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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 10-29-2019 The Utah Statesman, October 29, 2019 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, October 29, 2019" (2019) The Utah Statesman 747 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/747 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu Week of October 29, 2019 www.usustatesman.com (435) 797-1742 TSC Room 118 Free single copy VOTING INSIDE 2019 SPORTS | Grounded STUDENT LIFE | GAS Team NEWS | Ghost Stories Utah State football posts worst offensive outing in over a decade in loss to Air Force Meet the Getaway Special Team — a group of USU students working with NASA to get a CubeSat into space The haunted histories of USU’s sorority houses see PAGE see PAGE see PAGE MORE THAN JUST A DANCE Howl 2019 expands available activities By Nichole Bresee STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER Like many of her peers, Morgan Homer went to the Howl to have a good time But unlike most, a good time does not mean going anywhere near a dance floor; it means getting airbrush tattoos, eating food or watching comedians perform Unfortunately, dancing used to be all students like Homer could at the Howl, but this year it changed The Howl, a massive Halloween party hosted by the USUSA for students and community members, was held on Oct 25 with “The Upside Down” as the theme This year, USUSA de- cided to increase the amount of activities available in the TSC, PHOTO COURTESY OF Madlyn Petty Utah State’s premier Halloween party again took over the Taggart Student Center this past weekend Blood, sweat, and tears - the life of volunteers cleaning up after the Howl By Michaella Whitney NEWS STAFF WRITER If the Howl is notorious for confetti, gum and the occasional condom, why people volunteer to clean it up? The answer is simple: They don’t have to pay for a ticket They get to go to the Howl and still experience it They get to be with friends They also get to be involved on campus Some students volunteered because they didn’t buy a ticket before tickets sold out Sarah Price, a volunteer, said, “I wanted to be involved in the Howl, but I was a little late buying a ticket So I did it because a lot of my friends were doing it.” Others did it because they felt it was a better experience than attending as a patron Jenny Patino said, “I have volun- teered before It’s better than attending I can tell you that you feel more clean.” Tiffany Taggart, another volunteer, said, “I volunteered because I feel it’s a great way to be involved in campus activities It’s a good deal because you get your food, your shirt and free admission to the event and still get to experience it all but still get Benson said “We just want to have people make positive memories.” “Crazy things can happen at the Howl, to help.” but we’ll make sure to nip it in the butt said, “Without the volunteers, we would Alexis Needleman said She is also a mem- Cy Robinson,USUSA activities director, not be able to it.” Kent Harris, the Utah State University Po- and make sure everything turns out okay,” ber of activities committee People were expecting to see a slew of lice Department captain, said, “This event different things, including drugs, inap- each and every one of them for being here which, according to Howl attendee Tia couldn’t happen without them I thank and working these events.” Though the Howl is perhaps the big- propriate dance moves and risky clothes, Goldsberry, is an understatement Taggart said, “I love to see and feel the gest event during spooky season, those excitement everyone has, whether it’s making sure everyone was safe and had a feel like they’re being really rebellious who volunteered at the Howl focused on good time Sierra Benson, a lead and part of the USUSA activities committee, said their main objective as leads and volunteers is to “keep people safe and to have fun.” “We don’t want anyone to come away with a bad experience of the Howl, which is one of the things that is hugely stressed,” Brigham Young University students who coming or whether it’s just USU students who are just excited to be there with their friends.” The theme of the Howl was in homage to the 80s, using the Netflix series “Stranger Things” to inspire the event “I think it’s going to attract a lot of peo- giving students the option to play old-fashioned arcade games, go through a haunted house or try out virtual reality “Last year, the main attraction was the dance, and I don’t real- ly like dances,” Homer said “But this year, they had a bunch of new things and other options for people like me I really liked how interactive the new activities, like the arcade and haunted house, were It was a lot better experience than just watching a hypnotist.” Cy Robinson, USUSA activities director, said one of the goals for the Activities Committee was to make the experience better holistically for students who may not be fans of the dance, and to also make it seem like a brand-new Howl experience for students who have attended in the past “We want to bring people back because they’re like, ‘Oh, what else is going to be new?’” Robinson said “The dance is the dance, and people love it But the TSC has so much variabili- ty that we want to create a better experience for all students, regardless of whether or not they want to dance, or they want to just come and watch their friends get hypnotized.” Even without the addition of new attractions, multiple attend- ees like Jadine Medina and Nate Hoffman, who are USU alum- ni, and Jessica Medina, an SUU student, said they were eager to attend the Howl for the dance alone “I just look forward to dancing my butt off,” Jadine Medina said “I think it’s so fun, and I love it.” Robinson explained that many of the activities were designed to be based off the “Stranger Things” inspired theme The arcade was a nod to the second season of “Stranger Things,” while the Aggie Ice Cream was a reference to Scoops Ahoy, which was featured