AUGUST 2006
ARTS & LIFE
Features
Alaskan
Postcard No. 3: Watching
the human parade
As I wait in Greyline's 14-passenger Freightliner for
the passengers to finish their float plane tour, I stare
out the window at the cars, tourists and workers as
they pass by. / By Ginger Warburton
Alaskan
Postcard No. 2: A new room, complete with roommate and
chicken bones
"The coolest thing about your room is the amazing
view!" Lisa said as she showed me my room. It was
a small rectangle with a stained twin mattress in the
center. She took me to the window and opened it, there
was no screen and I leaned outward to look at the wide
short waterfall that crashed into a small pool below.
/ By Ginger Warburton
Living
large with a short leg named Chester
Eighteen-year-old Amanda Christensen is just as active
as other teenagers, if not more. The difference is,
Amanda's right leg is shorter than her left -- almost
3 inches shorter -- but when asked if it slows her down,
Amanda replies, "Never!" / By Jed C. Christensen
Wild Art
Week
of Welcome fun on the Quad: Photos by Mikaylie Kartchner
Blue
sky, red rocks: Photos of the last getaway of summer
at Moab
NEWS
Across Bridgerland
Water
wise for 40 years and going strong
Water is a key factor in life in the arid West and since
Utah State University’s beginning in 1888, water
has been a key research focus. When the university dedicated
its new Utah Water Research Laboratory in December of
1965, USU took its place as one of the world’s
leading water research universities in the nation.
2006
JCOM grad's video to be broadcast internationally
Coreena Payne, a 2006 graduate of the journalism
and communication department at Utah State University,
has had a five-minute video accepted for international
broadcast by the Christophers, a religious organization.
Local News
JCOM
professor publishes 'Military and the Press'
August 31,
2006 | The Military and the Press: An Uneasy Truce,
a history of press-military relations in America by
USU journalism Professor Michael S. Sweeney, has been
published by Northwestern University Press.
New
registrar aims to alter office's reputation for red
tape, slowness
"The biggest charge I've been given is to serve
the students," said John Mortensen, the new USU
interim registrar of the Registrar's Office. / By
Liz Livingston
OPINION
Putting
environment higher on national and local radar
Recently at the G8 summit in Russia, President George
W. Bush used an expletive while speaking to British
Prime Minister Tony Blair. / By Jason Givens
SPORTS AND RECREATION
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