Campus News Briefs

Resident arrested for child abuse homicide Logan City Police detectives arrested Edward Raymond Gularte III of Logan Jan. 9, on a No-Bail warrant issued out of 1st District Court. The charge was for a second-degree felony, child abuse homicide. Initial observations of the child’s body by hospital personnel and police investigators indicated numerous bruises and other injuries that were not consistent with the father’s account of the incident. A subsequent investigation by the Logan Police Department was initiated and the Utah Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy. After the receipt of the autopsy report and an investigation of the events surrounding the child’s death, a review of the evidence by the Cache County Attorney’s Office produced a warrant charging Gularte with child abuse homicide.

UBC welcomes new development director The Utah Botanical Center recently welcomed its new development director, Sam Daines. Traveling the globe with his father as a teen, Daines helped consult on agricultural development projects designed to feed people and help them prosper financially. This experience and a degree in zoology from BYU, master’s degree in biology from Cambridge, certification in non-profit management from George Mason University, and more than 10 years experience in development and marketing organizations committed to ecological preservation make Daines a valuable asset to the Utah Botanical Center team.

Hockey Classes now available The public can learn to play hockey at the George S. Eccles Ice Center starting Saturday, Jan. 12. Classes are for youth of all ages 4 through 18 with experience starting at the beginner’s level to the most advanced player. The cost is $30 and includes five on-ice classes, rental skates during lessons, two free public skating passes and two free stick-n-shoot passes. Some equipment is required. To sign up, stop by the Eccles Ice Center at 2825 N. 200 East in North Logan or call 435-787-2288 for questions.

U.S. News hires USU professor Kelli Cargile Cook, assistant professor of professional and technical writing in the department of English at Utah State University, serves as the E-Learning adviser for USNews.com, the online arm of U.S. News and World Report. With research interest in technical communication and online instruction, Cook was selected as the E-Learning adviser in December 2001 as a result of her online teaching experience and her research in these areas. By using an online discussion forum, she advises individuals both in this country and around the world who are interested in taking distance or online courses in the United States. She also assists them in finding programs that best fit their needs, answers questions about differences in online traditional learning and suggests technology options for learning online. Cook’s advising services are a part of USNews.com’s E-Learning Web page, the newest addition to the magazine’s education Web site, where America’s best colleges are ranked and described.

Radio features new singer-songwriter Utah Public Radio’s weekend locally originated folk music program, “Fresh Folk,” will feature tracks from singer Lucy Kaplansky’s new album, “Every Single Day,” this Saturday at 8 p.m. The next week, “Fresh Folk” will be replaced by the re-play of Kaplansky’s November concert in Logan on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. Kaplansky’s rise to prominence in folk music hasn’t followed a conventional path. She started out singing in Chicago’s bars. Then, barely out of high school, she took off for New York City where she first made her mark singing duo with Shawn Colvin.