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Show : , i :• Summer lovin' and the dress to go with UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY I* Logan, Utah • Campus Voice Since 1902 www.utahstatesman.com Monday, April 23,2007 PageS Prowler on the loose Unidentified man entering female's apartments watchedsaid. "He was going through my laundry basket. He had one of Sports Editor my lotion bottles and he put it on our Tvvo incidents of a man enterkitchen stove as he was leaving." ing female residences at night and She said when she saw him she watching the residents have occurred asked what he was doing, but he in just over a week, Capt. Eric Collins didn't respond. She said she then of the Logan City Police Department told him to turn on the light so she said, prompting a warning to female could see who he was. At this point residents to close their blinds and the man said, "Come over here" lock their doors at night. ^_ ^mm and she told him no, she said. Collins said the police are in He then left the bedroom and search of a man who entered exited the house through the separate female residences in ,_-- back door. the general area surround"I don't know if he got C o m m e n t s ' t ^ ^ ^ ^ ! }!sLJ ing Adams Elementary School scared," the student said in "It's kind of disturbing.... Vie don't know if he's from 3 to 4 a.m. Collins said regards to why the man left. "I the first incident occurred sat up further in my bed at that going to graduate to something more serious. about a week ago and the secpoint. I'm not sure. Maybe he ond incident about four or five Right now he's entering and watching girls didn't expect me to say no." days ago. In both instances, The student said at first she the man entered unlocked resi- that are sleeping. We don't want to create mass thought the man "was a friend dences and went to "bedrooms hysteria or anything, but we do want to get the of one of my roommates and where females have been sleepwas trying to play a prank," but word out and have some precautions." ing and basically stood there from the strange way he acted and watched; when the female Eric Collins, Logan City and the way he spoke, she knew wakes up he leaves," Collins man wasn't anybody she Police Captain the said. knew. She said she couldn't see The police do not have much the man very well because it to go off of in looking for the was dark but described him as havunnamed while the police are man as witnesses describe him as ing hair a little lower than his ears attempting to catch the man. being a man of average build wearand a voice that was definitely not an student said for some reason ing darker clothing, Collins said. The sheThis old man's voice. woke up at 3:30 a.m. and saw a race and approximate age of the man man "hunched up on (the) floor." She "He wasn't threatening. He is unknown, Collins said. didn't seem scared at all," she said. said after she saw him he started "It's kind of disturbing. Certainly "He didn't come near me or try to crawling. it's alarming," Collins said. "We want "I just kind of glanced at him to get the word out for people to lock and he was kind of hunched over," • PROWLER doors. We don't know if he's going the female student who was being see page 3 to graduate to something more serious. Right now he's entering and watching girls that are sleeping. We don't want to create mass hysteria or anything, but we do want\ to get the word out and have some precautions." One of the females spied on was a USU senior majoring in psychology who said she preferred to remain BY SETH R. HAWKINS Speak Up Let's get it on! Gideon Oakes/gid@ccusu.edu HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP to smooch a boyfriend or girlfriend or just to convince a passerby to help them become a True Aggie on Friday's True Aggie Night. Last week's True Aggie Right was part of the A Day festivities and is one of only two True Aggie Nights that aren't held under a full moon. Aggies hold Virginia Tech vigil BY RANAE BANCERTCR Senior Writer Candles and music replaced the celebratory surroundings of the Associated Students of USU inauguration Friday night in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom for a memorial for the fallen students and faculty of Virginia Tech. The night included 33 candles being lit and 33 quotes read, written by USU students giving what they thought would help Virginia Tech students cope. "Now is the time for reflection. Look around you right now. Look at these 33 candles that are lit. Take a good long look and ask yourself how would you feel if the person holding that candle is no longer there. How would you mourn, and how would you ever recover?" said Nick West, newly inducted ASUSU humanities arts and social sciences senator. West talked about the distance of Virginia Tech, 2,000 miles away, which would make it easy for students to become disillusioned. "It would be too easy for us to turn away and say it's so far away it doesn't happen here," West said. "But it's not far away, and we realize it's not far away. It doesn't matter would it have happened on the other side of the world, or if it happened at our back door; our support is with you all." A group of Virginia Tech students were on campus for a competition and attended the memorial before their awards ceremony. "It's really hard to find words to explain it. All of us have been affected in some way," said a visiting Virginia Tech student. "It was really just an unlucky day. Thank you so much for this. It really means a lot to us. Thank you." Assistant English professor Christopher Cokinos read a poem he wrote from