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Show CampusNews Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Page 3 Briefs Campus & Community City street closure affects road access STUDENTS WAIT IN LINE to get henna tattoos at this year's Howl. The event featured a number of performing acts, as well as tarot readers and a hypnotist. DELAYNE LOCKE photo HOWL: Night included hypnotist, creepy encounters ►From page 1 "So far, I like all the cool costumes and all the people, everyone has been really nice and not too creepy. A guy did come up to me at one point and put his arm around me and said `Let's go, girl' and started dancing with me," she said. "It was awesome." The USU Dance Team performed several times throughout the night. Eden Kershisnik, a sophomore majoring in journalism and communication, took part in the team this year. Kershisnik said the performances happened throughout the building, rather than the stage. "Well, there's the witches, and they're trying to possess the kids. I'm a kid, and then there's priests who are trying to save us," Kershisnik said. "We just have to walk around and scare people and stay in character. I think it's kind of hard, like I've been performing since six o'clock. I feel like there was more people last year." Logan Hunt was in the audience at the hypnotist show when he became part of the act and danced on the stage like a supermodel. "When I was hypnotized, I was aware of what I was doing, but not afraid to do anything, to act out or whatever. I was following the instructions that I heard. The audience wasn't even there for me, if that makes sense," he said. "I feel more energized. Not woozy, but more aware of my surroundings. I would say I remember all of it, just takes a second to recollect it. It doesn't feel like a whole hour at all." The Howl was a first for Kali Roche, a student majoring in business. She said the event was fun, but there's room for improvement. "I would say next year to have more things going, like more events for people who don't have any dance moves, like jump houses. That'd be sick," she said. Roche and her friend, Kristen Brangsma, couldn't help but shriek when they held the creatures at the Creepy Crawler Encounters activity. Tarantulas, scorpions and beetles and other creatures were available to be held. "That was fun, that was the funnest thing I've done. It really embraces Halloween," Brangsma said. Brangsma, a student from College of Southern Idaho, was at the Howl for the first time as well. "I just heard a lot of good things about it. And I have some friends here, so I wanted to come check it out. It's pretty awesome, lot of fun things to do. You feel a lot of adrenaline." Roche and Brangsma had been to the dance after waiting in the line to get in for quite some time. "I think that should split up the dance more, there's so many people. It's so crowded, like you can't really move," Brangsma said. Jonah Leavitt, a freshman majoring in business, said he enjoyed his first Howl experience, though he ran into a few problems getting in with his punk outfit. "I have tattoos, and I had a chain, but they took it away. And I had a stack of fake hundred-dollar bills. They took those away too. I don't know if I'll get them back," he said. - jeslphs@grnad.corn Campaign: Endowments see significant increase °From page 1 Alyssa Edwards, a sophomore studying communicative disorders, benefited from the Aggie Legacy scholarship. As a former resident of Nevada, she had to pay out-ofstate tuition at the beginning of her college career, but the scholarship made up the difference — letting her attend for the equivalent of in-state tuition rates until she gained residency. Edwards was eligible for the scholarship because her great-grandmother graduated from USU. The opportunity to learn about her grandmother's life and experiences at USU helped her build a connection to her grandmother and with the university as well. Many efforts are being established to retain students after their initial year of college when students are more likely to have financial worries and fewer options for financial aid, Scheffke said. "The ones that are for sophomores, juniors, and seniors are for retention — for students who are having financial difficulties. We want to give them a scholarship if, of course, they're qualified to receive a scholarship, to help them stay in and finish their degrees," she said. One donation came in as a bequest from a man who passed away. A significant amount of that scholarship was allocated to second-year students because fewer scholarships exist to aid students continuing into their second year, Scheffke said. "We find that we have money for students coming in, we have money for juniors and seniors, but there's a little less money to help students continue in their sophomore year," she said. "That was a big step in retention." Individual colleges have a number of scholarships that are specific to their programs, mainly donated by alumni who graduated in that department, she said. PoliceBlotter Friday, Oct. 19 • USU Police responded to the Living Learning Center for a bicycle problem concerning bikes being locked to trees. Fliers were placed on the bikes informing owners not to tie them to the fence or trees in the future. • USU Police responded to a report of gokarts being ridden in the old trailer court area. They were admonished and asked to leave the area. Saturday, Oct. 20 • Someone placed an old toilet on top of the block A on the east side of Old Main. Facilities will be contacted to remove the toilet. • USU police received a report of a missing 10-year-old boy. The boy was found in the stadium. • USU Police were contacted by a concerned female student about a male individual who was taking pictures of her. Police investigated and advised the individual how his repeated pictures and actions were concerning the female. The suspect was advised that his actions could lead to him being arrested for stalking or One donor set up a fellowship, a graduate