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Show AggieLife Page 8 cREsTwooDs Brentwood 736 E 900 N Lynwood Edgewood 880 N 650 E 736 E 800 N Monday, April 5, 2010 E-club hosts campus Rail Jam Stay in the Very Best Single Student Housing! 'Practically on Campus 'Full Bath in each bedroom 'Free Wireless Internet 'Fully equipped kitchen 'Washer & dryer in apartment 'Furnished 'Covered Parking (Edgewood) • Entire Summer from $500 'School Year: Private: $2370-$3390 Shared: $2070-$2490 755-3181 www.logancrestwoods.com Looking for a job? Thinking about looking for a job? You gotta see the Statesman Job Widget at www.a-bay-usu.com . It's right there on the right side of the page. National, regional, local career-type jobs... ready for your eyeballs and Your resume. Check it out... .when you're ready to make that change. Shop Here First! By ALISON OSTLER staff writer On Tuesday, snowboarding and skiing fans will have a chance to watch a snowboarding competition, learn about business, enter to win prizes and shred some snow themselves if they choose — all in one jam-packed event. As a part of E-Week, on April 6 from 1-4 p.m., the Entrepreneurship Club (Eclub) will host The Campus Rail Jam, a competitive event organized by Galvanic Design for skiers and snowboarders to show off tricks and compete for prizes. The most rad part about the event? It will be located right on campus. The Campus Rail Jam, according to its Web site, is a "grassroots snow sports movement, dedicated to promoting the amateur ski and snowboard scene." This extreme winter sports competition will feature up to 60 snowboarders and skiers as they go head to head. "It's no small production, it's definitely a big event, and we're really stoked," says Paul Rossiter, junior in finance and economics and president of the Entrepreneurship Club. He says the club has gone through extensive preparation in order to bring the event to USU, and setting up the equipment for the Rail Jam will be no easy task. "It's taken a lot for it to get here," Rossiter says. However, he is optimistic that the work will be well worth the effort. For the Rail Jam, Galvanic Design will build a 30-foot scaffolding on the old library lawn, just west of the business building, that will be e", A SKIER COMPETES at the University of Utah Rail Jam earlier this year. photo courtesy CAMPUS RAIL JAM covered with 25 tons of snow. This will serve as a steep hill in which snowboarders and skiers can perform their tricks. The snow, says Rossiter, will be trucked in from Beaver Mountain Resort by front-end loaders. This will allow competitors to "compete and show off their ski and snowboarding skills without even traveling up the canyon," according to Megan Starley in a press release about the event. The event, says Rossiter, will be a showcase of local snowboarders and skiers. "We opened it up to anyone in Utah but most are from Logan, which is cool because we get to see the local homies throw it down," Rossiter says. "Not very many events are thrown for the people in Logan." For the non-snowboarders and skiers, the event will be just as fun to watch and participate in. Spectators will be able to see the snowboarders and skiers grind, spin and jump as they show off their moves to the crowd. Also, set up around the area of the competition, the E-club will be having a business expo where budding business owners will be able to meet with students, and anyone interested in business can learn about entrepreneurship. There will also be a live DJ and lots of giveaways. According to Rossiter, the event is expected to draw a large crowd. "We're hoping about 2,000 to 3,000 will be attending," he says. If all goes well, the Eclub is hoping that USU will eventually be added to The Campus Rail Jam Tour. "We're looking to hopefully get on the tour next year. If we get a big enough event and make it big enough, then we can make it an annual event," Rossiter says. All students are encouraged to attend, even if it's just stopping by while walking from class, Rossiter says. It will be a chance to have fun, win prizes and, in the words of The Campus Rail Jam Web site, "turn down the suck, turn up the fun." The competition is application-only. All students interested in participating in the event need to register online at galvanicdesign. com/apply. For more information, go to campusrailjamtour.com . — alison.ostler@aggiemail.usu. Students and Staff! t Ot Agg e gilt Climbing, Shoes,ore! Best Deals of the Semester! Clothing, Watersports, fitness, 'Team Sports at M 0 1111110V0 E11011illitigt fpm Oiipm! eo cit FIVE TEN MOUNTAIN NORTE& MOUNTAIN SAFETY RESEAR adida HARD dasKs Sqlk 5],\I 47aylorMade° MERRELLGI rzr 'N1X Sale Prices Valid April 9th, 2010. Sorry We Can't Hold or Layaway Featured Items. Excludes Prior Purchases. Limited To Stock On Hand! Percentages Taken Off The Original Suggested Retail Price. Typos Occur and Are Subject To Corrections. USU Instructors and Staff are Invited to Attend. oe, SWEDEN c3rRDDKS® t 1617 North Main, Logan 435-752-5151 |