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Show www.utahstatesman.com Logan, Utah Utah State University Wednesday, April 15,2009 Breaking News North Korea said Tuesday it was restarting its rogue nuclear program after the U.N. Security Council condemned its rocket launch earlier this month. Page 2 News A sergeant's Article 32 hearing continued Tuesday as a fellow sergeant testified against him. Page 3 Features Doctors at the Health and Wellness Center warn against UV rays, .. . . . i ^ & ^ v ''^•:^ii'\ . ; • • — ^ Page 5 Sports Stavon Williams is leaving--;' USU's basketball team. Page 8 T H E TSC QUICKSTOP W I L L N O LONGER SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS due to a resolution unanimously voted on Friday by the Board of Trustees. The resolution also bans the advertisement of tobacco products on campus. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo Tobacco sales on campus banned By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN news editor A policy amending the USU student code to ban the sale or advertising of tobacco products on campus was unanimously passed through the Board of Trustees Friday. The policy's resolution document states the policy change was approved by ASUSU Executive Council, the vice president for Student Services, the vice president's council, USU's president and provost before it was put for approval to the Board of Trustees. Jeremy Jennings, ASUSU Academic Senate president, said although the ban was just recently passed, the university Pay your taxes, smile and remember the very small price you are paying for something so valuable." Page 10 Almanac Today in History: In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Weather High: 42fl Low: 24* Skies: Cloudy, frozen mix expected. Archives and breaking news always ready for you at "www.utahstatesman.com "It's kind of like putting a Band-Aid on a huge student concern," he said. The real issue isn't the sale of tobacco on campus, he said, but the fact that students have to walk through secondhand smoke as long as smoking is allowed on campus. Jennings counts this policy change as a small success on the path to bigger goals. For years, the Academic Senate, along with other groups on campus, have been working towards a campus-wide ban of tobacco use. Jennings said they've worked at moving toward a ban in smaller, less drastic steps. Currently, he said they are working on a policy that would ban O See BAN, page 4 Program insures USU international travelers By BECKA TURNER senior news writer Opinion hasn't had advertising for tobacco on its campus for about 30 years. He said the only thing this new code will change is prohibiting the sale of tobacco at the Quickstop. Jaime Bradford, the Quickstop's operations manager, said she didn't find out about the policy change until Tuesday. She said the Quickstop will continue to sell tobacco until May 1 because it needs to get rid of the product it already has. She also said tobacco sales aren't a large enough part of the Quickstop that the policy will really impact its business. "It's just not a significant amount," Bradford said. Jennings said the policy change is a step in the right direction, but only a baby step. Utah State University has made some exciting changes concerning its travel programs, said Joe Dulin of Risk Management. The university has partnered with SOS International in hopes of providing more comprehensive international travel options for USU faculty and students. When traveling overseas in the university's name, faculty, students and staff will be provided with emergency medical, personal, travel, legal and security assistance services, Dulin said. Such occasions that would necessitate these options would be when students travel for research, humanitarian purposes and other learning experiences internationally, he said. "Students travel for all sorts of reasons, such as the micro-lending program through the business department and Engineers Without Borders, but there are numerous reasons students travel abroad," Dulin said. SOS is involved in the safety of Utah State's travelers and will provide their services in circumstances that are not optimal, including sickness, accidents, security-related incidents and politically unstable environments, Dulin said. According to the program's Web site, students and volunteers can get the insurance for $1.25 per day of travel. Alumna who travel on alumni tours can expect to pay $5 per day. Faculty and staff can be insured for $50, regardless of how many days they spend traveling. Ed Reeve, interim vice provost for international education, said, "USU continues to be concerned with travelers' health, safety and security while traveling on behalf of the university, especially to international locations." Dulin said the program is available to any person attending or working for Utah State and is traveling with the university or in its name. "It's like a big umbrella. It covers all students," he said. Dulin said for a fee, the program will even cover students who are not necessarily traveling for university purposes. "This will help us to evaluate different circumstances abroad and to be able to decipher what we are supposed to do in those situations." he said. Dulin said the university hasn't had a program of this kind before. In the past, various departments over individual travel ventures oversaw safety concerns and insurance issues for participants. "We were using a piecemeal approach before with different departments contributing, but some were traveling without insurance," he said. Risk Management has decided to use all the money from the different departments to invest in the new program, Dulin said. "The provost provided $50,000 up front and is willing to make up for whatever we fall short with, for now," Dulin said. Students, faculty and staff can learn more about the SOS program at www.usu.edu/riskmgt/other/international.cfm where they can find out what exactly the program does to keep its students safe. "The safety and well-being of our students and faculty is our highest priority," Dulin said. -beck.turner@aggiemtiil.usu. edu Treating child behavior issues early is key By TRESSA GILBERT staff writer Psychology doctoral student Jessica Malmberg is researching how to prevent treatable behavior from becoming clinically diagnosed by dealing directly with the parents of the child at an early age as a thesis project. "We spend time with the parents," Malmberg said. "You can't prevent problems if you don't work with the family. Historically, psychologists were spending time with children and that has proved ineffective in some cases." Malmberg's thesis project is a prevention research program that helps identify children between the ages of 18 and 30 months who are acting out in slight to extreme ways by having tantrums and being aggressive. Malmberg said she is looking for JESSICA MALMBERG, PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL S T U D E N T , said time-outs \M See CHILD, page 3 for children will be more effective if the parent is consistently spending quality time with their kids. She said treating a child's bad behavior is easier if parents get an early start. PETE P. SMITHSUTH photo |