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Show Today is Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 www.utahstatesman.com Logan, Utah Utah State University Going the distance to Brigham Aggie Shuttle now making twice-daily trips to Brigham City campus on weeknights Breaking News Homes evacuated as Idaho wildfire moves closer to Sun Valley Resort's ski area. Firefighters work to fight the blaze. ByARIEKIRK news editor Campus News RESERV^p ' Parking fees have gone up and new parking restrictions are in effect. Page 3 Students commuting to Brigham City for evening classes can now let someone else do the driving. The Aggie Shuttle is offering a bus route to USU's campus in Brigham. The bus leaves twice a day, Monday through Thursday, and takes students directly to the campus. Farah Chase-Dunn, marketing coordinator for Regional Campuses and Distance Education, said both campuses are thrilled to be providing this service to students. "You can't even get something this good with the LTD. It is just a blessing for students who need this," Chase-Dunn said. "I am so excited to offer students this opportunity to get the classes they need." James Earl, assistant director of USUBrigham City, called the service, which started on Monday, "a marriage made in heaven." Earl said the route begins at USU's Romney Stadium. The first bus departs from the Stadium's west parking lot at 4 p.m., the second leaving at 6:30 p.m. The shuttles then stop at the TSC at 4:08 and 6:38, Veterinary Science at 4:10 and 6:40, Industrial Science at 4:12 and 6:42, and the Fine Arts Center at 4:15 and 6:45. It will also stop at the Park and Ride in Wellsville and arrive in Brigham no later than 5:15 and 7:45. Buses leave the Brigham City campus at 7:45 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Return trips from Brigham follow the route in reverse order, arriving at the Stadium parking lot at 9 p.m. and midnight. All times are approximate. Earl said they are allowing one hour for the drive through the canyon. However, it is expected to take only 45 minutes. He also said buses are not leaving earlier in the day because around 75 percent of classes in Brigham are held in the evening. Chase-Dunn said the shuttle runs all 15 weeks of each semester. [1 See BRIGHAM, page 03 lor RDUII (BlirfflDlDH, CHI 7B7 34M Brighton City Campus Shuttle A N AGGIE SHUTTLE ROUTE has been 4;02pm established between USU's Logan and Brigham City campuses. "I think it is going to be a raving success," said James Earl, assistant director of USU-Brigham 6:32pm City. GIDEON OAKES photo And Bingo was his name-o... STUDENTS PACKED The ballroom Tuesday night to participate in a game of high-stakes bingo, pounding their feet and cheering enthusiastically at the start of each new game. Bingo night was put on by ASUSU as part of the Week of Welcome. Some of the prizes that went to the winners included a DVD player, an iPod Shuffle, helicopter flying lessons and a car stereo worth $300. Other prizes included a 24-pack of Pepsi. Week of Welcome continues until Saturday. Other activities that will be held this week include the Blood Battle in the Sunburst Lounge, Day on the Quad and the Coaches' Show on Wednesday, True Blue Day and a tail gate party before the football game on Thursday, an '80s dance party on Friday, and Aggie Service Day and Hang With the ORC on Saturday. More information about Week of Welcome can be found on the ASUSU Web site. TYLER LARSON photo Features Balancing work and student life can be difficult but there ; are resources ,.,.. available to help.' . ,_..;. ..,. Page5 Sports If Aggies can win Thursday night's ga/ne against UNLV, the season looks bright, Coach Guy said. Page 9 r v . r ASUSU sets goals for school year By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor Opinion 'The question each of us must ask ourselves is, 'Who is correct, and why?'" _ t i '""''"'- ^ Page 12 Almanac Today in History: In 1949, the USSR detonated its first atomic bomb, a 20.,. kiloton atomic explosion that destroyed buijdings the Soviet scientists had constructed. The bomb was named "FirstLightning." Weather High: 91 Low: 57 Skies: Sunny in the morning. Partly cloudy in the afternoon with &(Lpercent chance of Fhderstorms. rchives, and breaking news Chambers. ASUSU President Peter McChesney said part of the reason for working toward a more inclusive campus is the fact "there is a predominant culture here, and that's just the way it is." He said it was a goal of ASUSU to help those who don't fit into that typical culture to feel they have a place at USU. The next goal, encouraging student involve- Have you noticed campus feeling more collaborative lately? If you have, you can thank ASUSU. Increasing collaboration among campus organizations is one of five goals this year's group of elected student leaders set for itself at its yearly retreat last week. The other goals they have set are making USU's campus more inclusive, encouraging student involvement, boosting Aggie pride and facilitating communication between campus groups and students, said Jacob Roskelley, ASUSU executive vice president. By LIZ LAWYER "These are very concep- assistant news editor tual goals," Roskelley said. "So we started a discusNewly-elected ASUSU sion about if we met these President Peter McChesney s goals, what would campus summer wasn't spent sitting look like?" around his new office. USU's first Aussie student The answers to this MCCHESNEY body president was chosen question ranged from as chair of the Utah Student having students actually greet each other on the Association this summer, an Hello Walkway by Old Main, going around at organization that represents all events and surveying students about how they students of public higher educaheard about the event, and improving campus tion in Utah. It is comprised of clubs' Web pages. student body presidents from Tiffany Evans, ASUSU director, said the stupublic universities and colleges dent leaders will "holistically work toward their around the state. goals" over the next two semesters. Roskelley said there will be a big push during this first week of This position gives school to give their objectives momentum. McChesney another level of influence on a statewide plane. Roskelley said the creation of an interfaith Some initiatives he has been organization would be a part of making camworking on with the USA pus feel more inclusive. He said it was a special include making textbooks project of Student Services Vice President Gary ment, was chosen because each member of ASUSU remembered needing that little extra push when they first started joining activities. "We had a great discussion that we could all trace our involvement back to one person," Roskelley said. "As a council we shouldn't just be [MSee ASUSU, page 03 McChesney spends summer rubbing elbows with other student leaders tax-free and removing Utah's spending cap on higher education. "(The spending cap's) a bit more of a challenging one, though," McChesney said, "because the state of Utah, as far as the Legislature goes, may not be willing to remove the cap. Right now the issue is more that the prevention is better than the cure. If we remove the cap now it will prevent higher education from being harmed in the future, We'll need to decide our stance on that, whether the cap needs to be removed or if it's OK for this year." McChesney is also responsible for selecting a new executive director of the USA, a position responsible for the daily operations of the organization. Until he finishes interviewing appli- cants and selects a new director, that duty will fill much of the time he devotes to the USA. Not only has McChesney continued his rise in student government; he traveled to Israel this summer with Project Interchange, a highly selective program for student body presidents. As a participant in the program, McChesney heard presentations from both Israeli and Palestinian sources and learned first-hand about the conflict in that part of the world. McChesney was one of 11 student body presidents to attend. Both of the last two ASUSU presidents, Noah Riley and Quinn Millet, were participants in the program. -ehzabeth.lawyer@aggiemail. tisu.edu It- |