in the TV show’s third season see “Clean Up” PAGE see “Howl” PAGE Women’s soccer explodes offensively to break eight-game winless streak By Sydney Kidd SPORTS STAFF WRITER After recording 17 shots and zero goals in Friday’s 1-0 loss to Air Force Academy, the Utah State University women’s soccer team was looking to get the bad taste out of its mouth Sunday’s match against Colorado College proved to be exactly what the Aggies needed The team exploded to go 3-0 over the Tigers, scoring the same amount of goals in 90 minutes as they had in the past seven matches combined “You just gotta have faith — and once one falls they all fall,” head coach Heather Cairns said According to Cairns, the previous lack of goals by the team had resulted in a hit to her players’ momentum and confidence After Air Force scored early in Friday’s match, the team battled back by outshooting their op- ponents and having over twice as many corner kicks But the Aggies still came up short “You just got to score the first goal of the match at some point,” Cairns said “That gives you a lot more spring in your step and you’re not chasing the game.” On Sunday, the Aggies were finally able to come out and get that first goal The goal came in the 17th minute off the foot of junior defender Imelda Williams Williams got the ball off a pass from junior midfielder Amber Marshall and knocked it into the lower right corner of the net Williams’ goal came after a frustrating Friday where she missed several opportunities to score by mere inches This included a shot on goal in the 58th minute which was barely tipped out by the goalkeeper’s fingertips “The reason why I keep going is because I just want to keep playing harder for my teammates,” she said “Instead of just getting down, thinking I’m going to get the next one.” Junior midfielder Kami Warner netted the second goal of Sunday’s match just 18 seconds into the second half The midfielder shot the ball from outside the arc of the penalty box and into the top of the net Warner’s goal set a new record for the fastest second half goal in Utah State history By continuing to feed off that momentum, se- nior forward Alecia Robinson was able to record the final goal of the match in the 50th minute of play Robinson worked her way through the Tiger’s converging defense and shot the ball past a diving goalkeeper and into the lower left Utah State junior Ashley Cardozo takes a corner kick earlier this season against San Diego State corner of the net In total, Utah State had 12 shots with six on frame Colorado College ended the match with PHOTO BY Samuel Woubshet streak suffered by the team and marks its second conference win of the season Utah State will return to Chuck and Gloria Bell shots All six of the Tiger’s shots on goal were Field on Friday to take on Boise State in the Ag- The match was Walton’s fifth clean sheet of the is scheduled for PM saved by freshman goalkeeper Diera Walton season The victory also ended the eight-match winless gies’ final match of the 2019 season Game time @SydChap PAGE WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 NEWS HOUSES ON HAUNTED HILL The ghostly myths claimed by two USU sorority houses PHOTOS BY Iaian Schields Alpha Chi Omega Sorority (left) and Kappa Delta Sorority (right) at Utah State University both share stories of ghosts of people who died in their houses haunting the houses By Karcin Harris NEWS STAFF WRITER Daria Griffith joined the Kappa Delta Sorority while attending Utah State University She was excited to move into the sorority house in her junior year What she wasn’t anticipating was being as- signed to live in the former room of the resident ghost, Patty Griffith, now an Alumnus member of Kappa Delta, said Patty was a student at USU in the 1970s who died either by suicide or from a car accident Griffith had her very first encounter with Patty right after she moved into Patty’s old bedroom “The very first night, I was moving stuff in and getting things organized,” she said “I would go back and forth between the bathroom and our bedroom, just moving things When I was about take care of everyone and make sure everyone’s I walked over to the door and it just shut It that I noticed was every time someone had an to go out of the bedroom and into the bathroom, slammed in my face.” Griffith said she looked around for other people or an open window to explain the door slam- “The ghost is harmless and just likes to mess doing their homework,” she said “Something with people,” she said “His name is Lester.” instance where Patty was involved, someone dated an Alpha Chi Omega member When thei member broke up with him, he himself ins was doing something they weren’t supposed to us.” the boiler room in the basement of the house t “Lester still hangs out in the basement,” Still-p to go to bed.” her presence, including glasses of water falling tions being knocked over or falling off the walls school year Griffith said that first encounter was that shouldn’t have been and pictures of Patty’s and sometimes hearing footsteps when no onei is around.” SD card room, they get “instant chills” and she has felt ming and found nothing Griffith felt the slamming was a “cue from Patty The door slamming continued throughout the “the most significant thing” for her belief in Patty and noted that “none of the other doors in the hallway would that.” As she stayed at the Kappa Delta house, Griffith began to feel that Patty was not a vengeful ghost out to torture anyone “Now she’s kinda the old grandma that tries to That’s what makes me say she’s looking out for Stillings said Lester was a USU student that Griffith mentioned other ways Patty showed to the floor for no reason, doors being locked name on the wall vanishing from the camera’s The Kappa Delta house is not the only sorority house said to be haunted by a ghost Liz Stillings, a USU student, is a member of Al- pha Chi Omega, and she said the ghost at their house is friendly as well ings said “Lots of girls report things like decora-n