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Superstars in the making, not replacements

  The 2009 football season didn’t just see a remarkable improvement in Utah State’s offensive production; it saw a full-scale turnaround in fortune that witnessed the fall of numerous school records. Guided by first-year offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin, USU’s offense soared to new heights in 2009, finishing 12th in the nation in total offense. Full story

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Research funding reaches record high

USU research teams brought in $42 million more in the 2010 fiscal year than the previous year, which made it a banner year with record awards totaling $187 million.     Researchers in all departments were hungry for funding and submitted thousands of research proposals throughout the course of the year, said vice president for research Brent Miller. Full story

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Research funding reaches record high

USU research teams brought in $42 million more in the 2010 fiscal year than the previous year, which made it a banner year with record awards totaling $187 million.     Researchers in all departments were hungry for funding and submitted thousands of research proposals throughout the course of the year, said vice president for research Brent Miller.

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Event to encourage club enrollment

This year, HURD can be followed on Facebook and all those who pay the $20 fee to join will receive a free t-shirt, said Alex Putnam, Athletics Vice President, during Tuesday’s ASUSU executive council meeting.     Putnam said “ I can already feel the excitement of Aggie athletics” and spoke of all the new elements of Aggie athletics to anticipate this football season.

Course removed to ensure safety

Some students returning to USU this semester were disappointed to see the frisbee golf course outside the Student Living Center taken down over the summer.     Steven Jenson, the executive director of housing and residence life, said the university decided to shut down the course due to damage to housing buildings, individuals being hit by frisbees, and concerns from residents about cars being hit by stray frisbees.

Waitlisting flaws to be corrected

USU asks students to open their pockets

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Fugees coach speaks to incoming students

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New arts senator aims to unify students

Lurker suspect not convicted

Campaign reaches $300 million

Police Blotter for Monday, August 30, 2010

Friday, August 20, 2010 ï USU Police responded to the San Juan building on a medical assist. A resident was found unconscious in the lobby area. Paramedics arrived and evaluated the victim. The victim informed the paramedics that she did not want to be transported to the hospital for further treatment.

Western Region SARE Center at Utah State University Receives $4.2 Million

 A small office in Utah State University’s Ag Science Building seems an unlikely epicenter for millions of dollars per year in funding to support sustainable agriculture efforts that reach halfway around the world, but such is the case. The regional office of the USDA-sponsored Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program was recently awarded $4.

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How to succeed in college without really trying

Cache Valley and all that jazz

Alumni brings unique musical styles to Logan community

COLUMN: One more summer s'more

Eat That

I’m sure I’m not the only person wondering how three summer months just passed in what I could have sworn was three minutes’ time. But, the newspaper you’re reading right now is pretty solid evidence that summer is ending and that fall is on its way.

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Stealing the intangible

Methods for keeping student information private

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Program offers benefits for student mentors

Club aims to earn money for Zambia

Now Renting

Tenant's rights in Utah

College often means renting housing, and usually it is students’ first time doing so. Students are excited to be on their own, and frequently are overly trusting of their landlord and naïve about their rights as renters.     Marty Blaustein, an attorney for Utah Legal Services with experience in housing issues, said too often students don’t read the lease agreement before they sign it and hand over their deposit.

Swaner, USU Combine for Unique "Equine-Orchestral" Performance in Park City

Tickets on sale for fundraiser featuring Kurt Bestor, Craig Jesso

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Wildcats Subdued by Aggie Hitters

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Superstars in the making, not replacements

  The 2009 football season didn’t just see a remarkable improvement in Utah State’s offensive production; it saw a full-scale turnaround in fortune that witnessed the fall of numerous school records. Guided by first-year offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin, USU’s offense soared to new heights in 2009, finishing 12th in the nation in total offense.

BYU to go independent; USU future in doubt

   Brigham Young University is planning to leave the Mountain West Conference (MWC) to become an independent in football and a member of the West Coast Conference (WCC) in all other sports. This according to the Salt Lake Tribune, which reported on Tuesday afternoon that BYU had made its intentions known to the MWC schools’ presidents.

Adam's WAC football power poll: Week 1

Week one of the 2010 college football season is upon us, with eight of the WAC’s nine teams taking to the gridiron during the next six days. Everyone’s eyes will be on Boise State’s visit to Landover, Md. to play Virginia Tech on Labor Day, but the conference’s first action kicks off when Idaho hosts North Dakota on Thursday night (7 p.

Stiff-arm watch 2010: Race for the Heisman

Who are the Heisman trophy favorites coming into 2010? Here are my preseason picks to make it to New York City for the Heisman presentation in December. RB Mark Ingram, Alabama Last year’s Heisman winner, Ingram is the undisputed leader of Alabama’s offense and the South Eastern Conference’s premier running back.

USU linebacker Ah You out for season

COLUMN: Spectrum magic needs to migrate north

The View from Section F

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Aggies continue solid start, remain unbeaten

WAC quarterbacks aim high in 2010

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OUR VIEW: First tuition, now our pocket change

Aggies for Change is the first all-student giving program at Utah State, but what does that mean? The program gives out plastic piggy banks so we, the students, can fill it up with our extra change, then give back our now full plastic piggy bank in an effort to learn “philanthropy”.

COLUMN: Utah State continues to grow

Faculty Voices

 I have always enjoyed Carl Sandburg’s autobiography, “Always the Young Strangers.” Sandburg highlights what he refers to as “the essential revitalization of society” that is made possible by the emergence of what he calls young strangers – young people who have the ability to lead their contemporaries in the renewal of the key values that sustain our culture.

COLUMN: I'll take coffee, thanks

Sketches by Z

Has anyone sat back and wondered, at least recently, about the complete compost-pile that our country has become?     Daily we are bombarded by pathos-skewed rhetoric in an attempt to sway our irrational, emotional selves into action without serious thought to consequence, or even an in-depth analysis of what is argued.

LETTER: Fugees Fundraiser

COLUMN: Say hello to your paper

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OUR VIEW: Stabbed in the WAC

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