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Show Views&Opinion Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 Page 11 Introducing you to ASUSU John Rentschler IV NR Senator W hat up USU Aggies, John M. Rentschler IV at the helm representing as the College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Student Senator. Wow what a mouth full. As the recently appointed ASUSU representative, I have the esteemed pleasure of introducing y’all (I am learning my Utahn vernacular) into the craziness I call my life, as well as shining some light on some of the roles and responsibilities of the senatorial position. Important items first, home for me is approximately 2,000 miles east of Logan, off of the streets of one of western New York’s greatest cities, Rochester; otherwise known as The Roc, WHAT WHAT. On the real, the only streets I am able to call home were safe and secure – Duxbury Circle, a burbinite cul-de-sac where many a streethockey game was played – with lots of room to partake in neighborhood adolescent mischief. From the time I was 4 to about 22 I lived, grew, developed and established myself in the town of Victor or the immediate surrounding area. Growing up in Victor allowed me to raise my hands high in the sky and ride the undulating ride of life like it is meant to be: terrified, excited and having that recurring feeling of your stomach being lodged precariously somewhere close to that dangling ball in the back of the throat (the uvula I believe if we are to get technical). With all the unconditional love and support from family and friends throughout my life I was fortunate enough to establish a set of crucially important roots. Intertwined and splayed out much like the Minotaur’s labyrinth, my root system is the backbone and guiding light to all I do in life. They have effectively guided me, foundationalized me, as well as led me on my path of individualization. As the years passed my resource allocation changed from root production to the establishment of my trunk growth – let me back up a second here, I find great solace and symbolism in the utilization of a tree as the perfect metaphor for life: roots are the creators, stabilizers and our connectors to the earth; the trunk represents one’s adolescent and young adulthood years; branches represent all of the crazy tangents life can present along the way; one’s foliage is the craziest of them all, this is where self expression and individualization occurs, at least if you allow it to – which can be summed up as so, attempting to be a class clown due to personal insecurities, living in swim trunks and rope swinging at Boughton Hill Park, and failing my junior and senior year of high school English. Now there’s more to the story than that, but I must leave a little mystery to keep the flavor ASUSU NR SENATOR John Rentschler TYLER LARSON photo alive. Upon leaving my beloved homeland of the Finger Lakes, I had my degrees from Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC), an ‘87 Toyota Pickup and the desire to start branching out. What else do you need? My first stop landed me in the great state of Alaska on an ecology trip, a little too brief but it gave me a perspective into a world that is like none I have traveled to previously. Not stopping for a minute, I created a home in Hawley, a small town in western Massachusetts. Not knowing what to do with myself after that life altering experience, why not head west? I traded the pickup for an escort and cruised west via Interstate 80, landing myself in Layton about three Halloweens ago. Working as a wilderness behavioral technician in eastern Utah and Alaska for my first year spent in Utah, I had a little cricket on my shoulder telling me I needed to finish school. Acknowledging my inner voice, I took the plunge and was graciously awarded Pell Grants from the great U.S. of A government and here I am, a Utah State Aggie. Remember starting Monday through Saturday – Oct. 5-10 – Natural Resources Week begins. Yea buddy. Here are the highlights: Monday from 9-11 a.m. pancake-eating competition at the TSC Patio, 7 p.m.; “Wolves in Paradise” film in the TSC Auditorium; Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Day on the Quad Extravaganza;” Wednesday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in TSC Ballroom keynote speaker Steve Curwood speaks; “Green is the new Red, White and Blue” Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eccles Conference Center; free for students “Potential Carbon Markets and Utah Agriculture: An Assessment of Opportunity” 7 p.m.; Malibu Campsite Bon Fire with Fred Provenza, meet at CNR for free shuttle 6:30 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Geocaching Treasure Hunt, details found in NR 120, 7 p.m.; “Reduce, Reuse, Rock” concert Old Main amphitheater; Saturday 8 a.m. to noon day of community service, free lunch, meet at University Inn at 8 a.m. FEeK AF@E FLI "8:<9FFB %= PFLeM< 9<<E ;I@EB@E> GC<8J< I@;< N@K? 8 JF9<I =I@<E; FI :8CC 8 :89 Comments may be directed to John Rentschler at john.rentschler@aggiemail.usu.edu IT’S ALL INCLUDED WITH YOUR RIDE PASSPORT!* THRILLING RIDES!* FRIGHTMARES 2009 SUN MON TUES WED 20 21 22 23 — SEPTEMBER — 27 28 29 4 5 11 THURS FRI SAT 24 25 26 30 Open Open 5-10 pm 11-10 pm OCT. 1 2 UEA - 3 Open Open UEA - Open 11-10 pm 11-10 pm 11-10 pm 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Open 11-8 pm Open 11-8 pm Open 11-8 pm Open 11-8 pm Open 11-8 pm Open Open 5-10 pm 11-10 pm ENTERTAINMENT! 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