhouse kicks on our pathetic heads that would turn us to dust, which Chuck would then clean up using the manliest Swiffer ever. I heard it makes emo kids burst into flames with just one look. Chuck is also man enough to impregnate women with just one look. But can he stand up to the Bear? My vote used to be for Chuck, but I'm just not so sure anymore. Bear consistently bludgeons Nature into submission, and Nature is a pretty powerful thing - hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, snow in April. By the way, Bear did actually dominate a volcano in Hawaii. I'm not sure we'd survive such an epic battle between two titans of manliness. The heightened testosterone levels during the fighting would probably cause some cataclysmic disturbance in the world's wind patterns, or send us into a testosterone winter, which is basically like nuclear winter, except the sun is blotted out by an unending sea of flannel. Even though it surely means the end of the world, I'm promoting trie fight and taking bets - if anyone's interested. David Baker is currently hanging around the bad part of Mr Rogers' neighborhood. He can still be reached at dabake@ cc.usu.edu. where As Low Bling 'em young. for the nitre Summer! 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