Education needs to be the prerogative of the states, U.S. Senate Republican candidate Mike Lee said to a crowd at USU Tuesday evening. In other words, decisions about Utah State University need to be made in Utah and not in Washington, D.
USU students and the bookstore alike are scraping the bottom of the barrel to purchase the necessary textbooks for every semester. Last Spring, the USU bookstore ended their fiscal year with negative funding, said Dave Parkinson, bookstore director.
With the first week of school officially behind Utah State, the ASUSU Executive Council praised Programming Vice President Tom Atwood with the success of the annual “Week of Welcome” event.
Friday, August 27, 2010 ï USU police responded to a suspicious box near the vending machines in the Jones Education building. The box was an empty styrofoam container which was thrown away. Saturday, August 28, 2010 ï USU Police responded to the parking lot east of Industrial Science in two minutes for a vehicle fire.
Student meal plans are now more flexible, so students in a rush can grab a pizza pocket in The Quickstop and student looking for a relaxing, sit-down mean can enjoy a buffet in The Skyroom. The expansion of choices accompanying meal plans has been a relief to the lunchtime rush in The Marketplace and Junction, said Alan Andersen, dining services director, because the number of students with meal plans has increased.
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.
Sean Michael, department head of landscape architecture and environmental planning, was injured Wednesday after colliding with a car on 800 East. Michael was descending 800 East on his bicycle when the vehicle he was following turned left to enter the underground parking for Kampus Korner.
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.
The USU Advancement office will be at Day on the Quad Sept. 1, handing out plastic piggy banks to students in order to help students give back to the university. The new program, Aggies for Change, is a collaborative effort with the Advancement office and Dr.
