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Show Don’t Be the Last One! Page 4 Issues facing students in the upcoming Logan elections will be debated by the USU debate Go to www.aggietownsquare.com team Oct. 15 in the Sunburst and sign up. Just register. That’s that. You won’t miss a thing. You are now Lounge in the Taggart Student officially one of the gang. Center. Tom Worthen, director of USU speech and debate, said the debate is being held to educate students of issues that will affect them and encourage (Bring a date, but no nibbling on the ears) them to take an active role in local politics. Both sides of the issues will be presented by the • The largest corn maze in cache valley team, Worthen said. Worthen said the two main • The best deal around ng! issues that affect students • unique maze design directly will be discussed: • located next to eccles ice arena landlord licensing and the Mon-Thurs 5-11, Fri 5-12, Sat 2-12 park-strip issue. 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If passed, landlords will be required to have their properties inspected in order to become licensed. Any code violation will need to be remedied in order for the license to be granted. Without a license, it would be illegal to rent out properties. Watts said the purpose of landlord licensing is to “make sure (landlords) maintain a standard that keeps these apartments safe for the students who are coming here to rent.” “Something dirty is one thing but something unsafe is a whole different thing,” Watts said. Mayoral candidate Mike Morrill is opposed to landlord licensing. “The principle of thinking government is the solution is wrong,” Morrill said. “We have enough ordinance and law on the books today that need to be enforced.” According to Morrill’s cam- paign Web site, landlord licensing is “invasive and unnecessary.” Morrill said, “More legislation, more laws, more government will not address our issues.” Both sides of the park-strip issue will also be debated at the event. The City of Logan has been reclaiming public land in front of houses between the curb and sidewalk that was used for parking in the past. In order to park on the street, drivers must purchase a $200 permit from the city. A Logan Municipal Council document states landlords have the option of paying $25 to the city to allow their tenants to park on the curb. Watts supported the parkstrip reclamation in order to clean up Logan and hold landlords responsible for providing legitimate means of parking. Watts said allowing landlords to use public land for the parking of their tenants is unfair to the rest of the city. Plea withdrawn in hired beating case of a 17-year-old Utahn girl VERNAL, Utah (AP) – A Utah teenager who pleaded no contest to hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage has been released from jail after a judge ruled that she was seeking an abortion and was not criminally liable. Eighth District Juvenile Court Judge Larry Steele called the girl’s actions “shocking and crude” in a ruling last week, but said that under state law “a woman who solicits or seeks to have another cause an abortion of her own unborn child cannot be criminally liable.” The 17-year-old girl from Uintah County, who has not been identified because of her age, pleaded no contest in Get the heads up about Drunk Driving! The National Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Debate discusses licensing, park strips By JARED PRICE staff writer Milk Ice Cream aky” Cheese StatesmanCampus News Come see how it feels to be behind the wheel drunk with a Drunk Driving Simulator Save A Life Tour Alcohol Awareness Education October 22, 2009 9 am-3 pm Located in the TSC Ballroom Award Winning Cheese Shelf Stable Milk Homemade Ice Cream Fresh “Squeaky” Cheese Looking for a job? Gossner is looking for student employees. Enthusiastic, energetic and dependable people are what we want. Great opportunity to build a career. We have flexible schedules that work with your school schedule. Interested? Stop by or call 435-752-9365 June to a second-degree felony count of criminal solicitation to commit murder. Steele had ordered the teen to be placed in the custody of Utah Juvenile Justice Services until she is 21. The teen’s mother got a new attorney, Rich King, who argued that under Utah law women cannot be held criminally liable for soliciting an abortion. Steele on Thursday granted King’s motion to withdraw the girl’s no contest plea and release her from detention. Prosecutor Mike Drechsel told The Associated Press on Tuesday he had no comment. Prosecutors said the girl paid Aaron Harrison, 21, $150 to beat her after her boyfriend threatened a breakup if she didn’t get rid of the child. Court documents said Harrison brought the girl in May to his home, where he was accused of striking her and biting her, leaving bruises on her stomach and a bite mark on her neck. King contends that the girl did not do what prosecutors allege and even if she had she would not be liable. The baby survived