Stillings said when anyone goes into the boilerw Lester walking behind her in the basement h Stillings said everyone in the house feels Lestera respects everyone as long as they respect him s — karcinharris@gmail.com T USU may lose access to ride share program By Josh Wilkinson NEWS SENIOR WRITER Students at Utah State University may soon have one less option for transportation On Dec 15, USU will lose its subscription to Zimride, a student ridesharing program, un- less the program coordinators at USU successfully raise the remaining $2,500 required for renewing USU’s subscription for another year Meg McCarthy and Alexi Lamm, USU Sus- tainable Transportation Coordinator and USU Sustainability Coordinator respectively, are trying to raise these remaining funds On Oct 22, McCarthy and Lamm met with the Utah State University Student Association Executive Council to ask for help in raising the remaining amount of money “We’re here today because we are in danger of losing [Zimride], and you guys are our last option,” McCarthy said during the meeting “We’re coming to you guys to ask if you will fund this program for half of what it costs.” t According to Lamm, USU has provided access s service through USU Traditionally, the $6,000 subscription fee has s been paid by the USU sustainability carbon s offset fund, which is comprised of donations from USU faculty and staff through an option- U al donation on faculty transportation authori- e zation and reimbursement forms f However, McCarthy said the travel forms have recently changed, making it more diffi- “We can cover $3,000 of it through the donation fund that is coming through staff or faculty, but we don’t have the other $3,000 to be able to cover the cost of this,” McCarthy said at the meeting Several days after the meeting with the Ex- ecutive Council, Zimride offered to renew the subscription at a discounted rate for USU, lowering the yearly subscription price to $5000, McCarthy said Zimride through USU have to use a university services offered by Zimride, including a fully to access the service Lamm said the subscription fee pays for contained database system, statistics the pro- identification number, or the USU A-Number, “There’s a record of who took the ride, when gram shares with the University, website main- they took the ride,” McCarthy said “If any- with other travelers ity built into the system.” tenance and a program that links students up McCarthy also said using Zimride is a signifi- cantly safer option than services such as Uber or Lift According to McCarthy, people who use thing bad were to happen, there’s accountabilMcCarthy and Lamm also said Zimride is at a see “Zimride” PAGE IS A SCARY WORD, BUT DEVASTATING IF EXPERIENCED If you have been raped or sexually assaulted, it is not your fault and CAPSA can help CAPSA is a community based nonprofit which provides support as you choose your path We believe you and can help you (435)753-2500 capsa.org s m 2015, a total of 9,030 users have used the money as they have in the past to the fund w k to Zimride free to students since 2015 Since cult for faculty and staff to contribute as much N FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL 9WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 PAGE STUDENT LIFE Exploring the final frontier Getaway Special Team making a comeback @shelby4pres Today I had brunch with Noelle Cockett and all of my Aggie dreams came true @DDeva818 Few projects left Earth’s atmosphere and I feel bad for all the people I saw today on campus in their winter coats, boots and hats Seriously, a bunch of peeps in full out winter gear I mean what are they gonna when winter actually gets here? They’re gonna be human popsicles @USUAggies #AggiesAllTheWay faded in and out at USU @hi_im_glen s Utah State University’s Getaway Special Team is working towards their goal of sending a CubeSat into space while also developing students from all majors By Kortni Wells STUDENT LIFE STAFF WRITER A 10-centimeter tall cube will soon make eits way through the galaxies of time and nspace An inflatable arm, used to control the satellite, will then be used to carry a -payload of food and water up to the Inter- -national Space Station From there an astronaut will send it out einto the void of space to start its orbit There, it will gather data that engineers rwill use as inspiration for future projects A slight amount of air in lower orbit will hopefully stabilize the arm of the satellite, and like a long tail, will stop it from a con- tinuous spin This stabilization will help the satellite fly like an arrow “The hope,” said USU Getaway Special Team member and electrical team lead Nik Clark, “is that the arm of the satellite, where the payload is, will become a rigid structure when exposed to UV light.” According to Clark, NASA is interested in knowing if things can be inflated in space, making for a more lightweight and compact structure “It also means you can pack things into a small size that later expands into a bigger size,” Clark said But none of this is guaranteed Although Utah State University has been putting engineering experiments into space for four decades, a shift in NASA program- ming led to a period of scientific stagnation The NASA program that was known as Getaway Special once allowed university payloads relatively cheap access to orbit A team at Utah State University, aimed at taking advantage of the program, started small with one payload on one shuttle The cost was $15,000 and funded by Gil- bert Moore, a former USU faculty member PHOTO COURTESY OF Jack Danos At least 11 payloads, with three to six ex- periments on each, were flown during the NASA GAS program Then, NASA terminated the GAS program USU’s GAS team entered stagnation and The stars still wait The future is watching Now, with a renewed partnership with who donated the first payload allotment As NASA and 40 years after the initial pay- team, at USU was born orbit, and team members are committed to a result, the Getaway