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Show StatesmanCampus News Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 Experiencing the USU snowball effect Page 3 Briefs Campus & Community Artist to draw at exhibit opening The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at USU presents a new exhibit displaying the artwork of Bobby Ross. The exhibit opens Tuesday, Feb. 2, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the museum's Study Center Gallery. Scheduled from Feb. 2 to July 31, more than 100 Bobby Ross drawings are featured in the exhibit, including drawings that have never been seen. Using only a graphite pencil to execute his drawings, Ross combines a mixture of images from politics, advertising, cartoons and technology. As part of the event, Ross will create new drawings during the course of the exhibition. STUDENTS THROW AND DODGE SNOWBALLS during a student-organized snowball fight Saturday on the Quad.The fight was originally planned for the Saturday previous, but due to a lack of good packing snow, was pushed back a week.The event was advertised as Logan's biggest snow war and a way to relieve stress after the first two weeks of the semester. ANI MIRZAKHANVAN photo 150,000 Haiti quake victims buried, gov't says PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The truckers filling Haiti's mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said Sunday. That doesn't count those still under the debris, carried off by relatives or killed in the outlying quake zone. "Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the rubble - 200,000? 300,000? Who knows the overall death toll?" said the official, Communications Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue. Dealing with the living, meanwhile, a global army of aid workers was getting more food into people's hands, but acknowledged falling short. "We wish we could do more, quicker," said U.N. World Food Program chief Josette Sheeran, visiting Port-au-Prince. In the Cite Soleil slum, U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. peacekeeping troops distributed food. Lunie Marcelin, 57, said the handouts will help her and six grown children "but it is not enough. We need more." Yet another aftershock, one of more than 50 since the great quake Jan. 12, shook Port-au-Prince on Sunday, registering 4.7 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of further damage. The Haitian government was urging many of the estimated 600,000 homeless huddled in open areas of Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million, to look for better shelter with relatives or others in the countryside. Some 200,000 were believed already to have done so, most taking advantage of free government transportation, and others formed a steady stream out of the city on Sunday. International experts searched for sites to erect tent cities for quake refugees on the capital's outskirts, but such short-term solutions were still weeks away, said the International Organization for Migration, an intergovernmental agency. "We also need tents. There is a shortage of tents," said Vincent Houver, the Geneva-based agency's chief of mission in Haiti. Their Port-auPrince warehouse has 10,000 family-size tents, but some 100,000 are needed, he said. The organization has appealed for $30 million for that and other needs, and has received two-thirds of that so far. In the aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the casualty estimates have been necessarily tentative. Lassegue told The Associated Press the government's figure of 150,000 buried, from the capital area alone, was reported by CNE, a state company collecting corpses and burying them north of Port-au-Prince. That number would tend to confirm an overall estimate of 200,000 dead reported last week by the European Commission, citing Haitian government sources. The United Nations, meanwhile, was sticking Sunday with an earlier confirmed death toll of at least 111,481, based on recovered bodies. The final casualty estimates, which the European Commission said also include some 250,000 injured, will clearly place the Haiti earthquake among the deadliest natural catastrophes of recent times. That list includes: the 1970 Bangladesh cyclone, believed to have killed 300,000 people; the 1974 northeast China earthquake, which killed at least 242,000 people; and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, with 226,000 dead. One who wouldn't die in Port-au-Prince was Wismond Exantus, who was extricated from the rubble Saturday. He spoke with the AP from his cot in a French field hospital on Sunday, saying the first thing he wanted to do was find a church to give thanks. PoliceBlotter Saturday, Jan. 16 • USU Police assisted the Logan City Police Department with a citizen dispute. Upon arrival, officers made contact with numerous individuals from the surrounding house parties. Officers were unable to locate a citizen dispute in the area. • USU Police responded to a 911 call in the Mountain View Towers, third floor, at the courtesy phone. Contact was made with a student that was attempting to make an international call that starts with 911. He apparently wasn't fast enough getting the fourth number in and dialed the police office by accident. • USU Police assisted North Park Police with a possible dispute. Police located an individual who was having some family problems. Police spoke with the individual and advised her of some groups that could help her. Tuesday, Jan. 19 • USU Police located some unsecured doors at the Merrill-Cazier Library. The front entrance doors malfunctioned and did not lock automatically like they should. The assistant dean was called in to reset the system and secure the doors. He spent the 11 days buried in the ruins of a hotel grocery store praying, reciting psalms and sleeping, he said. "I wasn't afraid because I knew they were searching and would come for me," he said. With such rescues now increasingly unlikely, Haiti's government has declared an end to search operations for the living, shifting the focus more than ever to caring for the thousands surviving in squalid, makeshift camps. The World Food Program had delivered about 2 million meals to the needy on Friday, up from 1.2 million on Thursday, Sheeran said. But she acknowledged that much more was needed. "This