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Show Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 UtahStat•SIII "Campus Voice Since 1902" • Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesnnan.conn Today's Issue: Campus News $600,000 granted for evacuation research BY EVAN MILLSAP staff writer The current evacuation plan for wheelchair-bound people stuck in building fires in which the elevators are out of order is: Wheel to a specially built alcove, find an emergency telephone, make a phone call and wait patiently as the building burns down for someone to come to the rescue, said an assistant professor Keith Christensen of landscape architecture and environmental planning. Unfortunately, Christensen said, most of these specially built alcoves are missing telephones, and some have even Students chow down and listen to a congressman speak on giving more power to the states. Page 1 Features A TEAM OF PROFESSORS recently recieved a $600,000 grant. Professors from multiple colleges will use the It's time to start thinking about ways to make your house or apartment a bit more spooky with homemade Halloween decor. Page 9 Sp orts Find out who won the men's soccer league finals in intramurals. Page 4 From our web site: "... Although some people said the movie was long, it didn't feel long to me. The length was just about right for the story to be understood and well done ... it is a movie with a heart ..." @www.utahstatesman.com Interact Now! The Voting ends Today at 5 p.m. Help us screen the favorites in three categories. Online exlusives, blogs, a place to comment on stories, videos and more. Free Classfieds, too. www.utahstatesman.com money to research the evacuation plans for people with possibilities. The team will also be hiring a number of graduate student interns to help with the work. EVAN MILLSAP photo been utilized as convenient storage space for wastebaskets. "The fact is, right now we don't design safe buildings. There aren't current evacuation plans for persons with disabilities," Christensen said. "But that is going to change." Christensen and a team of professors from multiple USU colleges were recently awarded a grant of almost $600,000 from National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and, he said, he hopes to create a computer program that will simulate the evacuation of persons with disabilities. "What we're doing will change the way that people evaluate a building. For the first time, the building emergency evaluation will include accurate data for people with disabilities," he said. This is no small thing, Christensen said, since accurate data does not exist on this issue. The USU research will be the first of its kind, he added. Yangquan Chen, director of the Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems, will be in charge of all the and video and feeds. Yong Seog Kim, a student majoring in management information systems, will compile and analyze the data. See SAFE, Page 2 Speaker raises Lincoln's leadershipstyle BY BRACKEN ALLEN staff writer Abraham Lincoln's leadership style exemplifies what is needed for corporate executives today, a Fortune 200 company vice president said. Jerry Bussell, vice president of operations at Medtronic, was the keynote speaker for a Business Operational Excellence seminar, sponsored by the business college. As president of Bussell Lean Services, he said he advocates a peoplefirst leadership style. "Lincoln has all the qualities of any great leader I know," Bussell said. "He was humble, yet he had great resolve." Bussell said he has done extensive research into Lincoln's life, career and presidency. He is currently working on a book about his findings, he added. Bussell said only 36 percent of corporate employees trust their leaders, which, he said, makes it hard to accomplish anything as a leader. He said he wanted to urge the audience to gain a reputation of honesty and integrity in life. He said the best way to gain trust is to show others interest and compassion. "Lincoln loved the people," Bussell said. "He would always talk to them in common language and show that he really cared." Bussell also said Lincoln would use stories to communicate his messages. "He was able to get his points across to people in a logical way by illustrating it to them," Bussell said. He said while Lincoln did not have any military training, he was known to stay up late at night and read books from the Library of Congress about military strategy. Bussell encouraged everyone to gain Lincoln's level of persistence. He said Lincoln once wrote a letter to his cabinet telling them that he might not get re-elected, but they should keep going with the policies they implemented. Bussell praised this mindset and said many of Lincoln's accomplishments wouldn't have been possible without this determination. "You have to make it your purpose to not give up," Bussell said. However, he said Lincoln's commitment to what he was doing would be in vain if the processes through which he was working would have been faulty. See SUCCESS, Page 2 Representative Bishop speaks on federalism BY KYLE STUBBS staff writer Utah Congressman Rob Bishop spoke about federalism Thursday at a "Pizza and Politics" event hosted by the College Republicans. Of his visits to Logan, Bishop said, "It has always been a pleasant experience coming up here, it has been very positive, so it is kind of cool to be back." Sophomore Mikey Rodgerson, who is majoring in psychology and is the president of the College Republicans said, "Students are really lucky; politicians want to talk to students. We are a sought after portion of society." Bishop said federalism is an idea that many people misunderstand. "Very few people can define federalism," he said. "Even fewer people can define civil liberties." These ideas are what he said he views as the solution to the nation's current struggles. U.S. citizens need to come up with how to balance power and protect liberties, and "federalism is the salvation of this country," he said. Bishop defined federalism as, "the division of responsibilities so there is greater choice and options for individuals to live life without the federal government interfering," There is currently an imbalance of power between state and federal govSee STATES, Page 2 THE FINE ARTS BUILDING will soon house a cafe, which will serve students who say they often don't have time to cross campus for a bite to eat. The new cafe will serve beverages, grab-and-go items, specialty sandwiches, pasta, pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs. KATRINA ANNE PERKINS photo Cafe to open in fine arts building BY LIS STEWART staff writer Students have a chance to name and design the new cafe logo for the new Chase Fine Arts Center cafe. The chosen design wins an iPad 2, said Arts Senator Mary Jacobson. "We wanted students to have a big part in the cafe," Jacobson said. The contest deadline is Oct. 15 and is open to all students. Jacobson said the name and logo should go together, and designs need to be high enough resolution to fit a 6-foot by 4-foot space or be shrunk to the size of a business card. Jacobson encourages students to be creative. After all, it is in an arts building, she said. The new cafe will be a place students can say they contribute to, from the student art exhibit to the chalkboard wall, said Lindsey Wiltshire, customer service manager for The Junction. Wiltshire said she will oversee customer service at the cafe, as well. "This is going to be a place they can call their own," she said, regarding students. One of the walls is painted with chalkboard paint, so people can draw designs or write messages. Additionally, interior design students are designing the look of the cafe and will turn in ideas over the next two weeks. Jacobson said she wants to include all departments from the Caine College of the Arts. She said she plans to host an open-mic night for theater and music students and hang students' art on the cafe walls, as well. Construction has been piecemeal, Wiltshire said. The cafe has been empty and dark over the last few weeks. Now, with an almost definite date set, construction is speeding up for a grand opening in November, she added. See BREAK, Page 2 |