Campus and community briefs
Open house held for revised plan
Jack Troyer, Intermountain Regional Forester, announced the decision on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest Revised Plan on March 25.
After more than four years of analysis and planning, and more than 3,700 public comments, Jack Troyer has selected a management strategy to care for the 1.2 million-acre Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
This strategy, identified as “Alternative 7” in the planning documents, was developed in response to public comments on the Draft Revised Forest Plan released in May 2001.
The revised forest plan is unlikely to satisfy every group of individual, but it does set a reasonable course that strikes a balance between competing uses. Five open houses have been scheduled to give people the opportunity to have questions answered, increase their understanding of the final decision and to learn about the next steps the forest will take.
The Logan open house will be held April 21 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Logan City Justice Building, at 290 North 100 West. For more information contact Kathy Jo Pollock at (801)-524-3909.
Artists to perform at jazz concert
Brian Lynch and Conrad Herwig will be performing the Utah State University Jazz Ensembles Concert on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall.
Tickets are $3 for the public and free to students with valid ID.
Charity swing dance to be held
A Charity Spring Swing Dance will be held Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Utah State University fieldhouse.
The dance is being held to benefit Brett Walund, a 4-year-old boy who is suffering from a tumor attached to his brain stem.
The K.I.D.S. Foundation, the USU Swing Club and the USU Business Council is sponsoring the event. For more information, call 232-3165.
Evolution theories speech April 15
The USU Department of Languages and Philosophy presents Jeff Schloss from the Westmont College Department of Biology on Tuesday.
Schloss will speak in Family Life room 206 at 3 p.m. on evolutionary theory and the puzzle of altruism in his speech, “Is Christian Love Biologically Possible?”
The event is funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
2003 Health expo held on Friday
Utah State University’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences is hosting the annual Health and Nutrition Expo on April 11 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Sunburst Lounge of the TSC.
Senior dietetic students will present practical knowledge of health and nutrition at the expo to promote healthy living.
“The expo allows the seniors in the dietetics program to utilize managerial skills and clinical knowledge attained during the course of their training at Utah State’s nationally recognized dietetics program,” said Tammy Vitale, clinical assistant professor of the dietetics program.
A highlight of this year’s expo will be the introduction of CardioVision 2020 to USU. The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., designed Cardio Vision 2020 and has given USU the opportunity to use the program in the community. CardioVision 2020 incorporates five personal goals involving the maintenance of healthy lifestyles. Through these focus areas, CardioVision 2020 is spreading healthy living throughout the citizens it reaches.