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Show Today is Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Breaking News Turnaround is proving its worth By ALISON BAGH assistant news editor The USU women's tennis team beat Idaho State, 5-2. Page 13 Campus News USU student William Wortley wins the Richter7 PR Student of the Year award. *#^ * Features )dy art gives local artist a chance to share his talents. Sports USU Athletics Director Scott Barnes says he has confidence in football coach Brent Guy. wwwMtahstatesman.com Logon, Utah Utah State Universit] Eight months after its completion, the bus turnaround at the Taggart Student Center is working well, said USU Fire Marshall Steve Bell. It has taken time for people to get used to using the turnaround correctly and wait in the green parking spots, Bell said. Most people are following the rules, yet there is the 2 to 3 percent who still aren't, Bell said. Stopping at any of the red curbs for any reason other than to let a bus pull out, is prohibited, and Bell said he does give out tickets for this. Bell said while there needs to be two emergency accesses for the Living and Learning Center, after seeing how many people use the walkway between the TSC and the LDS Institute, he requested that the sidewalk be closed for safety. Bell said he worked with the Campus Planning and Design 1 acilities to complete the $1.5 million project of the turnaround. "1 think we have cut down on 99 percent of traffic going through there," Bell said. While public access is blocked to this entrance, Bell said this is one of the emergency accesses for the LLC. It is important that this remain open for emergencies and that cars don't park and block it, Bell said. He reported one instance where it was blocked when a firetruck tried to access it, thus causing them to use the alternate route on 800 East and costing more time. Had the situation been more critical, this could have been a more major problem, Bell said. Gates were intended to be installed at the beginning of the year, but when they weren't ready, it was decided to wait until the beginning of winter semester, Bell said. The bus drivers and all emergency vehicles in surrounding areas who would respond to an emergency have clickers that will open the gates and allow them in, he said. When these vehicles come through, it is important to clear the sidewalk, Bell said. If other vehicles are using the sidewalk as a shortcut, Bell said he encourages students to take a picture on their cell phones of the car and report it. They can do this anonymously, Bell said, guaranteeing they will follow up. "We can't be there 24 hours a day, that's why I encourage anyone to report (incidents)," Bell said. Any delivery trucks are required to go to the docks behind the TSC, Bell said. The Bookstore deliveries and UPS and FedEx still enter the Bookstore delivery dock, directly north of the TSC, Bell said. Because the FedEx and UPS trucks are sometimes here at the same time, Bell said he is hoping to get a permanent wall at the end of the covered TSC sidewalk so the trucks can both park and back up without students running behind them. The chain has been replaced with a more permanent gate, Bell said. "The last thing we want is FedEx to run over someone," Bell said. Until everyone figures out exactly how to work the turnaround, Bell said they will keep teaching, and if necessary ticketing. Yet, Bell said he feels it is still 100 percent better than it used to be. •alison.baugh@aggiemail.usu. edu 700 North LEGEND Emergency Route 1 Delivery Route Car Route Bus Route map courtesy of Fire Marshall Steve Bell Serving for pizza Page 13 Opinion "With a little bit of cooperation and the observance of the rules, we can all make the TSC turnabout a safe, efficient and pleasant part of the campus driving experience." Page 10 Almanac Today in History: In 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman experiences the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25, a snythetic drug he created five years earlier. He said the hallucinations lasted for two hours. LSD became popular in the 1960s. Skies: Partly cloudy with 30 ^percent chance Ibfshow TRACEY TOLMAN, A - D A Y VICE PRESIDENT, coats blocks after they have been sanded by students. Students willing to sand a block smooth for children in orphanages were given pizza as a reward outside of the TSC near the patio.The event was held for A-Day and sponsored by LDSSA. Other activities for A-Day include B-l-N-G-O, senior celebration/casino night, a Green Day cover band, Day on the Quad.True Aggie Night and the Blue Carpet Ball. TYLER LARSON photos PR student of the year from USU By MONICA SWAPP staff writer USU student William Don Wortley was recently named Richter7 s 2008 Public Relations Student of the Year. Wortley said receiving this award was quite an honor and he was very excited. Richter7, a Salt Lake-based public relations agency, recognizes one university student each year who demonstrates superior skill in communication and public relations by giving them an award of $1,000, said Abigail Clinger, Richter7 public relations represen- tative. "This is a great opportunity for us to further Utah students' education," said Tim Brown, Richter7 partner. "The PR Student of the Year award gives future professionals first-hand expereince as they prepare to enter the public relations field." This scholarship is open to students pursuing a degree or career relating to public relations. Although Wortley is an economics major at USU, his interest is in communications and he will soon work towards a master's degree in Integrated Marketing and Communications at Northwestern University, Clinger said. The award contenders were asked to create a hypothetical public relations plan for The Canyons ski resort. The goal was to provide strategies that would help increase the yearly lift ticket sales by 20 percent. Wortley said he did a lot of research on the The Canyons Ski Resort and the public relations industry in order to formulate his plan, and tried to apply what Richter7 wanted with what he had learned. He then developed an idea and came up with a creative plan. "I took everything as far as I could on my own, so if they chose my proposal they could have started to work on it that afternoon," Wortley said. Wortley went above and beyond what they expected, being thorough and doing a lot of research, making both the oral presentation and written case study phenomenal, Clinger said. "USU does a great job preparing USU students and teaching H See RICHTER7, page 3 |