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Show Campus News Page 2 Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 AIR: Cache residents walk more than other counties' ►From page 1 sell it back for a substantial amount. That way, more employees would be willing to carpool. The Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization conducted a statewide survey monitoring the home to work travel of 808 households in spring 2012. The participants were asked to track their trip patterns and report for each member of the household. The results showed Cache County has the largest number of citizens who use bicycles or walk to and from work than any other county in the state. Cache County has 4.3 percent of people who bike to work, the next highest being Washington County with 2.4 percent. However, sustainable communities extension specialist Roslynn Brain said she still thinks more people need to carpool or find alternate Ill To beperfectly blunt, it's pretty pathetic the amount ofpeople who are driving alone. You can pretty much walk anywhere in Logan" transportation. "To be perfectly blunt, it's pretty pathetic the amount of people who are driving alone," Brain said. "You can pretty much walk anywhere in Logan." An alternative to driving or walking in Logan is the free transit system in the valley. Todd Beutler, general manager and CEO of Cache Valley Transit District, said they have tried programs in the past to boost the incentive of using the free transportation in Logan. He said they've worked with businesses, encouraging employees to ride the bus to work. "Essentially you're giving your employees a raise because of that gas money they save, but it doesn't cost the business anything," Beutler said. "We try to do that kind of education. It is a challenge though. Every business has unique things they're trying to address." Clark said they don't want to make transportation habits a mandate for businesses. "You've got to be careful," Clark said. "You don't want to tell people how to run their business, you want to give them ideas on what they can do to improve their business." A TravelWise Business Symposium workshop is being planned for Cache Valley residents in April, where businesses and citizens can be educated on ways to improve air quality. "No one wants bad air," Clark said. "No one wants to breathe that in. I think everyone is willing to work toward that solution." — tmera.bradley@aggiemail. usu.edu Twitter: @tmerabradley BUILDING EMISSIONS worsen Cache County's air situation. MICKELLE YEATES photo MENTAL: Illness a problem at USU ►From RECOGNIZING MENTAL ILLNESS can be difficult, but "Nothing to Hide" hopes to bring awareness and understanding to USU students. MICKELLE YEATES photo illustration page 1 Designed to teach students various skills to help them deal with mental illnesses, the REACH Peer program brought the exhibit to USU because of a complaint. Though he knows little about the origin of the complaint, Richardson said he felt the need to address the issue. "There was a complaint about insensitivity about mental illness," Richardson said. "That's pretty much all I know. As far as I know, I'm not sure if the complaint came from a student or came from faculty. We wanted to put on an event to educate people about mental illness and personalize it." Trying to personalize a mental illness can be difficult, but Richardson said a specific photograph gives the audience a personal meaning. "There's a picture of this little girl that we'll be putting up, and it's a picture of her talking about how she's kind of gone through the troubles of having a mental illness, but she also likes to play with her kitties," Richardson said. "It's kind of just putting into perspective. Although they have a mental illness, they're just like us." According to the American Psychological Association, about one in five Americans suffer from a mental disorder. REACH coordinator Eric Everson explained the concern people may have with their own mental illness. "I think it's gotten better over the past few years, but I think there's still kind of a hesitation," Everson said. "People worry about what it might mean if they come in to counseling. I think there's certainly a concern with, 'OK, there's something wrong with me, I need to get fixed, but what if someone sees me going into the counseling center?' We're trying to de-stigmatize that with the exhibit. We're always trying to focus on, 'How do we normalize this?" Evenson, who has a Ph.D. in counseling, sees anxiety and depression as common problems that face the students at USU. "I think it's common for students to come in during the winter time and feel a little more down," Evenson said. "We have the inversion that asts for a month. We don't get much sunlight and we know that can be kind of hard for people." Students who have aspiring goals for their career and tend to be overachievers in school stress a lot. Evenson said it's important for these students to take care of themselves before the situation gets out of hand. He said another reason it's important to educate people about mental illness is to make the counseling environment accepting if they wish to seek help for themselves. "I don't think you could do enough to educate people about that," Richardson said. "It's an issue that changes people's lives. I don't think we could understand the scope of what people go through with mental illnesses. This is just to give you a picture of who they are and what they go through and that they're still people like us." — daniellekmanley@gmacom Twitter: @DanielleKManley DIRTY: Dance party on hiatus as planner moves to Washington D.C. ►From page 1 would do another Dirty 30. "But then we were sitting around the dinner table one night, and my brother asked me if I would, so I decided this would be the last hoorah," he said. When the party was over, there was a rough count of 500 cans and other non-perishable food items collected and delivered to the food pantry. Friday was the second time a Dirty 30 was held at the Alumni Center. "They used to be just in my garage, which had kind of a nice organic feeling to it," Ike Bennion said. "It really was like an underground 'Fight Club' type thing going on. You didn't talk about the 30. Then Jameson Olsen was nice enough to offer us this place, which gave us a big- ger venue to expand into." Olsen, a senior doublemajoring in communication studies and finance, is the Student Alumni Association President. "We wanted to bring more attention to the Alumni Center and Ike wanted a bigger place to hold the 30s," Olsen said. "It was a nice trade off." Each Dirty 30 is announced two weeks before it is set to take place and a reminder email is sent out two days before. Other than the email, the information on each of the Dirty 30s is spread strictly by the students. "There were so many people there," said Molly Page, a junior majoring in music. "I don't know what people are going to do for fun anymore after it's gone." Although the Dirty 30s are mostly attended by USU students, there were a few attendees from other universities as well. "These are the best dance parties in Utah," said BYU senior Brian Youngblut. "They're far better than any of the BYU dances." The music is handselected by Ike Bennion with the help of his cohorts, junior nutrition major Brian Barnes, junior business major John Bennion, and Youngblut. "We all listen to music, swap it back and forth and introduce each other to new artists," Ike Bennion said. "Then we dig into the collections from those specific artists. We've gotten into some pretty obscure, rocking stuff." Friday night's feature artist was DJ Diplo. "He's getting bigger and bigger, but he plays some beats that aren't very typical mainstream pop, and that's why I love him," Ike THE FINAL DIRTY 30 DANCE PARTY was held Friday at the Alumni House, with an entrance fee of one can of food. MICKELLE YEATES photo Bennion said. "He just throws it down." Ike Bennion will move to Washington D.C. in the next couple of months, so his brand of the Dirty 30 has come to an end. HELISEDE MAMO OR %Jowly remodeged ggxgry apafftmeMz • 8 Private Bedrooms, Fully Furnished Large Living Room • Desk, Bed and Bookcase in each Bedroom Wireless Internet Service • TV, DVD, VCR • 2 New Modern Kitchens • Laundry Facilities At this time, no one has claimed to be the next Dirty 30 planner. 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