Special team, or GAS Jan Sojka was there from the beginning At the time, he was a postdoctoral fellow, interested in creating a three-dimensional load, Utah State has another opportunity at building a legacy that fellow Aggies will be proud of for years to come Six years ago, past students submitted a model of the Earth’s upper atmosphere, proposal to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initia- This model was used to predict the en- way for the return of USU’s GAS team, but known as the Ionosphere vironment where the space shuttle, space station and many satellites circulated the Earth For his Ph.D research, he launched three- stage sounding rockets into the northern lights Though emotions ran quite high in those launches, he felt the most rewarding feel- tive The space agency’s approval paved the Chaz Cornwall, the GAS team coordina- tor, said, while the team’s primary focus has been to produce something functional that gets to space, the projected end result is more than that “We’ve been told this project should be the USU GAS team that we can this,” Cornwall said prove those people wrong, and show them This past summer, Sojka felt the team was Sojka thought as he watched his project making little progress with its CubeSat, pride that I was associated with a student But skepticism and other obstacles weren’t come to life in the sky “It was a sense of payload on board the shuttle My payload.” @USUAggies @USUAdmissions there is no prettier campus in all the land to get its experiments back into space abandoned, but really, a big part of this is to “I sure am pleased to be a rocket scientist,” @JustinFreeves there was still a long way to go if USU was ings came from launching something he built on the space shuttle with students on some say that there is a live raccoon in the field house working in a methodical, constructive way see “GAS” PAGE Movie Review: 1978’s “Halloween” By Scott Froehlich STUDENT LIFE CONTRIBUTOR Horror movies are in high demand during Oc- tober, especially on Halloween We all know the blueprint for what makes a “good” horror movie: blood, gore, the occult, promiscuous teenagers and a killer with an insatiable bloodlust No other category of these films captures those elements as well as slasher movies and 1978’s “Halloween” has been attributed as the pioneer of the genre The movie takes place in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, and begins with a 6-yearold boy, Michael Myers, killing his older sister in 1963 After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to his hometown to track down his younger sister, Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis What commences is the methodical stalking of Strode and her friends, with the backdrop of Halloween as an anniversary of Myers killing his other sister In pursuit of Strode, the Shape, as Myers was referred to in the script, slaughters his sister’s friends Also featured in the movie is Dr Sam Loomis, who was Myers’ psychiatrist while he was in the mental hospital and acts as the uncom- missioned bounty hunter attempting to return his patient to the institution His character provides in- sight into Myers’ motives, or lack thereof, and fills the audience in on how disturbed the masked murderer truly is To him, Myers is more of an evil entity than he is a human being One of the most chilling scenes in the movie has Loomis describing his first impressions of the troubled 6-year-old FILE GRAPHIC Now, the plot of the film is straightforward and sounds that accentuate the jump scares and lead “I met him 15 years ago,” Loomis says “I was recognizable as a common theme in horror It is science, no understanding in even the most rudi- ever, that makes this a classic The movie is rife flection of the overall production of “Halloween.” old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face The audience members are teased with suspense rest of his crew had to be creative with what little told there was nothing left No reason, no con- the execution of the acting and directing, how- mentary sense of life or death I met this 6-year- with long pauses and eerie moments of silence and the blackest eyes The Devil’s eyes.” then caught off guard when the action finally The movie’s climax sees Myers track down and chase his sister in the ultimate game of cat and takes place An underrated aspect of “Halloween” is its mouse Instead of playing the damsel in distress, soundtrack Director John Carpenter composed Strode asks if the man attacking her was “the of only four notes played on a synthesizer The matter of fact, it was.” long periods of silence with shrieking, unpleasant Strode holds her own At one point in the film, the score himself, with the title track consisting Boogeyman.” Loomis simply responds with, “As a music acts as a pulse for the film, breaking the the audience down dark halls of the unknown The minimalist nature of the soundtrack is a re- On a budget of only $325,000, Carpenter and the they had to work with Because the movie was filmed in California during the spring, not Illinois in the fall, the crew had to spray paint leaves to give the appearance of fall to the warm Southern California neighborhood Even the mask worn by Michael Myers was just a $1.98 Captain Kirk mask painted white PAGE WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 SPORTS Utah State has worst offensive performance since 2008 By Jason Walker SENIOR SPORTS WRITER In a physical sense, Utah State traveled to Colorado Springs to face Air Force in a clash of Mountain West division rivals Mentally, the Aggies did not make an appearance on the gridiron all night as they lost their first conference game of the season 31-7 From the opening kick to the final whistle, the Falcons dominated just about every facet of the game, a fact attested to by USU head coach Gary Andersen after the game “We got beat by the better team, no question about it,” Andersen said in a postgame inter- e view on 92.3 KBLU Logan LP and 97.5/1280 f The Zone “Air Force pretty much dominated both sides of the football game.” On offense, AFA (6-2, 4-1) ran for 285 yards in the first half alone By the end of the night, the Aggies (4-3, 3-1) allowed 448 rushing yards, their worst defensive performance in that category since at least 2000 according to College Football Reference “Tonight they just got the best of us,” Aggies defensive back Shaq Bond said postgame “They schemed against us very good They did some things we didn’t see on film a lot They added in some new stuff we hadn’t seen But we adjusted well but at the same time, they PHOTO BY AP Photo/David Zalubowski Air Force fullback Taven Birdow falls into the end zone to score a touchdown as Utah State cornerback Cameron Haney attempts to make a tackle in the second half of Saturday’s game at the Air Force Academy Predictably, holding on to the ball for a paltry “We’ve got to find a way to get some things foregone as Air Force ran the ball eight times got the best of us.” 14 minutes and running 36 plays — the lowest going offensively,” Andersen said “And until allowed Air Force to enjoy a 45:43 to 14:17 at least 2000 per College Football Reference — win football games.” put Utah State down 24-7 The response to ran just 36 plays to the Falcons’ 84 Being out offensive performance They gained just 128 decrepit during the troubling stretch Jordan 15-yard drive In the fourth quarter, the last few favors for a defense already struggling to beatdown at the hands of the University of averaging 334.3 yards per game with a 68.2 That complete domination on the ground play total in a single game for Utah State since advantage in time of possession Utah State led to, or was a product of, the Aggies’ woeful on the field for such a long period of time did yards on offense, the fewest since a 58-10 stop the run Utah in 2008 (116 on that day) little bit,” Bond said “Not going to say a lot theme in Aggieland for several games now was tough being out there a lot “ offense consistently failed to string together “Yea, I could say we started to wear down a because we still played until the finish but it The offensive ineptitude has been a running Against Colorado State, LSU and Nevada, the offensive drives we that, it’s going to be awfully tough to The passing game has been particularly Love, began the season on a furious pace, completion percentage in his first three games In the four following games, Love has completed 60 percent of his passes in a game just once (60.8 vs AFA on Saturday) and has thrown for more than 200 yards once (204 vs CSU) All told, Love’s numbers since Sept 22 come out The touchdown drive early in the second half that situation by the Aggies was a five-play, chance to forge a comeback, USU held the ball for all of 46 seconds prior to the team’s final drive of the game that started with 2:48 left on the game clock “To beat these guys…all three phases have got to contribute in a very positive way That didn’t take place, Andersen said “You’ve got to be in there in to 154.3 yards per game, a 50.4 completion the possession battle.” tion ratio “is not acceptable for anybody” on the staff or in the first half and went into the break large amount of blame upon himself and the percentage and a 4-6 touchdown to intercepThough Utah State managed just 44 yards down 17-0, coming out of the locker room, the team showed life The offense took the Andersen added that Saturday’s performance among those on the field But he did place a coaches “When it doesn’t happen on the field you’ve second-half kickoff and drove 75 yards in nine got to look at us as coaches,” Andersen said between Jordan Love and Siaosi Mariner put it right back on us and say we need to be plays, capped off by a 27-yard TD connection Additionally, the defense held Air Force to its shortest drive of the game, six plays for seven yards, forcing the first Falcons punt of the “You can’t blame it on the kids you have to able to a better job of coaching, better job adjusting to whatever it may be.” The loss drops Utah State to fourth in the game Mountain division of the MW standings Wyo- game on either side of the ball from then on 1, 3-0) all stand above the Aggies Next week, That would be the only bright spot of the Air Force’s punt was downed on the one- yard line of Utah State One three-and-out later and the Aggies had to punt into a heavy wind, handing the ball to the Falcons with just PHOTO BY AP Photo/David Zalubowski Utah State head coach Gary Andersen looks on in the first half of the team’s game against Air Force Saturday, Oct 26, 2019, at Air Force Academy, Colo The Aggies had the wost offensive performance since 2008 against Utah on the night to gain each of those 41 yards 41 yards of turf between them and the end zone The conclusion to that drive was almost ming (6-2, 3-1), Air Force and Boise State (6USU will host in-state and non-conference rival BYU The Cougars are one bye week removed from beating Boise State at home Email: jasonswalker94@gmail.com @thejwalk67 9WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 PAGE “They did an excellent job,” Sojka said “The but is focused on providing opportunities for sub- Members like Jack Danos, the mechanical team “Because of the chances that people before us am gave the team a year before he pulls the plug.” took, I have this great opportunity, and I’d like to cancelled our mission,” Danos said “We’re now Nelson said at the point where assuming we put in the work has been revived through the passion and deter- ing or non-engineering backgrounds “It started out super frustrating because it felt like whenever we met a barrier, people were tell- ing us we shouldn’t be doing this, but we’ve had from what they had worked so hard to achieve Tests failed Experiments and trials didn’t work GAS had little direct contact with NASA in the “Howl” FROM PAGE The Activities Committee works together for months to ference held at USU Sojka said he challenged the team in the 40 hours before Higginbotham arrived to “get their