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Show NI= MIN Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 Halftime to raise relief money No strings attached bring in a coupon & walk out with one item of your choice. Limit one coupon per visit. Jenson Books 1766 Blacksmith Court e (turn on 1700 S) Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6 Over 25,000 books & more arriving daily! -,,__ i Buy, sell, & trade books at jensonbooksonline.com I I Campus News Page 4 Bring this coupon in for your choice I of 1 FREE BOOK , DVD, or CD! total dollar amount will be announced to the audience before the end of the game at the four-minute mark on the game clock. There will also be a video presentation during halftime about Haiti's current needs and how USU is trying to help, USU's Hope for Haiti efforts will be in high gear at according to Winn and Traci Burnett, USU graduate student I. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Saturday's men's basketball game when student-athletes take up who has been involved in organizing USU's Hope for Haiti since posts at entrances to the Spectrum to collect its inception. The efforts are centralized at the ...even though donations from the night's attendees. ASUSU Information Desk on the first floor of Associated Students of USU (ASUSU) the Taggart Student Center (TSC). this disaster was June to August. Residential. President Tyler Tolson began work with An update on the USU's Hope for Haiti Enjoy our website. very tragic, take the athletics department to plan the event, Facebook page, which is now a group searchApply Online. advantage of ASUSU Athletics Vice President Jeremy able by its name, states that as of Feb. 4 about Males and Females Winn said. He said about 30 athletes will be the opportunity $1,500 has been raised and a goal of raising Meet new friends! Travel! involved and they hope to collect at least $1 $20,000 has been set. we have to bring Teach your favorite activity. from every person in attendance. A campaign that was only an idea just days TRIPP LAKE our various *Tennis *Basketball ASUSU President Tyler Tolson said, "Our goal ago has been shaped into a full-fledged fundorganizations *Canoe *Field is to hit $10,000." raiser, USU's Hope for Haiti Dare to Care camCAMP for GIRLS *Water Ski *Hockey Just before halftime, 12 student will walk paign. USU student Tasha Jorgensen presented together to build *Gymnastics *Swim from the floor to the top of the Spectrum with the plan to the ASUSU Executive Council at its a stronger com*Silver *Sail collection jars, one student at each of the 12 meeting Tuesday. Students, including athletes, 1-800-997-4347 munity." *Jewelry *Kayak sections that have stairways from the floor student government, resident assistants and *English *Archery www.tripplake- Dare to Care all the way up, Winn said. They will remain others, are being asked to perform a dare if the *Riding *Rocks there into the second half of the game, so that campus raises a certain amount of money for campaign statement camp.com *Copper *Ropes everyone who is able to donate has the opporHaiti. The ASUSU Executive Council agreed *Enameling *Art tunity. With 10 minutes left in the game, to participate, though it has not yet finalized collections will be counted in a back room, Winn said, and the whether the officers will perform a dare as a group or each come up with individual dares. to make sure that there are no "Taboo" words said over the air. "Maybe I'll wax my back," said Nate Robinson, ASUSU Of course this is a task that would almost be impossible to administrative assistant. tackle for anyone by themselves, and luckily I have seven addiJorgensen said doing something people wouldn't normally tional directors who help me with this in areas such as station proIf you want to know what's going on here at USU, you can hear about it see or like to do, be it painful, gross or funny, is a good way to gramming, promotion, underwriting production and many more. on USU's student radio station, Fusion HD3. Broadcasting on UPR's third The biggest success story of Fusion HD3 is the volunteer DJs get people to contribute to a cause. Some officers at the ASUSU HD channel, as well as online. who, every week, put in time to make the station's on-air programmeeting contemplated eating out-of-the-ordinary items — vegMy name is Jon Allen and I am the station director for Fusion ming sound incredible. HD3, doing everything I can to make sure that you are in the know etables for one, meat for another or dying their hair. Currently there are more than 40 DJs who have a scheduled with all kinds of events on campus and sometimes off campus, as "Who wants to wax their chest with me?" Tolson asked, to show on Fusion HD3 with many more volunteers working on other well. aspects of the station to bring it to life. The great thing is that which no one responded. First off, just to let you know a little bit about me, I am a junior Fusion HD3 does exactly what the name implies. It fuses all difCollections will be taken from Feb. 10-17. On-campus housat USU and am majoring in MIS. That's right, I'm not in any kind of ferent music tastes onto one free format station so everyone can broadcasting or multimedia field, and it is this that makes Fusion HD3 so ing residents can donate for their "dares" from now until the get what they want. great. Anyone can get involved and can be a major player in the station. I final count on Feb. 17. A final event with totals announcements We also do what we can to fill the information void that studid because "I Love Music." I love all kinds of