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Show wwwMtahstatesman.com Logon, Utah Utah State University USU alumnus talks future of news Today is Monday, April 20, 2009 Breaking News BySETH BRACKEN staff writer Hundreds attended a vigil Sunday to honor victims of the Columbine High School massacre and mark the 10th anniversary, which is today. News USLJ fraternity hosts concert to benefit Common Ground. Page 3 THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Features D O N A L D QUAYLE said HD Radio is the future of news as newspapers face difficulties. CAMERON PETERSON photo As newspapers face difficulties and fail, the future of the news is going to be HD Radio, said Donald Quayle, Utah State alumnus and first president of National Public Radio (NPR). Quayle spoke as part of a celebration for the one-year anniversary for Fusion HD, the student-run radio station on campus. "The morning paper and a cup of coffee is going to change. What's going to take its place? I think it's HD Radio," Quayle said. Quayle helped to start the first student-run radio station, KUSU, at Utah State in April 1960. It started as educational programming and was originally broadcast through transmitters that were placed in dormitories and other buildings around campus. "It ended because we had a very creative engineer. He knew how to connect to telephone lines. It was highly illegal," Quayle said. The radio station was started up again last year, he said. After graduating from Utah State with a degree in speech, Quayle said he did a tour with the Air Force in Korea. Upon returning, he started working on his master's degree in theater. He went on to Ohio State University to earn a Ph.D. in broadcast and theater performance. After finishing his Ph.D.. Quayle became influential in the educational broadcasting arena by pushing for increased networking among the different radio stations. "I was convinced that non-commercial, educational broadcast would provide productive use of time," Quayle said. "The only way to do that is to all connect and combine resources." Quayle helped to connect educational stations in Washington, D.C, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Because of his advocacy for the interconnections, Quayle was selected to head •I See NPR, page 3 And the award goes to... Students connect with others around the world using Skype. 73 Sports The Blue team beat the White team Saturday, 45-30. •., - Opinion *'l wondered how many of these people appreciated the irony of signing on to Facebook to get help for their Facebook addiction. Surely it is somewhat akin to an Alcoholics Anonymous group enjoying a round of margaritas during a meeting." \ \ " ; ' ^^M^& 9 Almanac Today in History: In 1980, the Castro regime announces all Cubans wishing to emigrate to the U.S. are free to board boats at the port of Mariel west of Havana, launching the Mariel Boatlift. The first of 125,000 Cuban refugees from Mariel reached Florida the next day. Weather High: 59° Low: 41° Skies: Sunny. Archives and breaking news for>ybu at THE RED CARPET WAS ROLLED OUT FOR THE ROBINS AWARDS in theTSC Ballroom Saturday. Left, guests were treated with cheesecake before the awards. Above, Joyce Albrecht awards Coy Whittier the Man of the Year Award. CAMERON PETERSON photos 5k raises awareness for organ donation ByCASSIDEECLINE stoff writer The sixth-annual Second Chance 5k was hosted Saturday to raise awareness for organ donation. Approximately 200 people ran, walked, biked and pushed kids in strollers across the finish line. Co-founder Irene Elbert said people who aren't organ donors are misinformed about what it really means to donate. Some time in life everyone will be affected by organ donation, she said, and most people who participate in the race have received an organ transplant or know someone who has given or received an organ. Volunteer Susan Smart said this race is about raising awareness and letting people know that saying "yes" to being an organ donor doesn't put their life on the line. She said organ donation gives "some redeeming value to a tragedy." The run is a way to not only support organ donation, but to support those who are affected by it, she said. Participant Dave Eskelson said, "We run together for a cause and to be with people with similar experiences." John Brown has participated in the race for the past three years. "It is inspiring to be surrounded by people who understand what you're going through," Brown RACERS OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATED in the sixth-annual Second II See RUN, page 3 Chance 5k Saturday.The race i"aised awareness for organ donation. BRIAN FRANCOM photo |