act together.” sure everyone is having a fun launch date will be set checked off by NASA, the GAS team has reason succeed deliver, the current team found success “I find that the team I have now, I think, will be able to pull it off,” Sojka said Caleb Smith, the GAS communications team lead, explained that most of the teams before them had space projects that usually fell apart right at the PDR stage “It’s a really cool project very few people get a ideas Committee members they’re safe,” she said “If I time, but mostly making sure then vote on their top three see something going on, I’m oping decoration ideas and help out I don’t want anyone “We really wanted to nail Along with being the largest going to be an upstander and to get hurt.” Halloween party in Utah, the PHOTO COURTESTY OF Madlyn Petty Several Howl attendees came in a costume including a live snake by having University Police as well as Logan City Police there, and all of our volun- we’re more likely to be able to get there.” The Howl, as the activities teers get trained to handle committee explained, is held Robinson said for students to escape the excited for this event.” it every year Students are tempted to keep the Howl to the Howl in her four years alcohol and drugs are forbid- capacity for the event and the she wishes there was more police officers and Logan City non-dance events being held keep students safe tickets and they wouldn’t cap Howl saying ‘Wow, that was Howl, a Timely Warning be way to many people in “I want people to say they felt this year “I’m not a big fan of dances or crowds of people, but hear- dangerous nights on camassault reports following encouraged to stay in groups, den, and multiple campus officers are on duty trying to The morning following the Notice was sent to students ing about the new activities stating that three sexual as- said “I had no idea about it of the Howl, and that police and told me about it, and I Students are encouraged to more aware of what they if they have any information makes it more appealing,” she until my roommate came back saults were reported the night were already investigating wish they just made everyone reach out to the USU Police were doing this year.” about these crimes Katie Petersen, an activities committee member, moni- “No undergraduate-led team has put a CubeSat into space from USU,” Cornwall said “We’re here to make history.” —kortni.marie.wells@aggiemail.usu.edu @kortniwells “Zimride” FROM PAGE pus, with record-high sexual promotion about the extra space in 2020 or 2021 FILE PHOTO have a party,” Robinson said at Utah State, and she said deadlines, a CubeSat from USU is headed for the right track We just have to keep pushing.” because, if you don’t have Shay Schwab has never been Assuming the team meets its current goals and chance to do,” Smith said “We’re definitely on Howl is also one of the most “We wanted to make people to celebrate Where teams of the past failed to “I’m in charge of just making by compiling a master list of students attend, you don’t With a year left to go and preliminary reviews Student Lounge arcade and a theme, which is decided down the promotion this year workforce, not just learning it in the classroom.” consisted of the International i marketing strategies real-life experience because I’m actually doing area of the TSC, which mainly ice cream From there, they begin devel- “I’ve learned a lot more practical skills than I tored the “Starcourt Mall” plan and create the Howl The process starts with developing she has participated in while in college some of the same things I will be doing in the Sojka is now confident in the team’s ability to Launch Initiative during the Small Satellite Con- GAS team to be one of the most fulfilling things With their preliminary design review, or PDR, its critical design review, or CDR, where the enough to stop a determined group of engineers Emma Hind, a communications major, found the have in class,” Hind said “It’s given me a lot of behind them, the team is making strides towards ginbotham, the director for the NASA CubeSat bers from any major, regardless of their engineer- so much success and enthusiasm that we are fi- nally breaking down those barriers,” Nelson said “GAS” FROM PAGE The team of 20 members is growing slowly but steadily GAS continues to welcome new mem- mination of its members preliminary process, except a visit from Scott Hig- be able to continue that for future generations,” we’re going to fly this thing to space.” Alex Nelson, the chief engineer, said the team PHOTO COURTESY OF Jack Danos sequent cohorts of students to the same lead, entered the project at a time of uncertainty “We had several things that could have basically One of the goals of USU’s Getaway Special Team is to determine if objects can be inflated in space GAS is not just about putting things into space, demonstration worked perfectly, and Higginboth- “We try our best to make the Howl as safe as possible situations and be upstanders,” Another way they’ve at- safe is by creating a stricter dance, now only selling 5,500 tickets “We used to cap it at 7,000 the dance, so there would the field house and it would get sketchy,” Robinson said “Since we’ve scaled back the amount of people allowed at the Howl, it’s become a lot safer of an event It allows our volunteers to have a better way to view the situation and it disperses the people, so if there’s a situation in the middle of a cluster of people, in hopes of creating a space stressful college environment, have a good time, bond with their friends and meet new people, and they hope they achieved that for as many students as possible this year “I hope people leave the so much fun,’” Robinson said safe, they enjoyed the activities and dance, and that it was a positive experience and worth their time That’s really what I hope for this year, and I think we can accomplish it.” —nichole.bresee@aggiemail usu.edu @breseenichole significantly lower cost than similar services like Uber or Lift, as