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Show Logan, Utah Utah State Universit www.utahstatesman.com Today is Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 HASS dean to step down Breaking News By LIZ LAWYER assistant news editor The Indianapolis Colts destroy the New Orleans Saints 41-10 in the NFL season opener. Campus News Ombudsman works to better the quality of student life at USU. Page 3 Features Take a peak at some end-of-summer hikes before it gets too cold. ; j;'i . 4 w%$:X'; •••<:.K'-X' Sports A lot has happened in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences during Gary Kiger's term as dean.. The Caine School of the Arts was established in August of 2005. A new performance hall was funded through a generous donation and built on USU's campus, drawing praise as a feat of ingenuity and a tribute to the arts in Cache Valley. The religious studies program was kicked off Fall 2006, and a master's program in sociology is set to begin classes next fall. As a matter of course, much of the praise for these things must be directed toward Kiger, but he says the accomplishments are T R I M P I N , SCULPTOR, musician and composer, has brought his musical Dutch wooden shoes to USU. The not his. 120 shoes are coin activated and will play a random tune for a quarter. PATRICK ODEN photo "We're a team here," he said. "That's the most important thing." And after six years of being part of this team, Kiger will be stepping down in July. USU President Stan Albrecht said the ing adventure, in fact most of his ideas started with university has begun a new policy in which By RANAE BANGERTER the idea of a random number generator. He wanted deans and department heads are rotated staff writer to do more and build something to show the results. every few years. Kiger, a professor of sociolTrimpin received inspiration for his musical ogy, served one year as interim dean and A new kind of sculpture involving musical Dutch sculptures from his childhood experiences. then was appointed to afive-yearterm, wooden shoes, Klompen, is on display at the Nora He also played many brass instruments while which will end this summer. Eccles Harrison Museum of Art this week, and is growing up and once, his father had him play Considering how he feels about knowing planned to stay permanently. a trumpet duet in the woods near their house. that in less than a year he will no longer be Klompen's creator, Trimpin (who only uses his Trimpin said initially he thought it was a stupid idea the head of USU's largest college, he said, last name) is a Seattle based sculptor, musician and to play in the forest but afterwards realized what he "I think the biggest feeling is from looking composer. He was on campus this week to install it had experienced which were, "the sounds coming back on all our accomplishments. This coland also to give a lecture Thursday evening. from all over and listening to the nature," Trimpin lege is rich in its diversity. I have outstandThe piece originated 20 years ago and has toured said. ing colleagues, the students are great - it through many countries including, Amsterdam, "That's kind of the influences that I had, which makes my job easier, because all I have to Holland and Switzerland said Victoria Rowe, museare still not completed yet." do is brag about them." um director. Now it will permanently reside on USU For students who may have missed Trimpin's Kiger said one of his favorite moments campus. lecture and would like to learn more from him, they as dean was the opening of the new perforThe sculpture is on display in the basement of the can. Trimpin plans to come to the USU campus for mance hall. The addition of the hall to the museum in its own 25 feet by 25 feet room, where a about three weeks in Fall 2008. He will be working college provided not just a new building, visitor can walk all the way around it, Rowe said. on a project with students, which they will come up he said, but an opportunity for students For only one quarter a visitor can experience the with, Rowe said. and the community alike to enjoy the percussive tunes the shoes make, which lasts only 40 "I'm learning a lot when I'm working with stuarts and help spread them through Cache to 60 seconds. Each tune is different and not all of dents," Trimpin said. Valley. He said he likes to say that this is the 120 wooden clogs are used for each song. Many art groups may be helping with the project the the "new land grant goal," to bring the The museum is open Tuesday through Friday next fall including landscape architecture, art, thearts to the community. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to ater and music. Many other departments may also This goal was pushed forward not only 4 p.m. Admission is free and accessible to persons possibly be involved because the plans are all tentawith disabilities. tive, Rowe said. ee KIGER, page 3 Klompen is not Trimpin's only successful sculpt-ranae.bang@aggiemailusu.edu Dancing shoes come to USU Wireless Internet access will soon be campus wide The USU football team ; looks to redeem itself in Wyoming this weekend ByARlEKIRK news editor Opinion "The non-Mormons in Utah are forced to keep our thoughts to ourselves and show the LDS community respect." Page 12 A/manac Today in History: In 1813, the name Uncle Sam is linked to the United States. The name comes from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from New York who provided barrels of beef to the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Weather High: 80 Low: 44 Skies: Sunny and mostly clear. USU is currently in the process of implementing wireless Internet campuswide. With the exception of several dead spots, all academic buildings on campus are completed. Housing and outdoor coverage is expected to be completed by the end of the semester. Marty Emrick, project engineer and team coordinator for Information Technology Physical Infrastructure, said IT is working as quickly as possible to complete full implementation. "We are moving through as quickly as we can," he said. "By the end of the semester the inside, outside, everything will be done." At this point, half of Aggie Village is completed. Housing is expected to be done in October, Emrick said. There are still dead spots in some buildings, but Emrick said IT is working diligently to find those spots and improve the coverage. Eric Hawley, associate vice president for IT, said they conduct surveys themselves to find dead spots. Students also report poor coverage to them. "We may identify spots that have weak coverage and add more. Weak coverage is typically reported through the service desk, but we have done surveys and walked around. We've done surveys ourselves," he said. Initially, USU had only 160 wireless hubs. Emrick said they have added 394 more so far. Hawley said a survey was conducted in the spring of 2006 of students, faculty and staff members. Most who participated said wireless Internet service on campus was inefficient. Since then, IT has been working to increase service. Hawley said this project's completion is important because more and more things are becoming available online, increasing necessity and demand. "Two years ago, a survey was conducted that showed wireless access was important and that coverage was not sufficient," Hawley said. "More and more is available online, and we want students to have access available wherever they are." -arie.k@aggiemail.usu.edu B R A N D O N W E A V E R , sophomore majoring in elementary education, swam in the HPER pool on Wednesday. Recent outbreaks of cryptosporidium haved caused scares statewide. Extra measures are being taken to ensure safety in the HPER pool. NOELLE BERLAGE photo HPER working to prevent cryptosporidium By AMANDA MEARS staff writer USU is taking steps to ensure the swimming pool in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building is protected from the recent outbreaks of cryptosporidium occurring in Cache County, according to Bill Bauer, Campus Recreation facilities coordinator. "I hope students don't get scared and still come swim in our pool," Bauer said. "We do an awesome job of keeping it clean." As part of the precautions that USU is taking to prevent the spread of cryptosporidium, Bauer said children under the age of 5 or children who wear diapers will not be allowed in the HPER pool for the time being. Cryptosporidium is a waterborne parasite that causes severe cryptosporidiosis, a diarrheal disease. It is spread through fecal matter and can be transmitted by swallowing recreational water. According to the Utah Health Department, there have been 664 cases of illness due to cryptosporidium reported in Utah, and several of those cases were in Cache County. Bauer said no cases have been reported in connection with the HPER pool and they intend to keep it that way by implementing the rules given to them by the Bear River Health Department. Although the HPER pool is already chlorinated and the levels are checked three times daily, Geoff Miller, who is in charge of the water quality on the USU campus, said the HPER has also started superchlorinating the pool once a week to ensure it is safe. "As far as clarity goes," Miller said, "you won't find much better." Along with superchlorinating the pool once a week and not permitting children under the age of 5 to swim, as the health department has suggested, the HPER has set guidelines in case of an accident in the pool. "If there is an incident, we have steps that we take," Bauer said. "We close the pool for 24 hours, backwash it and superchlorinate it." In addition to closing down the pool for chjo- [M See POOL, page 3 |