scholarship, in the department of engineering because he graduated from that department and had a good experience, she added. "He set up those funds so other graduate students can benefit like he did," said Scheffke. Max Olsen, a senior in the computer science program, received a scholarship through his department which has allowed him to stay in school rather than take time off to save up money. He still has to work while he's in college, but the scholarship helps him finish his degree. "I think primarily the reason people set up scholarship funds is that they want to help students. Many of these people benefited from scholarships when they were here, so they're giving back." Scheffke said. "It's a tradition." - abhendrix@pentaracorp.corn Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 harassment. The male individual agreed to stop and put his camera away. • USU Police found several intoxicated individuals who were drinking in public and obstructing traffic about 45 minutes after the football game. They were told to stop. They decided to continue with other actions, creating more problems. USU Police arrested one individual for intoxication with possible charges of resisting and disorderly conduct. One individual was released to his two compliant friends after being warned by officers. Monday, Oct. 22 • USU Police responded to the MerrillCazier Library on a report that there were some individuals smoking within 25 feet of the entrance of the library in violation of the Utah Clean Air Act. • USU Police responded to an animal problem near Highway 89. It was reported there were stray sheep. The sheep were gone upon police arrival. Tuesday, Oct. 23 • USU Police located a suicidal individual at the Stadium. The individual was transported to the hospital for evaluation. • USU Police arrested a student for possession of marijuna and drug paraphenalia. The student was issued a citation and released at the scene. • USU Police responded to a suspicious activity incident in the the UC parking lot. It was reported the individauls were verbally fighting. Officers searched the area, but were unable to locate the individuals. Wednesday, Oct. 24 • Complainant reported to USU Police that her ex-boyfriend had come to her dorm room. She requested that police contact the ex-boyfriend and inform him she wanted no further contact with him. The male individual was contacted and informed of the female's wishes. He was advised that if he did return to USU campus and cause a disturbance, he would be arrested. Thursday, Oct 25 • USU Police received a report of an assault that occurred on the east side of Mountain View Tower. The investigation is continuing. ► Compiled by Allee Wilkinson A road closure planned by Logan City will continue through Friday, Nov. 2 and will affect access to campus and to the Aggie Terrace. The 700 East roadway will be closed from 600 North to 800 East where the traffic signal and the Nelson Fieldhouse is located (the curved portion of 700 East). Traffic traveling both east and west is affected. The closure will impact entry into the Aggie Terrace. For those who usually park in the Aggie Terrace, access can be made on 700 East from the south or from 600 North but not from the east. Or, entry to the Aggie Terrace can be made via Champ Drive past the Haight Alumni Center and the Living Learning Center. Program invites astrophysicist prof. "Black Holes!" is the topic for Utah State University's Science Unwrapped Friday, Nov. 2. Featured speaker is astrophysicist Pablo Laguna, who unlocks some of the mysteries surrounding these daunting and powerful cosmic phenomena. Laguna, professor and director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics at Georgia Tech, speaks at 7 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium (Room 130) of the Eccles Science Learning Center. Hosted by USU's College of Science, his talk is free and open to all ages. "If you could make a black hole out of the mass of the sun, it would be the size of Logan," Laguna says. He insists "black holes are simple," primarily characterized by their extreme gravitational pull, so strong even light can't escape them. "I'm going to give everyone a 30-second course in general relativity," he says. Hands-on learning activities and refreshments follow Laguna's talk. Guests will learn about gravitational waves, lasers and USU's "Green Beam," a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) instrument for studying the upper atmosphere that often lights Cache Valley's night sky. "Our students and faculty are putting together a lot of exciting activities," says Shane Larson, Science Unwrapped committee chair and assistant professor in USU's Department of Physics. "It will be an evening of out-of-this-world fun for everyone." The Nov. 2 event is the third and final presentation in Science Unwrapped's fall 2012 "Nature's Ancient Stories" series. Science Unwrapped resumes with a new series in January 2013. Alumnus presents Jamaican lecture The honors for former USU graduate student Stephen Nathaniel Macualey continue. Recently, the British Council of Jamaica hosted the annual Marcus Garvey Lecture in Literature, and Macualey was the presenter, providing the lecture titled "The Africanness of Charles Johnson's Middle Passage" to an audience of 80 Jamaican literary scholars. Macauley coordinates and directs service learning at the University of Utah where he also teaches English and writing courses. At the U he was the recipient of the 2012-13 Burton Award in the Department of English where is now pursuing his doctorate. He completed a master's degree at USU in 2008. He has publishd articles in the Steinbeck Review of America, The Arthur Miller Journal of America and The Blackpast.org." Macauley is originally from Sierra Leone West Africa. ClarifyCorrect In the article titled "Finding comfort in the presence of pets" in the Oct. 25 issue, a quote was misattributed to Mary Doty. Courtney Henry said the quote. ►Compiled from staff and media reports |