students and faculty would be carpooling with a need to go This means that passengers who need to get to areas outside of the Wasatch front may have a harder time finding transportation “Because not everybody uses driver or passenger already it, trips that aren’t along the need to go trickier,” McCarthy said “But headed in the direction they “It’s different than Uber or Lift because the person driv- ing is somebody who is taking a trip, and they’re willing to share the extra seats in their car,” Lamm said According to Lamm, prices are determined by the driver of the vehicle and are usually in the $10-$15 range, as opposed to the higher costs of other ridesharing services “Uber or Lift would be like $100 from Logan to Salt Lake,” McCarthy said “Man, when I was a student, I did not have $100 to spare.” However, Zimride does have some drawbacks According Wasatch front are a little bit it does allow a lot of students a ride when they don’t have it or a way to justify a trip when maybe they wouldn’t otherwise be able to it.” USUSA President Sami Ahmed said during the meet- ing that the executive council would discuss whether or not USUSA would help fund USU’s Zimride subscription USU will have to inform Zim- ride of their decision to renew or cancel their subscription by Nov 13 If the subscription is canceled, students and faculty can still use Zimride by up until Dec 15 to Lamm and McCarthy, destinations are determined by —jshwilki@gmail.com @jshwilki where the drivers are headed, not by where the passengers F o r i n f o r m a t i o n e m a i l d e b b i e @ s k i t h e b e a v c o m o r c a l l - - THE BEAVER MOUNTAIN SNOWSPORTS SCHOOL IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR P A R T- T I M E I N S T R U C T O R S I N SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING F U L L - T I M E A N D P A R T- T I M E OFFICE ASSISTANTS A P P L I C AT I O N F O R M S C A N B E O B TA I N E D AT W W W S K I T H E B E AV C O M O R AT T H E BEAVER MOUNTAIN OFFICE PHOTO COURTESTY OF Madlyn Petty Activities at the Howl expanded this year to include arcade games, a haunted house, and virtual reality experiences “Clean Up” FROM PAGE ple I think it’s a popular theme to have picked, so i think that’s awesome,” Daria Griffith, a volunteer, said Benson said the process was simple to pick a theme The activities committee went through about 80 to 90 dif- not too far gone I like it, too, it down until an anonymous creepy, so it goes along with ferent themes and narrowed majority vote chose “Stranger Things.” Brynne Shoemaker, a lead, said, “I think it’s really fun I love that it’s a good time to have this theme, too, because season four just came out It’s P L E A S E S U B M I T A N A P P L I C AT I O N AT T H E B E A V E R M O U N T A I N O F F I C E 1351 E 700 N, LOGAN, UT 84321 OT EMAIL IT TO DEBBIE@SKITHEBEAV.COM because it’s kind of eerie and the theme of Halloween.” “I’ve always heard that going to Howl is one experience, and volunteering is a totally dif- ferent experience From what I’ve heard, it’s more fun and better,” Benson said W W W S K I T H E B E AV C O M PAGE WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 USU set to host Mountain West cross country championships FILE PHOTO Utah State is set to host the MW cross country championships on Saturday, with both the men’s and women’s squads putting together strong seasons and looking to compete for a conference title By Dalton Renshaw SPORTS CONTENT MANAGER For the first time in program history, Logan, Utah will be host to the Mountain West Championships Friday, Nov Coming to Logan will be two of the top 30 men’s programs in the nation and four of the top 40, including Utah State, who is cur- rently ranked 22 Boise State is the only team from the Mountain West ahead of the Aggies in the rankings at 18 The women are equally as accomplished this season, if not more, with three of the top 15 teams in the nation hailing from the Mountain West The Aggies have been one of the most consistent programs in the conference this season and will be able to show off their talents in front of the home crowd In addition to being ranked in the top 25, the men’s program has won four of six competitions it’s been invited to and come second in another The Utah State women women’s 5k Although cross country can be an individual sport, tain West player of the week awards and it’s something the Aggies excel at have won four competitions as well and have received two MounThis past weekend, both the men and women won the Utah Open held in Salt Lake City and had some standout individual performances “It was good to get the team win for both the men and the wom- en,” said third-year USU head coach Artie Gulden “The women’s race spread out a little bit more than we thought it would early teamwork is one of the biggest ways to succeed and earn a win, “For the guys, we packed up well and worked together,” Gulden said “We had a group of five together for probably at least half the race, which was good to see them work together Like the ladies, they worked the latter part of the race and pulled away from Utah Valley.” Utah State’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will be on, but our ladies did a good job of staying patient and working back in action this weekend, as they host the Mountain West mile, which was good A lot of our ladies ran tough, and some of Dona Reeder Cross Country Course The men’s 7-kilometer race the latter part of the race We made up a lot of ground the last them ran by far their best races in Utah State uniforms.” Utah State sophomore Devin Pancake finished first in the men’s 6k race, while sophomore Leann Larkin finished second in the Conference Cross Country Championship on at the Steve and will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the women’s 5-kilometer race at 10:45 a.m KOCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM The Koch Scholars Program (KSP) is a semester-long paid reading group designed to engage undergraduate students