the perspective of the desks in the classroom, saying: "The desks at which they learned to speak. The desks are splintered. The desks are piled by the door. They wished they'd had legs that ran, arms that could have carried friends, but the desks are spindly, and sorry. They are very sad." The poem went on to address how after being stored in a closet for many years, the desks would speak, and "they will weep. They will weep. They will weep," Cokinos said. "I think of the season we are in, April and springtime and a time of renewal and regrowth, which is a reminder that as we grieve, we are alive. And if we are alive, we have a special duty to keep memory alive and learn from our mistakes," Cokinos said. "And so I ask each of you tonight to dedicate yourself to at least one action, one thing that you might do that might help prevent such a tragedy, and I leave it to your • VIGIL see page 4 Jamie Gane/jamiecrane@ccusu.edu TABITHA LAZENBY WON THE Val R. Christensen service award. Christensen, whom the award is named for, presented the award to students whose volunteer service has had a significant impact on USU or the community through a superior level of commitment to volunteerism and community service. 49th Robins Awards honor outstanding people at Utah State BY JEN BEASLEY Staff Writer Outstanding accomplishments of USU students, faculty, staff and organizations were honored at the 49th annual Robins Awards Saturday night. The awards are the most prestigious honor bestowed on contributors to USU, said Karilyn Flake, Associated Students of USU's traditions director. "I£s basically'like a Utah State Grammy Award," Flake said. The most prestigious of the 17 awards is the Bill E. Robins Memorial Award, named for the former student body president who was instrumental in creating the Taggart Student Center. The award, which is presented to the student who represents "the best youth has to offer," was awarded to ASUSU Executive Vice President Troy Smith. Among the reasons offered for selecting Smith were his contributions to the university in student government, as a resident assistant and as a university ambassador, as well as his creation of a new lobbying internship that allows students to lobby the Legislature on behalf of USU. Upon receiving the award, Smith said he was "astoundedly surprised" and said USU has given him more than he has given back to it. He encouraged students to recognize their own ability and the opportunity they are given at USU. "I hope that we can all realize that though we are one voice, we can provide the means and abilities to achieve miracles. I consider my opportunity to attend Utah State a miracle," Smith said. Awards were also presented for the Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Talent of the Year, and Male and Female Athlete of the Year, among many others. Man of the Year went to ASUSU President Noah Riley, who said he and his wife had been making bets about who would win, and he had bet on fellow nominee Rusty Rigby. "The awards are great because I think they're representative (of the university). All those guys deserved to win it," Riley said. "It's almost too bad you have to pick just one winner for the award." Woman of the Year Maure Smith was chosen for her participation on 19 USU committees, including the Graduate Student Senate. Smith, a graduate student and instructor in the English department, said she was deeply honored even to be nominated, but wasn't sure what she'd do with the glass pyramid trophy. "The mantle seems pretty self-congratulatory," she said. Female Athlete of the Year went to track star Jennifer Twitchell, who was named an Ail-American after placing fifth at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, the first female All-American USU has had since 1999"It's an honor to get this award because there are a lot ~ of very good athletes at Utah State," Twitchell said. Pianist Kurt Bestor served as master of ceremonies, bridging the presentation of the awards with piano performances, some of which he composed on the spot. Bestor told the audience that as a young man, his mother had instructed him not to play music on a sheet, but to "play a sunrise," advice which had helped him get through the times when she made him stay inside with his piano while his buddies were outside playing. Basketball star Jaycee Carroll, upon accepting his award for Male Athlete of the Year, found irony in what Bestor had said. "I was a kid when my dad kicked me outside and made me play with a football or basketball all the time," Carroll said. "I was the buddies outside." Talent of the Year went to Luke Hancock, a music major whose energetic performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Concerto No. 2 impressed Bestor. "He's a piano player," Bestor said. "I'm just a composer who plays the piano, there's a world of difference. For me it was a little daunting following him." The night's levity was frequently tempered by acknowledgements of recent tragedies. President Stan Albrecht began the evening with a moment of silence for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. Later, a groan of sympathy issued from the audience when Professor of the Year Laurie McNeill of the engineering department spoke of the first time she had taught a class - at her alma mater Virginia Tech. U I would like to dedicate this honor to my friends and colleagues at Virginia Tech and encourage everyone here to work for peace," McNeill said. A new award dedicated to the victims of last year's deadly van crash was also presented. 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