music and love seeing that dents sometimes feel, as far as campus event promotions go, by will be held in the TSC Ballroom Thursday, Feb. 18. music live. "This Love" of music, and my desire to share it, is what got announcing events for ASUSU frequently so listeners know exactJorgensen acknowledged that some dares will cost small me interested in working at Fusion HD3 last year. ly what is going on in Logan. amounts of money, which will be taken from the budgets of I started off volunteering as a DJ in fall '08 and, just like any DJ who Getting involved with Fusion HD3 is easy. First off, the simgets that experience, I fell in love with it. I loved it so much that I wanted contributing organizations, rather than from the collections for plest way that you can help is to listen. It is easy to do, too, just got to do more and get involved with strengthening and expanding the stato http://radio.usu.edu and pick your favorite media player on the Hope for Haiti. tion. Web site and there you have it. Most DJs are open for reasonable The Dare to Care information sheet handed out at the Now, apart from being a DJ, as station director I am responsible for requests too. Just call 797-5503 or e-mail your request to requests. ASUSU Executive Council meeting states the purpose of the making sure the station is running smoothly and also that it is running in fusionhd3@usu.edu . accordance with FCC standards. In simple words, it is my responsibility campaign is to "raise money for the victims of the disaster in If that doesn't fill your helping tank, Fusion HD3 is 100 percent dependent on dedicated volunteers who are willing to DJ or Haiti, and even though this disaster was very tragic, take advanfill other vital roles for the station. Anyone who is a student at tage of the opportunity we have to bring our various organizaUSU can get involved. If you feel like this is a way that you want tions together to build a stronger community." your voice, and your music, to be heard let us know. Just go to To pledge or participate in a dare, help advertise or set up our Web site and e-mail any of the directors, and we will get you going at Fusion HD3.Tune in whenever and wherever you can to for an event or dare, contact Tasha Jorgensen, tasha.jorgensen@ hear what USU students are listening to and doing on campus, and aggiemail.usu.edu , or Kaitlyn Durbin, k.durb@aggiemail.usu. to see what you can do to get more involved at USU. And don't edu. forget, Fusion HD3 is USU's student radio station — for the stuBy CHELSEY GENSEL news senior writer --- Summer in Maine Fusion Wants You! dents, by the students. John Allen — chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu Code: Cheaters must be addressed within seven days I continued from page 1 • •• ■•■=100 ye lp • sow••••••••".1.8.1.""°••• •••••••••• • 111111FR - '4/k 0 O • • Representatives from summer camps, resorts, parks o and on-campus employers will be attending the Summer Job Fair. This gives students an excellent o chance to explore job opportunities. The representatives will have various information and applications available. Many employers interview the O day of the fair. 0 • SI o So- ap, • ..•. •• • • appropriate consequence and many of the responsibilities then notify our office so we the associate vice president can track students. There is a of the Student Services Office difference between students has now taken over. A man named Dallin Philips filled caught cheating once, and students who cheat in multhe position, and he was in tiple classes and over more charge of recording violations than one semester." and tracking repeat offendOlsen said his role was not ers, setting up Honor Board as an administrator, or one hearings, as well as dealing of oversight, but simply to with nonacademic conduct track. issues. In May 2009, Philips Olsen said if students are took advantage of voluntary dissatisfied or doesn't feel a separation, a sort of early violation has occurred, there retirement incentive offered are options they can appeal by the university, and Olsen in their case. took over many of his responsibilities. The stu"There is a difdent code Olsen said, "Dallin was states, "If ference between working the student students caught denies that part time, cheating once, a violation so many of and students who has occurred his duties and chooses are spread cheat in multiple to appeal the around the classes and over decision of office." more than one the instrucOlsen said semester." tor, the although student shall taking over - Eric Olsen, Philips' have seven associate vice president duties adds days from of student services to his workthe student/ instructor load, it's usually only meeting to request a meeting in crises that he has to juggle with the instructor and the student conduct tasks and dean of the college in which other administrative functhe course is housed." tions. Although the names According to the code, if and titles have changed somestudents are still unsatisfied, what, the academic integrity they may go to the Olsen procedures haven't changed and request a hearing with at all. the Honor Board. The Honor Olsen said, "Students Board works much like a won't know the difference trial, with rights the student between what I do and what Dallin did. The situation is is entitled to, a jury of peers, witnesses and so on. exactly the same and issues Olsen said that prior are still resolved in a timely manner." to May 2009, there was a specific position, student — travis.bingham.johnson@ conduct officer, that held gmail.com ler/y ou/0g For more news visit www.aggietownsquare.com |