in meaningful discussions Participants will receive $1,000 • Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm; dinner is provided • Participants are given 15 books • Students join discussions online and in person • Students of any academic background are welcome to apply Apply online before November 1st Find out more at www.growthopportunity.org/student/koch-scholars 9WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 PAGE 2020 BALLOT Select the candidate or write-in who you think is best! Must vote for a minimum three categories to be counted PIZZA GROCERY STORE BREAKFAST SANDWICH APARTMENT BURGER MEXICAN FOOD BANK FRATERNITY COFFEE SHOP RESTAURANT SORORITY STUDY SPOT ON-CAMPUS FOOD SPORTING GOODS DATE NIGHT SPOT HIKING TRAIL Cafe Sabor Alpha Sigma Phi Alpha Chi Omega Kappa Delta JEWELERY STORE Bring completed ballot to TSC 118 or go to usustatesman.com/best-of-logan PAGE WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 OPINION a g GRAPHIC BY Keith Wilson Office Debates: Candy Corn How does the classic Halloween treat measure up against the Kit Kats and Reeses of the world? While I can’t match the overall intensity some of my coworkers seem to possess in alarm- ing quantities *cough, Daniel, cough.* I feel it is my job as the opinion manager at the States- man to push back on the tide of bitter libel and voice some much needed support for a de- lightful, colorful snack that is as synonymous with Halloween as LOVE would be that of the sweetest HATE Candy corn is not just a treat ambrosia that is candy corn It’s an experience, and one I en- memories are associated with 31 So many wonderful childhood that unique taste and singular joy having each year on October To hate candy corn is to hate texture And everytime some- your own taste buds, as they’re flooded with a sense of grati- eating equation To blame an body eats the candy, they are tude for the immense privilege of simply partaking And not content being limit- clearly the things at fault in this innocent sweet for your own shortcomings is a tragedy I hope all those who disagree Santa is with Christmas And ed to pleasing just one human with me here at the Statesman to write in a manner of cheer mixture of orange, yellow and obviously never experienced so, in that festive spirit, I choose and goodwill, rather than angst and terrible bitterness If Halloween had a taste, it sense, candy corn is also a vivid white, catching and pleasing the eye for all who gaze on its get the help they need They’ve true happiness, and I pity them Daedan Olander, opinion con- triangular grandeur tent manager Candy corn is to candy what We don't talk about it as if it to walk this earth, but how can cream No one thinks "wow, So why should candy corn sugar crystals during spooky vanilla ice cream is to ice you know what my life is missing, vanilla ice cream." But we gladly eat it when it's offered just killed our first born child receive the same treatment? No one is proclaiming candy corn is the best piece of candy you say no to a bowl of colored season? Alison Berg, news content manager Candy corn is an absolute “An hour ago a giant fireball eral pieces of candy corn and it was far preferable to spend- abomination No one eats sev- thinks, “That was a pleasant experience.” A worse candy has never graced my palate It is a depressing and lachry- candy corn I’m sure the creators of this were melted and made into an hell is paved with good inten- would be put to better use if it adhesive to fix the leaky pipe under the kitchen sink Fun fact: when Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreations said, Candy corn has never — and WILL never — be the pre- ferred candy of Halloween Unless of course you’re ask- ing your local dentist what he gives away to his patients to ensure your cavity comes with a little side of unhappiness USA Today recently released all be in more support of it! a poll of the most-favored Yeah it may be pure sugar, have cific candy! I think we should Design Manager Reese’s taking 36% of the Savannah Knapp, Graphic he was actually talking about pathetic a chalky aftertaste, and cause cavities BUT it’s a holiday spe- ing another second with you,” mose globule of plastic which Despite what my colleagues say candy corn is not that bad! consumed my entire face and candies in America, with excuse of candy meant well, but the road to A D E D h creating the culinary equiva-s lent of Satan’s feces? CandyP H corn is a conspiracy, designedT solely to rob us of the joy de-D O rived from actual candy GiveT me literally any other candyV T instead Give me a swift kickC in the mouth Force-feed me aC bag of sawdust Just keep yourB vote Somehow, candy corn nasty-ass candy corn away M from me P Daniel Hansen, managingB s editor a t m c B jelly beans, the makers were B vote, proving that six percent of earwax, rotten egg, vomit, tions Then again, I’m not sure they ever had good intentions How else could you set out to make a candy and end up came in fifth with 6% of the of Americans had to deal with the horrific experience of candy corn lobbyists breaking into their homes and forcing them at gunpoint to reply to the over-the-phone survey in candy corn’s favor When Jelly Belly was perfecting the Harry Potter themed Bertie Bott’s tempted to replace the likes P M from the flavors with candy R corn because it’s essentially i w the same experience for those l unlucky enough to have the b i taste touch their palates Dalton Renshaw, sports M content manager D C I dirt, earthworm and booger Have an opinion you’d like to share? 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Diera Walton season The victory also ended the eight-match winless gies’ final match of the 2019 season Game time @SydChap PAGE WEEK OF OCTOBER 29, 2019 NEWS HOUSES ON HAUNTED HILL The ghostly myths... rivals Mentally, the Aggies did not make an appearance on the gridiron all night as they lost their first conference game of the season 31-7 From the opening kick to the final whistle, the Falcons