is the most complex operation WFP has ever launched," she said. "Food distribution is very difficult," said Dr. Henry Ariel of the Haitian Health Ministry. "The food doesn't reach up to now everyone." The scene Sunday at Cite Soleil, the capital's largest and most notorious slum, showed the need. Thousands of men, women and children lined up and waited peacefully for their turn as the American and Brazilian troops handed out aid - the Americans gave ready-to-eat meals, highenergy biscuits and bottled water, the Brazilians passed out small bags holding uncooked beans, salt, sugar and sardines, as well as water. The need for medical care, especially surgery, postoperative care and drugs, still overwhelmed the help available, aid agencies reported. In the isolated southern port city of Jacmel alone, about 100 patients needed surgery as of Friday, the U.N. reported. Medical personnel were there, but not the necessary surgery supplies. The world's nations have pledged some $1 billion in emergency aid to Haiti. Organizers of Friday night's "Hope for Haiti Now" international telethon reported the event currently raised $57 million. Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 • Police responded to 1250 N. 800 East on a report of a vehicle hitting a stop sign. No one was injured during the accident. Police investigated the accident. • Police responded to a traffic accident in which the vehicle slid into the curb, causing damage to the vehicle. There were only minor injuries to report. Police investigated the accident. • USU Police arrested one male individual on a failure-to-appear warrant out of Logan Municipal Justice Court. The individual was transported to the Cache County Jail to be processed on the warrant. Wednesday, Jan. 20 Friday, Jan. 22 • USU Police warned three adult individuals at the USU basketball game about drinking alcohol at sporting events. All three individuals were informed that if they get caught drinking alcohol on campus again, they will be criminally charged. • USU Police assisted the Logan City Police with a vehicle that drove off the road. Upon arrival, officers located a van and two individuals in the roadway. After an investigation, officers determined alcohol was involved and both individuals were arrested by Logan City Police. • USU Police responded to Widtsoe Hall for a water problem. Water was leaking from one room and going down through the ceiling into the room below. The leak was stopped and Facilities was contacted to clean up the mess. • USU Police observed an intoxicated individual passed out in Jones Hall. Police arrested the individual for intoxication and an outstanding warrant. Thursday Jan. 21 Sunday, Jan. 17 • USU Police responded to assist Logan City Police with a reported robbery in progress. After investigating the incident, Logan City Police determined that the reported robbery was a hoax. Logan City Police are investigating. • Police responded to Oak Ridge Apartments to assist Logan City Police with a burglary in progress. The suspect fled the scene before officers could arrive. • USU Police received a report of a vehicle that was obstructing the traffic of large trucks in the Student Living Center west parking lot. Police found a red Toyota that was parked clearly in the lane of travel and was limiting the access of heavy equipment. The vehicle was cited in violation. • USU Police had an individual come to the Public Safety building for a fix-it ticket. Police signed the fix-it ticket and then took the individual to the Cache County Jail for an outstanding warrant. • USU Police received a report of a vehicle theft in the Gray 2 parking lot. Police are investigating. 11Compiled by Rachel A. Christensen Utah gov. responds to the Haiti crisis SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert has offered the State's assistance, if necessary, with the relief effort in Haiti. Several state agencies and other organizations are coordinating plans to support any potential request at the direction of Herbert. Utahns have responded to the Haiti relief effort as they do in any crisis - ready and willing to help. "I'm truly grateful to the citizens of Utah for their tremendous service and generosity to the Haiti relief effort," Herbert said. "Utah is ready and prepared to help if the call comes." State officials are regularly communicating with their federal and international partners to ensure proper coordination should Utah be asked to assist in any way. The state has no indication that any children from Haiti are corning to Utah at this time. The state is simply in the discussion stage on this issue. Should the situation change, and it is confirmed Haitian children will be corning to Utah for support and assistance, the information will be disseminated as soon as possible. For more information on how to help the Haiti relief effort, please visit the White House Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ haitiearthquake. Non-traditional students celebrated Non-traditional Student Week runs Jan. 25 to Jan. 29. According to the Reentry Student Center's Web site, a non-traditional is 23 years of age or older for undergraduates, 30 years of age or older for graduates at time of entering school, working full or part time, married, partnered, divorced, widowed, single, attending school full or part time, returning after a period of time in the work force or in the home, caring for elderly parents or other students who feel they do not fit the typical 18-22year-old student profile. The events this week include doughnuts at the Taggart Student Center plaza from 9-11 a.m. and the opportunity to sign up for the Reentry Student Association Monday. On Tuesday, the Cinefour on 2297 N. Main Street is showing movies for $2 for students. Those interested in the movie night must e-mail reentry@ usu.edu Jan. 25. Massages for nontraditional students will be given in the TSC, Room 315, Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kiersten Wilson will facilitate a workshop from 1-2 p.m. Thursday in the TSC West Colony, Room 219. The week's celebrations end with a USU gymnastic meet Friday. More information on the Reentry Student Center can be found in the TSC, Room 315, by calling 797-1728 or e-mailing reentry@usu.edu . - sari.e.montrone@aggiemail.usu. edu 11Compiled from staff and media reports |