the beating and was born in midAugust a few days before the girl’s due date. It remains in state custody and is living with foster parents. Harrison in September pleaded guilty to seconddegree felony attempted murder. He is due in court for sentencing Oct. 27. A message left by The Associated Press for Harrison’s court-appointed attorney, John Beaslin, was not immediately returned Tuesday. Some state lawmakers say they plan to tighten legal definitions next session in response to the case. State Rep. Paul Ray, RClearfield, called the girl’s actions “brutal and monstrous.” “She hired someone so her fetus would die,” Ray said. “The law let her slip through the cracks and let her go. We need to change wording in the law.” “We’re supporting this business by supplying the parking,” Watts said. Watts cited other problems that arose from the parking situation including neighborto-neighbor conflicts, parking directly on the sidewalk and often times parking on the front lawn. “Pretty soon it becomes unmanageable.” Watts said. Morrill’s stance on the issue is that the problem spots should be addressed on a caseby-case basis. “It’s not beautiful to put more cars on the street,” Morrill said. Morrill said this is another example of invasive government and that in this situation also, government intervention is not the solution. “This idea of cookie-cutter or blanket laws to create a solution will do just the opposite,” Morrill said. The USU debate will take place from 12:30-1:30 p.m. – jared.price@aggiemail.usu.edu Experts find possible new da Vinci TORONTO (AP) – Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da Vinci – in part by examining a fingerprint on the canvas. Peter Paul Biro, a Montreal-based forensic art expert, said Tuesday that a fingerprint on what was presumed to be a 19th-century German painting of a young woman has convinced art experts that it’s actually a da Vinci. Canadian-born art collector Peter Silverman bought “Profile of the Bella Principessa” at the Ganz gallery in New York on behalf of an anonymous Swiss collector in 2007 for about $19,000. New York art dealer Kate Ganz had owned it for about 11 years after buying it at auction for a similar price. One London art dealer now says it could be worth more than $150 million. If experts are correct, it will be the first major work by da Vinci to be identified in 100 years. Contest offers free textbooks By RACHEL A. CHRISTENSEN graphic designer for the bookstore, said this contest news editor One student with the ability to pull the scariest face on campus will win free textbooks for spring semester. “We wanted to see what students would do to win free textbooks,” said Celestyn Hollingshead, USU Bookstore marketing manager. Students can participate in the Scary Face Contest by stopping in the bookstore Oct. 14-15 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Bookstore staff will take pictures of contestants as these students pull scary faces, Hollingshead said. The photos will be displayed in the bookstore window, Hollingshead said. Entries will be numbered and students can vote on their favorite scary face in the bookstore. The picture with the most votes will win. This is the first year the bookstore has created such a contest, Hollingshead said. Ben Hibshman, senior is an easy and funny way for students to win textbooks. The winner’s scary face needs to be original. As the photographer for the contest, Hibshman said he expects to see a lot of eyes rolled back and teeth being bared by contestants. Hollingshead said costume makeup and props will not be allowed in the contest. Students are asked to come to the bookstore to get a picture taken to ensure the contestants can’t alter the picture digitally. Hollingshead said every student is eligible. “Don’t be shy,” she said. The bookstore tries to make donations, such as the textbook prize, in order to give back to the school and to help students, Hollingshead said. David Hansen, director of the USU Bookstore, said the money used on the textbook prize comes from the bookstore’s marketing budget. – rac.ch@aggiemail.usu.edu A BOOKSTORE WORKER PULLS HER SCARIEST FACE to demonstrate the kinds of pictures that will be competing in the Scary Face Contest. Students can get their picture taken in the USU Bookstore Oct. 14-15 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. photo courtesy of CELESTYN HOLLINGSHEAD H1N1: Vaccine comes to Utah State -continued from page 1 that won’t go down with ibuprofen or Advil, are vomiting or nauseated then seek medical attention. The H1N1 vaccine is free, the annual flu shot is $20 and both take about 10 minutes to get. The Student Health and Wellness Center is prepared to help students with their health problems during flu season – student tuition and fees help pay for the medical visit. The number to the Health and Wellness Center is 7971010,and USU’s Web site has more information about the flu and H1N1 symptoms at www.usu. edu/dps/emergency/pandemic. – sari.e.montrone@aggiemail.usu.edu |