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Show Page StatesmanCsanpus News Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 Fountain unfit to flow, pending repairs Briefs Campus & Community By ALISON BAUGH senior writer Construction is going on around campus, and the Tanner Fountain in front of the Taggart Student Center is no different. The two-phase construction process currently under way includes updating the cement on the outside and the piping underneath. "Parts were old and needed replaced. We have also experienced a k\v problems," said Darrell Hart, associate vice president for Facilities. The fountain is more than 20 years old, Hart said. It was originally donated by the O.C. Tanner Foundation to USU and it, along with its adjoining plaza, were dedicated May 31,198(X The cement will be updated by replacing the old cement with new. This won't change the outer appearance of the fountain, Hart said, and the contractor is trying to finish the work requiring the use of heavy equipment before school starts. Hart believed they were very close lo being done as of this past weekend. Over the winter months the underground piping will be fixed and updated. The vaults which pump the recycled water through the fountain are being fixed. Water has been getting in certain areas and causing the fountain to stop working. Water won't flow through the fountain at all before winter, but John DeVillbiss, executive director for public relations, said it will be ready in the spring. While Hart said they haven't received any complaints about the fountain not having any water and the construction going on, students have noticed the difference. "It should've been done a long time before school Lunar eclipse to occur in early morning hours Utahns watching the sky during the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 28th will be treated to a total eclipse of the moon, the first total eclipse visible from Utah since 2004. Unlike eclipses of the sun, which require observing equipment, eclipses of the moon can be viewed without special equipment. According to NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins, "The partial phase of the eclipse will start at 2:51 a.m. MDT when the moon enters the dark part of the Earth's shadow. At that moment the moon will be about one-third of the way up the southwestern sky." Totality will arrive at 3:52 a.m. and last until 5:22 a.m. when the moon will be low in the southwest. The "coming out" portion of the eclipse will then last until 6:24 a.m. but by that time the moon will have set for most T H E T A N N E R F O U N T A I N is currently under construction and isn't expected to be completed until spring Utahns, especially those with high terrain to but the contractor said the project is on schedule.The 20-year-old fountain is getting new piping and the surroundthe west. ing cement is being updated.The fountain joins many locations around campus that are under construction. DEBRA The last total c\ iip.se of the moon visible HAWKINS photo from Utah occurred in October 2004. The next one will occur in 2010. Utah will not started so that we don't have to see it torn apart," said Students are going to have to wait while this gathering experience an eclipse of the sun until a partial and study spot takes a break for the next few months, Todd Vincent, a junior majoring in biochemistry. eclipse occurs in 2012. The next total eclipse but come warm weather, the water should be flowing Hart said while they had not planned on having the of the Sun to be visible from Utah will occur in fountain running at all this year, the contractor seems to and students can again enjoy the Tanner Fountain. -alison.ba ugh@aggiemail. usu. edu 2045 although one will pass just north of Utah be on schedule to have it working again in the spring. in 2017. Two USU students receive ENROLLMENT: Slowly gaining Asst. President to Dl continued from page 1 $20,000 KFC scholarships Uintah Basin named By USU MEDIA RELATIONS USU incoming freshmen Brooke Evans and Allia Ramaileh were named as "Colonel's Scholars" by the Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation and were awarded $20,000 scholarships. • Having graduated from Olympus High School in with a 4.0 last spring. Evans of Salt Lake City, Utah is now working as a respite worker for an 8year-old autistic child. Evans will call Logan home this fall as she prepares for her first semester of college at USU. Ramaileh, who just returned from a service project in Africa, currently finds herself in the Canadian Arctic doing research on global warming through Earthwatch. Come fall, the 2007 Bountiful High School graduate, travels to Logan to become a student of USU. "1 was so surprised when I learned I got the scholarship, 1 almost couldn't believe it," said Evans. "1 was torn when I got the scholarship because I had planned on going out of state for school. But the scholarship would not have worked, so I decided that in Utah, USU would be the only way to go." Both Evans and Ramaileh consider themselves lucky to be chosen as •'Colonel's Scholars." Of 130,000 applicants nationwide, only 51 were awarded scholarships. They are two of three Utah recipients of the scholarship. classes, (the enrollment) problem will be solved." Though this fall's numbers will not be tallied until three weeks after the start of school, the feeling in the Admissions Office is one of self-congratulation. "The forecast is looking good," said Jenn Putnam, director of admissions. Though she said no official numbers have yet been released, most other schools in the state have either stayed flat or gone down slightly in enrollment numbers, while USU appears to have attracted more new students this year than last. "We need to continue to grow out of state," Putnam said. "We grew maybe 50 or 60 students in state, but those are students we stole from other schools, because the overall in-state enrollment hasn't gone up. So if we can just keep recruiting out of state, we'll be good." In January 2006, the goal was to have 5,000 potential students apply at USU in order to bring in approximately 2,400 new faces last fall. There were 5,209 applications tor last fall. The freshman acceptance rate, however, is on the rise. In Fall 2002. 88 percent of applicants were accepted, whereas in Fall 2006, 97 percent were accepted. "We're very pleased with the position we are in right now," Coward said. "We have a great story to tell. We have affordable tuition and high-quality education. Students have been voting with their feet, so to speak." Recruitment initiatives such as open houses and the Road Scholars Tour have helped draw in more students, Putnam said. -eIizDbeih.hwyer@aggieniaiI.usu.edu USU President Stan Albrecht has created a new senior administrative position to ensure constituents in the Uintah Basin have a direct line to him and the Logan campus. Rob Behunin, currently executive director of advancement of USU Uintah Basin, was named assistant to the president for special projects. In his new position. Behunin will work closely with various groups to ensure a productive relationship between the university and the communities. He also will serve as liaison to local governments on issues involving USU. USU Uintah Basin is Utah State's largest and oldest regional campus, having been in the Basin for more than 35 years. Albrecht said the university and the community continue to enhance their partnerships in the area as political leaders iheie tCuugnize" *"" higher education's place in the long-term economic health of the Uintah Basin. UtahState I f ay Augus. Blood Battle 9jm-3pmfiC5i*isU<Mge jFree Agaie ke Cream mmi-zipm/ ' Day on the Quid p p \,VJ; " jCoach'sShialrdi|i,te '' .';.. IS If 1 til ,-.,_, Movie on IheHPffiatMOce^vaHp : lursaavAooyst 1 , : M« Sunday August ?6 COS "Vpm IJCPafiq ^ ^ggie Special Olympics Game t Fun Park, Rock H » B Party 9wn.i B1<KKJB< BWL'fSCPlalfc'. J'.. SO s Odd^ Party' > • Jalurday Sejptember 1 Bipod:Battle to*>. Scotsman Dogs P am. Hki St^es Bingo 1 HangwihttieORC k m Service Day Parry 6 |