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Show Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 Campus News Page 3 Find a spiritual path, Ohio professor tells students BY ALLIE HENDRICKS staff writer With a room packed to capacity, students sat on and even under tables to listen to Dinty Moore, director of the creative writing program at Ohio University, speak in the Merrill-Cazier Library auditorium Thursday afternoon. "He talked about Buddhism, but he was very even handed with all religions," said Kendall Pack, a senior majoring in in English. "He just very much wants people to find a spiritual path. As long as you find a spiritual path and you have compassion for other people, then you can be a great artist." Moore, who converted to Buddhism as an adult, said as long as students find their spiritual purpose in life, other decisions they have to make will fall into places. "I don't care if you watch Adventure Time on the Cartoon Network, as long as you find a spiritual path to follow," he said. Moore said people have often asked him how his Buddhist beliefs have affected his writing and he has never had a good answer. One day, he realized he couldn't give a straight answer because he had been looking at his situation backwards. "My lifelong pursuit of writing and creativity has helped to open me to the path of Buddhism," he said. During his lecture, Moore introduced his new book, "The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life." "Mindfulness begins with an awareness of the simplest action," Moore said. "Breathing in, know that you are breathing in, breathing out know that you are breathing out." In the context of writing, mindfulness means that people are able to remain attentive to the task at hand, he said. They see the words that are before them and hear the possibilities in their minds, he said. "More than that, mindfulness in writing means being aware of why you want to write, who you are writing for, and how to balance your desires for recognition with the demands of clear-headedness and honesty," he said. Moore said writer's block is simply worrying about critical responses or negative reaction. Worrying about these critical responses and negative reactions while you're trying to form your thoughts will eventually, inevitably, dry up whatever creative flow you managed to bring forth. He came to understand the importance of examining his motives for writing — of rooting out insincerity. "Dishonest motives, such as writing to get back at someone who wronged you or pretending to be more decent or more devout on the Campus & Community Religious studies hosts conference OHIO UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR Dinty Moore signs his new book, "The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life,." after his lecture Thursday. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo page than you are in real life, are as dangerous to a writer as just about anything I can name," he said. Although the fourth noble truth of Buddhism says to dispel ego, it is difficult to separate it entirely from your writing, he said. "You can't ride a bike without being attached to the idea of the bike not falling over," Moore said. Moore also read selections of his writing at Helicon West. "He takes something that people commonly have reserved to academia and put it in a much more fun light," said Caitlin Erickson, an English graduate student. "It was poignant but it was also very creative." USU English professor Russ Beck, who used Moore's book "Crafting the Personal Essay" to teach his creative non-fiction class, was involved in bringing Moore to USU. "He's both good and important, and that doesn't always happen." said Beck Pack read Moore's writing before and said he was very amiable and friendly. "I wish USU could host authors every week," Pack said. "I think having these kinds of things is exactly what creative writers on the campus need and artists in general." – abhendrix@pentaracorp.com PLANE: Aviation switches from Engineering to Agriculture ►From page 2 "We now have access to a lot of agriculture scholarships that we didn't have before," she said. For those who want to fix planes instead of fly them, USU offers a four-year aviation maintenance program. This major prepares students for entry-level positions in management and maintenance programs within the airline industry, corporate aviation and general aviation, Hemingway said. After almost four years of job decline, the airline industry is rising again, according to a USA Today article. It is estimated Boeing will open Briefs more than 450,000 commercial pilot jobs by 2029 — about 23,300 new pilots a year. Around 97,000 of those will be in North America. Sean Heiner, the chief pilot of aviation technology, said the aviation department has benefited from great leadership in the College of Agriculture. He said the leadership of the organization is not too different than it has been in the past. "The leadership in agriculture has welcomed us and really went out of their way to make us feel at home," Heiner said. "The College of Agriculture has been very hospitable and supportive of the aviation department and has helped them get up and running. The aviation staff is doing a great job of filling the void left since the director of aviation retired last year." Classes are the same as they were when aviation was part of the College of Engineering, Heiner said. The students are of the same quality and are receiving the same if not better education, he said. Transitioning to something new is always hard but this transition, under new circumstances, the college's shift has been a pleasurable one, Heiner said. "I have no regrets," he said. "Even though aviation sounds funny in the College of Agriculture, it fits." In conjunction with the 18th annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, USU's Religious Studies Program will host the annual meeting of the Society of Mormon Philosophy & Theology Sept. 20-22. Terryl Givens, the Bostwick chair of English, at the University of Richmond, will deliver this year's Arrington lecture "The Prophecy of Enoch as Restoration Blueprint" at 7 p.m. in the Logan Tabernacle. The meeting of the Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology provides an opportunity to engage scholars reflecting on Mormon thought. The conference theme is "Theology of the Book of Mormon." Philip Barlow, USU's Arrington Professor of Mormon History and Culture, will deliver the plenary address at 1 p.m. Sept. 20. The event will conclude by 5 p.m. so participants have time to eat and attend professor Givens's lecture. The conference continues Friday and Saturday with talks from a range of accomplished scholars. Presentations include talks by Grant Hardy, professor of history and religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Ashville; Randall Paul, founder of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy; and Peter Huff, who will speak on a Catholic view of grace in the Book of Mormon. The event is free and open to the public. Individuals are invited to attend all or any session at the conference. The meeting will be held at the University Inn, Fifth Floor (provisionally, rooms 507, 510, and 511) on the USU Logan campus. Professor praised for developing lidar USU physicist Thomas D. Wilkerson, whose accomplishments – leannfox@aggiemaiLusu.edu in lidar (light detection and ranging) and atmospheric research are worldrenowned, is the recipient of the International Coordination Group for Laser Atmospheric Studies' 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. Wilkerson, who joined USU in 1992 as a research professor in the Department of Physics and Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences and has served as a senior scientist at Space Dynamics Laboratory since 1997, was honored in a June 2012 ceremony in Porto Heli, Greece, during the 26th International Laser Radar Conference. "As Tom served as my mentor early in my career, I was deeply touched to present this award, which recognizes his long-term and outstanding contributions to the field of lidar research," says Upendra N. Singh, ICLAS president and chief technologist, NASA Langley Research Center. "He is one of the finest individuals I have ever met and I am blessed by his association and guidance." ICLAS member Geary Schwemmer, who joined Singh in presenting the award, praised Wilkerson for his many contributions to the field of lidar remote sensing as well as his extensive mentorship of students. "His influence and innovations have touched many of us," says Schwemmer, director of research and development for Maryland-based Science and Engineering Services, Inc., who worked with Wilkerson during the physicist's 34-year tenure with the University of Maryland. "Beyond his scientific accomplish"TOP OF UTAH" MARATHON RUNNERS near the end of the race saturday morning. The course started at Hardware ments, he was best at encouraging, Ranch Elk Refuge, and traveled down Blacksmith Fork Canyon onto Main Street in Logan. CURTIS RIPPLINGER phot supporting and fostering others to rise to the occasion and do great work." 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